Joan Seiwald, 91, one of a trio of young Glen Park mothers who in 1965 kept San Francisco from building a freeway through Glen Canyon Park, passed away on Thursday, May 11. Seiwald and her husband Robert bought their home on Burnside Avenue in 1960, just one block from the park. As today, parents spent […]
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Glen Park Welcomes Spring (and the Sun!) with a Block Party
Saturday, May 6th started with a torrent of rain, but by 10:00 am the sun was shining, allowing for residents of Glen Park to gather for a spring block party. About 100 people from across the neighborhood circulated through for snacks, chalk, bubbles and conversation to welcome warmer and drier weather. Some had planned the […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE — April Recap
Well, we continue on with our somewhat confusing market. But is it any real surprise? With everything that is going on in the world it seems that there is just a lot of uncertainty out there and as is human nature, that uncertainty makes people look around to see what other people make of it, […]
Glen Park – April 2023 Incidents
April 2023 – Incidents Incident Time Intersection Incident Description 2023/04/01 15:33 BOSWORTH ST \ DIAMOND ST Mental Health Detention 21:00 WILDER ST \ CARRIE ST Missing Adult 21:22 TURQUOISE WAY \ QUARTZ WAY Missing Adult 21:22 TURQUOISE WAY \ QUARTZ WAY Missing Adult 21:22 TURQUOISE WAY \ QUARTZ WAY Missing Adult 2023/04/02 10:17 WILDER ST […]
Debra Lynn Hord, long time neighborhood figure, dead of injuries sustained in robbery
Debra Lynn Hord, a sometimes-homeless woman known to many in Glen Park for her kindness and helpfulness, died of an apparent head injury sustained after she was robbed outside the Glen Park Market at Diamond and Bosworth on March 2, 2023. It was at about 6:30 am, said Jung Ho Lee, one of the owners […]
Chenery Slow Street before SFMTA Board 5/16
The SFMTA Board will consider re-adding Chenery west of Diamond to the Slow Streets network. To find out more about the May 16, 2023, SFMTA Board meeting, including how to participate, visit https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/board-directors-meeting-may-16-2023. Members of the public may submit a comment in advance of the meeting to MTABoard@sfmta.com or call 415.646.4470 by 5pm the day before the […]
Armed robbery on Chenery appears to have been teens who knew each other
Two teens were robbed at gunpoint at the corner of Chenery Street and Chilton Avenue at 2:39 in the afternoon on Wednesday, April 26. Video from a nearby house shows the two teens, a boy and a girl, walking backwards as two other teens, both apparently boys, walk towards them. One of them has a […]
Greenway Work Party–Saturday, May 6
We’re making plans for our May Work Party. Please put it on your calendar – it’ll be on Saturday May 6. We’ll be deep into the growing season with long days and plenty of moisture still in the soil. The Native Meadow is growing beautifully and the oak trees are looking good. I hope that […]
Earth Day message–Glen Park needs your help to stay cleaned up
Photos by Marian Dalere It’s been a year since volunteers have been participating in monthly cleanups of the commercial and public spaces in Glen Park and, oh, what a difference! The first cleanup was in May 2022. Vince Yuen has built volunteer brigades all over the city through his RefuseRefuse organization, along with TogetherSF. Today, […]
Blowtorch attack on Wells Fargo ATM at Canyon Market
Glen Park residents who bank at Wells Fargo have been frustrated over the past few weeks when they stopped by the ATM in front of Canyon Market to get cash or deposit a check. Multiple times in the past month it’s been unaccountably out of service. Or maybe not so unaccountably. It turns out, people […]
