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Glen Park: Home to one of the City’s long-term, intimate venues for live jazz

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Neighborhoods change. Just look at ours. In a little over a decade Glen Park has witnessed Canyon Market claim the corner of Diamond Street and Wilder Street while it watched Hal and Susan Tauber retire as hardware store owners on Chenery Street and Aaron Esquivel and his crew take it on. We’ve seen Chenery Park […]

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 […]

Planting woodland strawberries with the City’s “Most Empowering Employee”

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On January 8, five members of Friends of Glen Canyon Park worked in Glen Canyon planting varieties of California native plants. Supervised by Dylan Hayes, a Recreation and Park’s Natural Resource Division natural resource specialist, the volunteers placed woodland strawberry, Douglas iris and pink flowering currant on either side of a split rail fence bordering […]

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 […]

Kern Street Parking Lot Legislation

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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 […]

Christopher Park Construction Alert

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The long-awaited renovations for George Christopher Playground will start late September or early October. Please see the construction alert below that describes the project including what part of the park will be closed. Construction is estimated to last until October 2020. The DHCA thanks Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, former Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, and Senator Scott Wiener for their […]

Glen Park Association spring meeting wrap-up

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The quarterly meeting took place in the Recreation Center on April 25. Update on crime and other matters in Glen Park Captain Hart had just come from a fire safety meeting in Diamond Heights and had some helpful information to share. There are two separate access points to Glen Canyon Park.  The official address is […]

Mom Writes an Ode to Glen Park Before Moving

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Lauren Tilston wrote a post on the Glen Park Parents’ online forum that attracted the attention of a lot of readers. She wasn’t looking for a high chair or asking about an after- school program or seeking a nanny share. The mother of two, ages 6 and 8, was leav- ing the neighborhood and wrote […]

Glen Park Businesses: Longevity Rules One family. Three locations. Fifty years.

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Even for tiny Glen Park, where a surprising number of businesses are in their second, third or even fourth decade under the same ownership, Dalere’s Beauty Salon stands out for longevity. Glory Dalere is 83 now, a widow, and has long since turned over the operation of the shop to her daughter Marian, who runs […]

Notes on the Quarterly Glen Park Association Meeting, July 26, 2018

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DIAMOND/BOSWORTH INTERSECTION UPDATE First up was Britt Tanner, senior engineer with the Sustainable Streets program of SFMTA. She came to speak about the recent Diamond and Bosworth signal update. “I’m going to try and stay clear of history,” she said lightheartedly – and preemptively. Changes to the troubled intersection began in 2015 and are focused […]

Greenway Planning Meeting

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Please join us Wednesday, July 11, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a community meeting at the Glen Park Public Library to review and discuss the Greenway shrub planting plan. We are planning to plant some shrubs along the Greenway between Brompton and Chilton Avenues. These shrubs will accompany the new trees that we successfully […]

What’s up with the parking lot on Kern Alley?

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Glen Park Association Meeting Roundup: April 19, 2018 By Heather World Neighbors peppered politicians and a public utility wonk with questions about everything from parking lots to poop at the Glen Park Association spring quarterly meeting April 19. Kern Alley More than a few neighbors asked about the unofficial parking lot on Kern Alley, which […]

DA Pitches Plan to Curb Auto Burglaries

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By Bonnee Waldstein Auto break-ins are among the increasing litany of quality of life woes in San Francisco, and the Glen Park neighborhood is no exception. From March 1st to 20th, there were six reported auto burglaries in the Glen Park area. On Monday, March 19, DA George Gascon led a forum for local neighborhood […]

Fire in Glen Canyon Park: How Likely? How Prepared?

