By Murray Schneider Several middle-aged athletes gathered one recent afternoon around the free-throw line at Glen Park Recreation Center’s basketball court, tuning up for the first of dozens of afternoon and evening half-court pick-ups games. “They’re our senior statesmen,” said Oskar Rosas, 46, recreation coordinator at the Depression-era Rec Center, which would remain open until […]
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College Hill Neighborhood Assoc. cleans Bernal Cut on Monday
. Our growing College Hill Neighborhood Association (which serves both sides of the Bernal Cut, btw : ) is teaming up with DPW to do a major clean-up of the Bernal side of the Bernal Cut path, and since so many GP residents loop across our shared bridges to our Bernal side of the path, […]
Save the date – Next GPA meeting Jan. 19 with historic photo slide show
FYI the next GPA Meeting info January 19, 2012 7pm St. John School, 925 Chenery Street Program – Southern Pacific Railroad Line through the Mission and Glen Park: Slide Show with Richard Brandi, Architectural Historian ADJOURNMENT Social hour to follow
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 32,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 12 sold-out performances for that many […]
Crime Report, Dec. 9 – 27, 2011
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter: Friday December 9 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Saturday December 10 1:09am 100 Blk Bemis St Recovered vehicle Sunday December 11 6:15am 200 Blk Chenery St Vandalism Sgt. Miller responded to a report of a suspect with a tire iron vandalizing vehicles. […]
Helping the Canyon thrive through judicious pruning
By Murray Schneider Willow Creek Trail isn’t named on any official map that San Francisco Rec and Park has shelved at McLaren Lodge. Nevertheless, the Glen Canyon path circles Glen Park’s Islais Creek. It begins near a boardwalk that leaves Silver Tree Day Camp in its wake, runs parallel to a seep that collects run-off […]
Vendors – sign up now for the Glen Park Festival
We are now accepting applications for 2012 Glen Park Festival which will be held on April 29, 2012. Please follow the link below to find out more information about becoming a vendor. http://glenparkfestival.com/become-a-vendor.shtml You can link to the vendor application from the page above or find it here: http://glenparkfestival.com/vendor-application.shtml Please do not hesitate to contact […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Manzoni – a fuller review
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. To the unexpected accompaniment of large earth-moving machinery, the long-awaited Manzoni restaurant opened its doors Monday evening and filled up with Glen Park diners almost immediately. Owner Manhal Jweinat, beaming high-wattage […]
Canyon Market: Five years and going strong
By Murray Schneider The Canyon Market turned five years old on November 21st, so owners Janet and Richard Tarlov threw a birthday party for their village grocery on December 10th. “We wanted to show our appreciation to the community,” said Janet Tarlov, sitting in her postage-sized office, which she shares with her bookkeeper. In the […]
Collapsed sewer clogs evening traffic on Diamond St.
A collapsed sewer on Diamond street just past Chenery clogged evening traffic (and distracted from the opening of the new Italian restaurant Manzoni) Monday night. City workers told Ric Lopez of the Glen Park Merchants Association. “it was an emergency spot repair so the street would not cave in.” The workers say we can expect some […]