Thanks to Chris Faust of Upper Noe Neighbors (and more) for writing up this summary of the D8 Safety Meeting held Thursday: District 8 Safety Meeting January 14, 2016 – 6 pm Saint Philip the Apostle community room 725 Diamond St. San Francisco Jean Elle of NBC Bay Area was there. The story is at […]
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GPA quarterly meeting
Glen Park Association quarterly meeting Date: January 21, 2016 Time: 7:00 PM Place: The San Francisco Police Academy at 350 Amber Drive There are some road blockages, so we suggest using the following route: 1. Go up Diamond Heights Blvd. to Duncan Street. 2. Go left on Duncan Street, and continue on Duncan past the construction at […]
Hot history on a cold day in Glen Park
Story and photos by Murray Schneider This winter 18 San Franciscans braved cold temperatures that dipped into the forties and listened to Evelyn Rose of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project spin tales from Glen Canyon’s past on one of her patented Glen Park history walks. Rose, who writes a Glen Park News […]
Diamond/Bosworth update
From Kelley McCoy, SFMTA PR: I wanted to reach out and give a brief update about where we are on the last leg of the Glen Park Project: · We are still waiting on the final contractor’s schedule for the northeast (former Citibank building) corner. For now, there is no work planned for that corner. […]
San Jose Avenue pilot project update
SFMTA has uploaded its final analysis of the Northbound San Jose Avenue Road Diet pilot plan, which began in June, 2014, when the agency reduced the three-lane road to two lanes to slow traffic and increase safety. (A second phase merged the two-lane offramp to one lane under the underpass.) You can see it here: […]
Brazen taggers in Glen Park
By Elizabeth Weise How brazen are graffiti taggers in San Francisco? More than you could possibly imagine, found Glen Park resident Kevin Jones. On Saturday, Dec. 26, in broad daylight, Jones was standing in line to use the Bank of American ATM across the street from Canyon market on Diamond St. As he describes it, […]
Glen Canyon walking tour Jan. 2
Tree work in Glen Canyon
From Melinda Stockmann at RecPark: Just a quick heads up that we are working with a contractor to do some hazardous tree mitigation work in Glen Canyon Park the week of January 4th. This involves tree removal and pruning at / near Crags Court entry as well as entry at Turquoise and Amber. These trees […]
Did you know the architect who did Glen Park BART was famous?
Photo: Michael Short, Special To The Chronicle Decades before, architect couple left their mark in S.F. An outbound train leaves the platform at the Glen Park BART station in San Francisco, CA, on Thursday, December 18, 2014. Ernest Born’s final building was the Glen Park BART Station, a subterranean temple of transportation with a platform […]
Dennis Nix: Victim of hit-and-run on Monterey Blvd.
Story by Murray Schneider One of Glen Park’s own, Dennis Nix, 60, died on November 22, a victim of a suspected hit-and-run motor vehicle incident. The collision occurred around 2:30 a.m., only blocks from Nix’s Mangels Avenue home. Traveling on his scooter near Monterey Boulevard and the BART station, Nix, who had earlier left a […]