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Story and photos by Bonnee Waldstein The long period of California drought, coupled with the recent wildfires in the north and south, are a reminder to Glen Park neighbors of the fragility of our environment. Residents, especially those whose homes are adjacent to the park, have been concerned about the possibility of a fire in […]

The First Friday Walkers take on Glen Park

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider In 1967, as a freshly minted and struggling high school teacher only a few years older than my oldest student, I thought about leaving the classroom and becoming a tour guide. Instead, I stayed put and didn’t turn in my U.S. History textbook. Fifty years later I finally got […]

Crags Court Community Garden: A hidden gem in Glen Park

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By Murray Schneider The Crags Court Community Garden may be the best kept secret in Bay Area urban gardening. Perched high above the floor of Glen Canyon, the terraced garden boasts 18 garden beds served by 25 gardeners who grow winter crops such as lettuce, kale, spinach, beans, beets, chard, celery, red potatoes and carrots. […]

Silver Tree campers get sneak-peek of new Glen Park Rec Center

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By Susan Sutton After years of planning and $14 million, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department led elected officials, community leaders, the media, and many who had a hand in revitalizing the Glen Park Recreation Center on a tour Monday morning. This New Deal building, built in 1937, looks a great deal better. In […]

Notes on the Glen Park Association Meeting

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 Photos by Bonnee Waldstein The quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association, on April 6 at St. John School, focused on updating the community on two major ongoing projects, as well as a presentation on the proposed rate increase by Recology — plus a surprise ending. New Glen Park Association President Scott Stawicki presiding GREENWAY […]

FUF Planting in GP

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Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) is organizing a tree planting in Glen Park on May 13. Apply by March 29. Planting costs a minimum of $135 and includes: A free site-inspection Tree species selection Concrete removal Tree and volunteers for tree planting 5 years of tree visits Interested? Contact FUF’s community outreach manager, Jasmine […]

Check out the Joost & Baden Mini-Park

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider If you’re up for a walk, take a moment to amble over to Sunnyside’s Joost & Baden Mini-Park. Tucked away between Joost Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the whimsical corridor is sandwiched between the Sunnyside Conservatory on the south and Nordhoff Street on the north. San Francisco boasts a plethora […]

String of trails addition helps connect Glen Park

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider While not exactly a stairway to heaven, the recently completed Beacon Trail is comprised of 74 steps, which ascend to Diamond Heights’ Walter Haas Playground from Upper Noe’s Beacon Street. More about the opening here. The latest addition to the Recreation and Park Department’s greenbelt mosaic of connector trails, […]

Dorothy W. Erskine Park

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider They came to the Sunnyside, to Dorothy W. Erskine Park. They came to remember Jane Bresnick, who died seven years ago, at 45, after a prolonged struggle with breast cancer. They came to remember her on her Yahrzeit, the annual Jewish remembrance of a loved one or a friend. […]

Amusement Park could replace farmers market

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  By Bonnee Waldstein With the collapse of the farmers’ market this year, the BART parking lot has been empty on weekends.  In addition to providing fresh produce, baked goods, etc. it used to be a great gathering place for the neighborhood. That could soon change with the preliminary plan for a weekend amusement park […]

Glen Park farmers market won’t reopen

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  by Rachel Gordon The Glen Park Village Farmers’ Market, a fixture of Sunday mornings in the neighborhood since 2011, will not be returning this year and could be shuttered for good. The farmers’ market had operated on the BART parking lot across from the Glen Park station. But BART alerted market organizers that the […]

Glen Park Greenway and the Surplus Property Ordinance

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Forwarded from Nicholas Dewar, GPA Greenway Project facilitator: Hello Glen Park Greenway Neighbors, I want you to know about an interesting development related to our Greenway plans: The Glen Park Association (GPA) has heard from Supervisor Wiener’s office that, as part of the implementation of the Surplus Property Ordinance (Prop K, which passed during our […]

Glen Park Greenway Community Meeting with the SFPUC

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Glen Park Greenway Community Meeting with the SFPUC   Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015   Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Location: St John School gym at 925 Chenery Street (enter from Chenery Street via playground) Topic: Watershed Planning for Islais Creek The Glen Park Association is pleased to host a presentation by Rosey Jencks of SFPUC who […]

