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Outside Lands 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.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Oct 3, 2020
(above) Rossi Playground,
1950s
[Recreation & Parks] View of baseball game in progress.
Guest star Angus Macfarlane returns to tell the boys stories about the Richmond District's long-gone Ewing Field, home of minor league baseball and other diversions for San Franciscans. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Nov 16, 2013)
Today on WNP cemetery talk, we explore the history of the Masonic Cemetery on Lone Mountain, the disinterment in the 30s, and the encroachment by the University of San Francisco. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Nov 29, 2019)