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Archives for July 2018

Short notice! Meeting about Miguel Street Regrading

July 29, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

SFMTA and SFPW are sponsoring a meeting about the regrading of Miguel Street.  Traffic problems have been exacerbated by the route of the 35 Eureka bus line on Miguel, which has a very steep grade with abrupt changes. Residents have voiced concern about the situation for quite some time. Tuesday, July 31 6:30 – 7:30 […]

Filed Under: Meeting announcement, Miguel Street, Muni, Neighborhood, Public Works, SFMTA, traffic, Transit

City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation

July 27, 2018 by Heather World

Quiet week! The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, July 30, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority Vision Zero Committee will meet Tuesday, July 31, 10:45 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. See agenda here. Includes a report on the safety of senior pedestrians. The Board of Supervisors will meet […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

Don’t miss the Annual Night Out with the SF police!

July 27, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

Tuesday, August 7 at the Police Academy, 350 Amber Drive, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Come out to meet your neighbors and law enforcement in your neighborhood during national night out at the Police Academy on 350 Amber drive for a night of fun! There will be free activities, arts and crafts, games, food and more! […]

Filed Under: Diamond Heights, Events, Safety, SFFD

Mayor Breed honors Fix-It Team volunteers and throws more money into the program

July 27, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

Since last year, the Fix-It Team, initiated by Mayor Lee, has been busy in Glen Park, beautifying neglected open spaces.  With the help of neighborhood volunteers and seven city agencies, the team has worked on clearing the Greenway and, more recently, made a big effort to clear trash and vegetation from the pathway along Arlington […]

Filed Under: ARLINGTON COMMUNITY GARDEN, Community Clean-Up, Community Servce, Events, FixIt, Neighborhood, Uncategorized, Volunteer

Assault and attempted phone theft near BART thwarted by victim’s screams, passersby

July 24, 2018 by Elizabeth Weise

An attack and attempted phone theft last week in broad daylight by the BART station was thwarted by a screaming victim and multiple passersby who came to the victim’s aid. While it ended well, it’s a reminder to always pay attention as you walk and not carry your phone where it’s visible. The assault took […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Hit and run crashes on Chenery Street

July 22, 2018 by Elizabeth Weise

Two recent hit and run crashes on Chenery St. are reminders that the dangers of driving don’t end once you’re parked. Certainly cars in San Francisco are sideswiped all the time, whether from people losing control on tiny roadways or simply traveling too fast on surface streets. These usually result in a smashed sideview mirror or […]

Filed Under: Parking, Safety, SFPD

Meet our new Supervisor Rafael Mandelman at the next GPA meeting

July 21, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

The Glen Park Association has a packed program for our upcoming quarterly meeting.  In addition to Supervisor Mandelman, we have several other guests and topics.  Here’s a chance to have your voice heard on issues affecting Glen Park! Thursday, July 26 7:00-9:00 PM Glen Park Recreation Center AGENDA: SFMTA – Diamond & Bosworth intersection update […]

Filed Under: Events, Glen Park Association, Mandelman, Meeting announcement, Neighborhood, SFMTA, Uncategorized

A San Francisco original gone: Nancy Keane, Glen Park resident and long-time owner of the 3300 Club on Mission Street

July 20, 2018 by Murray Schneider

Glen Park lost a Mission High School old girl on June 12. Nancy Mifflin Keane, who lived in the heart of the village, graduated from Mission, Class of 1954. On June 22, Keane’s daughter, Theresa Keane-Lama, sat in her Diamond Street home and reminisced about her mother, who was born in Noe Valley on July […]

Filed Under: Obituary, Uncategorized Tagged With: 3300 Club, Mission St., Nancy Keane

City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation

July 20, 2018 by Heather World

Welcome to our new D8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman! The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, July 23, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, July 24, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SMTA Policy and Governance Committee will meet Tuesday, July 24, […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings

Log a Complaint and They Will Come

July 19, 2018 by Heather World

Hate litter? Get SF311 mobile and tell the city! The new app automatically marks your location. You simply select the problem* and either upload a photo or describe it or both. You can easily report any problem from broken streetlights to blocked driveways to tree maintenance needed. Recently Public Works has cleaned under the Richland […]

