For the last 19 years, starting in 1995 when they did their first 5 pumpkins, the Vella family of 354 Sussex has had a Glen Park tradition of carving pumpkins for 4 days before Halloween and putting out 40-60 pumpkins in front of the house on Halloween night. It started out as a father-daughter bonding experience (Charlie & […]
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Emily Bratt’s Family Always Told Stories. At Age 92, She Still Does
by Murray Schneider Emily Bratt still speaks with a trace of an accent from Flatbush, Brooklyn, where she was born 92 years ago. She has lived in Glen Park since 1950, first settling on Bemis Street when it was nothing more than a dirt path. That move came after she served in the U.S. Army […]
Crime Report Oct 3, 2014
Friday, October 3rd, 2014 8:16am Unit Blk Arlington Recovered Vehicle 1:30pm Bosworth/Lyell Stolen Vehicle 2:30pm 500 Blk Arlington Theft from Vehicle Saturday, October 4th, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Sunday, October 5th, 2014 1:33am 300 Blk Arbor Drugs A resident called police to report men, wearing ski masks, were attempting to break into […]
Pumpkin Carving at Sunnyside Conservatory
The Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory invite you to a free Pumpkin Carving at the Sunnyside Conservatory 236 Monterey Boulevard. Date: October 26th Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM We supply: child appropriate carving tools a variety of patterns (or do your own creation) light refreshments a few Dia de Muertos masks that could use some coloring. Please bring: […]
Swing dancing at Bird & Beckett
Glen Park Crime Report, Sept. 20 – 30, 2014
Saturday, September 20th, 2014 5:35pm 100 Blk Laidley Theft from Vehicle Sunday, September 21st, 2014 10:28am Unit Blk Sussex Dog Bite Monday, September 22nd, 2014 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 1:00pm Unit Blk Chenery Burglary Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 7:55pm Kern/Brompton Auto Boost Thursday, September 25th, 2014 Nothing to report […]
How did this window at the Glen Park BART station get broken?
These are extremely thick and durable windows, it must have taken quite a blow to smash it. Anyone know what happened?
Glen Park Neighborhood History Project – Oct. 22
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:15pm to 7:45 pm Glen Park Branch of the SF Public Library Second floor meeting room (Announcement attached) Agenda 1. Call for pictures and stories of House-Moving History in Glen Park, Sunnyside, and Diamond Heights! We’ve been contacted by author Diane Donovan who is currently preparing a publication about the history […]
It’s so hot….that they’ve got a mister going up at Diamond Heights
Not sure who put it up, but it was much appreciated. Thanks to Michael Rice of the Glen Park Association for the photos.
Blue elderberry, yellow-eyed grass and aster: Repopulating Glen Canyon
Story and photos by Murray Schneider Before I retired I taught eleventh graders American history, and each morning I’d drive to school by descending O’Shaughnessy Boulevard. Going down the hill, O’Shaughnessy Hollow was on my right and Glen Canyon was on my left. Glen Canyon, the larger of the two, is 70-acres of natural area, […]