Hello friends and supporters of the Glen Park Greenway, Our next work party will be on Saturday February 16! I hope that you’ll be able to join us. We’ll start at 9:00 – there’ll be coffee waiting for you Meet at the top of the Chilton Ave cul-de-sac beside 88 Chilton Ave. We’ll stop at […]
Twin Peaks Figure 8 Redesign Next Steps
Thanks again to all who came to our community open house this Spring and to those who provided input via email. We have integrated much of this feedback and have a preliminary conceptual design for a linear park or “promenade” in the location of the closed roadway. RPD planners will be working to coordinate among […]
SFMTA Posts Notice about Elk/Sussex Intersection Work
Diamond Heights Blvd / Elk St / Sussex St Pedestrian Safety Project The SFMTA is proposing improvements to pedestrian safety and access to Glen Canyon by providing clear sightlines between drivers and pedestrians, adding a high visibility crosswalk with flashing warning beacons, and installing ADA curb ramps and additional street lighting. The proposed project will […]
Free Fire Safety & Emergency Preparedness Fair
WHAT The San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD), in collaboration with Community Youth Center, SF, Resilient Diamond Heights and St. Aidan’s Church, will hold a Community Safety Fair for members of the public. This fair will include Fire Prevention and Education materials, demonstrations, and answers to inspection questions. SFFD EMS members will teach hands-only CPR and […]
Glen Park Association winter meeting rundown
The quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association took place on Thursday, January 17, at the Glen Canyon Park recreation center. Here are some highlights. Supervisor Mandelman: Rafael Mandelman presented a legislative update and engaged in a Q & A for the first time since being sworn in as District 8 Supervisor. While declaring this […]
Greenway beautification event next Saturday
Hello friends and supporters of the Glen Park Greenway. Our next work party will be on Saturday January 26! I hope that you’ll be able to join us. We’ll start at 9:00 – there’ll be coffee waiting for you Meet at the top of the Chilton Ave cul-de-sac beside 88 Chilton Ave. We’ll stop at […]
Hazardous tree removed
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 […]
Healthy Parks Healthy People at Glen Canyon
(from SF Rec and Park Department) Join us and Healthy Parks, Healthy People (HPHP) as we kick off the new year in a brand new location at Glen Park on Saturday, January 12 from 10 a.m. to noon! Meet us at Elk and Chenery streets as we explore this unique geological and biological destination that […]
Using artificial intelligence to map every tree in SF
(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 […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Dear Glen Park, Happy New Year
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It was a clear chilly night in Glen Park on New Year’s eve. A number of people chose to ring in the new year close to home. Manzoni was open for […]
Good things from Glen Park Parents
I have a granddaughter born Sept. 25, and I just wanted to say how helpful the Glen Park Parents listserv has been in equipping her and her parents and helping them all feel cared for! My San Francisco-born-and-bred son and his wife (and baby) live in Wisconsin, and don’t have a baby network yet, but […]
Drop-In Rock Climbing at Glen Canyon Rec Center
From SF Rec and Park eNews: Drop-in rock climbing is back at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center rock wall from now until March! We have hour-long sessions that will go from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to noon/1:30 to 4:30 p.m.on Saturdays! Limit six climbers […]
StreetTreeSF Update from Friends of the Urban Forest
So, how’s the tree trimming going now that the City has taken back responsibility for maintaining SF street trees? How long will it take to get to all of them? What does the future hold? These and other questions are addressed in the media news summary put out by Friends of the Urban Forest. Your […]
10 Things to Know about Bike Theft in San Francisco
Listen to this 11-minute podcast and read the accompanying story by KQED’s Bay Curious.
