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COVID-19

GPA Quarterly Meeting Jan. 28

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You’re invited to the virtual Glen Park Association Winter Meeting! Thursday, January 28, 2021, 7:00 pm Participation via Zoom – Register here for the link. Agenda Glen Park Association officer election You must be a Glen Park Association member to vote. Candidate slate: President: Hilary Schiraldi Vice President: Heather World Treasurer: Dennis Mullen Communications secretary: […]

Glen Park businesses profiled coping with pandemic

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SF Gate has done a then-and-now appraisal of Glen Park businesses to gauge the impact on them of COVID-19. For us residents, it highlights the continuing need for us to support our local merchants—those featured in this story—and all our others. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf-neighborhoods/article/We-interviewed-5-SF-businesses-2-weeks-before-the-15689709.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result    

Geoffrey Gallegos: Glen Park’s 7 o’clock trumpet serenader

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  If you’ve stopped in Glen Park at 7 pm and heard the haunting strains of a trumpet and wondered where they came from, it’s Geoffrey Gallegos playing on his front steps over on Congo Street. He’s been playing almost every night since early April to honor essential workers — teachers, grocery clerks, public transit […]

Glen Park News Online

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For the second issue in a row, the Glen Park News appears on-line only, due to the coronavirus. With many of our drop-off points (including the library) closed or open for take-out only, and out of concern for the volunteer delivery squad who usually leave copies on residents’ doorsteps, we decided to forego the paper […]

With COVID, cones are a no-no, but Mitchell’s Ice Cream is still dishing the good stuff

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Photos by Linda Mitchell Many things have changed about the legendary Mitchell’s Ice Cream in its years at 688 San Jose Avenue, but never the quality. In 1860 Edward and Margaret Mitchell ran a dairy on 29th and grazed their cows on Red Rock Hill just above what’s now Glen Canyon Park. In 1953 their […]

J Church Change

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MUNI rail service will resume in August, but the J Church will stop at Market Street, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. The shortened route is meant to speed service in the tunnel and above ground, as explained on the website and excerpted here:   Our subway system moves our highest volumes of […]

Glen Park is open for business — Update May 26, 2020

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San Francisco is taking a cautious approach to opening our local economy.  While California counties are entering Phase 2 of the shutdown in full force, in which barbershops and hair salons may open, San Francisco has opted out of reopening certain businesses, and is going much more slowly.  However, a new Shared Spaces Program, brought […]

Two months in: Reminiscing about Glen Park during the lock down

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Two months ago, on March 17, San Francisco went on lockdown when the City ordered residents to shelter in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. Long-time Glen Park News writer Murray Schneider spent some time over the past few weeks using the time to revisit sites he’s written about over the past decade. There’s […]

Pedestrians Prioritized on Chenery

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Chenery Street from Brompton to Elk will be closed to outside traffic starting as soon as this week, though the true timeline is still unknown. The partial closure is part of a second wave of Slow Streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s effort to give pedestrians and bicyclists more room at the expense of […]

Where’s Glen Park Elementary? That’s easy

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Like many San Franciscans, I’ve been taking the *golden opportunity* presented by the pandemic to do some exploring close to home. A good place to start was Bernal Heights park, which is nearby and which I’d surprisingly never visited before. Armed with a map and walking tour directions (details below), my husband and I made […]

SFMTA Slow Streets Initiative

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Tired of the sidewalk dance required for six feet of distance between you and your neighbors? SFMTA is rolling out a Slow Streets initiative, which is meant to limit traffic on a handful of streets so pedestrians and bicyclists can pass each other more freely and safely using the road. This is not a destination […]

Bears in GP

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Thanks to Marian Dalere for the photo and the street artist fnnch for the reminder that life is sweet even when it’s hard. (Check out the fnnch bird on 30th Street as well)

From the Editors of the Print Edition of the Glen Park News

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Unprecedented. We hear that word a lot in this era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unprecedented shutdown of businesses. The unprecedented closure of schools. The unprecedented forced distancing of neighbors, co-workers, friends, family members and other loved ones. The unprecedented quick spike in unemployment and free-fall of the stock market. The unprecedented run on toilet […]

Resource list for help during COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place

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Here are resources to help in our current world-wide crisis. The resources are gathered from various sources including information from Senator Scott Wiener, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the City of San Francisco and other sources. There is a section entitled – Businesses and Services in Diamond Heights open during Shelter-in-place. Click the following link for Resource […]