Michael Waldstein went looking, to see what else is bad out there. And Roanoke at Arlington ain’t nothing…
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We have a Glen Canyon Improvement Plan
Dear Glen Canyon Park Community, Thank you for your committed participation in the Glen Canyon Park Improvement Plan process. After 9 community workshops, 8 focus group meetings with city agencies, officials, and community groups, and hundreds of correspondences with dedicated park-goers and experts, we have a Park Improvement Plan with associated costs and phasing. The intent of this […]
Is our worst street really so terrible?
In a post yesterday, we reposted an article from 7×7 Magazine, discussing the City-designated ‘worst street in San Francisco.’ (posting reprinted below.) However then intrepid Glen Park News photographer Michael Waldstein went out to actually look at the street, and he found that Roanoake Street at Arlington is actually a fine street, except for the […]
Glen Park home to worst street in San Francisco
From the magazine 7×7 —– It’s no secret that parking in the city is a bitch. So we’ve enlisted local parking guru and author of Finding the Sweet Spot, David LaBua, to dish out weekly tips on navigating the ins and outs of city parking. In San Francisco, Mayor Ed Lee has proposed a $248 million […]
Circular Drive celebration July 17
From the Sunnyside News (the newsletter of Sunnyside Neighborhood Association) On July 17, we will have a block party to celebrate the completion of the major portion of work on the CIRCULAR AVENUE RIBBON GARDEN, that three-quarters-of-a-mile stretch of land that is on the freeway side of Circular Avenue. Those of you who have a […]
Concerned about recent muggings in Glen Park?
Captain Mahoney, the new Ingleside Captain, spoke about the muggings at the Ingleside Community Meeting last Tuesday. The plainclothes detectives are doing decoy operations and the bicycle police are spending more time in Glen Park. The muggers are very quick. I witnessed a mugging a few years ago, it was over before I knew what […]
Crime Report: June 23 – 25, 2011
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:21am, Unit Blk Lippard Ave, Theft Officers Martinez and Morgante responded to a report of a suspect breaking into a car. The victim dseveral items were taken from his car. Report 110504809 7:30am, 100 Blk Mateo St, Stolen/Recovered vehicle Friday, […]
Bird & Beckett doings: jazz, Sufi singing, poetry, readings
In a couple of weeks, we’ve got Pakistani Sufi singer Sukhawat Ali Khan (7/10) and then pan-Arabic music from Faisal Zedan, Husain Resan and Younes El-Makboul (7/17). But you know we’re sweet on the literary stuff and America’s classical music, a.k.a., jazz… so here’s what we’ve got in the short-term (in case you’re not in […]
Crime update: June 22, 2011 Careful with iPods
The muggers struck again at 8:28am! I posted 2 safety flyers from SFSafe in the file section, look to the left and click on “files” they are in a safety tips folder. Be extra careful and PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO YOUR IPOD ON THE STREET! The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside […]
Music at Sel et Vin
Tuesday, June 21: Sel et Vin, and places nearby, vibrated with North African and other eclectic music by Reda Bouali (guitar), Anis (keyboard), and M.C. Rai (vocalist) , among others. Manager of Sel et Vin, Julien Walck, was another one of the soulful vocalists. Guests at the venue couldn’t help but start swaying. Plans are […]