After an absence of two years the Noe Valley Garden Tour is BACK! The Garden committee has finalized the gardens to be included on the Tour. You will be amazed at what the huge December rain has done for gardens this year. Come be inspired! The tour will be held on Saturday, May 7th from […]
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Glen Park Incidents – March 2022
Incident Time Intersection Description 2022/03/01 00:00 GOLD MINE DR \ DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD Vehicle, Stolen & Recovered 09:00 ARLINGTON ST \ MIGUEL ST Access Card, incl. Credit, Phone, ATM, Fraudulent Use of 09:00 ARLINGTON ST \ MIGUEL ST Access Card, incl. Credit, Phone, ATM, Fraudulent Use of 16:00 JADE PL \ GOLD MINE DR […]
Bill Foley is hanging up his Canyon Market jacket
Shoppers at Canyon Market had better take note of a familiar sight there, because it won’t be around much longer. That would be Bill Foley at the cash register. After fourteen years Bill, 69, is retiring. March 31 will be his last day. Bill, a native of Philadelphia, came to the city in 1976 soon […]
Greenway work party — Saturday, April 2
Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, I hope that you are enjoying the approach of spring and are ready for its arrival. We are making plans for April’s monthly work party. It will be on Saturday April 2 (two weeks from today) from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We’ll have coffee at the start (many thanks […]
Bird & Beckett bash celebrates our neighborhood–a new tradition
Photos by Marian Dalere Big fun this past Thursday when Bird & Beckett hosted a party for the neighborhood with free beer & snacks and live music (The Potrero Hillbillies with intermission piano by Eric Shifrin). At the center of the festivities was Soo Emens, a partner in the POD design studio across the street […]
Tense situation in Glen Park village ends peacefully
The usual morning rush hour crush in Glen Park village was further complicated around 8:30 am Thursday morning due to an incident at the Dignity Health Urgent Care clinic at the northeast corner of Diamond and Bosworth streets. A man, apparently in a mental health crisis, drew an extraordinary—for Glen Park—response from SFPD. According to […]
Neighborhood Party at Bird & Beckett
Thursday March 24, Bird & Beckett kicks off a regular bash that’ll take place in the bookshop every third month for the sole purpose of celebrating Glen Park, toasting a merchant or community member with music, chatter and libations. This time out, Soo Emens is in the spotlight, serenaded by her friends in the droll […]
Glen Park reporter and Canyon stalwart Murray Schneider dies at 79
By Elizabeth Weise and Bonnee Waldstein If you’ve wandered through Glen Canyon or read about the neighborhood in the Glen Park News, you have been the beneficiary of Murray Schneider’s decades of work here. He helped pull invasive weeds in Glen Canyon, dug for planting and lopped ivy at regular Greenway work parties, wrote copiously […]
The tinkle of Mr. Softee chimes in Glen Park
For quite some time now, the Glen Park News has heard rumors of Mister Softee appearing in the neighborhood. Inquiries to the company as to a schedule were inconclusive. Then on Saturday, March 12, the Glen Park News spotted the truck in Glen Park village on Chenery Street. It stopped at various points heading east. […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–February Recap–Plus: Win a Canyon Market gift certificate (read on)!
Happy March, everybody! Best wishes as we forge ahead toward Spring, and more lovely weather. In times of relative chaos and hardship around the world, it makes one truly appreciate that we live in relative peace locally. Here’s to Glen Park remaining an oasis of calm and peaceful living. So, what can I say about […]