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 […]
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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 […]
CalTrans seals up I-280 Freeway interior space
On Wednesday, March 9, the southbound entrance to Interstate 280 at Bosworth Street was closed while CalTrans worked to seal up the soffit (interior space) within the freeway where four people had been sheltering. A fire subsequently broke out and the cause is still under investigation. Three people were rescued and one person tragically perished. […]
(HIS)TORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS–The Gum Tree Girls had “Moxie”! Following in the footsteps of Glen Park suffragists
Celebrate Moxie! The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival is a nonprofit, noncommercial event graciously permitted by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Learn more about the Gum Tree Girls Festival! To donate directly to […]
Announcing: The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival!
Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park This nonprofit event, being coordinated by the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), will celebrate the tremendous legacy of the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls – Zoanne Theriault Nordstrom, Joan Seiwald, and Geri Arkush, as well as their predecessor in the 1950s to […]
San Francisco to rein in Monster Homes in Central Neighborhoods–including Glen Park
The Board of Supervisors voted in favor of legislation to curb luxury home conversions in central San Francisco neighborhoods like Noe Valley, Dolores Heights, and Glen Park. On March 1 the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted for an ordinance introduced by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to combat the ongoing trend of large, luxury single-family […]