BART meeting Tuesday, April 6, 2010 St. John’s School, Glen Park Notes by Elizabeth Weise, Glen Park News There’s been much concern among some Glen Park residents over BART’s possible plan to build something (most likely housing) on its parking lot on Bosworth. San Francisco’s city policy specifically supports more housing density close to mass […]
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Hopes for Glen Park Farmers’ Market in 2010 Prove Fruitless
Glen Park News The day before the final hearing that was to determine whether a Glen Park farmers’ market would become a reality, backers of the plan withdrew their proposal to regroup. The Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association and the Glen Park Merchants Association, which were the project’s co-sponsors, took the proposed Wilder Street Farmers […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Come TONIGHT to hear what BART’s thinking of for its parking lot
There’s been much uproar among some in Glen Park over the fact that BART is clearly mulling over the possibility of building something (most likely housing) on its parking lot on Bosworth. (Though note that anonymous posting about a large apartment complex planned for the lot were incorrect – that was a student project by […]
Whither the BART parking lot? Meeting April 6th
The Glen Park Assoc and the Glen Park Merchants Assoc have invited representatives of the SF Planning and BART Planning departments to provide us a status update on village development. The meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 6th at 7:00 pm. The location is St. John’s School, 925 Chenery St. All members of the […]
Transportation Planning Meeting at Glen Park School – Nov. 4
COMMUNITY MEETING Hosted by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 6:30-8 p.m. Glen Park Elementary School 151 Lippard Street (near the Glen Park BART Station) The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates Muni, invites you to join fellow residents and business owners to discuss proposed transportation improvement projects presented […]
Friends of the Urban Forest to hold street tree planting event in Glen Park
Friends of the Urban Forest to hold street tree planting event in Glen Park neighborhood San Francisco, CA- October 23, 2009 – Greening organization Friends of the Urban Forest is currently preparing for their upcoming street tree planting event in Glen Park. The planting will take place on Saturday, December 12. Residents can purchase a […]
SF Municipal Transportation meeting in Glen Park Nov. 4
SFMTA will host an information/update meeting on the Glen Park Community Plan Environmental Impact Report process on Wednesday November 4, 2009 from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Glen Park Elementary School (151 Lippard Street). This meeting will focus on the proposed transportation improvement project from the 2003 Plan. Contact Kim Walton for more information at (415) […]
Glen Park Planning Meeting Notes: Sept. 14, 2009
Glen Park Planning Meeting Sept. 14, 2009 This meeting was coordinated between the Glen Park Association and the San Francisco Planning Dept. as an open forum for the neighborhood to hear from Planning and for Planning to hear from the neighborhood. More such meetings will be coming in the future. Sixty-five residents attended the meeting, […]
Glen Park Planning Meeting: Wed. Sept. 16 6:30-8:30
Eds Note: The next Glen Park Planning Meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 16th from 6:30-8:30 at the Glen Park Recreation Center in the park. The date was printed incorrectly in the Fall issue of the Glen Park News. We’re really sorry! From the Fall (released Sept. 10) issue of the Glen Park News: By Elizabeth Weise […]
Glen Park Association
Welcome! The Glen Park Association promotes our community’s interests. We lobby for improvement funds, publicize neighborhood concerns and strive to speak as one voice on neighborhood and city issues. We helped city agencies design our neighborhood master plan, called the Glen Park Community Plan. GPA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, with general membership meetings, quarterly reporting […]
Given ’em your 2 cents: The Glen Park Plan
City officials will soon be holding a meeting for Glen Park residents to discuss the Glen Park Plan, which will help guide development in our area for year to come. There’s been heated debate on the topic of denser housing near BART (the City is officially for it, at least some vocal residents are opposed) […]
Volunteers, supporters and friends gather to celebrate Greenway milestone
Greenway Home | History | Get Involved | Projects | Plants and Animals History The Glen Park Greenway closely follows the old bed of one branch of Islais Creek The name of the creek is derived from the word “slay” or “islay,” the word used by the indigenous peoples (Yelamu Ramaytush Ohlone) for the hollyleaf […]
Former Neighborhood Projects page
Glen Park village traffic pattern changes Updates will be posted on our blog’s home page. You can learn more, see detailed documents and sign up to receive email updates and alerts from the SFMTA on the project website. Why no pedestrian scramble? Click here, tap “Details” and scroll down. Greenway linking the village and park The Glen […]
Diamond/Bosworth intersection concerns
The Glen Park Association Board shares the many concerns we’ve heard about the Diamond and Bosworth intersection rebuilding, particularly about signal plans and pedestrian crossings. Toward that end, the GPA Transportation Committee, GPA president Michael Rice, Ric Lopez, president of the Glen Park Merchants Association, and several other community members met with staff from the […]
Diamond/Bosworth intersection meeting Dec. 27 at 10:00 a.m.
