Elizabeth Weise

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 […]

Thursday, January 7th, 2016 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Friday, January 8th, 2016 09:15am 100 Blk Laidley Recovered Vehicle Saturday, January 9th, 2016 2:37pm 2900 Blk Diamond Hot Prowl Burglary A woman lying in bed heard a rustling sound outside her bedroom. She turned over and noticed an unknown male staring at her through […]

NOTES FROM THE GLEN PARK ASSOCIATION MEETING January 21, 2016 By Bonnee Waldstein ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS: The first quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association (GPA) kicked off with the election of officers. It was a mix of incumbents and new officers, elected unanimously: President – Michael Rice (12th year); Vice President – Scott […]

  Story and photos by Murray Schneider   This winter 18 San Franciscans braved cold temperatures that dipped into the forties and listened to Evelyn Rose of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project spin tales from Glen Canyon’s past on one of her patented Glen Park history walks. Rose, who writes a Glen Park News […]

By Elizabeth Weise How brazen are graffiti taggers in San Francisco? More than you could possibly imagine, found Glen Park resident Kevin Jones. On Saturday, Dec. 26, in broad daylight, Jones was standing in line to use the Bank of American ATM across the street from Canyon market on Diamond St. As he describes it, […]

Photo: Michael Short, Special To The Chronicle Decades before, architect couple left their mark in S.F. An outbound train leaves the platform at the Glen Park BART station in San Francisco, CA, on Thursday, December 18, 2014. Ernest Born’s final building was the Glen Park BART Station, a subterranean temple of transportation with a platform […]

Story by Murray Schneider One of Glen Park’s own, Dennis Nix, 60, died on November 22, a victim of a suspected hit-and-run motor vehicle incident. The collision occurred around 2:30 a.m., only blocks from Nix’s Mangels Avenue home. Traveling on his scooter near Monterey Boulevard and the BART station, Nix, who had earlier left a […]

                   Holiday Greetings to All! We are looking forward to a free Wreath Making in the Sunnyside Conservatory at (236 Monterey Avenue) on December 19th. Do come. Doors open at 1:30, and we need to finish building our creations by 4:30. Left over greens are yours.    We will have: Lots of greens, some […]

UPDATE: Upon inspection by the contractor this morning, it has been determined that the installation of cable service by Comcast, for the apartment above, was the cause of the facade crumbling. Glen Park News’ Susan Sutton reports that pieces of the building Critter Fritters occupies at 670 Chenery Street  have fallen onto Chenery. The pet store supply store’s manager says […]

  Story and photos by Murray Schneider Every neighborhood once had such a place, a safe place — the corner pharmacy, a five and dime, a dry cleaner, a diner. From the 1930s through the early 1990s, Constantine and Rose Portale’s Chenery Street Groceteria served Glen Park families as such a sanctuary. “Connie and Rose […]

Story and photos Murray Schneider Dia de los Muertos, the pre-Columbian Mexican festival celebrating those who have left us, came to Glen Park for seven days in the form of a dozen ofrendas, offerings created by relatives and friends that remember departed loved ones From November 1 through Noveber 8, Chenery Street’s Modernpast hosted the […]

Glen Park Greenway; Planning Workshop #3 – November 19 Greetings – The final planning workshop for the Glen Park Greenway Concept Plan will be on Thursday, November 19, as detailed below. Also here is information about how you can join the members of the Glen Park Association (GPA) as we cast votes and decide about […]

Greetings to all you Conservatory gardeners and potential gardeners. Please join us and garden in the Sunnyside Conservatory between 8:00 AM and 11:30 PM on Saturday, November 21st. Don’t forget…we are grateful for any time you can spare to help out. Your efforts really make a difference. We will have coffee and something to munch […]

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Long ago, when I was 12-years old, I delivered the San Francisco Call Bulletin to Bobo Olson, the world middleweight boxing champion. After school, I’d bicycle along 34th Avenue between Judah […]

Christophe Pouchard  is a native of Binic, France but now lives in Glen Park. Here he’s catching up on his reading while visiting his hometown. Where else does the Glen Park News turn up?

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Date: October 22nd, 2015           Time: 7:00 PM Place: St. John School** Agenda Capt. McFadden from Ingleside Station will review current issues. Supervisor Scott Weiner will address recent area developments. Karen Mauney-Brodeck will report on progress on the Glen Park Recreation Center reconstruction. Election forum on Proposition F, the “Short Term Residential […]

Friday, October 2nd, 2015 07:00pm 100 Blk Monterey Battery Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 6:12am 30th/San Jose Att. Homicide w/gun A night on the town for two men almost turned deadly as they returned home. The two had just parked when an unknown assailant walked up to the truck holding a hand gun demanding their money. […]

Halloween Greetings to All. The time has come to consider pumpkins. To that end, the Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory would like to invite you to a free Pumpkin Carving at the Sunnyside Conservatory, on October 25th, from 2:00 PM till 5:00 PM.   Come and  create a master piece!  Please bring your own pumpkin(s).   We will provide […]

