From our friends at Mission Local: By Andrea Valencia Posted August 15, 2014 4:13 pm In anticipation of the beginning of the school year on Monday, teachers at Glen Park Elementary were getting ready to give students a surprise: 18 brand new iPads. The devices had been recently donated by another teacher. The unveiling on […]
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Tennis courts at Glen Canyon Park to be resurfaced
This has been a contentious issue, with some in the neighborhood feeling the courts are not correct and should be fixed, while others think it’s a waste of money and that the courts are fine as they are. It appears that Rec and Park is going to re-grade them. Here’s their email: ==== Hi […]
New Chinese restaurant opening in China House space on Friday
By Gail Bensinger Win Garden, Glen Park’s newest restaurant, will open Friday in the Diamond Street location recently vacated by China House. It will be open daily for lunch and dinner, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Shiliang Guan and Spring Huang, the new owners, have put together a large menu featuring a selection of […]
SF Mime Troupe Comes to Glen Park
Check out this year’s SF Mime Troupe show “Ripple Effect” in Glen Canyon park this Saturday, Aug. 16. The free show (donations encouraged) starts at 2 p.m., with live music starting earlier at 1:30 p.m. Here’s the blurb about the show from their webpage: Skyrocketing rents. Loss of diversity. Certain workers welcomed like saviors, while other […]
Volunteers clear trash and sludge from Islais Creek
Story and photos by Murray Schneider Anticipating a winter reprieve from the three-year drought, Rec and Parks gardeners on July 30 supervised six Friends of Glen Canyon Park volunteers in removing sediment from Glen Canyon’s bone-dry Islais Creek. Each week, the Friends return to the canyon, pulling invasive weeds, performing trail maintenance, collecting seeds for […]
Notes from the Glen Park Association meeting July 30
Considering it’s the middle of summer, or what most people outside of San Francisco experience as summer, the recent meeting of the Glen Park Association in the Glen Canyon Rec Center offered up a well-attended, wide ranging community meeting. GPA president and meeting chair Michael Rice, periodically begins GPA gatherings by having each person introducing […]
“New” Chinese restaurant closing
By Gail Bensinger China House, the Diamond Street restaurant that opened on Valentine’s Day, is closing its doors after dinner tonight (July 31). Owner Jerry Luo said another Chinese restaurant had bought his business and will open “shortly.” He declined to give other details. Luo, who still owns another China House restaurant in Half Moon Bay, […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: 10 fascinating facts you didn’t know about Glen Canyon
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. 10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Glen Canyon In honor of Outdoors Week, each day we’ll highlight 10 amazing facts about some of San Francisco’s favorite outdoor spaces. We’ve covered […]
Glen Park Association meeting Wednesday July 30, 2014
Quarterly Meeting July 30, 2014 at Glen Park Recreation Center Social Hour: 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Meeting – 7:00 pm Agenda Program: Updates with Sup. Scott Wiener and Capt. Tim Falvey, SFPD Ingleside Station Elizabeth Goldstein, Executive Director, California State Parks Foundation (and Glen Park resident): Our State Parks […]
Night out at the Police Academy August 5
From the Ingleside Police Station . . . On behalf of the members of the Ingleside Police Station’s Community Police Advisory Board (CPAB), Captain Timothy Falvey, the officers of the Ingleside Police Station, and the community, we are extending an invitation for you to be a part of our celebration of this annual tradition “National […]