Hello Glen Park! Here’s your beginning of fall snapshot – Three quarters through 2025, and the San Francisco market feels like it’s stretching its legs again. After a super slow summer, things picked up fast heading into fall – more listings, more buyers, and a lot more energy overall. Interest rates hit their lowest point […]
You’re invited–More art in Glen Park!
Can you believe it? Glen Park is among the COOLEST neighborhoods IN THE WORLD!
What do Jimbocho, Tokyo; Borgerhout, Antwerp; Barra Fundo, Sao Paulo; Camberwell, London; Avondale, Chicago; and Glen Park, San Francisco all have in common? They were among the 39 best neighborhoods in the world according to TimeOut magazine, a British publication. Glen Park rated number 35 in the rankings. Among other kudos, travel editor Grace […]
SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter
Read the Septemer 12 Ingleside Station Newsletter here Good Morning Ingleside Community, It has been a little over a month since I took command at Ingleside station. I would like to say it has been awesome. The community involvement and support for our Officers has been outstanding. We held National Night Out, had our monthly […]
A District 8 unsung hero–Dave Burke
As only one of three public-safety liaisons–the other two are in Districts 4 and 11–Dave Burke works behind the scenes to address quality of life issues, assisting the SFPD in tricky matters that might otherwise be passed over. He’s a city employee who facilitates solutions for our D8 Supervisor, Rafael Mandelman,and the SFPD. Read this […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–August recap
Happy September, Glen Park — what great weather we’ve been having! And we’re only just now moving into Indian Summer. The world may be uncertain, and your packages might be arriving with ransom notes from UPS for tariffs (this has happened to me!), but the housing market is definitely heating up. Things were pretty quiet […]
News from Department of Building Inspection
Mayor Lurie has announced the Day 200 permit reforms led by PermitSF. We want to provide some additional details about how the changes are being implemented at the Department of Building Inspection (DBI). New Solar Permit Today, we’re introducing a new digital solar permit (“S Permit”) to make it easier for contractors to install solar systems in R3 occupancies […]
GREENWAY WORK PARTY–Saturday, September 6
Our September Work Party is this Saturday morning. I expect that your plans for the weekend are in focus by now. Many thanks to those who have already contacted me to say that you will join us. If you haven’t yet contacted me about the Work Party on Saturday, please reply to this email and […]
Opening very soon in Glen Park: French restaurant La Cigale
Glen Park can now boast a-one-of-a kind restaurant in the Bay Area. Local residents have been watching it take shape since last fall. La Cigale, at 679 Chenery, has a prix fixe menu including tax and tips. There are 14 seats, for walk-ins only. Diners are seated at a massive hexagonal wooden counter for a […]
Noe Valley Arts Festival coming soon
The 4th annual Noe Valley Art Festival will be held on Sunday, September 14th from 10am-4pm in the Noe Valley Town Square. This FREE community event will feature art displays and sales, painting demonstrations, activities for kids plus music. Art on display will include photographs, paintings, drawings, multi media art, jewelry, ceramics, fabric art, digital art and sculpture. We […]
Touch a Truck SF Returns for a Second Year of Honks and Happiness!
On Saturday, September 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the playground at St. John’s Catholic School will once again be filled with the sounds of sirens, honking horns, and a whole lot of happy kids. Touch a Truck SF is back for its second year, inviting little ones to climb into the driver’s seat […]
Short Notice: Falcon v. pigeons
Any city dweller can tell you that pigeons are a dirty nuisance who wreak havoc on public spaces. They have a right to roam the earth just as we do but they need to stay out of our way. Take our Glen Park BART station. Pigeons fly around making a mess. What to do? Falcons […]
Be a part of making Glen Park even more beautiful
Many of you learned about Glen Park Beautiful’s launch in GPA’s blog and may have attended the wonderful celebration of the Elk Street mural on July 26th. At that time, we kicked off the first step of asking for your ideas of how to further beautify Glen Park. Each of you walks along a Glen […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–July recap
August is upon us — time to tie up loose ends and gear up for the fall market. Much of the current inventory has been sitting for a while, though we’re seeing a slight uptick in newer listings. Last month only a couple of properties had been on the market for less than two weeks; […]
San Francisco Family Wealth Conference offered by Assessor-Recorder’s Office
On behalf of Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres, I’m reaching out to invite you to this year’s San Francisco Family Wealth Conference. This annual event brings together expert-led presentations, one-on-one consultations with budget counselors and Assessor staff, and a community resource fair- all focused on financial empowerment for the whole family. The event will take place on […]
Trees of Glen Park
The trees of Glen Park, both street trees and those visible in neighbors’ front yards, are featured in the current entry on the website, sftrees.com. San Francisco tree admirer Mike Sullivan, venture capital lawyer by profession, has taken it upon himself to catalog the trees in the neighborhoods of San Francisco to generate some attention […]
For sale or rent: 701 Chenery Street
The building at 701 Chenery Street, the former Glen Park Cleaners for nearly 35 years with an apartment on the second floor, has been vacant for three years since it was damaged in a fire that started in one of the dryers. It was recently restored and Gordon Property Management is seeking new tenants and […]
Captain Hurwitz’s final Community Meeting at Ingleside Station
This month’s community meeting will be Captain Hurwitz’s final one at Ingleside Station, as she will be transitioning to serve as Captain of Southern Station. Join us for coffee, community updates, and an opportunity to say farewell to Captain Hurwitz!
