This year 1500 people came to see the 150 Vella family pumpkins at 354 Sussex! Watch the video here: Thanks to the Vella family for making Glen Park Halloween uniquely fun!
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November 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter
Greetings, Inglesiders! September was a busy month for our officers as we worked tirelessly to keep our community safe. In addition to responding to daily calls for service, our team has been active in several key areas. We’ve collaborated with local retailers to ensure a secure shopping experience, engaged with community groups and neighborhood […]
Neighbors, politicos flock to opening of Burnside tiled steps
It was an exciting scene as crowds gathered to witness the ribbon cutting of the Burnside Mural+ project, now completed with a mural and tiled steps. It was Glen Park resident Renee Berger’s vision for a drab wall and stairway transformation into an eye-popping instant neighborhood treasure. The timeline required persistence for the complex project. […]
CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY–Community Día de los Muertos Ofrenda
Don’t forget to vote in the November election. Glen Park Branch Library will serve as a polling place from 7 am to 8 pm November 5th so there will be no storytime or Homework Hangout that day. As we head into November, we encourage you to bring in a small reminder of someone you’ve lost […]
For the 29th–or is it 30th–year, the Vella Family Pumpkins are on display for Halloween
This year, 140+ pumpkins will be on display outside the Vella family home at 354 Sussex. It’s a family tradition in its 29th year.The pumpkins will be on display starting at 5 pm on October 31. See attached for some new pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNf6sf42oI&t=8s My daughter Maya (now Dr. Maya Vella, MD, a UCSF Radiologist) and […]
Musical Comedy Nov. 8-10 at St. Aidan’s Church
Stage Fright, A Musical Comedy, Nov. 8, 9 and 10 at St. Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr. St. Aidan’s Church will be presenting Stage Fright, its 18th original musical comedy, on Nov. 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm and Nov. 10 at 2:00 pm at St. Aidan’s. The show depicts the parishioners of the […]
Take a walk—October is SF Stairway Month
Seven miles, 5-ish hours and 494 steps–who would show up for such an arduous journey? Around 60 intrepid and sturdy people did, that’s who. October is SF Stairway Month, inaugurated this year by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, in which the city is celebrating the 900+ public stairways across San Francisco. One of the events was […]
Greenway Work Party – Saturday, November 2
Please put Saturday, November 2, on your calendar for our next Work Party. This will be the last one before our big planting party in December. We already have the harvested, sorted and sanitized acorns stored in the fridges of various volunteers and there’s much else to prepare before that planting. I hope that you’ll […]
A celebration of Glen Park’s gorgeous tiled steps!
You are invited to a celebration of Glen Park’s gobsmackingly gorgeous tiled steps! October 27th 1:30pm – 3:30pm Burnside Steps (between #s50 and 59 Burnside Avenue) We will be joined by Supervisor Mandelman and the brilliant artists, Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher and other special guests for a ribbon cutting. Please RSVP HERE The […]
GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE – Sept recap
Wow! Heat wave in The City. This one has been a really long one it seems. I took advantage of this crazy hot weather in the middle of the day one Thursday and stole away for an hour of ocean swimming at China Beach. It really took me back – as a kid growing up […]