Story and photos by Murray Schneider Sun smiled on rows of succulents hugging the soil in front of the Sunnyside Conservatory last Saturday morning, but frowned on weeds that a squad of neighborhood volunteers removed from the array of agave, aloe and aeonium. Supervised by two City Recreation and Parks gardeners, a dozen men and […]
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How the Garden Grows at the Sunnyside Conservatory
Crime report April 12 – 21, 2014
Saturday, April 12th, 2014 8:30pm Arlington/Bosworth Stolen Vehicle Sunday, April 13th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Monday, April 14th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 8:00pm Kern/Brompton Theft from Vehicle 8:35pm 2800 Blk Diamond Burglary Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Thursday, April 17th, […]
More poisoned meatballs found
(05-06) 13:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Someone appears to be continuing a long and increasingly strange campaign to hurt or kill dogs in San Francisco with poisoned meatballs. Around 9 a.m. Monday, dog trainer Shura Kelly and her friend were walking their dogs near 24th Avenue and Ortega Street in the Sunset District when they found a plate of […]
Glen Park History Project launches
Could music heal international conflicts? Glen Park musician thinks so
By Murray Schneider Jonathan Dimmock once performed before the Prince of Wales at Westminster Abbey. Thirty years later the 56-year old church organist lives in a 1905-built Diamond Street house, shops at the Canyon Market and rides BART, and he’s planning a presentation for the President of the United States. Sitting at his kitchen table, […]
Street lighting in Glen Park is about to get brighter
We can now report that action is underway to improve street lighting in the neighborhood. After a nighttime walk last December with the Glen Park Lighting Committee and Supervisor Weiner and other city officials (which was reported in the Spring 2014 Glen Park News), an action plan has been developed. Details were presented at the […]
Hunting invasive radish in the park
Story and photos by Murray Schneider Intermittent April shower brought with them a profusion of mustard, which blanketed swaths of Glen Canyon’s eastern hillside on a recent Wednesday. Bunched in the shadow of Diamond Heights homes, the invasive ground cover could easily have doubled for colorful daisies. On April 9, eight Friends of Glen Canyon […]
Glen Park Association meeting April 9 — 6:30
Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, April 9, 2014 • 6:30pm Glen Park Recreation Center The Glen Park Association is happy to announce the April general meeting at the Glen Park Recreation Center. We will start at 630 pm with a meet-and-greet social. Weather permitting, the social will be outside at the tables near the […]
Penny Lane, a strolling street in Glen Park
by Murray Schneider Penny Lane, once a 19th century carriage path, makes a short, rutted journey threading between Sussex and Surrey Street backyards, then dead-ends in 200 yards. At that point, the public easement bifurcates: fork left, up to Sussex Street; or dogleg right, down to Surrey Street. “The fact is, the change in elevation […]