October 18, 2012 Glen Park Recreation Center – 700 pm AGENDA 700 PM Call to Order Committee / Treasurer Reports 715 PM PROGRAM Meet with Supervisor Scott Wiener and Captain Tim Falvey, SFPD Ingleside District Planning Department and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency staff – Update on Traffic Improvements at Diamond and Bosworth Streets and other […]
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Learn more about Prop. B at the farmers market Sunday
e campaign for Proposition B – the 2012 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bonds – is underway. At last Sunday’s Glen Park Farmers Market, we had a Prop B table with flyers and posters. Many stopped and expressed support for this measure that will complete the upgrade of the Glen Park Recreation Center, and others […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Protest against tree cutting in 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. Enduring intermittent rain, about 30 people from various San Francisco neighborhoods gathered at Bosworth and Elk streets on Thursday evening to protest the impending destruction of trees in Glen Canyon as […]
Glen Park – through the eyes of a cabbie
By Murray Schneider Billy Kindle rolls through Glen Park in his Yellow Cab after he makes an airport run early on Sunday mornings. “Before BART is up I can usually find a fare,” Kindle said. “Some people don’t know BART isn’t in service before 8 A.M., and they don’t want to miss their flight.” Kindle, […]
Vandals attack again early Monday morning
It appears today’s earlier report was incorrect. We’ve heard now that there were three separate vandal attacks on Glen Park businesses early Monday morning, despite the presence of a security guard at CitiBank. We hope to get more information from the Glen Park Merchants Association and also from the SF Police Dept. to find out […]
Merchant attacks update
I checked in with Tommy at Glen Park Cleaners Monday morning and he said there have been no more vandal attacks on businesses along Diamond or Bosworth that he’s aware of. He said that CitiBank had hired a security firm to stand guard outside of the bank overnight and he believes that may be acting […]
Work to restore Islais Creek begins
By Murray Schneider Beginning earlier this week a behemoth earthmover positioned itself in front of a Islais Creek culvert and began clearing the creek and the surrounding banks of debris, with the goal of improving the quality of water flow into San Francisco Bay. Friends of Glen Canyon Park, in partnership with Recreation […]
Our Library turns five Oct. 13th
Monterey pine cleared in the canyon
By Murray Schneider A portion of a Monterey Pine that toppled and fell onto Alms Road at the entrance to Glen Canyon on October 1, obstructing pedestrian traffic and disrupting electrical power to the Recreation Center, has been cleared and no longer poses a threat to canyon users. PG&E worked to restore a downed electrical […]
Glen Canyon Park Renovation Update