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 […]
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Gateway to the Canyon: Lyell and Bosworth Mural
Mayor Lurie, Supervisors Mandelman and Melgar to attend Love Our Neighborhood event in Glen Park
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 […]
A Double Celebration: Elk Street Mural and Glen Park Beautiful!
Glen Park is full of treasures, too many to list here. Perhaps most notable is its canyon that offers places to be quiet and away from the city and serves as a convening spot for countless people to enjoy each other’s company. We now have our newest treasures, the Burnside mural and tiled steps, Elk […]
Be a Part of Glen Park’s Next Mural!
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 […]
Glen Canyon Park’s Community Mural Painting Day
As you make your way down Chenery Street towards Elk, you cannot miss the delightful brightly colored eyes of a supersized owl staring back at you. This brand new creature is but one small part of a lively mural swiftly coming to life. On the morning of Sunday April 27, eager neighbors arrived to take […]
You, too, can be a mural artist!
It’s spring, the perfect time to enjoy Glen Canyon and take advantage of a unique opportunity: An invitation to lend a hand painting the Elk Street Mural along the wall by the entry to the canyon. The fabulous design, by well-known artist, Sirron Norris, is based on extensive community input and captures the beauty and […]
What Glen Park eyesore is more-or-less 200 feet long and 42 inches high?
Photo: Suzanne Ginsburg (All other photos and images courtesy of Sirron Norris.) If you guessed that the “eyesore” is the very low, extremely unattractive and blotchy cement wall bordering the ball field on Elk Street—the one with the very tall chain link fence hovering above it—you are correct. And it is on that quite low […]
Elk Street Mural meeting 11/16
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
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. […]
A celebration of Glen Park’s gorgeous tiled steps!
You are invited to a celebration of Glen Park’s gobsmackingly gorgeous tiled steps! October 27th 1:30pm – 3:30pm Burnside Steps (between #s50 and 59 Burnside Avenue) We will be joined by Supervisor Mandelman and the brilliant artists, Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher and other special guests for a ribbon cutting. Please RSVP HERE The […]
Burnside Mural+ tiled steps are underway
It’s been a long gestation, but Burnside Mural+ is thrilled to share the great news that the installation of the tiles for the Burnside Steps has begun! We expect the installation to be completed toward the end of October. This will fulfill the vision of celebrating Glen Park’s history with a mural and tiled steps. […]
Breathtaking! October is SF Stairway Month
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 […]
More art for Glen Park!
Are you ready for some more neighborhood beautification? We hope so! There’s a new Glen Park resident-led effort to transform the dreary Elk Street retaining wall of the Glen Canyon ball field into a beautiful mural. The idea came from long-time GP resident Suzanne Ginsburg who contacted Renee Berger, the project leader of Burnside Mural+, […]
Be a part of Burnside’s fabulous Tiled Stairway Project!
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
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 […]
Countdown begins for Burnside Tiled Stairway
San Franciscans are passionate about stairways. Other cities have them, but here we give them names, keep logs of walking them, and speak lovingly about our unique collection of dazzling tiled ones. Burnside Mural+ is excited to share the news that Glen Park will have a gorgeous tiled stairway in 2024! Here are some samples […]
Four Glen Parkers lead tours of the City with San Francisco City Guides
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+
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
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 […]
Find out all about project leader of Burnside Mural+
Renee Berger, driving force behind the Burnside Mural+, the mural now having been completed and the mosaic tile stairway underway, has had a fascinating life and career of public service. Read all about Renee here, on San Francisco Senior Beat.
Completion of Burnside Mural is celebrated
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
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
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.
Celebration 2/26 – Arlington Path/Bernal Cut Path
It’s time to celebrate! Join us in recognizing the amazing work of our city partners, our art partners, our gardeners and our refuse reclaimers who are turning the two sides of San Jose Avenue into a clean greenbelt. When: Saturday February 26, 2022 1-2pm Where: Richland Ave Bridge @ the Bernal Cut Path (across […]
Exceptional artists chosen for Burnside Mural+
(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!
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
(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+
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
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 […]