Mayor Lurie, Supervisors Mandelman and Melgar to attend Love Our Neighborhood event in Glen Park
News Flash: The Burnside Mural/Steps will be the backdrop for a major press event this Tuesday, July 15th at 10:30am, announcing DPW’s Love Our Neighborhood (LON) permit, which is designed to make the process for murals, tiled stairways, and similar projects easier, faster, and less expensive. Burnside’s tiled steps was the first project to go […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–June recap
Happy July, Glen Park — summer slow-down, here we are! Seasonality in San Francisco real estate is real, and we’re feeling it in Glen Park. Currently, there are 16 active listings in the neighborhood — and only one has been on the market for less than a couple of weeks. The chart below gives some […]
A Double Celebration: Elk Street Mural and Glen Park Beautiful!
Glen Park is full of treasures, too many to list here. Perhaps most notable is its canyon that offers places to be quiet and away from the city and serves as a convening spot for countless people to enjoy each other’s company. We now have our newest treasures, the Burnside mural and tiled steps, Elk […]
Saturday’s Greenway Work Party is cancelled until further notice
I’m very sorry to say that we have cancelled our Work Party for this Saturday July 12, along with all organized volunteer activity on the Greenway until further notice. As you may have read in the news, our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), has shut itself down. Just as SFPA has shut itself […]
Big changes come to Canyon Market
You would be forgiven if you went to Canyon Market today and felt slightly disoriented–Where are the sausages? Where’s the cream cheese? Where are the cash registers? Every day it seems there are changes at our neighborhood market. Dimitri Vardakastanis, along with his brother and partner Bobby, have owned and managed Canyon Market for the […]
May 2025 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletters
Dear Ingleside Community, May was a month of both recognition and renewal here at Ingleside Station, and I’m proud to share some exciting updates with all of you. First and foremost, I want to congratulate Officers Mark Lustenberger and Timothy Watts, who were awarded Certificates of Honor for their exceptional work as SFPD Crisis Intervention […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–May recap
Happy June! Now that we are moving into the typically slow summer months, I have a feeling that more people are sticking around and putting their properties on the market. From talking to stagers, they are saying they are busier than usual for the upcoming summer months. Why? I don’t know…maybe the uncertainty that’s going […]
GREENWAY WORK PARTY–Saturday, June 7
Our June Work Party is this Saturday morning. I expect that your plans for the weekend are in focus by now. Many thanks to those who have already contacted me to say that you will join us. If you haven’t yet contacted me about the Work Party on Saturday, please reply to this email and […]
Be a Part of Glen Park’s Next Mural!
Join your neighbors June 7 to clear ivy beneath the Bosworth Pedestrian Bridge, the first step in its transformation from a cement span into a vibrant piece of community art. Inspired by the Portola Pedestrian Bridge, the Bosworth Pedestrian Bridge will eventually have murals on its four pillars and a fresh coat of paint for […]
District 8 Pride TwentyFive Art Show
GREENWAY WORK PARTY–Saturday, June 7
Please put Saturday June 7 on your calendar for our next Work Party. Spring has almost run its course and soon we’ll feel the earth hard and dry beneath our feet as the grasses turn to summer gold. There’s plenty for us to do to protect the Native Meadow from weeds and prepare the Oak […]
April 2025 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletters
Hello Ingleside Community, Spring has officially arrived, and here at Ingleside Station, we’ve had a very busy month of April. Our station is currently operating at its lowest staffing level ever, which means our officers are being asked to do more with less. Additionally, we’ve seen a reduction in our overtime budget, which will limit […]
San Francisco Transportation Plan Presentation
Dear Community Members, I am reaching out regarding the San Francisco Transportation Plan, or SFTP, the blueprint for the city’s transportation system development and investment over the next 30 years. The plan analyzes all transportation options like transit, walking, driving, and biking to set investment priorities and advance the city’s goal to build an effective, equitable, […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–April recap
What weird times we are living in! This is a really difficult time to analyze or to make predictions. From where I’m sitting, I see a lot of up and down going on – that relates to the market, consumer sentiment, and just moods in general. Regardless, despite this broader uncertainty, the real estate market […]
Glen Canyon Park’s Community Mural Painting Day
As you make your way down Chenery Street towards Elk, you cannot miss the delightful brightly colored eyes of a supersized owl staring back at you. This brand new creature is but one small part of a lively mural swiftly coming to life. On the morning of Sunday April 27, eager neighbors arrived to take […]
Soon! Small Business Stroll in Glen Park
Noe Valley Garden Tour, Saturday, May 17
Mark your calendars for this year’s Noe Valley Garden Tour, which is on Saturday, May 17th. Featured gardens will showcase a variety of styles. You may visit a mature, lush oasis at a wonderful B & B, a front terraced garden with roses, bamboo, ferns, and Japanese Maples, a serene Zen space for meditation, an intimate […]