Diamond/Bosworth Improvements Moving Ahead in 2014 This week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) posted notices in Glen Park that the Diamond/Bosworth intersection improvements proposed since adoption of the Glen Park Community Plan in February 2012 will be considered at an SFMTA Engineering Public Hearing on December 27, 2013, starting at 10:00 am. The […]
DISTRICT 8 EXPANDS SOUTHEAST OF BERNAL CUT
And Other News from the Glen Park Association By Bonnee Waldstein College Hill is now part of District 8, since boundaries were changed citywide in April. What is College Hill? It’s a neighborhood, newly registered with the City and County of San Francisco, that used to be home to St. Mary’s College before it moved […]
Sup. Wiener’s monthly newsletter
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Eat dessert, check out the Conservatory and catch up on neighborhood news
What’s not to like? Glen Park Association Pot-luck Appetizer and Dessert Social, (also known as the Quarterly Meeting) Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:30pm Sunnyside Conservatory (Monterey Boulevard between Baden and Congo) The Conservatory fronts on Monterey Boulevard between Baden and Congo Streets. There is also a back entry from Joost, where parking may be easier. […]
Sup. Wiener May newsletter
May Newsletter Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email: scott.wiener@sfgov.org Community Updates Earthquake Preparedness One of my priorities coming into office has been to make sure that the city is prepared for its next major earthquake. This can be seen in my Good Samaritan Rental Law (see below). Another key is making sure that our buildings are more […]
4/30 GPA Quarterly Mtg
Membership has spoken and the board has listened! At our January quarterly meeting, residents told us their priorities, which included traffic safety and neighborhood festivals. Fast forward to our upcoming April 30 meeting,* which is all about traffic safety. Tell the County Transportation Authority about your experience with the neighborhood’s freeway on- and off-ramps; talk […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–March to the Library This Month
Did you know that Glen Park Library offers free math tutoring for any school-age student just about every Tuesday from 3:30-5:00 thanks to Lick-Wilmerding High School senior volunteers? Have you heard that our own knitting circle participants are volunteering to teach anyone and everyone the basics of knitting and crocheting Sunday the 16th between 1 […]
New French restaurant to take the place of Modern Past on Chenery
La Cigale, a new French restaurant, is quietly taking shape at 679 Chenery Street, a storefront that formerly held Modern Past. Owners Joseph Magidow and Daisy Linden plan to open by mid 2025. The restaurant will feature cuisine of Occitanie, the region spanning southwest France and the Spanish Pyrenees. La cigale means the […]
Elk Street Mural meeting 11/16
Review a proposed new mural at Glen Canyon Park’s Elk Street retaining wall on Saturday, November 16 from 1:30 to 3 p.m., at the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street). Meet the muralist, Sirron Norris and provide feedback. (To see some of Sirron’s past murals, click here.) Norris incorporated input from the September […]
Burnside Mural+ tiled steps are underway
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–May 18th Open House, Hawaiian Visitors and Much More
May is so chock-full of fun events we couldn’t possibly fit all the fun and learning in one website update. To help plan your month, we recommend you stop by the library to say “hi” and pick up a printed events pamphlet or check out this selection of standouts from our newsletter. Never miss another […]
GPA Spring Meeting Summarized
2024 Glen Park Association Grant Recipients Congratulations to our four 2024 grant recipients: $1,200 went to fund a water meter to give life to the Arlington Path Pollinator Garden $1,000 went to the Glen Park School to fund its Kinder Yard, a special recreation space for the school’s youngest students. $1,500 went to Sunnyside Elementary […]
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 […]
Our Local Connections with African American History
For Black History Month, we’re reprinting a story from the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project by founder and director Evelyn Rose. The revisionist, understated, or forgotten aspects of Black history makes research in this area particularly challenging. In research to date, the rediscovered histories of Glen Park and its neighboring districts in the American period […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Make a Date With Your Library This Month!
February is here, and Glen Park Library is buzzing with an array of new events to warm your heart. From informative sessions for adults to engaging activities for tweens, teens, and families, there’s something for everyone. Here are just a few new and notable February events we’d love to see you at! Visit our website […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–November events!
