Forwarded from Paul Matalucci of the Diamond Heights Boulevard Median project Special Benefit Planter/Pot Sale this Saturday, Two Upcoming Volunteer Days, and Our CCG Hello supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, Three items in this message: 1) Further detail about our Community Challenge Grant 2) Thank you to last weekend’s volunteers, and upcoming […]
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New Leadership in District 8 and Glen Park
Photos by Michael Waldstein In a coincidence of timing, Mayor Lee appointed a new District 8 Supervisor to replace Scott Wiener, who has moved on to the State Senate; and, in the January 26 meeting, Michael Rice capped his 12-year long run as president of the Glen Park Association. MICHAEL RICE: In the last of […]
DH Median Cleanup
Forwarded from Paul of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project: https://dhbmedian.wordpress.com/ Hello supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, I am pleased to share some good news. Our project has received a second grant from the City of San Francisco’s Community Challenge Grant program. I will share more details next week, but in […]
DH road work
Forwarded from SFDPW: Dear Neighbors, The Diamond Heights Improvements Project is finally ready to begin next week. Work Activity- January 30 – February 17, 2017 Duncan St. –Carnelian St. • Water-main installation on the westside of the street. This block will be closed to through traffic during work hours. Local access permitted. Traffic will be […]
On-Street Car Share evaluated
Here is the final evaluation of the On-Street Car Share pilot program that started in August 2014. (Instead of being in parking lots and garages, these car-share pods take up a place on the city streets. There are about 200 of them.) Summary is that on-street car-share pods are well used, but it’s a nightmare […]
GPA Mtg Jan. 26: Meet the New Supe!
Quarterly Meeting January 26, 2017 – 7:00 pm St. John’s School 925 Chenery Street Agenda Meet Jeff Sheehy, our newly appointed District 8 Supervisor (and Glen Park resident). GPA Board elections Presentation on the expansion of the city’s Bike Share program to Glen Park. Adjournment
GP NERT mtg
Forwarded from GP NERT: Glen Park NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) is having its first quarterly meeting of 2017 on Wednesday, January 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Glen Park library. Please join us for a discussion about our mapping project and to participate in an emergency preparedness table top exercise. Date: Wed, January 25, […]
Islais Creek tries to daylight itself
Friday, January 20, 2017 Harvey Steiman was talking through Glen Canyon Park on Friday when he saw this in the ball field facing Elk St. When he asked one of the workers what was going on, he was told “they had discovered a leak in ‘the sewer.’” Further questioning revealed that the culvert that Islais […]
O’Shaughnessy Re-Opened
According to the Department of Public Works, crews reopened O’Shaughnessy Boulevard shortly after 10 p.m Thursday after completing a “rockslide mitigation safety project” to shore up the crumbling hillside. They will finish tidying up today. A rock slide closed the road Wednesday.
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Hank Greenwald, long-time Giants announcer and Diamond Heights resident, discusses life, baseball and his connection to Glen Park
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Hank Greenwald sat at Destination Bakery, nursing a cup of hot chocolate, reminiscing about a broadcast career that witnessed him announce 2,798 consecutive San Francisco Giants games before he retired in […]