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: […]
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GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–July Recap
As we move into the dog days of summer, things are moving at a slower pace in the world of real estate as well. For those of you who are concerned about a huge crash like we had in 2008—look at this pictograph as a helpful reminder that we do not have the same forces […]
A Good Read: Profile of Bookstore Owner Eric Whittington
The Glen Park News is pleased to reprint this wonderful story about Eric Whittington, owner of neighborhood gem Bird & Beckett Books and Records, written by Bill Snyder of SF Senior Beat, an online newsletter. We’re also taking this opportunity to draw attention to the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, the nonprofit that supports […]
Warning sign goes up on Lippard Avenue as Crosstown Trail traffic grows
July 23, 2022 UPDATE After complaints about pedestrian safety as more people walk the Crosstown Trail that crosses Lippard between Bosworth and Chenery Streets, a warning sign went up the week of July 18, 2022. A red zone has also been added to the crossing. Original story from June 14, 2022 The amount of foot […]
Let your voice be heard on SF trash cans
As was reported in a previous post SFPW will be testing a variety of trash cans in neighborhoods throughout the city to gain experience and feedback about which one fulfills the unique and specific needs of San Franciscans wishing to throw stuff away. A special website has been launched offering a survey and showing the […]
History + Fun = Gum Tree Girls Festival
Planets, stars–nay–entire galaxies were aligned on Sunday, July 10 to bring about super weather and enthusiastic neighbors and friends to the Gum Tree Girls Festival in Glen Canyon Park. Neighborhood historian Evelyn Rose, founder and director of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, spearheaded the event. Safe to say, without Rose this wouldn’t have even […]
What do you want to throw your trash into? SFPW wants to know
This summer, San Francisco Public Works will place prototypes of our next generation public trash cans on the street for real-life testing at 52 locations in the city. Community members will have the opportunity to evaluate the cans and give input into the final selection. A special website has been launched offering a survey and […]
The saga of the Peter Rocha case comes full circle
A mentally ill homeless man who frequents Glen Park and spent a year in jail and a year in a locked psychiatric ward after an elderly resident died subsequent to an altercation with him, is back in the neighborhood. On June 10, Peter Rocha was acquitted of murder in the May 2020 death of Leo […]
Volunteers needed for Gum Tree Girls Festival
Dear Fans of the Gum Tree Girls, We are just days away from the Festival! Everything is coming together! We are, however, still in need of volunteers to staff the various activities we have in store. If you are attending and even if you’re not, please consider donating some of your time toward making the […]
Fireworks safety tips for people and pets & how and when to report to SFPD
The current Ingleside Station newsletter has a lot of valuable advice about fireworks issues on this July 4 weekend. Read the newsletter here.
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.
Two Greenway work parties in July
Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, The grass plants that we put in the Native Meadow in January are looking really good. One of the secrets to their success is the careful watering using their drip irrigation system that we installed on the south side of the trail in March. Now it’s time for […]
Notable Ingleside Arrest
Although every arrest and incident occurring in the Ingleside District isn’t mentioned in our weekly newsletter, our officers are out there every day, working to make the Ingleside District a safer place. In this section of our newsletter (subscribe here),we wish to highlight incidents that demonstrate the excellent work being done by our officers, as […]
Resilient Diamond Heights Safety Kits Video and Safety Brochures
(The Glen Park Association thanks Greg Carey for this valuable information and Betsy Eddy for spreading the word to our neighbors about safety and preparedness.) Resilient Diamond Heights (RDH) held an important virtual training session on June 8th to help households prepare safety kits for future emergencies. We recorded this event to allow you to […]
To celebrate remodel Safeway gives donation to Glen Park Association
Shoppers at the Diamond Heights Safeway on June 9 were treated to a store festooned with all manner of balloons and other celebratory decor not usually seen in a grocery store. The occasion was the “Grand Re-opening” capping a six-month total remodeling project. Safeway has 17 stores in San Francisco, two of which are Andronico’s […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–May Recap
Summer is upon us! Historically, summer tends to be a slower season in San Francisco in general for real estate sales. During the last couple of years of pandemic lockdown, we haven’t seen that pattern as much because people were not traveling, but rather, they were moving into larger or more accommodating living spaces. There […]
Go Fund Me campaign launched for family burned out of apartment over Glen Park Cleaners
Neighbors have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help the family that lost their home when Glen Park Cleaners at Chenery and Diamond was destroyed in a fire on June 4. While there were only minor injuries in the fire, the cleaners was gutted and the upstairs apartment rendered uninhabitable. Shannon Weber and her three children […]
Dramatic fire at Glen Park Cleaners thankfully causes no serious injuries
Photos by Michael and Bonnee Waldstein A fire that broke out at Glen Park Cleaners at 701 Chenery Street around 7:00 pm on Saturday caused no serious injuries to workers at the business or tenants of the apartment above. Tommy Baik, who has owned the cleaners for nearly 35 years, said it somehow began in […]
