The winter issue of the Glen Park News featured a story on a hike to the Blue Tower, about a mile and a half to the southeast of Glen Park. It was one of Dolan Eargle’s on-going series of Interesting Things In and Around Glen Park. On Christmas Day the Clark family of Chenery St. […]
Archives for December 2009
Keep an eye out for a soft opening at Red & White
Our newest destination here in Glen Park, the cafe/wine bar Red & White, is getting oh-so-close to ready. Look for a soft opening sometime in the week or two after Christmas. Which means if you walk by and the door’s open, they may well be serving. Stick your head in and say hi to managers […]
A “12 Galaxies” Gingerbread House
If you’ve been shopping in downtown San Francisco, you’ve probably run into Frank Chu, a well-known eccentric who walks near the Powell St. cable car turnaround carrying a sign that prominently features the phrase 12 Galaxies. A friend added a touch of local realism to a his holiday gingerbread house and Glen Park resident Devin […]
Trimming the tree
Bike Patrols to Tour Glen Park
The San Francisco Police Department’s bike patrol patrol program has been expanded into Glen Park, Capt. David Lazar announced Thursday. “I have added bicycle officers to Glen Park, seven days a week,” the neighborhood’s top cop said in his daily e-mail briefing. Three officers are assigned to the beat, which is centered around 30th and […]
Santa Visit Glen Park – 110 kids give him their lists
Santa Claus paid a visit to Glen Park on Dec. 8, when he and some helpers dropped in at Modern Past. Between 4:30 and 7:30 over 110 local kids stopped in to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas, get their picture taken and collect a balloon or a cookie. Modern Past owner Ric Lopez, […]
SF Chronicle on Conservatory opening
By Rachel Gordon More than a century ago, a British-born inventor and stargazer built on his remote San Francisco estate a whimsical conservatory with eight sides and a soaring ceiling to house his collection of exotic plants and flowers. Time, vandals and the threat of a wrecking ball nearly brought the structure to ruin. View […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Hundreds Celebrate Reopening of Sunnyside Conservatory
Hundreds of people thronged the newly reopened Sunnyside Conservatory at 236 Montery Blvd. Bagpipes wailed and a host of neighborhood, city and state luminaries gave speeches, but the highlight of the day was the gorgeous new Conservatory, better than ever after a ten-year effort to rebuild the 111-year-old structure.
GPA Team & police hand out 500 safety flyers at BART
The Glen Park Association Safety Committee put together a great flyer covering safety issues, and on Thursday GPA’s safety coordinator Carolyn Deacy, Stephanie Hagio and Dist. 8 supervisor candidate Scott Wiener handed out over 500 flyers in 25 minutes at the Glen Park BART — with the help to two uniformed SFPD officers send by […]
Last call for the 26-Valencia
A nice story in the Chron about the demise of the 26 this coming Saturday. It turns out that the route began in 1892 as one of the city’s oldest trolleys. —– By Alissa Figueroa and Deia De Brito On a late Monday afternoon, nextbus.com predicted the 26-Valencia would arrive in 21 minutes at the […]
Kiki-Yo Food and Toy Drive for the Holidays
Food Drive: Now through December 18th, Kiki-Yo is accepting non-perishable foods – no glass containers, please – all of which will go to feed Glen Park neighborhood residents this holiday season. Plus Kiki-Yo will continue its tradition – now 13 years strong – of collecting toys to support the SF Fire Department Toy Drive. Unwrapped […]
Flasher Alert
From Ingleside station newsletter.. CRIME ALERT! On Sunday November 29th at 1:40 p.m, a 9 year old girl was in Crocker Amazon Park. A person approached her and exposed himself to her while she was in the children’s playground. The suspect is described as a white male, 50 to 55 years of age, unknown height, […]
Don’t expect new bike lanes before next summer
Glen Park is set to get new bike lanes — but don’t expect them to be striped until next summer at the earliest. Superior Court Judge Peter Busch ruled last week that the city can proceed with eight proposed bike lanes — none in or near Glen Park — but will have to wait to […]