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Glen Canyon Park

KQED Radio’s Bay Curious features Glen Canyon Park, site of first dynamite factory in US

November 9, 2024 by Bonnee Waldstein

Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), recently was interviewed on KQED’s program about surprising facts about the Bay Area, this time focusing on Glen Canyon’s status as the location of the first dynamite factory in the US. Thanks to the efforts of Rose and the late Jean […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

More Changes to Glen Canyon Park

July 19, 2024 by Heather World

Now a neglected huddle of aged eucalyptus trees and occasional dumping ground, a swath of Glen Canyon Park near O’Shaughnessy Boulevard is planned to grow into an oak-shaded riparian corridor, with work already under way. The changes began last March when crews with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission removed 11 trees on each side […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park Rec Center, Islais Creek, SFPUC, Trees, Wildlife

Joan Seiwald, one of the women who kept Glen Canyon from becoming a freeway, has passed away

May 12, 2023 by Elizabeth Weise

Joan Seiwald, 91, one of a trio of young Glen Park mothers who in 1965 kept San Francisco from building a freeway through Glen Canyon Park, passed away on Thursday, May 11. Seiwald and her husband Robert bought their home on Burnside Avenue in 1960, just one block from the park. As today, parents spent […]

Filed Under: Featured, Glen Canyon Park

Glen Canyon Park gets high scores in annual report

February 12, 2023 by Bonnee Waldstein

Every three months the Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) and the Controller’s Office rate the city’s 166 parks, playgrounds and civic plazas on a wide array of criteria covering built facilities and natural areas. The findings are sliced and diced and published in an annual report covering the fiscal year– July 2021 through June 2022–and […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park Rec Center, Uncategorized

Wet concrete vs. car on Elk Street conjures troubled history of achieving crosswalk

January 28, 2023 by Bonnee Waldstein

Glen Park resident Sal Novoa was driving on Elk Street Tuesday afternoon, January 24, when he spotted a most peculiar scene. He tells it this way: “Sharing some photos of an unfortunate driving error. “An older gentleman weaved around the street closure barriers. We heard the workers trying to stop him from entering, their hands […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Road Construction, SFMTA, traffic, Uncategorized

History + Fun = Gum Tree Girls Festival

July 18, 2022 by Bonnee Waldstein

Planets, stars–nay–entire galaxies were aligned on Sunday, July 10 to bring about super weather and enthusiastic neighbors and friends to the Gum Tree Girls Festival in Glen Canyon Park. Neighborhood historian Evelyn Rose, founder and director of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, spearheaded the event. Safe to say, without Rose this wouldn’t have even […]

Filed Under: Events, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

Volunteers needed for Gum Tree Girls Festival

July 5, 2022 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Dear Fans of the Gum Tree Girls, We are just days away from the Festival! Everything is coming together! We are, however, still in need of volunteers to staff the various activities we have in store. If you are attending and even if you’re not, please consider donating some of your time toward making the […]

Filed Under: Events, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

(HIS)TORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS–The Gum Tree Girls had “Moxie”! Following in the footsteps of Glen Park suffragists

March 8, 2022 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Celebrate Moxie! The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival is a nonprofit, noncommercial event graciously permitted by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Learn more about the Gum Tree Girls Festival! To donate directly to […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

Announcing: The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival!

March 6, 2022 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park This nonprofit event, being coordinated by the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), will celebrate the tremendous legacy of the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls – Zoanne Theriault Nordstrom, Joan Seiwald, and Geri Arkush, as well as their predecessor in the 1950s to […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

After 25 years, Lisa Wayne leaves Rec & Park (and Glen Canyon) to help keep San Francisco’s water supply safe

October 24, 2021 by Murray Schneider

One of the last times Lisa Wayne dug into Glen Park soil was on January 11, 2020, a month before COVID-19 changed everything. With her teenage son, Isaac, Wayne planted dozens of drought-tolerant plants and shrubs such as gooseberry and red flowering currant at Fairmount Plaza, a postage-stamp oasis nestled between Diamond Heights and Fairmount […]

Filed Under: Featured, Glen Canyon Park

Spooky Halloween event in Glen Canyon Park Oct. 30

October 22, 2021 by sf rec & oark

Nightmare on Elk Street: Haunted house, crafts, music, & face painting!

