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Breaking News:
Oil spill on Elk Street

December 4, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

Traffic in Glen Park was snarled this morning due to an oil spill on Elk Street between Bosworth and Sussex Streets.  A Recology truck traveling uphill from Bosworth dropped a load of hydraulic fluid as it made its way up Elk Street.  The hydraulic fluid is needed to operate the lifts that dump trash from […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Emergency preparedness, Featured, Road Construction, Uncategorized

The Glen Park email lists have a new home

November 25, 2019 by Elizabeth Weise

The Glen Park Parents list is dead. Long live the Glen Park Parents list! Fifteen years ago, I launched an email group for parents in Glen Park. The idea was to help connect people and give a stronger sense of community. It worked. Today the group has 2,277 members. That first email was a notice […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Featured

SFMTA looks to speed up J-Church Muni line (Bay Area Reporter)

November 21, 2019 by matthew s. bajko

The inefficiency and unreliability of the J-Church has commuters up in arms.  Supervisor Mandelman has been working with SFMTA and the community –Upper Noe Neighbors had an open house November 18 — to work out solutions to the problem-riddled Muni line.  Read about it here.

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Featured, Muni

Next Greenway work party, Saturday, December 7

November 19, 2019 by nicholas dewar

Hello Friends and Supporters of the Glen Park Greenway. Our next work party will be on Saturday December 7! Please put in in your calendar. I hope that you’ll be able to join us. Please email me to tell me if you will be there: greenway@glenparkassociation.org. We’ll start at 9:00 – there’ll be coffee waiting […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Uncategorized

Glen Park featured in New York Times travel section

November 18, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

The secret is out. Glen Park has just had its profile raised to national heights. “A 17-Mile Hike to Unite San Francisco,” by Nellie Bowles, is the story of the Crosstown Trail, and Robert Siegel, its champion over many years.The official designation of the trail dates back to 2014. Glen Park is one of seven […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Editor's Pick, Glen Canyon Park, Neighborhood Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Useful emergency preparedness brochures

November 15, 2019 by Greg Carey

   Resilient Diamond Heights (RDH) has developed five brochures to train its volunteers and the public on how households can prepare for a wide variety of emergencies. This was undertaken when we found that very little of information scattered over the Internet is in a format that is easily understood. Some is written for the […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Diamond Heights, Emergency preparedness, Uncategorized

J Church Open House Nov 18

November 10, 2019 by Upper Noe Neighbors

Upper Noe Neighbors will host a second open house regarding changes to the J Church on Monday, November 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Upper Noe Rec Center, 295 Day Street. Attendees will be able to view project information stations hosted by project staff and provide feedback on proposed improvements for the J […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Meeting announcement, Muni, SFMTA

Twin Peaks Figure 8 redesign promenade updates

November 8, 2019 by Melinda Stockman Sullivan

Here are a few updates regarding the Twin Peaks Figure 8 Redesign / Promenade Project:   Rec and Park, in partnership with SFMTA, is supporting the SF Police Department to move the concrete barriers between the two peaks with the goal of reducing the incidence of auto break-in’s. The barriers were moved on Monday, November […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Recreation and Parks Department, Twin Peaks, Uncategorized

Construction on Christopher Playground to Start this Week

November 4, 2019 by Lauren Chavez, SF Rec & Park

  Great News! Construction of the George Christopher Playground renovation will begin during the week of November 4th! You’ll soon see temporary fencing going up as the first step in the construction mobilization process. The tennis court will be closed throughout construction, but the ball field will remain open. Field users are advised to enter […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Christopher Park

Notes on the Fall Glen Park Association Meeting

October 31, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

Here’s a summary of what you saw and heard, or missed, at the Glen Park Rec Center on October 17, 2019. Halloween Street Closure: Ingleside Station’s Tom Hauscarriague presented the plan for closure of part of Chenery Street on Halloween.  Read about it in this separate post: https://www.glenparkassociation.org/get-ready-for-chenery-street-closure-on-halloween/   Fairmount Plaza: Word had recently gotten […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, David Chiu, Glen Park Association, Uncategorized

