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, […]
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The call of the white-breasted nuthatch across Glen Canyon
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 […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
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 […]
San Francisco Mayor-elect, Calif. Senator attend Laidley Street 4th of July parade
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 […]
Greenway Planning Meeting
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 […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Rollicking Frolicking Pups Celebrate their New Play Area
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. […]
Classes, camps and events at Glen Park Rec Center this summer
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 […]
Glen Park BART Station Praised for its Architecture
You need to persist in reading this column in Curbed, which highlights unsung buildings in San Francisco. Clocking in last on the list at #30 (but hey, it made the list!) is our very own Glen Park Bart station. View it here, as well as the “other” 29. UPDATE: Be sure to click on the link […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Most meetings next week are cancelled for the July 4 holiday. The SFMTA Engineering Public Hearing happens Friday, July 6, 10 a.m., in room 416. See agenda here. 18. NO PARKING EXCEPT BICYCLES ESTABLISH – BIKE SHARE STATION Arlington Street, south side, from Miguel Street to 70.5 feet easterly (62.5-foot bike share station with a 5-foot red […]
Sunday: Reopening of the Walter Haas dog play area
From Rec & Park: We are delighted to invite you to the reopening of the Walter Haas Dog Play Area on Sunday, July 1st at 1:00 p.m. DATE Sunday, July 1st EVENT Reopening Celebration of the Walter Haas Playground Dog Play Area LOCATION […]