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Playground fills with kids as Glen Park Canyon opens

March 15, 2014 by Elizabeth Weise

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Dignitaries and neighbors cut the ribbon at the opening of the Glen Canyon Park playground on March 15, 2014. Photo by Michael Waldstein.

By Murray Schneider

The day couldn’t have been more beautiful for a ribbon cutting. With opening day Little League softball being played before him, Recreation and Parks General Manager Phil Ginsburg addressed a huge crowd of Glen Park neighbors at the official opening of the Glen Canyon Park Playground

“It’s a joyous day and a long time coming,” said Ginsburg, dressed in shorts and Rec and Park vest. “This is a special place, one that features the diversity of our park system combined with the diversity that’s San Francisco.”

Some of that diversity surfaced only moments before Ginsburg gained the microphone when a protester commandeered the mic and shouted that the crows should mourn the trees had been removed to make way for the playground.

The dozens of children behind the interloper, scrambling over the Explorer Dome and whisking down the slides, apparently didn’t hear him. The police did, escorting him to a waiting patrol car.

Not missing a beat, Ginsburg adlibbed, “That’s a civics lesson for you. Isn’t democracy and freedom of speech a wonderful thing?”

Then Ginsburg began his own speech, thanking neighbors, giving a shout out to Zoe Nordstrom who was largely responsible for preventing a freeway from trespassing through the 70-acre natural area, introducing Rec and Park Commissioners and a host of City officials, one of whom was District 8 supervisor, Scott Wiener.

“We take care of our parks,” said Wiener, “and renovation of them is so important. Now parents can leave their children off on Elk Street and we can all now enjoy the majesty of this park.”

Michael Rice, president of the Glen Park Association, followed Wiener.

“I watched a ‘soft opening’ from my window yesterday,” smiled Rice. “The kids couldn’t wait. There were so many smiles and so much energy.”

Like Ginsburg and Wiener, Rice also singled out Zoe Nordstrom, who still remains active in the community, even delivering home copies of the Glen Park News four times a year.

“There have been so many trees introduced, oaks and redwoods,” said Rice. “We want to see the trees grow and be here for a long time.”

Only moments later, with the help of two Rec and Parks commissioners, Rice, Ginsburg and Wiener and a gaggle of smiling kids cut the ribbon and Glen Park Playground officially opened.

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Repost from: @glen_parkmerchantssf
ArtwalkSF in Glen Park is happening this Saturday October 7
To facilitate the smooth execution of the event, we have made arrangements to close Diamond Street from Chenery to Bosworth, with no traffic permitted on the street during the closure.
Additionally, a portion of Wilder Street, from Diamond to just beyond the Canyon Market lot, will been closed.
Kern Alley and the Kern Alley lot are also closed to accommodate participants.
Please take note of these TOW AWAY, NO STOPPING signs.
Street Closure will be enforced Saturday
October 7, 8:30am - 7:30pm

Art Walk SF ArtyhoodSF Creative IQ Studio & Gallery Avenue Greenlight #artwalksf #glenparksf #sanfrancisco #community #streetclosure
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Repost from: @glen_parkmerchantssf 
ArtwalkSF in Glen Park is happening this Saturday October 7
To facilitate the smooth execution of the event, we have made arrangements to close Diamond Street from Chenery to Bosworth, with no traffic permitted on the street during the closure.
Additionally, a portion of Wilder Street, from Diamond to just beyond the Canyon Market lot, will been closed.
Kern Alley and the Kern Alley lot are also closed to accommodate participants.
Please take note of these TOW AWAY, NO STOPPING signs.
Street Closure will be enforced Saturday
October 7, 8:30am - 7:30pm

@artwalksf_ @artyhood_sf @creativeiqsf @avenuegreenlight #artwalksf #glenparksf #sanfrancisco #community #streetclosure
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Join us at ARTWALKSF in Glen Park on October 7, Saturday 12pm- 5pm!
The Glen Park Association is proud to host a Storytime with Children with Glen Park’s children author, Meredith Steiner at 2pm.
Steiner, the Children’s librarian at West Portal Branch Library, will be reading from books including her own ‘Just Like You’, a rhyming story celebrating diversity.

Want to know more details and all the fun happenings at ARTWALKSF in Glen Park? Check out the article by @worldheather at glenparkassociation.org or the link in bio!

@artwalksf_ @artyhood_sf @creativeiqsf @avenuegreenlight @canyonmarket @judymarroccorealtor #eyedentityvisioncare @rafaelmandelmand8 @glen_parkmerchantssf #glenparksf #sanfrancisco #artwalksf #storytime
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Join us at ARTWALKSF in Glen Park on October 7, Saturday 12pm- 5pm!
The Glen Park Association is proud to host a Storytime with Children with Glen Park’s children author, Meredith Steiner at 2pm. 
Steiner, the Children’s librarian at West Portal Branch Library, will be reading from books including her own ‘Just Like You’, a rhyming story celebrating diversity. 

Want to know more details and all the fun happenings at ARTWALKSF in Glen Park? Check  out the article by @worldheather at glenparkassociation.org or the link in bio! 

@artwalksf_ @artyhood_sf @creativeiqsf @avenuegreenlight @canyonmarket @judymarroccorealtor #eyedentityvisioncare @rafaelmandelmand8 @glen_parkmerchantssf #glenparksf #sanfrancisco #artwalksf #storytime
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