DHB Planting Nov 2

October 30, 2019 by Paul Matalucci

Hello friends and supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, SFPW crews worked this week to continue planting, and we need to gather volunteers again this coming Saturday, November 2, for a second Planting Day. If you’re unable to join our volunteer work day in person but would like to show your support, please consider making […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Diamond Heights

“Warning” fire in Glen Canyon Park

October 27, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

This morning, close to 10:00 AM, amidst the gusty winds plaguing much of northern California with destructive fires and evacuations, a small fire was burning in Glen Canyon Park.  Passersby noticed flames coming from a fire pit behind Glenridge Nursery School.  It was a minor blaze that they were able to extinguish themselves by piling […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Fire, Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

Get ready for Chenery Street closure on Halloween

October 27, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

  Halloween is a huge event in the city, perhaps nowhere as huge as in Glen Park. Last year, with the permission of SFPD and support by the Glen Park Association, a section of Chenery Street was closed to vehicular traffic so kids could trick or treat in a safe environment.  The event was so […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Halloween

Calling all Wranglers of Witches and Connoisseurs of Candy — The Glen Park Association Needs Your Help!

October 25, 2019 by Mary Szczepanik

Please sign up for a quick volunteer shift for Halloween night. Exact volunteer needs are still being ironed out, but volunteer activities would include helping lead neighbors returning home by car through closed streets, staffing a street closure location, and other duties as assigned at the direction of SFPD. Sign up to volunteer here! Map […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO

Don’t miss the Vella Family Pumpkins display

October 24, 2019 by Charlie Vella

On Halloween night, there is the Chenery St. Halloween celebration, but there is also the 25th Vella Family Pumpkins at 354 Sussex at Elk. The Vellas have been carving pumpkins for 25 years and have gotten better at it. We will be putting out 100+ pumpkins on Halloween night. Come and see. Here are last […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Halloween

Trucks on the tracks (a BART service reminder)

October 23, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

Since February of this year, BART has been single-tracking its trains on some Sundays. That means trains need to take turns running in each direction on only one track between the Embarcadero and 24th Street Mission stations.  This is to allow time for work in the tunnels that will ensure a reliable power supply by […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, BART, Uncategorized

Arlington Cut Cleanup Oct 26

October 23, 2019 by Heather World

Join your neighbors for a Fennel Funeral along the Arlington Cut Saturday, October 26, from 9 a.m. to noon! Lend a hand for an hour or all four, as we toast the city for mowing down the hillside fennel so we can clean up the trash that has accumulated over the years. Bring your kids, […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Community Clean-Up

DHB Median Cleanup Oct 26

October 21, 2019 by Paul Matalucci

[Editor’s note: Arlington Cleanup is the same day] Hello friends and supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, With great delight, I’m happy to announce that our median landscape plan will be installed this coming week, with a huge assist from SF Public Works. We need as big a volunteer turn-out as possible. I will be […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Community Clean-Up, Diamond Heights

Le P’tit Laurent has been sold

October 20, 2019 by gail bensinger

Le P’tit Laurent, the popular bistro at the intersection of Chenery and Diamond streets, has been sold to an as-yet unnamed buyer who plans to keep it open as a French restaurant, with the same kitchen team. Laurent Legendre, the owner who started the restaurant in 2007, said the new owners didn’t want their identity […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Businesses

City Agency Hearings

October 18, 2019 by Heather World

Faithful readers: CAH has been incomplete the last few weeks and is again today because I’ve started working full time and cannot juggle in my volunteer responsibilities yet. I have high hopes I’ll eventually figure it all out, but for now you should know that it may not come, and when it does come, it […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings, Uncategorized

Arlington Cut Clean-Up Oct 26

October 14, 2019 by Heather World

What: Improve the Arlington/San Jose Cut When: Saturday, October 26, 9 a.m. to noon Where: Meet at Roanoke and Arlington Good news! The city mowed down the fennel along the Arlington Cut! Now we need to go in and clean up the trash that has accumulated. Please join your neighbors for a fall fennel funeral on October […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Community Clean-Up