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Halloween, Uncategorized

Trees put Glen Park in top 5 neighborhoods in SF

October 1, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein

A new study of “tree canopy cover” ranks Glen Park fifth out of all San Francisco neighborhoods, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s a metric developed by a data company, EarthDefine, which measures the percentage of total land area covered by trees. Overall, with 669,000 trees, San Francisco has very little tree cover, at […]

Filed Under: Fairmount Plaza, Glen Canyon Park, Trees, Uncategorized

Glen Park Recreation Center reopens

September 8, 2021 by SF Recreation and Parks

We’re excited to share that the majority of our Recreation Centers will reopen on weekdays beginning on Tuesday, September 7.  All visitors are required to show proof of vaccination to enter our recreation centers. The new requirements do not apply to those who are ineligible for vaccinations, including children under 12 years old. For more information […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized

Glen Park Canyon Rec Center to begin incremental reopening September 7

September 2, 2021 by Murray Schneider

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to sound alarm bells, Recreation and Park administrators are cautiously returning to some semblance of normal indoor programming and outdoor habitat restoration at Glen Canyon Park. On September 7, the Glen Canyon Recreation Center and other City recreation centers will be opening for fall programming. Glen Canyon Recreation Center will […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gardening, Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

Friends of Glen Canyon Park resumes habitat restoration — join in

August 13, 2021 by Christopher Campbell, SF Recreation & Parks

Volunteer in our Parks Try out your green thumb or help clean up your neighborhood park. Sign up here to volunteer for the Glen Canyon Park cleanup August 21 (drop-ins also welcome) From Mission Dolores Park to Golden Gate Park, there’s a wealth of exciting volunteer opportunities in our parks. Volunteers participate in a variety […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized, Volunteer

A local filmmaker has been watching the owlets in Glen Canyon—and they’re adorable

April 13, 2021 by Murray Schneider

February 18 – brand new owlets have a meal from Open Studio Productions on Vimeo. Many people hear the great horned owls in Glen Canyon Park. Mark Lipman sees them—and is kind enough to let others in on the view. On March 23 Lipman sat on the eastern slope of Glen Canyon Park filming a […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Featured, Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized, Wildlife

Diamond Heights stairway walk

April 9, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein (Contributor: Patrick Carroll)

When the planners designed Diamond Heights back in the 1950s and 1960s, they went for a suburban feel, with winding, curvilinear streets and plenty of parking. They also included stairways to connect hill dwellers with shopping and parks. The stairways received names. Some, like the streets they connected, were named after semiprecious stones. Others, in […]

Filed Under: Diamond Heights, Editor's Pick, Featured, Glen Canyon Park, SFPW, Uncategorized

Zoanne touched many lives in many different ways

February 26, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein

Jeff DeMark, a longtime friend of Zoanne, wrote this poem in tribute to her. Gum Tree Girls For Zoe Nordstrom Walking through Glen Park Canyon Cold December afternoon Eucalyptus trees towering Swaying and dancing Tended paths meander through bushes And a fairy altar in the rocks: “An old gnome home”   Couples and families strolling […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Featured, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park people, Uncategorized

Zoanne Nordstrom, 12/21/1933 – 2/15/2021

February 19, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein

ZOANNE NORDSTROM, 12/21/1933 – 2/15/2021 Glen Park has just lost one of its all-time champions. Zoanne Nordstrom, of Surrey Street for over sixty years, passed away Monday morning, February 15, at age 87, of the Covid-19 virus. Anyone out and about in the neighborhood would run into Zoanne, whether in earlier days when she was […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Featured, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park Association, Glen Park History, Glen Park people, Uncategorized

A man and his dog, lifelong residents of Glen Park

June 25, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

With an average life span of 83.7 years and the most centenarians per capita on the planet, Okinawans are touted and envied for their longevity. Not only for humans, but maybe even dogs, as evidenced by 18-year old, aptly named Okie. She’s the equivalent of 88 human years, according to WebMD. That would undoubtedly make […]

Filed Under: dogs, Editor's Pick, Featured, Glen Canyon Park, pets, Uncategorized Tagged With: Editor's Pick

A Long Time to Kneel: Neighborhood Vigil for George Floyd

June 10, 2020 by Nicole Brand

On June 8, two weeks after the murder of George Floyd, we met at the park, and at 5:30 we all knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. It’s a long time to kneel. It’s not a natural, comfortable thing to do. To kneel for that long you must make a conscious effort. To kneel […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Editor's Pick, Glen Canyon Park, race and racial justice Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Homicide in Glen Canyon Park this morning, May 25

May 26, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

We’ve received confirmation from Captain Woon of Ingleside Station of a homicide in the park this morning.  Here is the press release — note the appeal to contact the tip line if you have any information. On Monday, May 25, 2020 at approximately 8:15 AM, San Francisco Police officers from Ingleside Station responded to the unit block […]

Filed Under: Crime, Featured, Glen Canyon Park, SFPD

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

May 17, 2020 by Murray Schneider

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 […]

Filed Under: Baseball, Canyon Market, COVID-19, dogs, Editor's Pick, Gardening, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Let your voice be heard on the 2020 Parks Bond

