Sinopsis
Woody LaBounty and David Gallagher of Western Neighborhoods Project (outsidelands.org) share San Francisco west side neighborhood history with humor, a real fact or two, and much-better-informed occasional guests.
Episodios
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272: Broad Street Firehouse
20/04/2018 Duración: 22minThe Ocean View neighborhood's most significant landmark building dates from 1896. Stables, hay loft, and a tower that is not for a bell...
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271: Dr. Rosen and the 4th Avenue House
11/04/2018 Duración: 28minThe story of a specialist for "female trouble" in a Sunset District house.
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270: Big Rec
07/04/2018 Duración: 28minThe story of the baseball fields on Golden Gate Park, from the Park Bums to 16 games at a time in the 1930s.
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269: Merced Manor
31/03/2018 Duración: 21minMarketed as "The White City," the housing development between Stern Grove and Stonestown was built in Spanish style during the Depression.
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268: Mechanics' Institute
24/03/2018 Duración: 28minTaryn Edwards joins us to tell the story of the 163-year-old Mechanics' Institute at 57 Post Street, with library, chess room, events, and coolest staircase in the city.
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267: The Irish Mile
16/03/2018 Duración: 23minReviewing the Irish bars of the Inner Richmond along Geary Boulevard, from Ireland 32 to The Blarney Stone. Plus, fond memories of Pat O'Shea's.
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266: Kelly's Pond
08/03/2018 Duración: 25minOne mysterious body of water and the art of old photo detective work demonstrated by Andrew Milhailovsky.
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265: Sutro's Women
03/03/2018 Duración: 27minGuest Nicole Meldahl shares the stories of the women in the life of Adolph Sutro.
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264: Lakes of Golden Gate Park
24/02/2018 Duración: 30minThe bodies of water both natural and human-made. How many can you name?
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262: Opening the Twin Peaks Tunnel
03/02/2018 Duración: 26minRecognizing the 100th Anniversary of the streetcar tunnel that opened up the southwest side of San Francisco.
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261: Polly Ann Ice Cream
26/01/2018 Duración: 20minThe story of the Sunset landmark where you can spin-a-flavor.
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260: Childrens Playground
20/01/2018 Duración: 30minThe landmark Golden Gate Park playground, plus live recording listener questions and trivia.
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259: Koffee Kup
13/01/2018 Duración: 21minDavid and Woody, in the first live show of the podcast, talk about the Geary restaurant-nightclub that stood beside the Alexandria Theatre.
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258: Last Year, This Year
06/01/2018 Duración: 23minWoody and David review the local history highlights from 2017 and talk up big WNP plans for 2018.
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257: Chinese in the Outer Sunset
30/12/2017 Duración: 29minPalma You and Steve Haines talk about a project of the Chinese Historical Society of America on Chinese history in the Sunset District.
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256: Christmas Tree Point
22/12/2017 Duración: 15minWe push east to Christmas Tree Point on Twin Peaks and talk about why it is called that.
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255: David Rumsey Map Collection
16/12/2017 Duración: 18minThe story of the great online map collection, boon to researchers and a curious public.
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254: Sunset District 1900
09/12/2017 Duración: 17minThe challenges of the rural Inner Sunset District at the dawn of the 20th Century.
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253: St. Francis Riding Academy
02/12/2017 Duración: 28minGuest John Freeman talks of a Richmond District equestrian center that stood from 1904-1958.