Wouldn’t you know it — the week I’m away, Glen Park gets something spicy: the Planning Commission considered a neighbor’s request for a Discretionary Review of the plans for 2601 Diamond (at Sussex). Following the Planning Department’s recommendation, the Commission rejected that review, according to the transcript viewer. Here’s a link to the review packet. […]
Archives for November 2018
10 Things to Know about Bike Theft in San Francisco
Listen to this 11-minute podcast and read the accompanying story by KQED’s Bay Curious.
Taking the Bus for a Spin
Tuesday’s wet weather was treacherous for this 35 Eureka bus, which lost traction on the steep grade of Miguel Street past Chenery during the morning commute. Neighbors reported that the bus slid and turned perpendicular to the street, crashing into a pickup truck on the south side of Miguel and mowing down a street tree […]
“Christmas in Venice” at St. Aidan’s Church
Join Music on the Hill for its 20th Anniversary celebration concert! “Christmas in Venice” with Nash Baroque Sunday, December 2, 7 pm St. Aidan’s Church 101 Gold Mine Drive Free champagne, prosecco, and cake will be served. In this glittering program, Nash Baroque joins countertenor Justin Montigne and violoncellist Farley Pearce to perform sacred and […]
Time change: Bikeshare Program Randall/Chenery walk through
Hello again Randall and Chenery Bikeshare station stakeholders, The SFMTA Bikeshare Program staff plans to conduct collective traffic observations. You are invited to participate. This exercise will allow us to collectively observe traffic conditions at the proposed location. While previous fieldwork has been conducted here by the GoBike operator and SFMTA staff, this […]
Mitchell’s ice cream celebrates 65 delicious years delighting an adoring public
Linda Mitchell has a scoop for her legions of customers who flock each day to her San Jose Avenue ice cream store. In a month of Sundays, they’d never have guessed. Actually, in Linda Mitchell’s case, they’d never have guessed in a month of sundaes. “When my father began the shop in June 1953 he’d […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Nothing to report because pretty much all meetings are cancelled next week for the Thanksgiving vacation. Your faithful reporter will be on vacation next week and won’t be able to report on meetings for the following week, but I’ll note that our supervisoral (sp??) district, District 8, will be able to ask the Mayor questions when she […]
Get Geeky: Bikeshare Episode!
Over the summer, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency proposed three docked bikeshare locations in Glen Park. Representatives from the SFMTA and Motivate, the company rolling out docked bikeshare expansion, spoke at the October Glen Park Association meeting. (See Motivate’s presentation here and SFMTA’s presentation here.) SFMTA and Motivate also promised to lead a walk-through of the neighborhood to discuss […]
Local Author on Sheep, Wool and Life
Glen Park resident Stephany Wilkes, vice president of the Glen Park Association, has managed to pull off a coup: taking a niche, arcane subject and writing a page-turner of a book about it. Wilkes, now 41, is one of those people who end up doing things that weren’t on their original life trajectory. She didn’t […]
Arlington Street’s Pauline Scholten and her Prairie Rose Band play city-wide
While Clement Street is a bit of a stretch from Chenery Street, Pauline Scholten has performed music along both San Francisco avenues. Her most recent Glen Park gig was at Chenery Street’s Bird & Beckett on October 11. Scholten, who lives on Arlington Street, fronts a four-member group called The Prairie Rose Band, which two […]
Saturday 11/10 Greenway workday has been canceled
See below for information from Greenway leader Nicholas Dewar: Hello Friends and Supporters of the Glen Park Greenway. We have cancelled the Greenway Work Party arranged for tomorrow, Saturday November 10. I’m very disappointed about this but the health of our wonderful volunteers is even more important than the condition of our wonderful Greenway! I […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The Transportation Authority Board will meet Tuesday, November 13, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, November 13, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SFMTA Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, November 13, 6 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda here. […]
Kids’ indoor play at the Rec Center
Starting this week, parents, nannies, and other caretakers may bring children (infants through 4 year olds) to play indoors at the Glen Park Recreation Center on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon.
Glen Park Merchants Rock in 2018
This year has been a big one for Glen Park’s merchants. In May, the Cheese Boutique was honored as an exceptional business with a ceremony at City Hall. Last month, Dalere’s Beauty Salon, Glen Park’s oldest business at 50 years, was celebrated by Mayor London Breed and other dignitaries at the shop on Chenery Street. […]
Greenway Cleanup Nov. 10!
Forwarded from Nicholas Dewar, project manager for the Glen Park Greenway: Hello Friends and Supporters of the Glen Park Greenway We will have a work party on Saturday November 10. I hope that you will be able to join us once again. The trees and shrubs that many of you helped plant during the last […]
Haunted Halloween
There’s no denying that Halloween is quite the event in Glen Park — from the day-of parades at both Glen Park Montessori and Glen Park Elementary, to the nighttime festivities along and around Chenery street — Glen Park celebrates with enthusiasm and abandon. For the first time, San Francisco’s Ingleside Police station, with the guidance […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
For MTA nerds, this week’s newsletter was rich with information. Crime trends, on-time performance, plan to improve on-time performance, which is a four-part blog from Ed Reiskin himself. See all four through this search. No Tuesday Board of Supervisors meeting next week. The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, November 5, 1:30 […]