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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 450: Fire(s) on Point Lobos Avenue
The history of beloved buildings on Point Lobos Avenue seems inextricably linked to fire. John Martini joins Nicole & Arnold to describe the conflagrations that destroyed cherished west side attractions like the Cliff House (twice!) and Sutro Baths.
- Mar 12, 2022
(above) Second Cliff House,
Sep 7, 1907
Second Cliff House burning, view north from Ocean Beach. Group of people watching [G810 CH-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Museum at the Cliff is now open! Our pop up museum is open Friday-Monday (11:00 - 4:00 PM) at the former Cliff House gift shop until mid-April 2022. https://www.outsidelands.org/Event/500. In celebration (and because we're crazy busy) we're repodcasting Cliff House and Adoph Sutro-related episodes. This week's podcast is on Adolph Sutro's women. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Oct 24, 2021)
Sutro Heights, a San Francisco park high above the Pacific Ocean, was the personal estate of Adolph Sutro - a land of fake Greek statues, fake rocks, and maybe the real remains of Sutro himself. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Jan 23, 2015)