Something new: weekly Time-capsule podcast, September 15-21
A little explanation is in order So. The schedule of Sparkletack production has fallen off a bit during the past year, and for that I apologize. I miss the show myself, so I've decided to tweak the f...
18 Sep 20081s
#66: Alma de Bretteville Spreckels
It’s one of San Francisco’s best-loved monuments — the figure of a heartbreakingly beautiful girl balancing lightly atop a granite column high above Union Square. She soars above both pedestrians and ...
3 Feb 20081h 8min
#65: Memories of an Argonaut
To many of the thousands of gold-seekers pouring through the Golden Gate back in 1849, the word “Argonaut” was already a familiar one, drawn from the ancient myth of “Jason and the Golden Fleece”. “Ar...
25 Sep 200747min
#64: San Francisco’s Treasure Island (pt. 2)
What is Treasure Island? Why is it there? And where is it going? In the second episode of this 2-part podcast series, San Francisco’s plan for a mid-bay international airport is abruptly derailed by W...
27 Aug 200737min
#63: San Francisco’s Treasure Island (pt. 1)
Treasure Island is easily visible from San Francisco’s Embarcadero, a low-lying front porch jutting out towards the Golden Gate from Yerba Buena Island. Palm trees in a silhouetted row set off massive...
5 Aug 200745min
#62: Samuel Holladay, Pioneer Squatter of Lafayette Park
On a recent Pacific Heights walking tour I found myself standing atop Lafayette Park. As I admired the spectacular view, the guide told an unfamiliar story about a mansion that once occupied this hill...
22 Juni 200750min
#61: Lefty O’Doul — The Man in the Green Suit
You’ve seen the green and white signs in front of the “Lefty O’Doul Restaurant and Piano Bar” down on Geary Street, but who is Lefty O’Doul? Just another phony Irish name invented to sell beer? Absolu...
28 Maj 20071h 13min
#60: Starr King and the California Civil War (pt. 2)
At the end of the Part One of this two part series, Abraham Lincoln had been elected president, the Civil War had broken out, and the question of California’s loyalty to the Union was in grave doubt. ...
27 Apr 200747min
