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Where’s Glen Park Elementary? That’s easy

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Like many San Franciscans, I’ve been taking the *golden opportunity* presented by the pandemic to do some exploring close to home. A good place to start was Bernal Heights park, which is nearby and which I’d surprisingly never visited before. Armed with a map and walking tour directions (details below), my husband and I made […]

GP Documentary Filmmaker Benefits The Roxie

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Dan Goldes has lived in Glen Park since 1998, but his documentary 5 Blocks focuses on changes to mid-Market Street during tech boom. Stream it through Roxie Virtual Cinema from May 8 – 21 and benefit the theater! Filmed from 2011 to 2019 as the tech boom transformed the area, the film explores how the […]

Town Hall on COVID-19 resources with Supervisor Mandelman and Assemblymember Chiu

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The Glen Park Association is proud to co-host the upcoming joint town hall with Assemblymember David Chiu and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman! They’ll be discussing K-12 education, navigating childcare, support for workers & small businesses, and Q&A!   Please RSVP here and submit your questions here. The details for the town hall are as follows: Virtual Town Hall […]

Update: Glen Park is open for essential business – April 19, 2020

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(Photos: Bonnee Waldstein) Today’s Alert SF: Covering your face with a cloth or mask is now required while in essential businesses & public spaces in SF: www.sf.gov Since our last post on local business hours, there’s been a mandatory tightening of hours of operation for groceries. Some other businesses that remain open have opted to reduce […]

Bears in GP

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Thanks to Marian Dalere for the photo and the street artist fnnch for the reminder that life is sweet even when it’s hard. (Check out the fnnch bird on 30th Street as well)

Complete your 9-question census today

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San Francisco, it’s time to do the 2020 Census! The census is a count of every person living in the United States and its overseas territories that happens once every 10 years. EVERYONE should get counted, including the very young and the very old, the housed and the unhoused, and citizens and non-citizens.  The census […]

Resource list for help during COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place

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Here are resources to help in our current world-wide crisis. The resources are gathered from various sources including information from Senator Scott Wiener, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the City of San Francisco and other sources. There is a section entitled – Businesses and Services in Diamond Heights open during Shelter-in-place. Click the following link for Resource […]

(Virtual) Live Music at Bird & Beckett Friday!

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Catch Eric Shifrin’s solo piano gig at Bird & Beckett Books this Friday, April 3, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. by way of Facebook! Click here to go there in one simple step, or go to Facebook, search for “bird & beckett books,” click on “videos” – scroll down a bit and watch for the […]

Close to home: The new normal of food shopping

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Photos by Bonnee Waldstein Food shopping, along with the rest of life, is beginning to change from a surreal experience, to the new normal.  Shoppers are smiling at each other and the Canyon Market staff, not sure if their expressions can be read beyond their face masks. Janet Tarlov keeps the traffic moving safely Everyone […]

Business update from Sunday

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Please refer to our latest story, which you can read here. It’s been updated as of Monday, March 23.   UPDATED: Saturday, March 21 Glen Park Hardware is OPEN Glen Park Cleaners is OPEN Critter Fritters is OPEN Cafe Bello is OPEN. Buddies Market is OPEN Glen Park Market (across from BART) is OPEN   […]

Saturday night life takes a hit in Glen Park

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Photos by Bonnee Waldstein The usual weekend hustle and bustle of folks enjoying a Saturday night in the neighborhood was nowhere to be seen tonight.  The village was eerily quiet.  The only establishment that seemed to be thriving was Canyon Market, which experienced a surge of shoppers all day and into the evening. The obvious […]

Saturday Fundraiser at Bird & Beckett!

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Come out on Leap Day, Saturday, February 29th, for an all-day celebration and fundraiser for Bird & Beckett, Jazz in the Neighborhood and an Independent Musicians Alliance. What better day to set aside for a celebration of your local bookshop cum jazz club and its ally, Jazz in the Neighborhood? We’ll up the ante and […]

Join Local Glen Park Tergis Family in a Night of Music

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Tergis Circus Presents Welcome to Tergistan Four San Francisco Native Siblings with their Four Bands for One Night Friday, February 28th, 2020 Verdi Club, 8pm 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco Tickets: $25 All Ages Link to Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tergis-circus-presents-welcome-to-tergistan-tickets-87245187705 We’ve written about the storied Tergis family several times in the Glen Park News in our stories […]

Cal Academy of Sciences free weekend SOON for Glen Park residents

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Message from Cal Academy: Free admission is available for San Francisco residents of each zip code during the designated dates listed below. Visiting adults may bring up to six children for free entry. Proof of residency is required.* Next Free Weekend: February 28, 29, March 1 Neighborhoods: Castro, Forest Hill, Glen Park, Noe Valley, Parkmerced, Parkside, St. Francis […]

Notes on the winter meeting of the Glen Park Association

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Photos by Michael Waldstein The quarterly meeting had a great turnout – folks were anxious to hear from several local leaders who came to give updates and hear about neighborhood concerns. First up– Introducing Ingleside Captain Christopher Woon: Captain Chris Woon made his first appearance since assuming his position at the Ingleside Station. Born and […]

SF Assessor-Recorders Office announces workshops on property taxes

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From Assessor Carmen Chu’s January 2020 Community Newsletter: “Providing financial education for all families will continue to be one of my top priorities. In addition to our annual signature event, the Family Wealth Forum, in May, we have partnered with the San Francisco Public Library to conduct a series of neighborhood workshops to help bring valuable information […]

Farewell letter from Facility Coordinator of Glen Park Rec Center

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Dear Glen Park Community, As of Jan 24th, I am being reassigned from Glen Park Recreation Center to Richmond Recreation Center. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the past 10 years that I have been stationed at Glen Park Recreation Center and been part of this amazing community. Working […]

Happy New Year from the Glen Park News!

