Story and photos by Murray Schneider On the Wednesday before the July 17-19 weekend —- before Volunteers for Outdoor California workers bivouacked in 35 tents by Glen Canyon’s Silver Tree Day Camp in preparation for three days of trail work —- Jenny Sotelo, Recreation and Park’s Natural Areas Program gardener, led five members of Friends of Glen […]
Archives for July 2015
Meeting regarding San Jose Avenue road diet
Please join the Glen Park Association for a special meeting focused on the San Jose Avenue road diet Thursday, August 13, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Police Academy, 350 Amber Drive (above Diamond Heights Shopping Center). A traffic planner and engineer from The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will update us on […]
Glen Park Association Quarterly meeting Thursday, July 16, 2015
Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Date: July 16, 2015 Time: 7:00 PM Place: St. John School Gymnasium Agenda Capt. McFadden from Ingleside Station will review current issues Graffiti and Vandalism: Marianne Bertuccelli from San Francisco Recreation and Park Department The Gum Tree Girls: a history on the freeway revolt, presented by Zoanne Nordstrom and Joan Siewald A Brief […]
New plan could close the south end of Twin Peaks to the public
[Note for folks in Glen Park: Rec and Park is currently working to create a trail system that would be one nearly continuous greenbelt, makin git possible to walk from Mount Tustro over Twin Peaks and through Glen Park. See Murray Schneider’s article from 2013. Thus, this is a project that’s been much anticipated by Glen Park neighbors.] […]
RIP: Jimmy Ryan
Drummer Jimmy Ryan passed away Wednesday morning. He had suffered a heart attack on Monday, while on a hike with his wife Rory in a wilderness area near Monterey. Rory administered CPR and kept him alive until a medical team was able to hike in to them and carry him out to a hospital, but two days later […]
Diamond/Bosworth update
Hi all, Latest report from SFMTA is that the D/B intersection should be done by end of July. The lane markings you see now are where the lanes will actually be, but probably with nicer, clearer paint. Please see the June 19 blog update regarding the feasibility (or not) of simultaneous protected left-hand turns or protected left-hand turns […]
Highland Bridge update
SFDPW has news about work on the Highland Bridge. Night work starts July 19 and runs to July 26. See more details on their press release: http://sfdpw.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=4926 Thanks to Mike S. for posting this on NextDoor.
A small family of gnomes has taken up residence in Glen Park
Story and photos by Murray Schneider Over a month ago construction workers departed Glen Canyon’s Banana Slug Way, which runs parallel to Alms Road and which leads to Silver Tree Day Camp. In their wake, they left lengthy retaining walls and yards of mesh-wire fencing above Islias Creek. As it turns out, though, on this […]
Major collision at Bosworth and Diamond thankfully caused no injuries
A collision on Tuesday between a car and a truck at Bosworth and Diamond in Glen Park caused no injuries, bystanders reported. The car was being driven by a woman on her way to the library. It was going east on Bosworth. The truck was heading west on Bosworth. Exactly what caused the accident is not known. The […]