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Outside Lands San Francisco

Western Neighborhoods Project

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.

society & culture history

All Episodes

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545: Legion at 100 w/ Isabella Lores-Chavez

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/12/02

Join Nicole and Isabella Lores-Chavez, the Associate Curator of European Paintings at the Legion of Honor, as they walk around and discuss the “Legion At 100” exhibit commemorating the museum’s centennial anniversary!

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65:57

544: Fat Boy BBQ

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/11/16

Join Nicole and Chelsea as they discuss the fascinating history of Fat Boy BBQ, a long-gone Bay Area icon with a personal connection.

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53:20

543: Gold Rush Legacies in the Outside Lands

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/11/02

Join Nicole and Drew as they look at the legacies of the Gold Rush in the Outside Lands, and share insights from a recent event with the Clement Street Art Walk.

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53:44

542: The Wreck of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/10/18

Peter Hartlaub from the San Francisco Chronicle joins Nicole Meldahl to talk about the wreck of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, the deadliest shipwreck at the Golden Gate.

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75:24

541: USF Mens College Part 3

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/10/05

Nicole Meldahl and Drew Moss head back to their alma mater, the University of San Francisco, for the final installment of this comprehensive campus history from 1906 until 1978.

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39:08

540: USF Mens College Part 2

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/09/22

Nicole Meldahl and Drew Moss continue this now three-part series on the University of San Francisco, covering its time as St. Ignatius College at Hayes and Van Ness until something happened in 1906...

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31:54

407R: Sears Store at Masonic (repodcast)

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/09/11

Revisit the Sears Store at Geary and Masonic with this classic episode.

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57:27

539: USF Men's College Part 1

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/08/24

In Part 1 of a two-part episode, Nicole and Drew dig into the history of St. Ignatius Academy, which later became the University of San Francisco.

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47:52

538: Spreckels Lake

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/08/10

Nicole and Drew are at Spreckels Lake where they chat with San Francisco Model Yacht Club Commodore Rob Weaver and dive into the origins of a favorite Golden Gate Park feature.

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62:44

537: Fashioning San Francisco

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/07/27

Nicole sits down with Laura Camerlengo, the curator in charge of costume and textile arts for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, to talk about the city's unique fashion history and the current deYoung exhibition, "Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style."

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56:47

536: CinemaSF

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/07/12

Jaimi Holker and Adam Bergeron - the team behind CinemaSF - join Nicole to talk about their work running our beloved west side movie theaters: the Balboa, 4 Star, and Vogue.

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38:40

385R: Toppling Monuments (repodcast)

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/06/28

It's been 4 years since the Francis Scott Key, Junipero Serra, and Ulysses S. Grant statues in Golden Gate Park were toppled. Revisit our podcast episode from June 2020 where Woody, David, and Nicole discuss the context in which the statues were put in the first place, and the history of the 3 subjects, and their unplanned removal.

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85:12

535: Sutro Library

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/06/16

Nicole is joined by Mattie Taormina, Director of the Sutro Library, to talk about how the institution got started and all the awesome things you can find there today.

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54:41

534: The Bridge Theater and Peaches Christ

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/06/02

Nicole Meldahl and SFGATE reporter Amanda Bartlett explore the history of the Bridge Theater on Geary and interview drag legend Peaches Christ about her time there as hostess of Midnight Mass during our 25th Birthday Bash at the 4 Star Theater.

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29:47

347R: Paul´s Hat Works (repodcast)

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/05/17

Revisit our episode featuring Abbie Dwelle, the owner of Paul's Hat Works, a Richmond District institution for over a century.

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63:40

533: Don Sherwood

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/05/04

David Friedlander joins the podcast to talk about Bay Area radio and television legend (and west side native) Don Sherwood.

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57:23

532: The Richmond Banner

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/04/19

Nicole and Chelsea chat about a grant from California Revealed that will let WNP catalog a collection of old Richmond Banner newspapers. Plus, thoughts on jam and exciting news from the past revealed.

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77:54

531: Post to Park

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/04/05

Retired NPS ranger John Martini joins Nicole Meldahl and Drew Moss to talk about the Presidio's transition from army post to national park.

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58:42

530: SF Citywide Survey

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/03/22

Nicole chats with Rich Sucre, Deputy Director of Current Planning at City and County of San Francisco to talk about the SF Citywide Survey.

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62:40

529: Steinhart Aquarium Part 2

Outside Lands San Francisco ·

2024/03/09

San Francisco Chronicle Culture Critic Peter Hartlaub and California Academy of Sciences Head Librarian Rebekah Kim join the podcast to talk about their favorite bits of Steinhart Aquarium history. Part 2 of 2.

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