Kern Street Parking Lot Legislation

October 13, 2019 by Heather World

The Planning Commission will consider parking legislation that will directly affect the Kern Street lot this Thursday, and in a reversal of course, the Planning Department is now urging the Commission to keep the lot permissible for parking. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s legislation broadly re-orients the Planning Code away from parking and toward people outside their […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Jeff Sheehy, Kern Alley, Rafael Mandelman, SF Planning Department

City Agency Hearings

October 11, 2019 by Heather World

Not too much activity because of the Monday holiday, but Upper Douglass Dog Park will be discussed before the RecPark Commission this week. The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, October 15, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. Proposal to remove vehicular traffic (except MUNI) from Market. […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

Tennis Court Reservation System Expands Citywide

October 9, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

 The tennis courts at Glen Canyon Park are part of an increasing citywide online reservation system.  SF Rec and Park has posted details: Tennis, anyone? We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added 12 tennis complexes to our pilot tennis court online reservation system for tennis and pickleball play. The expansion allows people to reserve more […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized

Join the Crowd — Come to the Fall Glen Park Association Meeting

October 5, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

  Glen Park Association Fall Quarterly Meeting Thursday, October 17, 2019, 7pm Glen Park Recreation Center, Elk at Chenery, San Francisco   AGENDA: 7pm Call to order Assemblymember David Chiu:  Legislative update, Q&A Fairmount Plaza, open space at the foot of Everson: History of Fairmount Plaza site by Evelyn Rose, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project Nathan Tinclair, […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, David Chiu, Fairmount Plaza, Glen Park Association, Meeting announcement

City Agency Hearings

October 4, 2019 by Heather World

Monday, October 14, is a holiday, so there are fewer meetings this week.   The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, October 7, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, October 8, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The SFMTA Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee will […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s October Newsletter

October 3, 2019 by Heather World

D8 Newsletter – October 2019 Speaking at the September General Members meeting of the Upper Noe Neighbors. WHAT’S NEW Homelessness update: Our office is working every day to address the crisis on our streets. Here’s what we’ve been up to lately. Treatment on Demand: Late last month, I held a hearing on the City’s progress implementing […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Rafael Mandelman

Worth a trek to Noe Valley

October 2, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

What does this image have in common with local SF government? Senator Scott Wiener and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will be presenting a legislative update — and pumpkin carving (at no taxpayer expense)!   Learn about the 2019 California legislative agenda, ask questions and share your 2020 priorities.   October 19, 2019, 1 – 4 pm […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Rafael Mandelman, Recreation and Parks Department, Scott Wiener, Uncategorized

City Agency Hearings

September 27, 2019 by Heather World

Fees to drive down Lombard and congestion pricing coming down the pike this week! Locally, we have one Chenery Street item before the Planning Commission and a presentation on speeding up the J-Church linked in the listing for SFMTA’s Citizen Advisory Committee meeting.   The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, September 30, 10:00 a.m., […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

City Agency Hearings

September 20, 2019 by Heather World

Faithful readers, I had to leave early this week, so many of the agendas weren’t posted by the time I wrote this. I see nothing for GP in what was posted, but please check all the SFMTA meetings and the Board of Appeals agenda if you want to be sure you’re not missing anything. Thanks. […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

New (Old) Park at Fairmo(u)nt

September 16, 2019 by Heather World

The scraggly yellowed bluff where Everson Street dead ends will soon become a scenic overlook with tree-framed views of the San Francisco Bay, thanks to an anonymous donation of almost $100,000* to the Recreation and Parks Department to restore the small neighborhood open space. “We anticipate completing the work this winter,” said Nathan Tinclair, deputy […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Editor's Pick, Fairmount Plaza, Miguel Street, Recreation and Parks Department, Trees, Uncategorized, Wildlife Tagged With: Editor's Pick

