Murray Schneider

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Hank Greenwald sat at Destination Bakery, nursing a cup of hot chocolate, reminiscing about a broadcast career that witnessed him announce 2,798 consecutive San Francisco Giants games before he retired in […]

The Greenway between Lippard and Chilton,  9 am to 12 pm. Meet on the Greenway between Lippard and Chilton streets (last time, we did the stretch between Brompton and Lippard). We’ll celebrate and get to know each other over a lunch time community potluck. You should bring: * A salad, dessert, casserole or finger food […]

Dec. 12, 2016. By Gail Bensinger After several weeks of cleaning, building and rearranging, Glen Park Hardware is once again open for business. New owner Aaron Esquivel and his hard-working crew are holding a “soft” opening as they wait for new stocks to arrive. They have opened up the back room, used as a storeroom by […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Want to know if the winter will be mild or severe, or if the December rains will continue into April. You need go no farther then Glen Canyon’s boardwalk, which transverses a natural seep only a few yards north of Glenridge Nursery School. That’s what four Friends of Glen […]

Saturday night’s rainstorm appears to have snapped the trunk of a tree on Bosworth between Chilton & Burnside, on the right going toward the canyon. Neighbor Susan Sutton got these photos.

Sunday, November 13th – 11 a.m.Kids’ Book & Craft Event! Bring your kids to Bird & Beckett for a wolf-themed craft and story time. Emma Bland Smith (author of San Francisco’s Glen Park and Diamond Heights, Arcadia Publishing, 2007) will read her new picture book, Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the […]

Story and photo by Gail Bensinger Aaron and Simar Esquivel, the new owners of the Glen Park Hardware Store, hope to get the shop reopened in time for Christmas. Aaron, who grew up in Pacifica and Stockton, and Simar, originally from India, met when they were both studying at Humphreys College in Stockton. They are […]

By Gail Bensinger   Glen Park’s newest restaurant, One Waan, is opening Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Diamond Street location where Osha Thai closed in mid-October. The new owner is Alex Prasertsith, a native of Bangkok who has worked in Thai restaurants since coming to San Francisco eight years ago to study industrial design at […]

By Murray Schneider The lovely, iridescent and exceedingly rare San Francisco forktailed damselfly once thrived in Glen Canyon before going extinct due to the buildup of Diamond Heights and the loss of much of the clear flowing water in Islais creek that the damsels require. Reintroduced in 2006, the graceful, endangered dragonfly-like creatures are clinging […]

Glen Park Hardware will live again! Things looked bleak for the continuation of a hardware store in Glen Park after Hal and Susan Tauber retired on August 31, 2016. They’d put their store up for sale but there had been no serious offers so after a massive sale they closed up shop. “Then, at the […]

By Bonnee Waldstein You’ve heard the question a million times – “Are you ready for the Big One?” If your answer is no, you’re taking a big gamble. If you say yes, chances are you could be doing more – a lot more – to prepare for the next earthquake or other major disaster.   Recent forecasts […]

Please join us for our end-of-summer meeting Wed. Sep 21, 6:30-7:30pm at Glen Park Library. We will challenge you with how WE, Glen Park, should prepare and plan for the Big One. PLUS we need volunteers to assist with the creation of the Glen Park map. If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Susanna […]

The final day of Glen Park Hardware came on Wednesday, August 31, when Hal and Susan Tauber closed the door on 38 years of supplying Glen Park with everything from nails to mouse traps to mops. No buyer came forward to purchase the businesses, so in their usual calm, methodical way the Taubers shut down and closed up. A new […]

  Hello Neighbors:   Could you (and others in your household) please fill out a short survey — Opinions, sightings, and encounters with coyotes in San Francisco? It’s only 13 questions — and should take only a few minutes to complete! The questions are simple and non-weighted, with a place to elaborate in your own words. Also, we […]

By Elizabeth Weise The strange and wonderful still happens every day, we just don’t always know it. Take the surprising case of a stolen bespoke bike that found its way across the Bay and back to its owner with the aid of a sharp-eyed Glen Park resident and a surprising coincidence. It all started on […]

