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Chinese in the Richmond

Chinese in the Richmond

Illuminating the lives of Chinese Americans on the west side of San Francisco from the community’s point of view

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Sutro Baths

Now San Francisco's favorite ruin, Sutro Baths was Adolph Sutro's amusement destination at Lands End

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Playland at the Beach

San Francisco's beachside amusement park from the 1920s until 1972.

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Podcast Episode 402: Mt. Davidson Manor
Mt. Davidson Manor includes a who's who list of San Francisco residential developers. The home building story starts with Fernando Nelson and development continues into the 1930s.
Podcast Episode 401: Billington Brothers Photography
The Billington Brothers are the photographers behind many of the images seen on OpenSFHistory.org around the Cliff House, Sutro Baths, and Land's End. Special guest John Freeman joins the Pod to tell us how the brothers transformed themselves after arriving in San Francisco.
Podcast Episode 400: Children's Hospital
Known by different names and in different locations, Children's Hospital has served San Francisco since the 1880s. And the journey continues to this day.
Podcast Episode 399: Richmond District WPA Playgrounds
In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration constructed a variety of projects in San Francisco that endure to this day. This week, we shake the sand out of our shoes and explore our favorite WPA-era built playgrounds in the Richmond.
Podcast Episode 398: Willie Mays on the West Side
Willie Mays is a baseball icon. Already a superstar with the New York Giants when they moved to San Francisco, Willie and his wife, Marghuerite, found a brand new home near Mt. Davidson, only to be denied purchase because they were African American - but ultimately prevailed.

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Golden Gate Park 150 Years

Western Neighborhoods Project is a proud partner with San Francisco Recreation and Parks and San Francisco Parks Alliance in the Golden Gate Park 150th Anniversary Celebration throughout 2020.

Golden Gate Park 150

Podcast # 185: Abbey Stones of Golden Gate Park
The story of a medieval Spanish monastery's journey in pieces to San Francisco. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Aug 13, 2016)

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