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Rising Waters in and Around Glen Park is Nothing New: A Look Back

January 9, 2023 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

The torrent of rain delivered by the Category 4 atmospheric river that careened into San Francisco on December 31, 2022, was nothing short of biblical. The 5.5 inches of rain recorded in those 24 hours (half of the expected total for all of December) exceeded any amount recorded for that date since record-keeping began in […]

Filed Under: floods, Glen Park History, rain, storm, 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

Don’t miss it–Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival, July 10

June 29, 2022 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Recent events make it crystal clear. The achievements and historic legacy of women’s activism during the 20th century in San Francisco’s Glen Park district have never been more important than they are now! That is why we are holding the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival 2022 at San Francisco’s beautiful Glen Canyon Park, 70 Elk Street at […]

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(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

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 5 – A former resident of Arlington Street becomes a 1960s television icon

November 21, 2021 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This is the last of 5 posts (see Part 1 , The Glen Park Glenodeon; Part 2, […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 4 – Gregg Palmer, Glen Park’s Hollywood Cowboy

November 17, 2021 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 4 of 5 (see Part 1, The Glen Park Glenodeon, Part 2, […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 3 – Glen Park Aeronaut on the Big Screen

November 11, 2021 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 3 of 5 (see Part 1, The Glen Park Glenodeon, and Part […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Glen Park History

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 2 – Bob Lippert, King of the B’s

November 8, 2021 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 2 of 5. ……. In Part 1 of this series, we saw […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood –The Glen Park Connection, Part 1 – The Glen Park Glenodeon

November 3, 2021 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

  Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 1. … “Moving pictures” were all the rage during the opening […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

(Hi)stories of Our Neighborhoods

July 28, 2021 by Evelyn Rose

The intersection of Diamond and Chenery Streets today is in the very heart of Glen Park. While it may seem no different than most intersections throughout San Francisco, if we peel back the years, we can discover its fascinating history. Before European, Russian, and possibly Asian explorers landed at San Francisco Bay, the prehistory of […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Glen Park History

Glen Park was so fascinating these intrepid walkers came back for a second look. Follow along on their rambles.

June 19, 2021 by Story and photos by Murray Schneider

Glen Park warranted a second look. On May 21, eight women from the First Friday Walkers assembled at Café XO on Church Street. “We used to say ‘No repeat tours,’ but that we might repeat a walk one of these days,” long-time FFW Chris Greene told the Glen Park News. Back in 2017 they had […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Featured, Gardening, Glen Park History

Neighbors still say Hi in Village of Glen Park

March 23, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein

If you think this headline was written today, think again.  Think about over twenty years ago, May 26, 2000, when this was the headline in SF Gate, followed by a rundown of the people and places that make our neighborhood cozy and warm. After you read the SF Gate story, look at the “footnotes” that […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses, Canyon Market, Editor's Pick, Glen Park History, Neighborhood, Uncategorized

Mrs. Abby Fisher, Freed Woman of Color, Cookbook Author, & Culinary Entrepreneur: What We Now Know.”

February 22, 2021 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

As part of Black History Month, don’t miss this virtual presentation at the SF Public Library this coming Wednesday, February 24, when Director Evelyn Rose presents, “Mrs. Abby Fisher, Freed Woman of Color, Cookbook Author, & Culinary Entrepreneur: What We Now Know.”. Rediscovered at auction in 1984 and authored by Mrs. Abby Fisher, “What Mrs. […]

Filed Under: Editor's Pick, Events, Featured 2, Glen Park History

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

Glen Park section of SF scale model coming to library this Thursday!

February 19, 2019 by Evelyn Rose, Bonnee Waldstein

When:  Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, 6:00 – 7:00 pm Where:  Glen Park Library What:    Under the auspices of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Public Library, local sections of this massive 41-ft by 37-ft, 3-dimensional model of the City of San Francisco, constructed by the Works Project Administration in […]

Filed Under: Glen Park History, Neighborhood, Uncategorized

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

December 20, 2018 by Evelyn Rose

This article was previously published in the Fall 2018 print edition of the Glen Park News. The year 2018 marks the 110th anniversary of the Glen Park Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Established through the advocacy of Glen Park suffragists, the branch stands today as a testament to determined community activism and an […]

Filed Under: Glen Park History

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

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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Meet one of the Greenway’s most diligent volunteers -- A Townsend Warbler as far as Google knows. Progress in removing invasive oxalis is going well, but work remains! As the sun comes out, please join us at the Glen Park Greenway Native Meadow (between Lippard and Brompton Streets) to carefully remove invasive oxalis plants. Email our oxalis remediation lead, Kathy Keller at greenway@glenparkassociation.org if you can help! ... See MoreSee Less

Meet one of the Greenway’s most diligent volunteers -- A Townsend Warbler as far as Google knows. Progress in removing invasive oxalis is going well, but work remains! As the sun comes out, please join us at the Glen Park Greenway Native Meadow (between Lippard and Brompton Streets) to carefully remove invasive oxalis plants. Email our oxalis remediation lead, Kathy Keller at greenway@glenparkassociation.org if you can help!
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Join us THURSDAY JANUARY 19 at the Glen Park Association Quarterly meeting. We'll be in-person at the Glen Park Rec. Center at 6:30 PM. Our agenda includes:

-- A special presentation from QuitCarbon,
-- Meeting the new owners of @canyonmarket ,
-- Learning more about projects at @sfrecpark & @sfpublichealth, and
-- Electing 2023 GPA officers.

Have you renewed your membership for 2023 yet? Help keep our neighborhood vital by joining today at www.glenparkassociation.org/glen-park-association-membership/
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Join us THURSDAY JANUARY 19 at the Glen Park Association Quarterly meeting. Well be in-person at the Glen Park Rec. Center at 6:30 PM. Our agenda includes:

-- A special presentation from QuitCarbon, 
-- Meeting the new owners of @canyonmarket , 
-- Learning more about projects at @sfrecpark  & @sfpublichealth, and
-- Electing 2023 GPA officers.

Have you renewed your membership for 2023 yet? Help keep our neighborhood vital by joining today at https://www.glenparkassociation.org/glen-park-association-membership/
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