GREENWAY WORK PARTY–Saturday, May 3
Please put Saturday May 3 on your calendar for our next Work Party. May is the month when the plants on the Greenway seem most luxuriant: some in bloom, others already gone to seed and everything still enjoying the moisture left by the tail end of our rainy season. There’s plenty for us to do […]
Urban Angels, formerly in Diamond Heights shopping center, has moved
For several years the Glen Park Association has spread the word about a local charity, Urban Angels of San Francisco. Recently they’ve relocated. Here’s a brief description of their services from their website: In 2015, Urban Angels SF started with just three seniors taking up collections to deliver hot burritos to those living on the […]
March 2025 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletters
Greetings from Ingleside Station! As we enter March, we proudly celebrate Women’s History Month, and here at Ingleside Station, we are incredibly fortunate to have some of the finest women officers in the department. Their dedication, professionalism, and commitment to service are at the heart of what makes our team exceptional. These women officers excel […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–March recap
As promised in last month’s posting, here are the numbers taking into account the full first quarter of 2025: Looking at San Francisco as a whole: Q1 2025 Single Family Homes: 456 Sold Listings, 728 New Listings, 248 Active Listings (as of March 31st 2025), Median Sales Price: $1,617,500, Days on Market: 14 Q1 2024 […]
You, too, can be a mural artist!
It’s spring, the perfect time to enjoy Glen Canyon and take advantage of a unique opportunity: An invitation to lend a hand painting the Elk Street Mural along the wall by the entry to the canyon. The fabulous design, by well-known artist, Sirron Norris, is based on extensive community input and captures the beauty and […]
Catching up with Bob Seiwald at age 100
When the Glen Park News last met up with Bob Seiwald at age 98, he had big plans: Travel to Europe to retrace his steps as a soldier in World War 2 and make his semi-annual trip to his second home in Mexico. On the day of his 100th birthday, March 26, friends and immediate […]
GREENWAY WORK PARTY–Saturday, April 5
Please put Saturday April 5 on your calendar for our next Work Party. The Greenway is blooming, leaves are unfurling, and the Equinox will happen this week. There’s plenty for us to do protecting the Native Meadow from weeds and preparing the Oak Woodland for the summer. I hope that you’ll come and […]
Adieu from the Glen Park Festival Committee
As some of you know, for about 20 years, the Glen Park Neighborhood celebrated itself every spring with a festival on Wilder and Diamond streets. An all volunteer committee organized the festival, composed of local merchants and residents. The festival provided a fun day full of music, food and artists/crafts selling their wares. Proceeds from the […]
Glen Park Library: A Precious Gem
When it’s playtime for tots at the Glen Park Rec Center, dozens of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds on trikes are on the move. Where are they going? The destination is obviously not the point. Into this organized chaos, Darren Heiber, Glen Park Library Branch Manager, leads Story Time, a half-hour in which Heiber, a high […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–February recap
Welcome to the REAL spring market. Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, and most of the rain (though it looks like this coming week may be wet), it’s time to take a look at how things are shaping up for our busy season. Looking at San Francisco as a whole here are […]
February 2025 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletters
Greetings from Ingleside Station! As we step into the new year, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the successes of January and look ahead to February. January Recap: A Month of Dedication and Results We had a productive start to the year, with our officers and sergeant working tirelessly to keep our […]
Need earthquake retrofit for your home? See if you qualify for Earthquake Brace + Bolt
This program is now open through March 26, 2025. To register for up to a $3,000 seismic retrofit grant go to EarthquakeBraceBolt.com. Additional funds may be available for income-eligible households, which are defined as households with income at or below $89,040. We’ve helped more than 29,000 homeowners seismically retrofit their homes. Go to EBBtools.com to order […]
Greenway work party–Saturday, March 1
Please put Saturday March 1 on your calendar for our next Work Party. March is the month when our Coast Live Oaks will put on 95% of their annual growth. We may even see signs of stems and leaves sprouting from the acorns you planted in December. And of course there will be more flowers […]
Glen Park calls out for your inner poet!
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ~Robert Frost Hear ye, hear ye: Our fabulous Glen Park Branch Library invites you to express what makes you smile in Glen Park, in free verse, rhyme, haiku, or whatever style suits you. This project was inspired by the many messages of love […]
Rancho San Miguel: Facts, Myths & Legends of the Glen Park District
The Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project has an exciting new series about the history of Rancho San Miguel. This series of posts delves into the history of Rancho San Miguel as it pertains specifically to the Glen Park district, including Glen Park, Glen Canyon Park, Sunnyside, Fairmount Heights, and Diamond Heights. Throughout this series, some […]