Forwarded from Public Safety Program Chair Carolyn Deacy: Ingleside Community meeting Tuesday May 16 Gleneagles Golf Course at McLaren Park located at 2100 Sunnydale Avenue on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 7 p.m. There will be light refreshments available to those who come to the meeting. All are welcome to attend. Saturday, April 29, 2017 […]
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City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 1 p.m., City Hall, Room 400 (See full agenda here.) ESTABLISH – BIKE LANE – Bosworth Street, westbound, from 225 feet east of Elk Street to Bosworth Street/O’Shaughnessy Path. Click here to see the proposal. SF Planning Department, Thursday, May 18, noon, City Hall, Room 400 […]
Sussex Crossing Update
Forwarded from Calvin Gee, SFMTA: The concept that SFMTA is proposing for the intersection is a marked crosswalk and pedestrian-activated yellow flashing beacon, with some sidewalk widening on both sides of DH Boulevard at Sussex Street. The MTA has received the design funding for the project, and I am working with our partners at Public […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report from Glen Park this week, but heads up on an impending change: SFMTA is widening the pedestrian crossings at Dolores Street where it meets San Jose Avenue, which is meant to force sharper (and therefore slower) turns by vehicular traffic. You can read about these changes in our Glen Park News stories about […]
City Agency Hearings
Dear GPA Blog Readers, We are working toward a weekly post that includes neighborhood-specific hearing information at city agencies. Right now we are looking at the agendas for the Planning Dept, the SFMTA Board of Directors, and the SFMTA Engineering Dept, which considers parking, stop signs, red zones, and that sort of thing. Please comment on […]
Ugly duckling substation gets a facelift
By Murray Schneider The PG&E substation at Rousseau at Bosworth Streets is undergoing a facelift. Originally constructed in 1935 and until recently situated adjacent to the defunct Ray Oil Burner Company at 1301 San Jose Avenue, Substation M is undergoing a significant upgrade. The safety and reliability makeover, which begins in mid-April and is scheduled […]
DHB Beautification Day
Forwarded from Paul Matalucci, Project Coordinator, of the Diamond Heights Boulevard Beautification Project. RSVP to him paul@wordwc.com, if you would like to participate, or have questions. Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Beautification Day Date: Saturday, April 29 Time: 9:00 to 12:00 noon Location: Meet at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall (Lower Level) Refreshments: Coffee, tea, […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Remembering Tom Coulter, Owner of Glen Park Station Bar
Trendy bars and restaurants have come and gone in the dozen or so years since Glen Park has become a well known and highly desirable neighborhood in San Francisco. One stalwart constant in the Glen Park village since 1926 has been the Glen Park Station bar. That was the year the building was moved from […]
Inside the new Glen Canyon Rec Center
The big news at the last Glen Park Association General Assembly meeting was that our 1930s-era recreation center building is set to re-open Monday, June 5, following a $14 million renovation. Missed the meeting? You can get a sneak preview of the inside of the building by clicking here to see pictures supplied by Project […]
Twin Peaks Trail Update
Forwarded from SF Rec and Park Department San Francisco Public Works is moving forward as planned with the second phase of Twin Peaks Boulevard repaving. The paving work includes the portion of the “Figure 8” that is currently closed to motorists as part of SFMTA’s pilot road closure. This work—and road closures and rerouting—is proceeding […]