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Catching up with Bob Seiwald at age 100

April 5, 2025 by Bonnee Waldstein

When the Glen Park News last met up with Bob Seiwald at age 98, he had big plans: Travel to Europe to retrace his steps as a soldier in World War 2 and make his semi-annual trip to his second home in Mexico. On the day of his 100th birthday, March 26, friends and immediate […]

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

Charlie Vella, Local Legend

March 23, 2025 by Heather World

Glen Park knows him for his prolific Halloween pumpkin display on Sussex Street, but 44-year resident Charlie Vella is so much more than that. Read this great article from San Francisco Senior Beat on the life and times of our local Maltese psychologist/amateur paleontologist.

Filed Under: Glen Park people, Senior citizens, Uncategorized Tagged With: pumpkins, vella

GP Welcomes Orphaned Cats

December 13, 2023 by Heather World

Thanks to the efforts of Glen Park and Bernal Heights neighbors, dozens of kittens affected by the Maui wildfires last August now call the Bay Area home. Bernal resident Alena Ja, the Managing Director of Andrea’s Dream Rescue, an animal rescue nonprofit, was personally affected by the fires because her family lives in Hawaii. Worried […]

Filed Under: Community Servce, Fire, Glen Park people

From a destitute Okie to a “really good life” in Glen Park: Bob Seiwald of Burnside Avenue

June 9, 2023 by Bonnee Waldstein

  On a normal day the cul-de-sac at Burnside Avenue off Chenery Street is a hive of activity. For one thing, it’s the terminus of the Glen Park Greenway, which begins at Brompton Avenue and is frequented by hikers and dog walkers alike. For another thing, there’s the beautiful Burnside Mural right there, a feast […]

Filed Under: Glen Park History, Glen Park people, mural, Neighborhood, St. John School, 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

Follow up on murder of Leo Hainzl

December 22, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

As 2020 draws to a close, and none too soon, you will remember another horrible event of the year–the murder of 94-year old Glen Park resident, Leo Hainzl, as he walked his dog outside Glen Canyon Park on Memorial Day morning. The alleged perpetrator is Peter Rocha, a homeless man who frequented the neighborhood and […]

Filed Under: Crime, Featured, Glen Park people, Uncategorized

Documentary film nourishes heart and soul

July 20, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

Here in Glen Park, artists and creative types of all kinds have found welcoming arms and an environment that nurtures their spirit.   One of them is Anne Flatté, 51, a documentary filmmaker and, for the past fifteen years, a resident of Chenery Street with her husband and two sons. Describing herself as “not really a […]

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Explore all the Colors of the Rainbow
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Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Weeding Party
June 21, 10 a.m. to noon
100 block of Arlington at Charles
Join neighbors on the North end of the Cut to keep down the weeds and beautify top to bottom. Tools, lunch and good company provided.


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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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