Story and photo by Murray Schneider There’s not much Glen Park Hardware’s Hal Tauber can’t turn his hands to or assist his legends of loyal customers in putting to rights. But who’d have thought Glen Park’s hardware store owner could fashion an industrial-strength Hanukkah menorah. Studying the sturdy Festival of Lights nine-branched candelabrum taking […]
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Glen Canyon trail improvements coming along
Story and photos by Murray Schneider The Recreation and Park Department’s 15-month Glen Canyon Trails Improvement Project is expected to be completed in early 2015. Work crews soon will maneuver their last Bobcat earth mover along Alms Road, exiting San Francisco’s 70-acre natural area, leaving in their wake freshly minted recreational trails built with scores […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: A flash mob cleans up a flash flood in 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. Living in a big city doesn’t mean that people don’t take care of each other, as the rise and fall of “Lake Lippard” in Glen Park during Thursday’s storm shows. About […]
Santa’s coming to Glen Park Dec. 9
The way we live now: Construction on Bosworth
Photos by Susan Sutton According to the workers, this is part of an on-going project by PG&E to update high pressure gas lines throughout the city, after the devastating gas line explosion and fire in San Bruno in 2010 (okay, the workers didn’t say “devastating gas line explosion.)
Bosworth/Diamond intersection update
Dear Glen Park Improvements neighbors and stakeholders: Thank you for you continued interest in the Glen Park Streetscapes Improvements! It’s been quite a while since this project first got off the ground. We initially consulted with Glen Park neighbors in 2013 to design the new elements of the intersection, which included adding more trees, planters, […]
Glen Park gobbled 1.4 tons of Canyon Market turkey on Thanksgiving
By Stephen Labovsky Nov. 30, 2014 Friday morning at the Canyon Market, and Janet Tarlov is adding up the number of Thanksgiving turkeys they’ve sold this year. After a brief interlude, she smiles and announces the final tally. “One hundred and seventy-five birds!” To put this number in perspective, it’s approximately 1.4 tons of delicious […]
Glen Park Crime Report Nov. 16 – 24, 2014
Sunday, November 16th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Monday, November 17th, 2014 3:48am 100 Blk Hamerton Auto Boost Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Thursday, November 20th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Friday, November 21st, 2014 9:28pm […]
Was Lucky River on Monterey tenderizing meat on the sidewalk?
FromSF Weekly If you have trouble keeping your Thanksgiving turkey tender, we recommend putting in an overnight brine. Out of fridge space? Well, if in a pinch, why not try the sidewalk method: slam down your half-frozen bird on the sidewalk in front of your house, as hard as you can, before rubbing the skin […]
Glen Canyon trails improvement project update
Dear Glen Canyon TRAILS Improvement Project neighbors and stakeholders, I am overdue to make an update to our project page- http://sfrecpark.org/project/ glen-canyon-urban-trails- project/- but you will see similar updates reflected there by the first week of December, with some photos to go with them. Here is a snapshot of construction progress on Glen Canyon TRAILS: […]