The Glen Park Association

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Garden party at the Conservatory

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider On Saturday, June 15 Joost Avenue resident Sally Ross led a corps of over half a dozen Sunnyside neighbors in a quarterly Sunnyside Conservatory gardening work party. From nine to 11:30 A.M. the crew weeded the Conservatory grounds, rich with drought-resistant plants, grasses and a number of towering palm […]

The Farm at SOTA

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider Glen Park now has its own farm atop one of the highest hills in San Francisco. The one-quarter acre green space is perched on the cusp of Glen Canyon and bookended by Twin Peaks and Mount Davidson.  The farm is tucked away on the grounds of the former J. […]

Saddle Trail popular in the Canyon

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Story and photo by Murray Schneider Glen Canyon’s new Saddle Trail witnessed plenty of activity on Wednesday, June 5. Dozens of Silver Tree Day Camp children trooped up new box steps, sharing the recently completed steps with a group of bird watchers and volunteers from Friends of Glen Canyon who pulled invasive Italian thistle adjacent […]

GPA responds to the Planning Department and Municipal Transportation

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As follow-up to the Planning Department and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency presentation at the April 11, 2013 Glen Park Association meeting, the GPA board met and reviewed the plans in detail. The board then sent the attached letter to Planning and other parties, with further comments and questions about the plans. We expect that […]

Crime report: May 23 – 29, 2013

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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 9:00am 900 Blk Chenery Fraud 10:45am 200 Blk Monterey Burglary 6:04pm Lyell/Cayuga Traffic Collision 7:25pm Unit Blk Laidley Warrant Arrest Friday, May 24th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Saturday, May 25th, 2013 4:00pm Farnum/Moreland Hit & Run Sunday, May 26th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Monday, May […]

Community meetings on Glen Canyon Park June 13, July 12

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Hi Everyone! As many of you may know, thanks to the community planning process in 2010-2011 which identified the needs for renovation and improvement of the facilities at Glen Canyon Park, not only is the playground and tennis court renovation in construction now, the Recreation Center Building Renovation was funded by voters in the 2012 […]

Glen Park Association–info on traffic proposal

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Mike Schiraldi offered up a quick overview of the posted minutes, which make it easier to envision what’s being proposed, and kindly let us post them: ========= These are the key points that jumped out : At the Diamond / Bosworth intersection, they’re looking into… …adding an extra cycle to the traffic lights, called a […]