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. […]
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10/10 GPA Mtg reminder
Reminder: The Glen Park Association fall quarterly meeting will happen October 10, 7-9 pm, on Zoom. Advance registration required. >> Register Here << Agenda: Pedestrian Safety Discussion Election Special: Ballot measures presentation D (City Commissions and Mayoral Authority) E (Police Staffing and Deferred Retirement) K (Permanently Closing the Upper Great Highway to Private Vehicles to […]
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 […]
Glen Park Greenway Work Party–Saturday, October 5
Please put Saturday October 5 on your calendar for our next Work Party. This will be our first work party of fall, and you can already see that it’s arrived on the Greenway: ripe fruit, falling leaves and plump acorns. I expect that it will be a warm and sunny Work Party as we prepare […]
Gialina owner: Glen Park is a tiny neighborhood fierce in its restaurant loyalties!
Gialina, Glen Park’s famed pizzeria on Diamond Street, has prospered over decades, weathering economic fluctuations, changing demographics and COVID-19. Tellingly, no sign proclaims the popular restaurant’s name. According to owner Sharon Ardiana, the “Gialina” on a front window disappeared during repairs at the restaurant at 2842 Diamond Street, which opened in 2007. The Glen Park […]
SFGATE covers the reopening of Glen Park Station bar after flood repairs
Read SFGate food reporter Nico Madrigal-Yankowski’s story right here!
District 8 September 2024 Newsletter
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GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–August recap
Greetings Glen Park! We have now moved solidly into the post Labor Day fall market in San Francisco. Lots of inventory has been popping up along with quite a few “Coming Soon” properties that are not yet viewable to the general public. Other places that I look for indications that inventory is on the rise […]
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+, […]
Glen Park Filmmaker’s Two New Films Screen at Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Award-winning filmmaker Dan Goldes, who has lived in Glen Park since 1998, has two new short documentary films screening at the 21st version of Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, Sept. 5 – 7. Information about the free Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema is available at bhoutdoorcine.org. “Waiter For Life” provides an intimate look at a group of […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY– New Book Club, Homework Hangouts, and Much More
We’re very excited to welcome the debut of the Check ’em Out Book Club, a new book club for adults that meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 1:00-3:00, starting this Tuesday, September 3rd. Get to know fellow members of the club and select your first read. Along with Check ’em Out, […]
Phoenix Day Block Parties
Party in the streets on Phoenix Day October 20! Block party organizers needed Applications (which includes signatures from 60% of the households on your block) due August 31 at 11:59 p.m. Find more information here, scroll down to Application Process. From Sunday Streets SF: Welcome to the Fourth Annual Phoenix Day Block Party Program! This […]
Mayoral Forum 9/5
Join your District 8 neighbors at the District 8 Neighbors Mayoral Forum Thursday, September 5, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Randall Museum 199 Museum Way Reserve your spot here to hear directly from the top challengers for San Francisco Mayor on issues that really matter in the neighborhoods of District 8, which include the […]
Quick action by SFMTA on dangerous intersection
In the aftermath of the accident of August 15 in which a 61-year old woman was fatally struck by a truck, SFMTA has initiated “No Right on Red” signs at the Diamond/Bosworth intersection. The accident is under a thorough investigation by SFPD. This morning work crews were already installing the signs on three of the […]
Fatal accident in busy intersection of Glen Park–Update
At the monthly SFPD Ingleside Community Meeting, the Glen Park News asked about the status of the investigation. Officer James George, substituting for Captain Amy Hurwitz, said the information is still scanty. The case has been turned over to the Traffic Company, a unit of SFPD. Due to staffing shortages in that department, it’s […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–July recap
Happy August! This summer has been one of the busiest for me in my career and I’ve really been enjoying the hustle and bustle. I’m one of those people that gets a lot more done the more that needs to be done. I’ve been noticing that prospective buyers are really getting off the fence and […]
Glen Park Hardware is closing
In a blow to the neighborhood commercial corridor, Glen Park Hardware is closing after just six months under its most recent ownership, a limited liability corporation named Rikbull with a mailing address in San Carlos in San Mateo County. As indicated by the nine signs in the store window, everything is 50% off; store hours […]
District 8 July 2024 Newsletter #2
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7/25 Mtg Reminder
Join us for the Glen Park Association Summer Quarterly Meeting Thursday, July 25, 2024 6:30 to 7:50 p.m. at the Glen Park Rec Center 70 Elk Street PROGRAM Ingleside Police Captain Amy Hurwitz District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Discussion of Home Insurance Cancellations
District 8 July 2024 Newsletter
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GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–June recap
I’m writing this during the most sweltering 4th of July weekend. Wow, it’s been really hot for a long time! I have a listing in Novato and was over there the other day – 107 degrees and almost impossible to grab the steering wheel to drive when getting back in my car. I think this […]
Pigeons–a political mess
About a week or two ago, a curious sight appeared at the Glen Park BART station plaza–a young woman with a a hawk perched on her finger. The Glen Park News wasn’t able to approach her to see what she was doing there. Fortunately the San Francisco Standard was on it and we can report […]