April 23, 2020 by SF recreation and parks

Take Our Bond Survey  As we continue to shelter in place, we are planning for better days ahead. If you have a moment, we would like to ask for your feedback and insight into our parks. Your input will help us prioritize park improvements for the future as we are scheduled for the upcoming November […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized

Stop and smell the wildflowers of Malta — Malta and O’Shaughnessy, that is

April 9, 2020 by Murray Schneider

The next time you catch the 44 O’Shaughnessy — which is one of only 16 buses still operating in San Francisco during the coronavirus crisis — at Malta Drive you might want to stop and smell the flowers along the way. Denise Louie — who resides only a hop-skip-and-a-jump from the boulevard that serpentines from […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Featured, Gardening, Glen Canyon Park Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Close to home: Glen Canyon Park

March 25, 2020 by Harvey Steiman

(Editor’s note: Are you a photographer, poet, or essayist — or have you become one in the last couple of weeks? Our neighborhood website would like to provide a creative outlet for you! Send submissions to news@glenparkassociation.org. We will publish your photos and observations about life in the age of Coronavirus, subject to editorial review. This […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Featured, Glen Canyon Park

Planting woodland strawberries with the City’s “Most Empowering Employee”

January 25, 2020 by Murray Schneider

On January 8, five members of Friends of Glen Canyon Park worked in Glen Canyon planting varieties of California native plants. Supervised by Dylan Hayes, a Recreation and Park’s Natural Resource Division natural resource specialist, the volunteers placed woodland strawberry, Douglas iris and pink flowering currant on either side of a split rail fence bordering […]

Filed Under: Featured, Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department

For the first time ever, a Summer Tanager appears in Glen Park, attracting flocks of bird watchers

January 22, 2020 by Murray Schneider

Glen Canyon was aflutter early Wednesday morning, January 22nd. A flock of bird watchers descended on the 70-acre natural area, armed with cameras boasting the latest high-powered lenses. They stood, even sat, beneath the eucalyptus tree that houses Great horned owls each year, trained their cameras on another gum tree rooted on the bank of […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Featured, Glen Canyon Park Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Farewell letter from Facility Coordinator of Glen Park Rec Center

January 10, 2020 by Oskar A. Rosas

Dear Glen Park Community, As of Jan 24th, I am being reassigned from Glen Park Recreation Center to Richmond Recreation Center. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the past 10 years that I have been stationed at Glen Park Recreation Center and been part of this amazing community. Working […]

Filed Under: Featured, Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, 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

“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

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

Summer fun in Glen Canyon Park

July 31, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

It was organized mayhem on the ball field at the park Monday.  Rec and Park’s Silver Tree and Pine Lake day camps squared off against each other in all manner of games.  In the middle, some older folks got centered with Tai Chi. The release of energy could have powered the neighborhood for a week. […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department

San Francisco and Glen Park under the microscope

May 27, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

  Recently, a spate of findings and ratings has been released by the San Francisco Controller’s Office and the Trust for Public Land, measuring the performance of city departments and quality of life issues. SF Controller’s Office 2019 City Survey Report  This month, the Controller’s Office came out with its biennial (2019) City Survey Report […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Library, Neighborhood, Recreation and Parks Department, Transit, Trees, Uncategorized

GP Ball Fields Closed in June

May 23, 2019 by Heather World

The Recreation and Parks Department has said it will close the Glen Park Ball Fields from June 3 to July 8, 2019, for turf renovation. Look for posted signs on site as well as information from the department’s social media platforms.

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department

Call to volunteer: Rec and Park Trail Corps!

May 14, 2019 by San Francisco Rec and Park

Calling all trail fans! Do you love hiking trails in San Francisco? Want to be part of the team that builds and maintains your favorite trails in the city? The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s Urban Trails Program invites you to join us in a kick-off volunteer work party, where you will gain valuable […]

Filed Under: Community Servce, Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized

After three years away, the owls are back in Glen Park

April 10, 2019 by Murray Schneider

The missing great horned owls have returned! A eucalyptus tree only yards from the Recreation Center has once again become a wooded refuge to a great horned owl family. Their return comes three years after Glen Canyon’s resident owls disappeared. On March 16, 2016 a distant relative was found dead on a trail just west […]

Filed Under: Featured, Glen Canyon Park, Wildlife

Keeping Islais creek running with pickaxes and loppers

February 16, 2019 by Murray Schneider

Photos: Christopher Campbell   Islais Creek is the second longest creek running through San Francisco. Because of drought, it has recently trickled rather than raced. The creek is also inhibited because along its banks invasive Cape ivy and Himalayan blackberry mitigate its flow. Consequently, any dash through Glen Canyon Park on the waterway’s journey to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gardening, Glen Canyon Park

