Here are the 2021 Vella Family Pumpkins at 354 Sussex on Youtube. Please share and enjoy! https://youtu.be/b4DMxNVuQdA
Halloween
Halloween 2021–Glen Park makes a comeback
Photos by Marian Dalere Halloween was almost “normal” on Chenery Street this year. There was no official street closure due to the continuing Covid restrictions, but the Chenery Slow Street between Lippard and Burnside brought out significant crowds. One neighbor enthused, “Half the crowds as normal and waaay better–super fun!”
Spooky Halloween event in Glen Canyon Park Oct. 30
Nightmare on Elk Street: Haunted house, crafts, music, & face painting!
Come one come all to the Halloween extravaganza at St. John School!
Get full details and purchase tickets here. All information courtesy of St. John Elementary School.
Boo! Will there be a Glen Park Halloween this year?
After more than a decade of increasingly lively Halloweens in Glen Park, COVID-19 shut everything down in 2020. Instead of streets swarming with Ruth Bader Ginsburgs, Jedi knights and the occasional BART car, there was the eerie silence of the pandemic. But—with proper precautions—Halloween is back this year! St. John the Evangelist School at 925 […]
Scary times: COVID stops Halloween this year, but we’ll be back in 2021!
Note: Several readers have asked for a downloadable version of the lovely poster created by GPA webmaster and designer Mary Szczepanik. You can click the link below to get a printable copy. GPA Halloween 2020 PDF Halloween has always been a joyous time in Glen Park. Chenery and many side streets are awash in trick-or-treaters. […]
Get ready for Chenery Street closure on Halloween
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 […]
Don’t miss the Vella Family Pumpkins display
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 […]
Haunted Halloween
There’s no denying that Halloween is quite the event in Glen Park — from the day-of parades at both Glen Park Montessori and Glen Park Elementary, to the nighttime festivities along and around Chenery street — Glen Park celebrates with enthusiasm and abandon. For the first time, San Francisco’s Ingleside Police station, with the guidance […]