Glen Park Greenway Work Party–Saturday, July 13
Our July Work Party is just over one week away. If you can see beyond the Independence Day weekend, I hope that you can visualize joining us on the Greenway on Saturday, July 13. Many thanks to those who have already contacted me to say that they will join us. Please reply to this email […]
SFMTA Bike/Roll Feedback Meetings
Join us this summer for an upcoming community open house! The San Francisco Biking and Rolling Plan: Active Communities is a 2-year planning process to develop a new plan for active mobility in San Francisco. The new plan directs future SFMTA investments in the biking and rolling network, support facilities, programs, and policies for the […]
July 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter
Happy July! Everyone at Ingleside Station wishes you a wonderful, crime-free month! June is Pride month, and we would like to extend our warm wishes to our LGBTQ friends and allies. June also marks Juneteenth on June 19th, and we are eagerly looking forward to supporting Pride and Juneteenth celebrations! This month, like the others, […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Have You Hit Your Summer Stride?
How’s your Summer Stride going so far? Have you read or listened to a book, tried a new hobby or participated in a library program? Don’t forget that all learning and exploring counts toward the 20 hours required to earn an SFPL-original tote bag or pencil case. Log your learning online via Beanstack, on the […]
A plague of water main breaks causes woe for neighbors
A couple of years ago, a spokesperson for the SF Public Utilities Commission, in response to a water main break in the neighborhood, noted that San Francisco averages 200 water main breaks per year. It would seem Glen Park accounts for more than our fair share. Recently on June 21, a water main break caused […]
Canyon Market Bakes
(Steiman retired in 2019 after 35 years as an editor and writer at Wine Spectator magazine. Prior to that he was food and wine editor at the San Francisco Examiner and hosted daily radio programs on food on KCBS and KNBR. He lives in Glen Park.) Photos: Harvey Steiman Glen Park is asleep at 3am. […]
Glen Park’s Nicki Michaels nominated for prestigious award
Nicki Michaels, resident of Glen Park since 2007, has been nominated along with two collaborators for an Eisner award, the “Oscar” of comics and graphic novels. There are 32 categories of awards. The trio was nominated in the Best Comics-Related Book category for Flamed Out: The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy. (Fantagraphics […]
Reminder: Tile-making event June 15
As you will recall from our May 15 post, an invitation went out to the community to a tile-making event sponsored by Burnside Mural+ in collaboration with the Glen Park Library. The response has been enthusiastic! All available slots for tilemakers were reserved soon after the event was announced in the GPA blog. We can’t […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–MAY recap
We are officially moving into summertime! With many schools already out for summer, people will start leaving town for their eagerly awaited vacations. This, coupled with our San Francisco counterintuitive cold summer weather, typically results in a summertime real estate slowdown. That said, there are a lot of buyers out there, and those who are […]
June 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter
Happy June to you and everyone in the Ingleside Station Community! Summer is just around the corner, and we are looking forward to it. However, it’s not all fun and games. Summer brings the law enforcement community some different challenges. Summer is the time when many of us go on vacation, leaving our homes unattended. […]
Arlington Path added to Crosstown Trail
You may have noticed how great the Arlington Path and adjacent open space are looking lately, thanks to the tireless efforts of a handful of neighbors. Turns out the folks who manage the San Francisco Crosstown Trail noticed too, because now both verdant sides of the Bernal Cut are part of the Trail! Unveiled in […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–April recap
And just like that it’s May! I’m a little late getting this information out as I’ve been quite busy. Things are really heating up in the housing market with short periods of cooling off whenever the rates jump back up again. Everyone was talking about how the rates were going to continue to go down […]
May 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter
Happy May to you and everyone in the Ingleside Station Community! Summer is just around the corner, and we are looking forward to it. However, it’s not all fun and games. Summer brings the law enforcement community some different challenges. Summer is the time when many of us go on vacation, leaving our homes unattended. […]
Noe Valley Garden Tour Saturday, May 18
Mark your calendars for this year’s Noe Valley Garden Tour, which is on Saturday, May 18th. The Garden committee has finalized the gardens to be included on the Tour and you will be amazed at what the massive El Nino winter rains have done for gardens this year. Come be inspired! Featured gardens will showcase a […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–March recap
Happy Spring! Wow, we are right back in the swing of things again. The numbers are showing slightly less inventory coming on in the second half of March than in previous years (citywide), but more properties pending and selling… so that’s our supply and demand crunch right there. I’m happy to have gotten three clients […]
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 […]
Free earthquake warning app and preparedness info now available
Disasters like earthquakes can occur at any time with little warning. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Earthquake Warning California are encouraging Californians to have an emergency plan in place and download free resources like the MyShake App, available in the App Store or Google Play. You might wish to spread the word on […]
Good advice from a neighbor
Regarding your story about mailbox theft: It would be good to remind folks to register for Informed Delivery on the USPS website to get notifications of what is coming in their mail each day so they know what was stolen.