City Agency Hearings

September 13, 2019 by Heather World

Mandelman and other Supes appear to have dueling proposals over how to handle the understaffed group home on Potrero, which should make for a spicy Government Audit and Oversight Committee meeting. See Mandelman Legislation, below   The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, September 16, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

City Agency Hearings

September 6, 2019 by Heather World

The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, September 9, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, September 9, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The lot near Balboa Station for RV overnight parking will be considered and possibly pushed to the full […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

Deb Lunsford’s rent party at Bird and Beckett — What goes ’round, comes ’round

September 4, 2019 by Murray Schneider

“Dollars for Deb” Eric Whittington billed the fund-raiser. Whittington, proprietor of Bird & Beckett, has thrown rent parties with live jazz before, to help keep his independent bookstore open for another month. But over the summer, he threw a rent party for Destination Bakery’s Deb Lunsford, a neighborhood favorite who’s recovering from surgery. Bakery regulars […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Bird and Beckett, Editor's Pick, Featured Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Christopher Park Construction Alert

August 30, 2019 by betsy eddy

The long-awaited renovations for George Christopher Playground will start late September or early October. Please see the construction alert below that describes the project including what part of the park will be closed. Construction is estimated to last until October 2020. The DHCA thanks Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, former Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, and Senator Scott Wiener for their […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Christopher Park

City Agency Hearings – Guns ‘n Ammo Edition!

August 30, 2019 by Heather World

The SFMTA Board of Directors Search Committee for a Director will meet Tuesday, September 3, 11 a.m., at 1 S. Van Ness Ave., 7th fl. See agenda and supporting documents here. The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, September 3, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. The […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

City Agency Hearings – Mural Edition!

August 16, 2019 by Heather World

The SF Board of Supervisors is on break until September 2, but the Historic Preservation Commission is jumping into the fray over the mural at Washington High School by starting landmark designation for the school. If you’ve missed the battle over the mural there, you’ve missed an interesting conversation about race and censorship. The SFMTA […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, City Agency Hearings

Candidates for District Attorney forum: Save the date

August 15, 2019 by Betsy Eddy

The DHCA is delighted that all four candidates running for District Attorney on Nov. 5 will present at a community meeting on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2 – 4 pm at St. Aidan’s Church. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will give an update on neighborhood issues. The DA candidates are Chesa Boudin, Leif Dautch, Suzy Loftus and Nancy Tung. 

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Uncategorized

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Photos and Fun courtesy of the Glen Park Library!
It was a great turnout at the Glen Park Library Open House on Saturday May 17th!

Thank you to all who attended and a big thank you to Glen Park Branch Library Manager Darren Heiber and his staff for a fantastic day!! 🙌🏽

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Photos and Fun courtesy of the Glen Park Library! 
It was a great turnout at the Glen Park Library Open House on Saturday May 17th!

Thank you to all who attended and a big thank you to Glen Park Branch Library Manager Darren Heiber and his staff for a fantastic day!! 🙌🏽

@sfpubliclibrary @arionpress @museumofcraftanddesign @rafaelmandelmand8 #glenparklibrary #arionpress #museumofcraftanddesign #glenparksf #sanfrancisco #incommunity
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Qi Gong & Tai Chi Thursdays at the Glen Park Rec Center!

Thursdays 2:00PM - 2:45PM
Room #1
Led by led by Ashima Sarin

Beginners and All Levels of Mobility Are Welcome! It’s FREE and drop-in!

(There will be no class the second half of June and July)

📍Glen Park Rec Center, 70 Elk Street

QUESTIONS? CALL 415-239-4007
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Qi Gong & Tai Chi Thursdays at the Glen Park Rec Center!

Thursdays  2:00PM - 2:45PM 
Room #1
Led by led by Ashima Sarin

Beginners and All Levels of Mobility Are Welcome! It’s FREE and drop-in! 

(There will be no class the second half of June and July)

📍Glen Park Rec Center, 70 Elk Street 

QUESTIONS? CALL 415-239-4007
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