When’s the last time you visited the Glen Park Branch Library? If it’s been a while, you’re definitely missing something! Try to stop by prior to the end of the month for your last chance to take in the over 90 individual pieces of artwork your neighbors and friends contributed to our first ever Tiny […]
District 8 Beautification Day Saturday, 7/15
Join your district neighbors in the annual Neighborhood Beautification Day. Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/sanfrancisco/ The Arlington Path/Bernal Cut community will be focused on the 500 Block of Arlington, turning the Arlington Triangle into a beautiful and more dog friendly place. The foxtails have been meticulously cleared so now it’s time to mulch and plant. On Arlington from […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Open House Saturday, April 8
Stop by the Glen Park Library Open House for fun events all afternoon long including Drag Story Hour, a family-friendly sing-along led by our librarians, violin and flute music performed by local community members, crafts, face painting and light snacks. Starting at 11am, delight in stories shared by a drag queen, as she takes you on an enchanted tour that celebrates a rainbow of […]
Empty tree basin? Friends of the Urban Forest can help fill it
(Here’s an item from FUF’s current newsletter that the Glen Park News thinks will be of interest to our community.) Our rainstorms last month brought down hundreds of street trees in San Francisco — trees we can hardly afford to lose. Sadly, many were mature specimens with lots of foliage — real powerhouses that provide the greatest […]
Join the Oxalis Campaign–volunteers urgently needed!
Dear Greenway supporter, The Greenway’s Native Meadow is at a key moment in its development and it urgently needs us to protect it. You’ve probably noticed how well the native plants are doing, but the Oxalis that escaped our weed suppression methods is just getting going and, if we’re quick, it presents us with a […]
Completion of Burnside Mural is celebrated
Partners in TWMC, Elaine Chu and Marina Perez-Wong, have deep artistic roots. Both are San Francisco natives (Perez-Wong is third generation native) and women of color born to single-parent women from immigrant families. In the Burnside mural, the Gum Tree Girls and Mother Nature are represented. Water is another element the muralists have been exploring […]
Future of Islais Creek
San Francisco* is undertaking a study to deliver flood resilience and quality-of-life benefits to San Franciscans in the Upper Islais Creek Watershed. Quality-of-life benefits could include pedestrian and bicyclist safety, neighborhood connectivity, urban greening, and other environmental benefits. Increasing flood resilience may involve strategies to (1) adapt streets and the public realm to manage larger […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Greenway Flag Garden? Not exactly …
It may look like a garden of colored flags but in fact it’s a meadow-in-the-making. On Saturday, January 15, about 20 volunteers planted more than 400 native grass plants on the Glen Park Greenway between Brompton and Lippard Avenues. These are the backbone of what will grow to become Glen Park’s Native Meadow. We built […]
Canyon Market celebrates 15th anniversary with a party for all
A bevy of San Francisco politicians was on hand December 11, 2021 to celebrate the birthday of the Canyon Market, which held its soft opening on fifteen years before. Mayor London Breed, State Senator Scott Wiener, District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman all attended the festivities on Dec. 11 to celebrate. Bevan Dufty, District 8 Supervisor […]
Supervisor Mandelman’s monthly newsletter
Web Version D8 Newsletter – October 2021 Had a great time at SCRAP-SF’s “RePurposeful” show. This partnership with our beloved Randall Museum highlighted the results of SCRAP’s work to provide affordable access to arts and crafts supplies. Learn more about SCRAP at www.scrap-sf.org STAYING CONNECTED City Hall, and my office, are open so stop by and […]
Greenway volunteers work hard to keep vegetation going during drought
Coming to the Glen Park Greenway…a California Native Meadow. The design is based on community consensus reflected in the Greenway Concept Plan of 2016. In a series of community meetings held this September, we refined our expectations about what the Native Meadow should provide and will continue to refine the design of the Meadow over […]
Vandals seem bent on destroying the ECOSF farm at SOTA, but volunteers are working to keep it up
For nearly two decades atop Diamond Heights strollers have happened upon the ECOSF farm situated adjacent to the former McAteer High School football field. Now housing the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and the Academy of Arts and Sciences, the community farm continues performing as a magnet for walkers during the unprecedented 2020-21 COVID-19 […]
Natick Triangle Clean-up
Sometime in the middle of shelter-in-place the small triangle along San Jose Ave – where Arlington meets Wilder and Natick Street – began to transform. Shopping carts and tires became orderly piles. Great big mounds of cut fennel and diced ivy vines replaced the garbage. Our roadside eyesore started to have order and then mulch. Now it looks like a […]
Why is the median on Diamond Heights Blvd. so lovely these days? These volunteers are the reason. And you can help.
Betsy Eddy is a middle of the road kind of person. Literally. In the middle of Diamond Heights Boulevard tending to a the plantings. On June 5 she put in a three-hour stint keeping San Francisco beautiful, one block at a time. This time it was between Gold Mine Drive near St. Aidan’s Church and […]
New $110,000 grant will help spiff up the Detroit Steps
On April 20, the Detroit Steps Project (DSP) got a well-deserved step up. It became one of 28 recipients of the Community Challenge Grant Program (CCG), a division of the City Administrator’s office that funds worthy neighborhood projects. The Sunnyside multi-phased community-led endeavor to improve and beautify the 186 Detroit Steps with landscaping and […]