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Archives for December 2009

A view of the Blue School from the Blue Tower

December 28, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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. […]

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Keep an eye out for a soft opening at Red & White

December 23, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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A “12 Galaxies” Gingerbread House

December 23, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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Trimming the tree

December 22, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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Bike Patrols to Tour Glen Park

December 17, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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Santa Visit Glen Park – 110 kids give him their lists

December 9, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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, […]

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SF Chronicle on Conservatory opening

December 5, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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10th Anniversary Retrospective: Hundreds Celebrate Reopening of Sunnyside Conservatory

December 5, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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.

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GPA Team & police hand out 500 safety flyers at BART

December 4, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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Last call for the 26-Valencia

December 4, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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Kiki-Yo Food and Toy Drive for the Holidays

December 2, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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Flasher Alert

December 1, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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, […]

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Don’t expect new bike lanes before next summer

December 1, 2009 by Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

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Bulb Planting on the Glen Park Greenway!!

Please join Friends of the Glen Park Greenway to plant tulips and daffodils this coming weekend. All ages welcome!

We have prepared a 20' x 8' bed on the Glen Park Greenway in front of the raised bed behind St. Johns School (near Burnside Avenue). Just stop by on Saturday March 20 or Sunday March 21 from 10am to 2pm and ask for Kathy or Scott.

Masks and social distancing will be required for everyone
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Bulb Planting on the Glen Park Greenway!!

Please join Friends of the Glen Park Greenway to plant tulips and daffodils this coming weekend. All ages welcome! 

We have prepared a 20 x 8 bed on the Glen Park Greenway in front of the raised bed behind St. Johns School (near Burnside Avenue). Just stop by on Saturday March 20 or Sunday March 21 from 10am to 2pm and ask for Kathy or Scott.

Masks and social distancing will be required for everyone
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2 months ago
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👮‍♀️ Join Ingleside Captain Woon, Supervisor Mandelman and a respresentative from the DA's office at a:

Glen Park and Diamond Heights Public Safety Town Hall
February 17th
6:00PM

Register for Zoom information at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvd-uuqTgoGdEdylqiz2CnKVMiIDXFfkD5.

Our watch via livestream on Supervisor Mandelman's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/rafael.mandelman.
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👮‍♀️ Join Ingleside Captain Woon, Supervisor Mandelman and a respresentative from the DAs office at a:

Glen Park and Diamond Heights Public Safety Town Hall
February 17th
6:00PM

Register for Zoom information at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvd-uuqTgoGdEdylqiz2CnKVMiIDXFfkD5.

Our watch via livestream on Supervisor Mandelmans Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rafael.mandelman.
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