Are you a victim of mailbox mischief?
The mailboxes of several Glen Park apartment buildings were forced open overnight on March 25/26, and mail from a building on the unit block of Joost Avenue was found around the corner, scattered on the lawn of Glen Park School. While walking his dog at 6:00 am on March 26, Glen Park resident Dan Goldes […]
YEP, OPEN–Glen Park Hardware under new management
Glen Park Hardware is under new management as of February 11, 2024. Neighbors say the store, a mainstay of the neighborhood, has been noticeably scant on stock for more than a year. There has been a Glen Park Hardware store in the space at 685 Chenery Street for 61 years. Ed Josephson owned the store […]
Glen Park Resident Johanna Pinther and the First March for Suffrage in the United States
March is Women’s History Month and the Glen Park News is pleased to reprint this piece of Glen Park women’s history from the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project newsletter by founder and director Evelyn Rose. Our jaws dropped upon making the discovery. Johanna Pinther, a resident of Glen Park over a century ago, is featured in an image […]
District 8 March 2024 Newsletter
WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR! On February 10, we celebrated Lunar New Year in Chinatown, and on the 24th we rode in the ever-amazing Chinese New Year Parade! Happy Year of the Dragon to all! CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH! As part of the Board’s recognition of Black History Month, I had the […]
Mike Isaacs, a founder of the Glen Park Association, has passed away
Mike Isaacs was one of the founders of the Glen Park Association. The GPA was formed when some neighbors had concerns with the proposed larger scaled construction in downtown Glen Park. Many wanted to retain the character of the neighborhood whose homes went back to the early 1900s and some even to the late 1890s. […]
Glen Park Merchants Assn. VP named Ingleside Station’s Citizen of the Month
Congratulations, Marian!
Refuse Refuse: Building Community One Piece of Trash at a Time
(Glen Park News staff note: This story is reprinted with the permission of Marcia Schneider from her newsletter, Social Correspondence, which she created ten years ago. Marcia retired as Chief of Communications and Outreach for the San Francisco Public Library. You might know Marcia as the spouse of the late Murray Schneider, who for […]
Glen Park Greenway Work Party–Saturday, March 2
Please put Saturday March 2 on your calendar for our next Work Party. The pace of life on the Greenway picks up as the days lengthen into spring. So the pace of our work picks up too! Protecting the Native Meadow from weeds and preparing the Oak Woodland for the summer will give us plenty […]
The World Came to Him: On the Bridge Beat with CHP Officer Jack Symons
Since it opened in 1937, at least 2,100 people have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, according to the Bridge Rail Foundation. Glen Park resident and CHP officer Jack Symons was assigned to the bridge beat from 1953 to 1956. During that time at least four people died by suicide from the bridge while Symons was […]
Glen Park gets spiffied up on District 8 cleanup day
“Weeding, digging, hauling, shoveling, planting–so awesome!” That’s how Carolyn White of Arlington Street described her experience in the February 10 D8 cleanup day. It was a spectacular day in the midst of soaking rainstorms. TLC was doled out at the Bosworth Street median by a crew from the Geo Re-entry program, a nonprofit that helps […]