Glen Canyon gardener’s landscape show through Jan. 27

January 10, 2019 by Murray Schneider

Christopher Campbell pulls weeds and paints willows. An early member of San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Natural Resources Division, Campbell, 55, has been familiar with Glen Canyon for 20 years, removing geriatric eucalyptus and colonizing Himalayan blackberry and replacing them with habitat-friendly dogwood, elderberry and sticky monkey flower. And for the last six years, influenced […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gardening, Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

Healthy Parks Healthy People at Glen Canyon

January 2, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

(from SF Rec and Park Department) Join us and Healthy Parks, Healthy People (HPHP) as we kick off the new year in a brand new location at Glen Park on Saturday, January 12 from 10 a.m. to noon! Meet us at Elk and Chenery streets as we explore this unique geological and biological destination that […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Neighborhood, Recreation and Parks Department, Uncategorized

Drop-In Rock Climbing at Glen Canyon Rec Center

December 7, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

From SF Rec and Park eNews: Drop-in rock climbing is back at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center rock wall from now until March! We have hour-long sessions that will go from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to noon/1:30 to 4:30 p.m.on Saturdays! Limit six climbers […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Recreation and Parks Department

A Nuthatch Family Makes A New Home

December 5, 2018 by Murray Schneider

Richard Craib raised his family on Turquoise Way, his backyard abutting the upper reaches of Glen Canyon. This summer he oversaw a family of white-breasted nuthatches at the house he built and has lived in since 1962. Craib recently sat in his living room, which overlooks a mini-forest of pines, cypresses and redwoods. A barn […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Wildlife

Kids’ indoor play at the Rec Center

November 8, 2018 by Betsy Eddy

    Starting this week, parents, nannies, and other caretakers may bring children (infants through 4 year olds) to play indoors at the Glen Park Recreation Center on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon.  

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Neighborhood, Uncategorized

Movie Night in Glen Canyon Park Sept 15

September 12, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

Sutter Health is offering free movies in San Francisco parks again this year. Click on the picture below to read the flyer details:

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

Sept. 8: Supervisor Mandelman hosts meeting on fire mitigation and evacuation planning

August 11, 2018 by Betsy Eddy

To Resilient Diamond Heights Workgroup and Other Interested Persons,  Resilient Diamond Heights is delighted that Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will host a meeting with City Officials concerning wildfire mitigation in our neighborhood parks and evacuation planning on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 2 pm at the SF Police Academy. Supervisor Mandelman has confirmed attendance by representatives of the […]

Filed Under: Diamond Heights, Fire, Glen Canyon Park, Meeting announcement, Rafael Mandelman, Safety

Camp Mather workers, shut down by fires, come to Glen Canyon to work in the park

August 11, 2018 by Murray Schneider

As wildfires continued taking their toll near Yosemite National Park in the fourth week of July, San Francisco Rec & Park officials closed Camp Mather, its City-run summer camp. As a result, McLaren Lodge administrators offered seasonal Mather employees an opportunity to come to Glen Park and work with its Natural Resource Division. Six young […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

The call of the white-breasted nuthatch across Glen Canyon

July 7, 2018 by Murray Schneider

By Murray Schneider Richard Craib raised his family on Turquoise Way, his backyard abutting the upper reaches of Glen Canyon. Now he’s overseeing a family of white-breasted nuthatches in the house he’s lived in since 1962. Craib sat recently in his living room, which overlooks a mini forest of pines, cypresses and redwoods. A barn […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized, Wildlife

Classes, camps and events at Glen Park Rec Center this summer

July 2, 2018 by Murray Schneider

The Glen Canyon Recreation Center summer program began on May 29 and will continue through August 26. It offers a number of exercise classes, as well as pick-up basketball games, pickle ball matches and rock climbing drop-in schedules. Qi Gong, a holistic exercise system of coordinated body posture includes movement, breathing and meditation and is […]

Filed Under: Glen Canyon Park, Uncategorized

Summer Brings New Concern about Fire in the Canyon – Here’s What You Can Do

June 19, 2018 by BETSY EDDY

Resilient Diamond Heights Neighborhood Fire Evacuation Planning Meeting June 28th The Diamond Heights Community Association and Resilient Diamond Heights are continuing advocacy to the SFFD and City officials for help mitigating the potential for fire storms in Glen Canyon Park and on Billy Goat Hill. Sparks from a fire igniting brush and eucalyptus trees could possibly reach […]

Filed Under: Diamond Heights, Glen Canyon Park, Neighborhood, SFFD

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Do you know the name of Glen Park’s baseball diamond? Read this and you’ll never forget it.

May 11, 2018 by 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. Two Little League teams faced off on the Thelma Williams Baseball Diamond in Glen Canyon Park on a warm Saturday afternoon in April. The players were six years old, maybe seven. […]

Filed Under: Baseball, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Recreation and Parks Department

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Qi Gong & Tai Chi Thursdays at the Glen Park Rec Center!

Thursdays  2:00PM - 2:45PM 
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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 

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