Western Neighborhoods Project

Outside Lands San Francisco

Society EN ↓ 660 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.

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Western Neighborhoods Project

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Society

Podcast website

www.outsidelands.org

Latest episode

Oct 5, 2026

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Episodes

35: The Gjoa 06.09.2013

The story of the Gjoa, a fishing sloop that traversed the Northwest Passage and ended up in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park from 1909 to 1972.

34: 1951 San Francisco Assessor Negatives 31.08.2013

Hundreds of documentary building photographs from 1951 tell small stories of San Francisco six decades later.

33: Lincoln High School 23.08.2013

Guest Lorri Ungaretti talks about the history of her San Francisco alma mater, the Sunset District's Lincoln High School.

32: Miraloma Park 17.08.2013

Guest Christopher VerPlanck joins the boys to talk about Miraloma Park, a San Francisco neigborhood on Mount Davidson, smack in the middle of San Francisco.

31: Daniel Burnham's Plan 10.08.2013

Daniel Hudson Burnham's 1904 plan to remake San Francisco included some momumental visions for the west side.

30: Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park 01.08.2013

Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park, with a shared history of squatters, farmers, and free music, is not your run-of-the-mill San Francisco parkland.

29: Ingleside Terraces 27.07.2013

San Francisco's Ingleside Terraces neighborhood started as a racetrack before turning into a residential park with, weirdly, a giant sundial.

28: Cliff House 16.07.2013

San Francisco's Cliff House, perched above Seal Rocks at the Pacific Ocean, celebrates its 150th anniversary in July 2013.

27: Fleishhacker Pool 12.07.2013

Promoted as the world's largest outdoor swimming pool, San Francisco's Fleishhacker Pool opened in 1925 and closed in the early 1970s. It was cold!

26: Oddities of the Avenues 05.07.2013

The hidden stories of odd buildings in the Avenues of western San Francisco, including a rant about Google map designations.

25: Oceanview 28.06.2013

Stories of frog ponds, unbalanced street grids, and Death's Crossing in San Francisco's Oceaniewv neighborhood.

24: Adolph Sutro 21.06.2013

Did he own one-twelfth of San Francisco or just a twentieth? Either way, Adolph Sutro made his mark on the city, especially the west side.

23: Camp Merritt 14.06.2013

Guest Nicole Meldahl talks about the Richmond District's 1898 encampment of volunteer soldiers for the Spanish-American War.

22: Carl Larsen 04.06.2013

Carl Larsen, restaurateur, chicken ranch owner, and Sunset District pioneer has perhaps one of San Francisco's most-viewed parks named after him.

21: Park Bums 30.05.2013

Golden Gate Park's pickup baseball legends, the Park Bums, and other pickup ball-playing stories and locales.

20: Beach Chalet 24.05.2013

Talking about the old and new Beach Chalet on the western edge of Golden Gate Park at Ocean Beach.

19: Forts and Fortifications 18.05.2013

Guest John Martini talks historic forts and fortifications around the Golden Gate and Ocean Beach.

18: George Turner Marsh and the Naming of the Richmond 09.05.2013

The interesting life of George Turner Marsh, pioneer of the Richmond District and possible namer of the neighborhood.

17: Hills of San Francisco 02.05.2013

David and Woody review a 54-year-old book that inspired both of them.

16: Sunnyside Conservatory 25.04.2013

The story behind an octagonal San Francisco landmark on Monterey Boulevard.

15: Earthquake Shacks 18.04.2013

After San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire over 5,600 relief cottages were constructed for the refugees. Some still survive today.

14: San Francisco Zoo 12.04.2013

Bricks of pink popcorn, the Little Puffer train, Storyland, lions, tigers, and bears... join Woody and David in remembering the history of the San Francisco Zoo.

13: Sunset Architecture 04.04.2013

San Francisco's largest neighborhood has its own distinctive architecture thanks to 1930s merchant-builders like Henry Doelger, Oliver Rousseau, and the Gellerts.

12: Richmond District Streetcars? 29.03.2013

Guest Paul Rosenberg talks about the source of rails recently uncovered on Balboa Street.

11: Ingleside Jail and More 20.03.2013

The History of the House of Refuge Lot, where City College of San Francisco and Balboa Park stand today.

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