La Cigale, a new French restaurant, is quietly taking shape at 679 Chenery Street, a storefront that formerly held Modern Past. Owners Joseph Magidow and Daisy Linden plan to open by mid 2025. The restaurant will feature cuisine of Occitanie, the region spanning southwest France and the Spanish Pyrenees. La cigale means the […]
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KQED Radio’s Bay Curious features Glen Canyon Park, site of first dynamite factory in US
Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), recently was interviewed on KQED’s program about surprising facts about the Bay Area, this time focusing on Glen Canyon’s status as the location of the first dynamite factory in the US. Thanks to the efforts of Rose and the late Jean […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–October recap
Brighter mornings and darker nights now that we’ve made it past daylight savings time, and it is a bit of a tumultuous time here in our fine city (and country for that matter). Lots of speculation going on, and frankly, I don’t intend to take part in too much of that on this day. I’m […]
Elk Street Mural meeting 11/16
Review a proposed new mural at Glen Canyon Park’s Elk Street retaining wall on Saturday, November 16 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., at the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street). Meet the muralist, Sirron Norris and provide feedback. (To see some of Sirron’s past murals, click here.) Norris incorporated input from the September […]
Glen Park – October 2024 Incidents
Note: Moving forward we’ll publish these posts three to four days after the month’s close to balance the completeness of information and timeliness of reporting. Incident Time Intersection Incident Description 2024/10/02 03:21 ARBOR ST \ SWISS AVE Firearm, Discharging Within City Limits 09:00 BOSWORTH ST \ DIAMOND ST License Plate, Stolen 2024/10/03 02:14 LIPPARD AVE […]
ICYMI, 2024 Vella Family pumpkins!
This year 1500 people came to see the 150 Vella family pumpkins at 354 Sussex! Watch the video here: Thanks to the Vella family for making Glen Park Halloween uniquely fun!
November 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter
Greetings, Inglesiders! September was a busy month for our officers as we worked tirelessly to keep our community safe. In addition to responding to daily calls for service, our team has been active in several key areas. We’ve collaborated with local retailers to ensure a secure shopping experience, engaged with community groups and neighborhood […]
Neighbors, politicos flock to opening of Burnside tiled steps
It was an exciting scene as crowds gathered to witness the ribbon cutting of the Burnside Mural+ project, now completed with a mural and tiled steps. It was Glen Park resident Renee Berger’s vision for a drab wall and stairway transformation into an eye-popping instant neighborhood treasure. The timeline required persistence for the complex project. […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Community Día de los Muertos Ofrenda
Don’t forget to vote in the November election. Glen Park Branch Library will serve as a polling place from 7 am to 8 pm November 5th so there will be no storytime or Homework Hangout that day. As we head into November, we encourage you to bring in a small reminder of someone you’ve lost […]
For the 29th–or is it 30th–year, the Vella Family Pumpkins are on display for Halloween
This year, 140+ pumpkins will be on display outside the Vella family home at 354 Sussex. It’s a family tradition in its 29th year.The pumpkins will be on display starting at 5 pm on October 31. See attached for some new pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNf6sf42oI&t=8s My daughter Maya (now Dr. Maya Vella, MD, a UCSF Radiologist) and […]