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Gateway to the Canyon: Lyell and Bosworth Mural

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Hate the grim stretch of Bosworth between Lyell and BART? Add your thoughts on potential mural ideas by filling out this survey. Neighborhood beautification dynamo Sophie Constantinou is working on securing a Community Challenge grant to create a mural on the concrete wall above Lyell and beneath the southbound freeway overpass on Bosworth. This would […]

Mayor Lurie, Supervisors Mandelman and Melgar to attend Love Our Neighborhood event in Glen Park

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News Flash: The Burnside Mural/Steps will be the backdrop for a major press event this Tuesday, July 15th at 10:30am, announcing DPW’s Love Our Neighborhood (LON) permit, which is designed to make the process for murals, tiled stairways, and similar projects easier, faster, and less expensive. Burnside’s tiled steps was the first project to go […]

Be a Part of Glen Park’s Next Mural!

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Join your neighbors June 7 to clear ivy beneath the Bosworth Pedestrian Bridge, the first step in its transformation from a cement span into a vibrant piece of community art. Inspired by the Portola Pedestrian Bridge, the Bosworth Pedestrian Bridge will eventually have murals on its four pillars and a fresh coat of paint for […]

Elk Street Mural meeting 11/16

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Review a proposed new mural at Glen Canyon Park’s Elk Street retaining wall on Saturday, November 16 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., at the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street). Meet the muralist, Sirron Norris and provide feedback. (To see some of Sirron’s past murals, click here.) Norris incorporated input from the September […]

Neighbors, politicos flock to opening of Burnside tiled steps

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It was an exciting scene as crowds gathered to witness the ribbon cutting of the Burnside Mural+ project, now completed with a mural and tiled steps. It was Glen Park resident Renee Berger’s vision  for a drab wall and stairway transformation into an eye-popping instant neighborhood treasure. The timeline required persistence for the complex project. […]

Breathtaking! October is SF Stairway Month

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October in San Francisco is already perfection but it’s going to be even better!  On October 1st the SF Board of Supervisors, with the initiative of District 8 Supervisor Mandelman, unanimously passed a resolution announcing the first ever San Francisco Stairway Month! The proclamation kicks off a slew of great events, including the installation of […]

Be a part of Burnside’s fabulous Tiled Stairway Project!

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You are invited: Be a part of Burnside’s fabulous tiled stairway project! Ready to channel your creative energies?  Please join Burnside Mural+ for a unique opportunity to participate in a community tile-making workshop that will be led by the masterful tile artists Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher.  Many of you already know this talented duo, […]

Last call: Limited number of legacy tiles available for Burnside tiled stairway

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Burnside Mural+ is thrilled to report that the process for making the tiled stairway is underway! Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher, our wonderfully talented artists, spent the month of January creating a full-scale mockup of the stairway. It consists of six-foot-wide brown paper with lines for each of the 69 risers, the outlines of the […]

Four Glen Parkers lead tours of the City with San Francisco City Guides

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Enjoy walking? Learning? Curious about your surroundings?  San Francisco has a free resource for you: San Francisco City Guides, (SFCG) a 45-year-old nonprofit organization that offers walks throughout the City that take you on journeys through its endlessly colorful history.  Each year about 30,000 people from the Bay Area and beyond walk with us. There […]

Glen Park has HeART!  News from Burnside Mural+

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  Announcement: Just 20-25 donor legacy tiles remain available for the Burnside tiled stairway. Glen Park’s Burnside Mural+ tiled stairway project is receiving loads of love.  We want to thank the 175 people who have fulfilled pledges for donor legacy tiles.  The inscriptions are often touching, occasionally done with humor, and all clearly crafted from […]

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

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  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 […]

Completion of Burnside Mural is celebrated

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Partners in TWMC, Elaine Chu and Marina Perez-Wong, have deep artistic roots. Both are San Francisco natives (Perez-Wong is third generation native) and women of color born to single-parent women from immigrant families. In the Burnside mural, the Gum Tree Girls and Mother Nature are represented. Water is another element the muralists have been exploring […]

YOU’RE INVITED:  Burnside Mural+ Party

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We’re having a party to share the love of the fabulous Burnside mural!  Please join to celebrate its completion and be among the first to see the gorgeous preliminary design for tiling the stairway that rises above the mural. You’ll have a chance to meet the wonderfully talented artists! DATE/TIME:        September 17th from 3pm-5pm WHERE:     […]

Local bus routes are being restored

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In a sign that things are slowly and carefully returning to normalcy during the Covid-19 pandemic, SFMTA has announced the restoration of pre-pandemic bus routes along major lines in the city as of July 9. Local bus lines 23 Monterey and 52 Excelsior are among those on the list: Details here.

Exceptional artists chosen for Burnside Mural+

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(Photos and image courtesy of Twin Walls Mural Company.) It’s been around a year since the wall at the Burnside Avenue cul-de-sac beckoned to Glen Park resident Renee Berger. After a career in international consulting mainly in the philanthropic arena, and a side gig as a San Francisco City Guide leading group tours of the […]

Give us your ideas to paint a Glen Park mural!

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Please complete a very brief survey to add your vision into the design for the Burnside Mural+ project, which foresees a mural and a tiled stairway at the Burnside Avenue cul-de-sac adjacent to the endpoint of the Greenway. There is also a photo of the site and some information about the effort. The survey should […]

Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgment Resolution

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(Glen Park News staff note: See the Spring issue of the Glen Park News for the story of the neighborhood mural honoring the Ohlone people, here.) This past month, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission passed a Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgment Resolution honoring and recognizing the Ramaytush Ohlone people as the original inhabitants of […]

An artistic and beautification project for Glen Park: The Burnside Mural+

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Neighbors and friends had a congenial gathering at the Burnside Avenue cul-de-sac the evening of Friday, June 18.  This one block street, along with its sister street to the east, Chilton Avenue, are known for their tight-knit family atmosphere and friendly vibe–like a little town within Glen Park. The occasion was the kick-off of an […]

This is Ohlone Land

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Among the many charming features of Glen Park are the unpaved lanes that welcome the wanderer from the city concrete–it’s instant nature, although with reminders of civilization: backyards, fences, garages, tire tracks. Walking through, one can see how the people living just beyond have lovingly tended (or neglected) these borderlands. One does not expect to […]