The Board of Appeals has approved a plan to move a redwood tree at 95 Norhoff.   Thirteen months ago the board denied a permit to remove the tree so that the lot could be subdivided into four individual parcels of property. The board reconsidered the matter in April, but deadlocked 2-2 with an absent board member. On August 17, […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider If you’re up for a walk, take a moment to amble over to Sunnyside’s Joost & Baden Mini-Park. Tucked away between Joost Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the whimsical corridor is sandwiched between the Sunnyside Conservatory on the south and Nordhoff Street on the north. San Francisco boasts a plethora […]

Find out more about NERT: the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team on Wednesday, September 21 from 6:30-7:30pm at Glen Park Library. NERTers  will show a short video and then challenge talk about  how WE, Glen Park, should prepare and plan for emergencies. Please contact Susanna Russo for more information – sgrdvm1@me.com More information about NERT here.

BART’s District 9 board seat, held for almost 20 years by Tom Radulovich, is up for grabs. Radulovich has announced he will not seek re-election. The seat covers BART’s 16th Street Mission, 24th Street Mission, Glen Park, Civic Center, and Powell Street stations, as well as a portion of the Balboa Park station. At least three people have announced […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider While not exactly a stairway to heaven, the recently completed Beacon Trail is comprised of 74 steps, which ascend to Diamond Heights’ Walter Haas Playground from Upper Noe’s Beacon Street. More about the opening here. The latest addition to the Recreation and Park Department’s greenbelt mosaic of connector trails, […]

A crowd of dozens of well wisher came to Glen Park Hardware on on Saturday, July 9 to say good-bye to Hal and Susan Tauber who are retiring after 38 years of supplying the neighborhood with everything from nails to mouse traps to mops. The party was catered by many neighborhood restaurants. The owners of the building next […]

Greetings to all Gardeners and Willing Weed Pullers; Please join us and garden in the Sunnyside Conservatory between 9:00 AM and noon on Saturday, July 23rd. If you can’t spend the entire time in the garden, please note…we are grateful for any time you can spare to help out. The grass continues to grow.  Your […]

From our friends at the History Project: GPNHP TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY ASSOCIATION!  We are very proud to announce that the GPNHP is to be the recipient of the Walter G. Jebe, Sr. Neighborhood Award from the San Francisco History Association, “… presented each year to a person or organization for focusing on local neighborhood […]

  Stories and photos by Bonnee Waldstein The trail connecting Billy Goat Hill with Walter Haas Playground opened as planned, sometime this week – and just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.  The trail was a project of San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks. (See Glen Park News, Summer 2015, p. 14 for […]

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 11:08am O’Shaughnessy/Malta Traffic Collision Thursday, April 28th, 2016 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Friday, April 29th, 2016 10:00pm Unit Blk Conrad Hot Prowl Burglary A painting project turned out to be an unintended invitation for a burglar. The victim told […]

By Murray Schneider The death of one of Glen Canyon’s great horned owls throws into stark relief the conundrum faced by areas working to both protect wildlife while also minimizing rodent infestations in homes and retail areas. Each spring hundreds of Glen Park residents go to see an owl pair and their yearly broods of […]

By Bonnee Waldstein The trail connecting Walter Haas Park with Billy Goat Hill will open the week of May 22, according to Joey Kahn of San Francisco’s Rec and Park department.  The exact date has not been set, and there will be no ceremonial ribbon cutting.  Folks will just need to wander up there and see for […]

Jerry Ferraz is throwing a rent party at his place for Bird & Beckett Books  to help the proprietor pull the bookshop out of the hole.     This is a benefit, so bring your checkbook! Saturday, May 21st – 1 pm to 7 pm in Jerry’s backyard at 3639 Mission Street – 2 blocks […]

Sunday, March 27th, 2016 02:00am 2800 Blk Diamond Attempted Burglary Monday, March 28th, 2016 6:30pm Unit Blk Lyell Burglary A man returned home to find his DJ equipment missing from his garage. The victim told Ingleside Officers Snadow and Smith that he left his home around 6:30pm in the evening and returned home around 1:30am […]

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Held April 21, 2016 at St. John School. By Bonnee Waldstein The Spring meeting of the Glen Park Association was dominated by two issues affecting the entire City as well as […]