IT’S A DISTRICT 8 WIDE WORK DAY-Saturday, June 4
Calling all stewards! Join your neighbors on Saturday June 4th, 9am at the corner of Roanoke and Arlington. Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry and our Clean Up crew will be there, showing our civic pride. Refreshments, tools and a lot of #loveourcity will welcome you and your neighbors. Please sign up at the mobilize […]
Twin Peaks Promenade plan takes shape
Dear Community Member Interested in Twin Peaks: We are presenting a conceptual design plan for the Twin Peaks Promenade to the Rec and Park Commission Capital Committee next Wednesday, June 1. See a more detailed update that we posted on the project page of the Rec and Park website earlier this week. Click here to view […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Wednesday Crafternoons
Every Wednesday in June there will be a fun craft activity for kids! Activity : Wednesday Crafternoons Date: June 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm For: Children ages 8-13. Registration is required. Please speak with a librarian to sign up. Contact: Glen Park Branch 415-355-2858
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE — April Recap
Happy May! I can’t believe another summer is almost upon us. Will things keep heating up, or will we see the lull that so many are anticipating due to it being the first summer in a long time where many people are planning on traveling? Personally, I’m not going anywhere this summer as I’ve got […]
Summer art classes at Miraloma Park Improvement Club
Photos courtesy of Marilee Hearn People who are interested in hands-on classes in drawing, painting and sculpture have an opportunity to learn and do close to home this summer. Fort Mason Artists is a recently formed non-profit organization with the goal of providing life sculpture and figure drawing and painting classes for beginning and advanced […]
Glen Park business achieves legacy status
In a sign of neighborhood support for our local businesses, Glen Park Chiropractic has been named a San Francisco Legacy Business. This designation means that a business has operated in San Francisco for 30 years or more, had no break in operations for more than two years, and has contributed to San Francisco’s history or […]
Glen Park Association awards $10k in grants to neighborhood projects
Thanks to your memberships and donations, the Glen Park Association is excited to announce that this year we have been able to budget and disburse $10k in grants to worthy neighborhood projects. We published a post about this program on January 13, 2022 on this website. Neighborhood organizations were able to apply for up to […]
Greenway work parties–May 2 and May 7
Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, I hope that you are enjoying the arrival of spring (and even a few spring showers) and that you are longing to get your hands (and even perhaps your knees) a bit muddy on the Greenway! We are taking another big step with our Native Meadow on Monday […]
Glen Park village will soon be lighter and brighter
…Beginning as soon as Monday. Last September the Glen Park Merchants Association (GPMA) was awarded a $50k grant by the Avenue Greenlight fund. It was one of 34 neighborhood merchant associations to receive funding for neighborhood improvement projects. The proposal was for banners and festive lighting, suggested by a […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–March Recap
Happy April! Spring has sprung all around us and, thanks to our recent unexpected rainstorms, lots of wildflowers are popping up all over. Speaking of beautiful things popping up–those who know me know that I am a big fan of new murals contributing to the beautification of Glen Park. I am thrilled to see that […]
Noe Valley Garden Tour, Saturday, May 7
After an absence of two years the Noe Valley Garden Tour is BACK! The Garden committee has finalized the gardens to be included on the Tour. You will be amazed at what the huge December rain has done for gardens this year. Come be inspired! The tour will be held on Saturday, May 7th from […]
Greenway work party — Saturday, April 2
Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, I hope that you are enjoying the approach of spring and are ready for its arrival. We are making plans for April’s monthly work party. It will be on Saturday April 2 (two weeks from today) from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We’ll have coffee at the start (many thanks […]
Bird & Beckett bash celebrates our neighborhood–a new tradition
Photos by Marian Dalere Big fun this past Thursday when Bird & Beckett hosted a party for the neighborhood with free beer & snacks and live music (The Potrero Hillbillies with intermission piano by Eric Shifrin). At the center of the festivities was Soo Emens, a partner in the POD design studio across the street […]
Tense situation in Glen Park village ends peacefully
The usual morning rush hour crush in Glen Park village was further complicated around 8:30 am Thursday morning due to an incident at the Dignity Health Urgent Care clinic at the northeast corner of Diamond and Bosworth streets. A man, apparently in a mental health crisis, drew an extraordinary—for Glen Park—response from SFPD. According to […]
Glen Park reporter and Canyon stalwart Murray Schneider dies at 79
By Elizabeth Weise and Bonnee Waldstein If you’ve wandered through Glen Canyon or read about the neighborhood in the Glen Park News, you have been the beneficiary of Murray Schneider’s decades of work here. He helped pull invasive weeds in Glen Canyon, dug for planting and lopped ivy at regular Greenway work parties, wrote copiously […]
The tinkle of Mr. Softee chimes in Glen Park
For quite some time now, the Glen Park News has heard rumors of Mister Softee appearing in the neighborhood. Inquiries to the company as to a schedule were inconclusive. Then on Saturday, March 12, the Glen Park News spotted the truck in Glen Park village on Chenery Street. It stopped at various points heading east. […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–February Recap–Plus: Win a Canyon Market gift certificate (read on)!
