No CAH next week, but this week we have an SFMTA Board hearing on bikeshare outreach (please email suggestions if you can’t make it), no more NRA membership for the SFPD, and a chance to smoke pot at events legally. The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, March 4, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room […]
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San Francisco Scale Model is a massive hit at the library
Glen Parkers and residents from adjoining neighborhoods packed the library last Thursday to see a section (of the 120) of the San Francisco Scale Model and hear its fascinating story. At the same time, it was an exciting history lesson about our neighborhoods. The model was in storage for 77 years, until now. The presentation […]
Spring Activities at the Glen Park Rec. Center
Registration for Spring classes at the Glen Park Recreation center opens March 2, 2019. Take a look at the offerings and see if you want to take Hatha Yoga or sign your children up for Karate or Petite Bakers! The complete class list and registration information can be found here: Glen Park Spring Recreation Listings
Join an elite group of volunteers
Enjoy the perks of being a Glen Park News paper carrier — get some exercise and fresh air, greet neighbors and passersby, get that dog walk done, etc. — you name it! The Glen Park News is printed four times a year and delivered to the doorsteps of neighborhood residents and merchants. There are 27 […]
City Agency Hearings: Urban Problems Issue
Homelessness in neighborhoods, vacant storefronts, toilets, congestion and an expanded definition of car break-ins. Crazy week in the city! The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, February 25, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, February 25, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. […]
Eco Fair at Denman Middle School March 16
2019 Annual Arbor Day Eco Fair Saturday, March 16, 2019 | 9 am to noon James Denman Middle School, 241 Oneida Avenue, San Francisco FREE Activities Include: Build A Planter Box For Fresh Herbs Pet Goats Get Your Face Painted Ride In A Bucket Truck During the annual Arbor Day celebration, the focus will be […]
Surrey Street’s J. John Priola show at Dog Patch gallery
J. John Priola, who lives on Surrey Street only blocks from Glen Canyon Park, was born on a five-acre farm in Colorado where his parents put up field corn for silage and grew sweet corn for more than just their Thanksgiving table. “My mother sold the corn from a stand,” Priola told the Glen Park […]
Gridlock Grips Glen Park
On a fairly typical late Tuesday morning in Glen Park, a huge truck full of pet chow made its delivery to Critter Fritters. How it managed to make its way onto Chenery Street wasn’t captured in a photo, unfortunately. It was just too much for the narrow commercial street, with parked cars on both sides (and […]
Glen Park section of SF scale model coming to library this Thursday!
When: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, 6:00 – 7:00 pm Where: Glen Park Library What: Under the auspices of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Public Library, local sections of this massive 41-ft by 37-ft, 3-dimensional model of the City of San Francisco, constructed by the Works Project Administration in […]
Keeping Islais creek running with pickaxes and loppers
Photos: Christopher Campbell Islais Creek is the second longest creek running through San Francisco. Because of drought, it has recently trickled rather than raced. The creek is also inhibited because along its banks invasive Cape ivy and Himalayan blackberry mitigate its flow. Consequently, any dash through Glen Canyon Park on the waterway’s journey to […]