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider They came to the Sunnyside, to Dorothy W. Erskine Park. They came to remember Jane Bresnick, who died seven years ago, at 45, after a prolonged struggle with breast cancer. They came to remember her on her Yahrzeit, the annual Jewish remembrance of a loved one or a friend. […]

We don’t know who posted this notice on the empty Chenery Park restaurant space on April 1st, but kudos to them for a good April Fool’s prank. As you can tell from the amusement park story posted earlier, we’re clearing out some of the April 1st stories that built up in our mail box here at the Glen Park […]

  By Bonnee Waldstein With the collapse of the farmers’ market this year, the BART parking lot has been empty on weekends.  In addition to providing fresh produce, baked goods, etc. it used to be a great gathering place for the neighborhood. That could soon change with the preliminary plan for a weekend amusement park […]

Monday, March 14th, 2016 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 04:40pm 200 Blk Randall Stolen Motorcycle Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Thursday, March 17th, 2016 10:30am Unit Blk Chenery Burglary Friday, March 18th, 2016 08:29am Randall/Chenery Traffic Collision 12:00pm Unit Blk Mateo Stolen Vehicle Saturday, March […]

Glen Park Association president Michael Rice recently attended the Minnesota Project (as in Street) to see the galleries in the newly renovated space. One gallery featured works from the SFartsEd program in  the public schools, which he pronounced “some of best in the building.” Chief among them, these from the 3rd grade at Glen Park Elementary. […]

The Shared Schoolyard Project. Join neighbors, families, Supervisor Mark Farrell, and the Shared Schoolyard Project on Saturday, April 9 from 11am-1pm for an exciting event at Fairmount Elementary School to celebrate the opening of the schoolyard for the public to use on the weekends. This event will feature a variety of community organizations, activities for all […]

March 31, 2016 Hi everyone, Last week, crews began construction on the northeast (former Citibank building) corner and removed the part of the sidewalk that will be rebuilt.  Landscapers have continued to plant between Elk and Diamond. They should be done by the end of this week (4/1). This week, we have been addressing a […]

This sinkhole is on Swiss St. at Surrey. No word yet on when it appeared or what the cause was – or what’s under it.

  by Rachel Gordon The Glen Park Village Farmers’ Market, a fixture of Sunday mornings in the neighborhood since 2011, will not be returning this year and could be shuttered for good. The farmers’ market had operated on the BART parking lot across from the Glen Park station. But BART alerted market organizers that the […]

********Ingleside Criminal Nonsense of the Week******** Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 8:55am Unit Blk Leese Disturbing the Peace A confrontation between a DPT officer and a vehicle owner led to an arrest. Among some owners there’s a myth that putting a note on a disabled vehicle will prevent a citation. If your disabled vehicle is parked […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider The long awaited completion of the SFUSD section of the Creeks to Peaks Trail began on February 22 and is scheduled to take two months to finish. The project will end when natural surface box steps, particularly in steep areas at both ends of switchbacks, are constructed atop the […]

A memorial for Eric Hanson, a much-loved resident of Brompton Street, will be held on Sunday, April 17 at St. Johns School. “We’ll have an open time for anyone who’d like to, to say a few words about Eric,” his sister Lori Goldman said. “I’m going to have my daughter sing.” See previous stories about Eric […]

Greetings to All! We hope you’ll be able to attend our First Annual Meeting this Saturday at the beautiful: Sunnyside Conservatory 236 Monterey Blvd, between Baden and Congo 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm Help us elect our first officers, learn how the Sunnyside Conservatory was saved, hear an update on research of the Giant Powder […]

Story by Bonnee Waldstein & Elizabeth Weise Eric Hanson’s family in Sonoma has been “overwhelmed” by the outpouring of emotion in Glen Park over his death, his brother-in-law Avram Goldman told the Glen Park News. Goldman came by Hanson’s house on Brompton Street Friday around mid-day and found a makeshift memorial and a crowd of […]

    By Bonnee Waldstein & Elizabeth Weise Glen Park has lost one of its characters. Eric Hanson, who was known in part for the elaborate Grateful Dead Halloween decorations he festooned his house on Brompton with each year, died of natural causes on Wednesday, Feb. 10. “He just seemed a big, goofy guy. His […]