Happy March, everybody! Best wishes as we forge ahead toward Spring, and more lovely weather. In times of relative chaos and hardship around the world, it makes one truly appreciate that we live in relative peace locally. Here’s to Glen Park remaining an oasis of calm and peaceful living. So, what can I say about […]
CalTrans seals up I-280 Freeway interior space
On Wednesday, March 9, the southbound entrance to Interstate 280 at Bosworth Street was closed while CalTrans worked to seal up the soffit (interior space) within the freeway where four people had been sheltering. A fire subsequently broke out and the cause is still under investigation. Three people were rescued and one person tragically perished. […]
(HIS)TORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS–The Gum Tree Girls had “Moxie”! Following in the footsteps of Glen Park suffragists
Celebrate Moxie! The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival is a nonprofit, noncommercial event graciously permitted by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Learn more about the Gum Tree Girls Festival! To donate directly to […]
Announcing: The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival!
Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park This nonprofit event, being coordinated by the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), will celebrate the tremendous legacy of the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls – Zoanne Theriault Nordstrom, Joan Seiwald, and Geri Arkush, as well as their predecessor in the 1950s to […]
San Francisco to rein in Monster Homes in Central Neighborhoods–including Glen Park
The Board of Supervisors voted in favor of legislation to curb luxury home conversions in central San Francisco neighborhoods like Noe Valley, Dolores Heights, and Glen Park. On March 1 the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted for an ordinance introduced by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to combat the ongoing trend of large, luxury single-family […]
Freeway encampment fire–Supervisor’s take and further details
(Photos: Bonnee Waldstein) At a neighborhood event this past weekend, the Glen Park News caught up with Supervisor Mandelman and asked for his reaction to the circumstances of the fire, whose cause is still under investigation. Here’s what he said. “The reality is there are people living along freeways up and down California. We have […]
There’s more to the story of the fatal fire in a Glen Park encampment
By now most Glen Parkers may have heard about the fire in a homeless encampment at the 280 South freeway overpass at Bosworth Street, at 1:17 a.m. on February 23. The fire took the life of one of the four persons who were sheltering there. The other three are being treated at a burn unit […]
Work Parties on Greenway Native Meadow grasslands
Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, The grass plants that we put in the Native Meadow in January are looking good, and now is our chance to prepare them for the summer by installing a temporary drip irrigation system. This is the most water-efficient way for us to care for the recently-planted grasses so […]
See the new changes to the Glen Park Association website
At first glance the Glen Park Association website might look like it always has–beautiful, thanks to the major talents of our webmaster, the tireless Mary Szczepanik. Perhaps you’ve noticed that many of the columns that were in the print edition are appearing on the website. The final print newspaper was Spring 2021. Since then we’ve […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–January Recap
(Glen Park News note: Be sure to play Sales Price Roulette by Feb. 18! Details below.) Happy February! After the wild ride that was 2021, 2022 has started out a bit more quietly, with only three total home sales in the month of January (See the table below). This new year slowdown is par for […]
Do you want Diamond Heights to remain in District 8?
Virtual Redistricting District 8 Town Hall, Wednesday, Feb 9, 5:30 pm Let Your Voice be Heard! District 8 will be the topic of the virtual meeting of the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force on Feb 9 at 5:30 pm. The meeting agenda and instructions for joining the Feb 9 meeting online will be posted at […]
Exciting times for Glen Park restaurateur
Higher Grounds turns 40 Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Higher Grounds, where Manhal Jweinat is the owner, manager and chef de cuisine. Manhal is a modest man, so he didn’t have a celebration. But devoted regulars gave him a heartfelt round of applause, and the Glen Park Merchants Association brought him a card and […]
Update to Special Use District (SUD) post: New time
The Glen Park News was just informed by Supervisor Mandelman’s office (thank you Jacob Bintliff!) that, due to notification issues, this item will be taken up on Feb. 14 rather than Feb. 7. Further information: People can still send in written comment any time before then, but the opportunity to call in will now be […]
Supervisor Mandelman proposes Special Use District (SUD) to include Glen Park–Committee Hearing Feb. 7
Member, Board of Supervisors District 8 City and County of San Francisco RAFAEL MANDELMAN January 25, 2022 The Land Use Committee is tentatively scheduled for Feb 7. There will be an opportunity for public comment. You can send written comment to the clerk for that committee, erica.major@sfgov.org, any time before the beginning of the hearing, which […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–The library reopens! What’s new in February
We’re so incredibly thrilled to welcome patrons back in, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.—6 p.m.! This has been quite a period of transition, but one thing stays the same—the need and love for good books, good reading and good community, and we are proud to offer that to Glen Park. During the pandemic, the Library […]
Supervisor Mandelman shares 21 District 8 Wins in 2021
Hello Glen Park Neighbors! I hope your 2022 is off to a great start! For this month’s column, I wanted to share our 21 District 8 Wins in 2021. These are some of the highlights of the work my office did to support Glen Park neighbors and residents, and small businesses across District 8 and […]