Filed Under: Neighborhood, Public Works, Rec and Park, Safety, SFMTA, SFPW

Left turn signal being installed at Diamond and Bosworth

July 18, 2018 by Elizabeth Weise

Photos by Michael Rice SFMTA installed a protected left-turn signal on southbound Diamond for vehicles turning left on to Bosworth on Wednesday July 18. This from SFMTA spokesperson Lolita Sweet: Just a heads up, to increase pedestrian safety, the project team is moving forward with Glen Park Association suggestions on signal strategy on Bosworth and […]

Filed Under: Road work, SFMTA, traffic, Uncategorized

Ode to the Arlington Clean Up

July 15, 2018 by Jodell Scott

  Click here to read neighbor Jodell Scott’s account of Saturday’s Arlington Clean Up.    

Filed Under: Neighborhood, Volunteer

Diamond/Bosworth Update – New Protected Left

July 15, 2018 by Heather World

The saga of the Diamond/Bosworth intersection continues! SFMTA will activate a protected left-turn signal on southbound Diamond for vehicles turning left on to Bosworth. Please see the message below from SFMTA spokesperson Lolita Sweet: Just a heads up, to increase pedestrian safety, the project team is moving forward with Glen Park Association suggestions on signal […]

Filed Under: Road work, SFMTA, traffic

City Agency Hearings

July 13, 2018 by Heather World

Your faithful reporter is on vacation this week, but I did look quickly through the meetings that tend to have GP-related items and found only one thing: The Planning Department will meet Tuesday, July 17, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. P. ESTABLISH – RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING AREA D, […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings, Parking

The call of the white-breasted nuthatch across Glen Canyon

July 7, 2018 by Murray Schneider

By Murray Schneider Richard Craib raised his family on Turquoise Way, his backyard abutting the upper reaches of Glen Canyon. Now he’s overseeing a family of white-breasted nuthatches in the house he’s lived in since 1962. Craib sat recently in his living room, which overlooks a mini forest of pines, cypresses and redwoods. A barn […]

Filed Under: Birds, Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized, Wildlife

City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation

July 6, 2018 by Heather World

The SF County Transportation Authority will meet Tuesday, July 10, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SF Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, July 10, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. 14. 180191 [Planning Code – Public Parking Lot as a Permitted Use in the Glen Park Neighborhood […]

Filed Under: City Agency Hearings, Parking

San Francisco Mayor-elect, Calif. Senator attend Laidley Street 4th of July parade

July 4, 2018 by Elizabeth Weise

As they have for years now, the wonderful folks on Laidley street held their annual Fourth of July parade this year, featuring a stroll down the red-white-and-blue-festooned street, a reading of the Declaration of Independence by a costumed town crier, and a host of great food cooked up by neighbors. This year’s parade got two […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Greenway Planning Meeting

July 2, 2018 by Heather World

Please join us Wednesday, July 11, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a community meeting at the Glen Park Public Library to review and discuss the Greenway shrub planting plan. We are planning to plant some shrubs along the Greenway between Brompton and Chilton Avenues. These shrubs will accompany the new trees that we successfully […]

Filed Under: Greenway, Meeting Summaries

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Rollicking Frolicking Pups Celebrate their New Play Area

July 2, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years.   The scene was one of unabashed fun as canine guardians watched their dogs enjoy their inaugural romp in the newly renovated dog park at Walter Haas Playground in Diamond Heights. […]

Filed Under: Anniversary, Diamond Heights, dogs, Neighborhood, Rec and Park, Scott Wiener, Sheehy, Uncategorized, Walter Haas

Classes, camps and events at Glen Park Rec Center this summer

July 2, 2018 by Murray Schneider

The Glen Canyon Recreation Center summer program began on May 29 and will continue through August 26. It offers a number of exercise classes, as well as pick-up basketball games, pickle ball matches and rock climbing drop-in schedules. Qi Gong, a holistic exercise system of coordinated body posture includes movement, breathing and meditation and is […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

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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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👮‍♀️ 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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