Forwarded from BART. Contact info at the bottom of the post. Elevator Flooring Repair Work Glen Park 10/3 to 10/7/2016 We will begin work at Glen Park Station to replace the floor in the elevator that serves the platform for all trains Monday, October 3. The work will take approximately until Friday, October 7. We will be upgrading the […]
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Free and Fun: The Jungle Book
Join Sutter Health-CPMC 2020 for an evening of family entertainment with a FREE outdoor movie screening of The Jungle Book. Grab your picnic blanket, pack some snacks and join us for a night of family night of fun! Movie begins at 7:00 p.m. or dusk Saturday, Sept. 24th The Jungle Book Glen Canyon Park At […]
NERT emergency training Wed. Sept. 21st
Please join us for our end-of-summer meeting Wed. Sep 21, 6:30-7:30pm at Glen Park Library. We will challenge you with how WE, Glen Park, should prepare and plan for the Big One. PLUS we need volunteers to assist with the creation of the Glen Park map. If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Susanna […]
SJA Off-Ramp Two Lanes Again
Per Caltrans’ studies that were seconded by a third-party engineering company, the northbound San Jose Avenue off-ramp is returning to two lanes. “Caltrans has completed the resurfacing work on the northbound San Jose Avenue off-ramp off of I-280 as of yesterday, and that temporary striping is in place. The contractor is scheduled to install the […]
So long and thanks for a great 38 years of Glen Park Hardware
The final day of Glen Park Hardware came on Wednesday, August 31, when Hal and Susan Tauber closed the door on 38 years of supplying Glen Park with everything from nails to mouse traps to mops. No buyer came forward to purchase the businesses, so in their usual calm, methodical way the Taubers shut down and closed up. A new […]
Coyote encounter/sighting survey
Hello Neighbors: Could you (and others in your household) please fill out a short survey — Opinions, sightings, and encounters with coyotes in San Francisco? It’s only 13 questions — and should take only a few minutes to complete! The questions are simple and non-weighted, with a place to elaborate in your own words. Also, we […]
Meet the Fleet: New trains will showcase many environmentally friendly features The engineers tasked with designing BART’s Fleet of the Future faced an unenviable feat: creating train cars even more environmentally friendly than the current ones, which are already among the nation’s best on that score. “These are going to be extremely energy-efficient cars,” […]
The Mysterious Case of the Brompton on Brompton Street
By Elizabeth Weise The strange and wonderful still happens every day, we just don’t always know it. Take the surprising case of a stolen bespoke bike that found its way across the Bay and back to its owner with the aid of a sharp-eyed Glen Park resident and a surprising coincidence. It all started on […]
95 Norhoff redwood tree move approved
The Board of Appeals has approved a plan to move a redwood tree at 95 Norhoff. Thirteen months ago the board denied a permit to remove the tree so that the lot could be subdivided into four individual parcels of property. The board reconsidered the matter in April, but deadlocked 2-2 with an absent board member. On August 17, […]
Check out the Joost & Baden Mini-Park
Story and photos by Murray Schneider If you’re up for a walk, take a moment to amble over to Sunnyside’s Joost & Baden Mini-Park. Tucked away between Joost Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the whimsical corridor is sandwiched between the Sunnyside Conservatory on the south and Nordhoff Street on the north. San Francisco boasts a plethora […]