To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It was a clear chilly night in Glen Park on New Year’s eve. A number of people chose to ring in the new year close to home. Manzoni was open for […]
Archives for December 2018
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
City government is on vacation this week, but here’s some good news: MUNI will be free from 8 p.m. on December 31 through 5 a.m. on January 1, and BART will run until 3 a.m. I’m looking forward to watching the wheels of bureaucracy turn with my neighbors in 2019!
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation (Holiday Edition!)
The Board of Supervisors is on recess through January 4. Pretty much everyone else is taking the week off, too (as expected), except good old SFMTA: The SFMTA Engineering Hearing will happen Friday, December 28, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 416. Agenda
(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
This article was previously published in the Fall 2018 print edition of the Glen Park News. The year 2018 marks the 110th anniversary of the Glen Park Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Established through the advocacy of Glen Park suffragists, the branch stands today as a testament to determined community activism and an […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Of interest: Lime Scooter’s appeal of its ban was heard today. I would have mentioned it had I read this article about how they treat their mechanics and other non-engineers. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, December 18, 12:30 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, December […]
Good things from Glen Park Parents
I have a granddaughter born Sept. 25, and I just wanted to say how helpful the Glen Park Parents listserv has been in equipping her and her parents and helping them all feel cared for! My San Francisco-born-and-bred son and his wife (and baby) live in Wisconsin, and don’t have a baby network yet, but […]
Drop-In Rock Climbing at Glen Canyon Rec Center
From SF Rec and Park eNews: Drop-in rock climbing is back at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center rock wall from now until March! We have hour-long sessions that will go from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to noon/1:30 to 4:30 p.m.on Saturdays! Limit six climbers […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, December 10, at 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The BOS Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will meet Monday, December 10, 4 p.m., in City Hall, room 263. See agenda here. Spicy meeting: Juvenile justice and PD membership with the NRA The SF County […]
A Nuthatch Family Makes A New Home
Richard Craib raised his family on Turquoise Way, his backyard abutting the upper reaches of Glen Canyon. This summer he oversaw a family of white-breasted nuthatches at the house he built and has lived in since 1962. Craib recently sat in his living room, which overlooks a mini-forest of pines, cypresses and redwoods. A barn […]
Glen Park Association Newspaper Editorial
Housing may be the hottest topic in Glen Park. Whether it’s sky-high sale prices, displacement of dear neighbors, a basketball court on Everson or the future of the BART lot, the Glen Park Association hears about nothing quite so much as housing. Opinions vary—and strongly—from one person to the next, but there is at least […]
StreetTreeSF Update from Friends of the Urban Forest
So, how’s the tree trimming going now that the City has taken back responsibility for maintaining SF street trees? How long will it take to get to all of them? What does the future hold? These and other questions are addressed in the media news summary put out by Friends of the Urban Forest. Your […]
Greenway Cleanup Dec. 15
Now that the smoke has cleared, join us on Saturday, December 15, 9 a.m. to noon, to plant, weed, mulch and eat. We’ll have coffee to start and sandwiches and cookies for lunch. RSVP here so we know how many people need food and do not waste it. We’ll meet at Chilton and focus on the […]