Western Neighborhoods Project

Outside Lands San Francisco

Society EN ↓ 647 episodes

Nicole Meldahl and a rotating cast of hosts from the Western Neighborhoods Project (outsidelands.org / OpenSFHistory.org) share San Francisco west side neighborhood history with humor, footnoted facts, and occasional guests.

Author

Western Neighborhoods Project

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.outsidelands.org

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

197: N-Judah Streetcar 05.11.2016

On October 21, 1928, MUNI opened the N-Judah line to an extremely jubuliant Sunset District.

196: Growing Up in San Francisco 30.10.2016

Native west side son Frank Dunnigan drops by to share more memories and preview his new book.

195: San Francisco History Association 22.10.2016

Collector Ron Ross shares his personal history in the city and the 35-year history of the San Francisco History Association.

194: Sloat Boulevard 16.10.2016

From the zoo to St. Francis Circle, stories about San Francisco's widest (maybe) street.

193: Love Pageant Rally 09.10.2016

Nicole Meldahl tells the story of the Love Pageant Rally, which happened 50 years ago this week.

192: Tait's at the Beach 01.10.2016

Once called Oceanside House and the House of Mystery, a legendary Ocean Beach roadhouse.

191: San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club 24.09.2016

Since 1901, players in white have trod the bowling greens in Golden Gate Park.

190: Sherwood Forest 18.09.2016

Guest Jacquie Proctor comes by to tell the story of the city's highest and most secret neighborhood.

189: Model Homes of San Francisco 10.09.2016

Odd and interesting model homes of the west side when developers had to work to sell city real estate.

188: Holy Virgin Cathedral 02.09.2016

The five golden domes over the Richmond District and the center of Russian Orthodox life in San Francisco.

187: Emperor Norton 27.08.2016

Guest Joseph Amster shares the story, proclamations, and continuing legacy of San Francisco's first and only emperor.

186: Lands End Station 22.08.2016

The rise and slide of a cliffside, trackside refreshment stand that faced the Golden Gate.

185: Abbey Stones of Golden Gate Park 13.08.2016

The story of a medieval Spanish monastery's journey in pieces to San Francisco.

184: St. Emydius Catholic Church 06.08.2016

An Ingleside District institution with origins in San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire. And listener mail!

183: 16th and Irving Street Gas Station 30.07.2016

Ruins of the gas station run by Jack Goldsworthy, closed but still dream-inspiring.

182: The Boneyard 23.07.2016

The where, why, and when of a streetcar cemetery and storage block in the Inner Sunset District.

181: Country Club Acres 16.07.2016

A secret southwestern San Francisco neighborhood, plus listener mail!

180: Coliseum Theatre 09.07.2016

Remembering one of the Richmond District theaters, now condos and a drug store.

179: Golden Gate Park Panhandle 02.07.2016

The history of and changes to the groomed strip leading into Golden Gate Park.

178: 50th Anniversary of the Sutro Baths Fire 26.06.2016

The massive conflagration that ended a part of San Francisco history.

177: Lowell High School 18.06.2016

We visit the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River.

176: Aviation in the Outside Lands 11.06.2016

Airplanes, gliders, and flying machines built and flown in San Francisco's west side in the early 20th Century.

175: Ron Jones and Life in the Sunset 04.06.2016

Storyteller Ron Jones tells tales of growing up on 46th Avenue, going to Playland, and working at the Rec Center for the Handicapped.

174: West Clay Park 28.05.2016

The hidden housing development in the Richmond District with a famous photographer connection.

173: Park Presidio Boulevard 20.05.2016

The story of how the Golden Gate Bridge changed a bucolic boulevard in the Richmond.

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