The gravel parking lot on Kern Street in downtown Glen Park could become the site of eight four-story townhouse apartments as envisioned in a feasability study submitted to the San Francisco Planning Department. The initial study is dated March 19, 2026 and was submitted for a project review meeting, which allows a developer to get […]
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SF Survey: Glen Park Neighborhood History Night
The Planning Department will unveil new research about Glen Park history at an interactive community meeting this Thursday evening, including the possibility of designating a portion of downtown as historic. Hosted by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and the San Francisco Planning Department, the meeting from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Park branch […]
Glen Park Grows Up?
City planners have proposed an updated zoning map, raising height limits in downtown Glen Park to 14 stories on BART property and 6- to 8-story buildings on streets surrounding the neighborhood’s core. And while height limits remain 40 feet for most of the neighborhood, the density restrictions would be lifted, paving the way for more […]
Upzoning SF?
The city is contemplating new zoning laws to meet state housing requirements, and next week is your opportunity to learn more! The Land Use Committee of Upper Noe Neighbors will host an informational meeting about rezoning Wednesday, April 2, from 7 to 8 p.m., featuring a land use lawyer and an architect. Get your questions […]
8 Stories in GP? Talk to Planning at GPA Mtg 4/11
From The Frisc: 8-Story Apartments Could Come to One of SF’s Quaintest Neighborhoods, Thanks in Part to BART Sleepy Glen Park has missed out on San Francisco’s housing wars, and that seems to be the way many longtime residents like it. But the neighborhood’s idyllic recess could be coming to an end. The city’s new proposed […]
Future of Islais Creek
San Francisco* is undertaking a study to deliver flood resilience and quality-of-life benefits to San Franciscans in the Upper Islais Creek Watershed. Quality-of-life benefits could include pedestrian and bicyclist safety, neighborhood connectivity, urban greening, and other environmental benefits. Increasing flood resilience may involve strategies to (1) adapt streets and the public realm to manage larger […]
Kern Street Parking Lot Legislation
The Planning Commission will consider parking legislation that will directly affect the Kern Street lot this Thursday, and in a reversal of course, the Planning Department is now urging the Commission to keep the lot permissible for parking. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s legislation broadly re-orients the Planning Code away from parking and toward people outside their […]
Public Land and Private Profit
Fenced off and closed to the public earlier this year, the re-graded Kern Street parking lot behind Pebbles Café on Diamond Street includes about 1,700-square feet of city land, giving the family that controls the lot 27 percent more space to charge tenants for parking. That changed Tuesday in response to three months of inquires […]
Glen Park Association Newspaper Editorial
Housing may be the hottest topic in Glen Park. Whether it’s sky-high sale prices, displacement of dear neighbors, a basketball court on Everson or the future of the BART lot, the Glen Park Association hears about nothing quite so much as housing. Opinions vary—and strongly—from one person to the next, but there is at least […]