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Bikeshare Moving Forward

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Forwarded from SFMTA:   Hello Randall and Chenery bikeshare station stakeholders, After much deliberation and analysis, the SFMTA has decided to approve the permit for the proposed bikeshare station at Randall and Chenery. This has been the most outreach GoBike and the agency have performed on any single station, and we very much appreciate engagement […]

Hazardous tree removed

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The growling of a chainsaw and the grinding of a woodchipper reverberated through downtown Glen Park today.  The Bureau of Urban Forestry of SF Public Works was removing the ficus tree in front of Critter Fritters at 670 Chenery Street.   Through the racket, arborist Joseph Heulfenhaus shouted that the reason for the measure is […]

Early Morning BART Service Disrupted

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Forwarded from BART   Dear Community Partners, Starting on February 11, 2019, morning weekday BART trains will start one hour later for vital repairs and critical earthquake safety work. Alternative bus service will run between 3:45 am and 6:00 am. Roughly 2,900 passengers enter the BART system during that first hour of service. Over 2,400 […]

City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation

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What’s hot this week? Land use! See Mandelman Legislation below. He is co-authoring legislation to penalize landlords of vacant storefronts as well as to dramatically change the rules and penalties around home demolitions. *Here’s a link to the SF Chronicle story about the latter.   The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, January […]

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Kern Parking Lot Closed

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To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. [Edited most recently on January 7] Nearly 50 years of free parking in downtown Glen Park ended abruptly last week when the gravel-strewn lot on Kern Alley was vacated and taped […]

Using artificial intelligence to map every tree in SF

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(Note: Glen Parkers have a keen interest in the state of greening in Glen Park and the City. The following is a reprint from Curbed San Francisco) Machine learning might be able to tally trees that human labor simply can’t By Adam Brinklow Lands End.Photo by M. Ali Khan In 2017 the San Francisco Planning Department […]