125 volunteers take on trails in Glen Canyon

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider On the Wednesday before the July 17-19 weekend —- before Volunteers for Outdoor California workers bivouacked in 35 tents by Glen Canyon’s Silver Tree Day Camp in preparation for three days of trail work —- Jenny Sotelo, Recreation and Park’s Natural Areas Program gardener, led five members of Friends of Glen […]

New plan could close the south end of Twin Peaks to the public

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[Note for folks in Glen Park: Rec and Park is currently working to create a trail system that would be one nearly continuous greenbelt, makin git possible to walk from Mount Tustro over Twin Peaks and through Glen Park. See Murray Schneider’s article from 2013. Thus, this is a project that’s been much anticipated by Glen Park neighbors.] […]

Report: Glen Park Association and Business Association meeting with SFMTA about intersection

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Members of the GPA and GPMA are continuing to meet with SFMTA in response to concerns about street construction in the neighborhood. Tuesday’s meeting with traffic engineer Damon Curtis and project planner David Greenway gives us this update: 1. In response to community concerns, there will now be a “protected/permissive light” for northbound Diamond. (That […]

Join the Glen Park Greenway Plan development team

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The Glen Park Greenway Concept Plan – Linking the canyon to the village Come and help develop the Concept Plan for the Glen Park Greenway. We have a professional design team – all we need now is you and other neighbors, who are interested in the look and feel of our neighborhood, its footpaths, its […]

Glen Park Festival SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015

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Glen Park Festival Planning Committee P.O. Box 318134 San Francisco, CA 94131 www.glenparkfestival.com   Press Release Release Immediately     17th Annual Glen Park Festival SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015 10AM to 4:30PM   Glen Park will be holding its annual Festival on April 26th this year from 10AM to 4:30PM on Diamond Street.   San […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting – April 1, 2015

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Join us for a social hour at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments, at the Glen Park Recreation Center.  Meetings are open to all, but we will be happy to sign you up or renew your membership in the Glen Park Association. With the boomlet in remodeling and other residential construction in Glen Park, Planning Department staff will describe how […]

Glen Park Farmers Market Opens March 29

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Glen Park Village Farmers’ Market Returns for the Season Drought Conditions Call for Greater Community Support San Francisco (March 16, 2015) – The Glen Park Village Farmers’ Market will return on Sunday, March 29, 2015 with Northern California’s freshest fruits and vegetables, live music, and fun activities for all ages. The market, located at the […]

Glen Park’s new (and tiny) art gallery

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By Murray Schneider Bird & Beckett Books and Records, already a Glen Park cultural hub, is morphing into a neighborhood art gallery. Long a Mecca where one can obtain new and used books, enjoy poetry recitations and book talks, purchase used vinyl records and listen to jazz and Americana music, the Chenery Street bookshop now […]

Glen Park Association meeting Jan. 14, 2015

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Meeting Date, Time: January 14th at 7:00 PM Location: in the St. John School gymnasium at 925 Chenery Street. There is parking off Chenery Street behind the school. PLEASE NOTE! Officers of the GPA for 2015 will be elected at this meeting. Only those members who are paid for 2015 will be eligible to vote. Persons […]

Greenway Plan

Glen Park Association Receives Grant to Start Greenway Plans Michael Rice President, Glen Park Association     I am happy to share great news about improving open space in Glen Park. The Glen Park Association has been awarded a $40,000 grant to initiate a concept plan for the Glen Park Greenway.   As most of […]

Glen Canyon trail improvements coming along

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Story and photos by Murray Schneider The Recreation and Park Department’s 15-month Glen Canyon Trails Improvement Project is expected to be completed in early 2015. Work crews soon will maneuver their last Bobcat earth mover along Alms Road, exiting San Francisco’s 70-acre natural area, leaving in their wake freshly minted recreational trails built with scores […]

Notes from the Glen Park Association meeting July 30

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Considering it’s the middle of summer, or what most people outside of San Francisco experience as summer, the recent meeting of the Glen Park Association in the Glen Canyon Rec Center offered up a well-attended, wide ranging community meeting. GPA president and meeting chair Michael Rice, periodically begins GPA gatherings by having each person introducing […]