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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 105: The Casino
A casino in Golden Gate Park? Of a sort, before the 1880s libations parlor was moved to Fulton Street to become a well-known roadhouse.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Jan 17, 2015
(above) Casino, Golden Gate Park,
1889
The Casino first existed in Golden Gate Park just west of the Conservatory of Flowers. It was later moved (and a floor added) further south, and finally to 24th and Fulton. [Taber 87]
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. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Aug 1, 2013)
The 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park remade not only the park, but the Richmond and Sunset districts. Midway monkeys are discussed. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Jan 4, 2014)