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Here’s hoping 2020 is a happy and safe year for all in Glen Park!  Here’s some advice from our Ingleside Station and Captain Woon on staying safe in 2020! Copy and paste this URL: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ed4a08071cbc3bf508fd1fa81/files/8c7bc6fd-f44b-4258-95f9-835e5cb84e5f/January_2020_week_1.pdf See especially page 2!    

Fairmount Plaza volunteer planting events coming soon

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Mark your calendars for the following volunteer opportunities: Saturday, January 11th and Saturday,February 15th  9am-11:30am Meet at the at the end of the Everson cul-de-sac between 2 Everson and Amatista Lane. Volunteer Task: planting Tools and gloves will be provided. Attire: Please wear close toed shoes, long pants and appropriate rain gear. Refreshments: Light snacks […]

Next Greenway work party, Saturday, December 7

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Hello Friends and Supporters of the Glen Park Greenway. Our next work party will be on Saturday December 7! Please put in in your calendar. I hope that you’ll be able to join us. Please email me to tell me if you will be there: greenway@glenparkassociation.org. We’ll start at 9:00 – there’ll be coffee waiting […]

Twin Peaks Figure 8 redesign promenade updates

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Here are a few updates regarding the Twin Peaks Figure 8 Redesign / Promenade Project:   Rec and Park, in partnership with SFMTA, is supporting the SF Police Department to move the concrete barriers between the two peaks with the goal of reducing the incidence of auto break-in’s. The barriers were moved on Monday, November […]

Notes on the Fall Glen Park Association Meeting

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Here’s a summary of what you saw and heard, or missed, at the Glen Park Rec Center on October 17, 2019. Halloween Street Closure: Ingleside Station’s Tom Hauscarriague presented the plan for closure of part of Chenery Street on Halloween.  Read about it in this separate post: https://www.glenparkassociation.org/get-ready-for-chenery-street-closure-on-halloween/   Fairmount Plaza: Word had recently gotten […]

City Agency Hearings

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Faithful readers: CAH has been incomplete the last few weeks and is again today because I’ve started working full time and cannot juggle in my volunteer responsibilities yet. I have high hopes I’ll eventually figure it all out, but for now you should know that it may not come, and when it does come, it […]

Tennis Court Reservation System Expands Citywide

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 The tennis courts at Glen Canyon Park are part of an increasing citywide online reservation system.  SF Rec and Park has posted details: Tennis, anyone? We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added 12 tennis complexes to our pilot tennis court online reservation system for tennis and pickleball play. The expansion allows people to reserve more […]

Oct 17 GPA Quarterly Meeting

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Glen Park Association Fall Quarterly Meeting October 19, 2019, 7pm Glen Park Recreation Center, Elk at Chenery San Francisco AGENDA 7pm Call to order Assemblymember David Chiu legislative updates Fairmount Plaza, open space at the foot of Everson: Brief introduction to Fairmount Plaza by Evelyn Rose, neighborhood historian Nathan Tinclair, deputy director of partnerships at the […]

Worth a trek to Noe Valley

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What does this image have in common with local SF government? Senator Scott Wiener and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will be presenting a legislative update — and pumpkin carving (at no taxpayer expense)!   Learn about the 2019 California legislative agenda, ask questions and share your 2020 priorities.   October 19, 2019, 1 – 4 pm […]

New (Old) Park at Fairmo(u)nt

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The scraggly yellowed bluff where Everson Street dead ends will soon become a scenic overlook with tree-framed views of the San Francisco Bay, thanks to an anonymous donation of almost $100,000* to the Recreation and Parks Department to restore the small neighborhood open space. “We anticipate completing the work this winter,” said Nathan Tinclair, deputy […]

The Glen Park News website is 10 years old!

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The first online edition of the Glen Park News appeared in August 2009. The staff of the website is marking the occasion with a special trip down the memory lane of our archives. We’ve chosen some stories to have an encore here. We’ll be posting them for the next few months.  Look for the cheery […]

Candidates for District Attorney forum: Save the date

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The DHCA is delighted that all four candidates running for District Attorney on Nov. 5 will present at a community meeting on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2 – 4 pm at St. Aidan’s Church. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will give an update on neighborhood issues. The DA candidates are Chesa Boudin, Leif Dautch, Suzy Loftus and Nancy Tung. 

We’re swimming in change in San Francisco

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San Francisco is constantly reinventing itself. Gold Rush seekers giving way to Comstock silver barons. Merchantman brigs surrendering to coal powered steamships, then complemented by coal-powered railroads. The latter engineered by entrepreneurs with names such as Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker. Which got me thinking about how, less than a century later, the outer Sunset […]

City Agency Hearings

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(The Board of Supervisors are on vacation until September 2) The Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, August 6, 6:30 p.m., at McLaren Lodge, 501 Stanyan St. Agenda The Historic Preservation Commission will meet Wednesday, August 7, 12:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. Agenda and supporting docs The Recreation and […]

Message from Captain Hart about this week’s burglaries

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I have just posted to NextDoor seeking the neighborhood’s help with any surveillance video of these incidents: The following 4 commercial burglaries have occurred in the Glen Park neighborhood in the past week: 1) 7/21 overnight to 22, Destination Baking Company. 598 Chenery St. 190-529-930 2) 7/21 overnight to 22 – Higher Grounds Coffee – […]