BART riders may have noticed the barrier being installed around thedown escalator at Glen Park Station. According to BART’s website, therepair is expected to take until January:http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20151007The Glen Park Association’s Transportation Committee has been in touchwith BART’s communications department. They tell us that the escalator” experienced a significant mechanical failure in the drive system.This requires […]

Monday, September 21st, 2015 09:00am 1100 Blk Bosworth Stolen Vehicle Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 09:00am Chenery/Congo [sic] Stolen Vehicle 12:55pm 600 Blk Arlington Recovered Vehicle 02:05pm Chenery/Brompton Stolen and Recovered Vehicle Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 12:55pm 200 Blk Roanoke Recovered Vehicle Thursday, September 24th, 2015 07:41am 200 Blk Roanoke Battery 11:30am 600 Blk Chenery Theft […]

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The Friends of Glen Canyon Park have intermittent help with their ongoing stewardship of the neighborhood’s 70-acre natural area. On September 14, 30 Gay for Good volunteers worked along side three Rec and Park’s Natural Areas Program gardeners, pushing back willow adjacent to Alms Road and pruning Himalayan blackberry on the last leg of the […]

Friday, September 11th, 2015 06:15am 500 Blk Arlington Burglary Saturday, September 12th, 2015 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Sunday, September 13th, 2015 03:50pm Elk/Sussex Theft from Vehicle Monday, September 14th, 2015 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 02:00pm Monterey/Baden Stolen Vehicle Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 Nothing to report from Glen […]

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 7:00pm 500 Blk Chenery Vandalism Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 6:00pm 100 Blk Acadia Personation Friday, July 3rd, 2015 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Saturday, July 4th, 2015 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Sunday, July 5th, 2015 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Monday, July 6th, 2015 10:00pm Unit Blk […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider I didn’t know Jimmy Ryan all that well. I’d see him on the Fridays I dropped by Bird & Beckett, to catch his ensemble serving up bebop at the bookstore. On the second Friday of each month, Jimmy sat at the rear of Eric Whittington’s stage, leaning over his […]

By Janet Kessler San Francisco has several dozen coyotes living in the city, mostly in nuclear families. They’re in all of our major parks. Because most folks in San Francisco have dogs or cats, and because there are pups in some of the parks — pups would be about 4 months old now — it […]

Local photographer Anthony Powell found this fairy lair along the trail to Silver Tree in Glen Canyon Park. It’s up on the hill in the end of a fallen stump. There are two similar fairy doors in Golden Gate Park. There’s some speculation that a fairy clan has moved to San Francisco and that different families are […]

A note from Eric at Bird & Beckett… Bring letters for Paul’s landlord! And bring flowers or cookies or some such for Paul & Jennie Park! This Saturday (8/15) from 10 a.m. to noon, come by Buddies Market at the corner of Diamond & Chenery in Glen Park to let Paul and Jennie know that you’re in their corner. […]

A charming makeshift memorial to Cecil the Lion, found in the back of Glen Canyon below Touquoise Way on August 9, 2015.

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Fernando Aguilar took a minute or two to suit up on the former J. Eugene McAteer High School gridiron. The field, now home to the School Farm at the Academy of […]

Story and photos by Stephen Labovsky   Fish were trending in Glen Park Village this week. Fish? Yep, fish. On Monday, Critter Fritters had a new window display, and the theme was fish! Tony, Fritter’s manager, told me that one of his customers volunteered to design this whimsical window, called “Life In A Fish Bowl.” Across […]

A Quieter Future: a free public outreach conference on Community Noise and Natural Quiet that will take place at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, August 10th, 8:30am-4pm. The conference will feature 12 different speakers​ from a variety of fields who will explain how noise negatively affects adults, children, birds & marine life, and discuss […]

Monday, June 15th, 2015 5:21pm Unit Blk Circular Recovered Vehicle 10:42pm 300 Blk Roanoke Warrant Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 3:00pm 300 Blk Joost Stolen Vehicle Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 12:31pm 200 Blk Whitney Recovered Vehicle Thursday, June 18th, 2015 9:26pm Bosworth/Elk Traffic Collision Friday, June 19th, 2015 10:30am 2800 Blk Diamond Recovered Vehicle 12:26pm 200 […]

A tree lost a limb that feel on a car on the 2500 block of Diamond Street on Aug. 2, 2015. While the car was damaged, no people were injured. Photo by Joseph Ong.

Story and photos by Murray Schneider On the Wednesday before the July 17-19 weekend —- before Volunteers for Outdoor California workers bivouacked in 35 tents by Glen Canyon’s Silver Tree Day Camp in preparation for three days of trail work —- Jenny Sotelo, Recreation and Park’s Natural Areas Program gardener, led five members of Friends of Glen […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Date: July 16, 2015           Time: 7:00 PM Place: St. John School Gymnasium Agenda Capt. McFadden from Ingleside Station will review current issues Graffiti and Vandalism: Marianne Bertuccelli from San Francisco Recreation and Park Department The Gum Tree Girls: a history on the freeway revolt, presented by Zoanne Nordstrom and Joan Siewald A Brief […]