“Christmas in Venice” at St. Aidan’s Church
Join Music on the Hill for its 20th Anniversary celebration concert! “Christmas in Venice” with Nash Baroque Sunday, December 2, 7 pm St. Aidan’s Church 101 Gold Mine Drive Free champagne, prosecco, and cake will be served. In this glittering program, Nash Baroque joins countertenor Justin Montigne and violoncellist Farley Pearce to perform sacred and […]
Time change: Bikeshare Program Randall/Chenery walk through
Hello again Randall and Chenery Bikeshare station stakeholders, The SFMTA Bikeshare Program staff plans to conduct collective traffic observations. You are invited to participate. This exercise will allow us to collectively observe traffic conditions at the proposed location. While previous fieldwork has been conducted here by the GoBike operator and SFMTA staff, this […]
Saturday 11/10 Greenway workday has been canceled
See below for information from Greenway leader Nicholas Dewar: Hello Friends and Supporters of the Glen Park Greenway. We have cancelled the Greenway Work Party arranged for tomorrow, Saturday November 10. I’m very disappointed about this but the health of our wonderful volunteers is even more important than the condition of our wonderful Greenway! I […]
Kids’ indoor play at the Rec Center
Starting this week, parents, nannies, and other caretakers may bring children (infants through 4 year olds) to play indoors at the Glen Park Recreation Center on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon.
Glen Park Merchants Rock in 2018
This year has been a big one for Glen Park’s merchants. In May, the Cheese Boutique was honored as an exceptional business with a ceremony at City Hall. Last month, Dalere’s Beauty Salon, Glen Park’s oldest business at 50 years, was celebrated by Mayor London Breed and other dignitaries at the shop on Chenery Street. […]
Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Roundup
BIKE SHARE PROGRAM: The hot button issue at the October 18 meeting was bike share in Glen Park. SFMTA has engaged the organization, Motivate, to manage the bike share program in San Francisco and other cities, utilizing Ford GoBikes at docked stations. Ford’s title sponsorship provides the bikes at no cost to the City. […]
Come to the GPA quarterly meeting! Thursday, October 18
We have a great program lined up! Thursday, October 18, 7:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park Rec Center Here’s the agenda: Motivate/SFMTA – Bike share program in Glen Park Captain Hart – Chenery Street closure on Halloween/other items Assemblyman David Chiu legislative update and Q&A Glen Park Association – Amendments and changes to Bylaws We’ll have […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: More about the SF tree maintenance program: A personal story
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It’s not often that you post a story of general interest and live it out yourself a couple of days later. That’s what happened with the post linking to the SF Chronicle story […]
Tree trimming trials and tribulations
(Editor’s note: The SF Chronicle has hit the stands with another story that’s close to the hearts of Glen Parkers — the last one being about BART parking lots. We’re now linking you to this story, even though, well, it’s the Chron and is widely available for all to read…but now you can also read […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Departed pets live on in Day of the Dead display
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. For the second year, and by popular demand, Critter Fritters manager Tony has assembled a Day of the Dead display of some of Glen Park’s dear departed best friends. The Day […]
BART will be allowed to develop its parking lots
There’s a “not to be missed” article in the SF Chronicle about BART being given the green light to develop its parking lots for housing around transit hubs. Over many years, Glen Parkers have been interested in the BART lot in our neighborhood. Here’s the link to what may come to Glen Park in the […]
Ring out 2018 and start 2019 with events in our neighborhoods
Thanks to Sally Ross, Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory, for keeping us up to speed on so many wonderful happenings. For half a day, help keep Sunnyside Conservatory beautiful– Saturday, 10/13, 9 a.m. to Noon The Christopher Playground group has invited us to come to their playground for a hot dog after working in the Conservatory. […]
Secure your financial future — free from the Assessor’s Office
Join Assessor Carmen Chu for a free 2-hour community event that’s a one-stop shop for families seeking information about asset building and estate planning. Details and registration information here: https://www.sfassessor.org/familywealthforum
Sort & Fold event to help the homeless this Saturday 9/22
Message from Nelson Barry, founder of Urban Angels SF: This Saturday (9/22) from 4 pm to 7 pm we are having our last Sort & Fold Pot Luck before next Tuesday’s Lava Mae Pop Up Care Village (PUCV). The sorting and folding will be from 4 pm to 4:45 pm at Urban Angels SF office […]
Movie Night in Glen Canyon Park Sept 15
Sutter Health is offering free movies in San Francisco parks again this year. Click on the picture below to read the flyer details:
Free Stop the Bleed Training, Sept. 27th at St. Aidan’s
Nan Slavin, an ER nurse and trainer for the national program called Stop the Bleed, http://www.stopthebleedingcoalition.org, will conduct free training on Sept. 27th. This program is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Stop the Bleed Training Thursday Sept. 27, 6:30 to […]
Kindness makes Eagles soar at neighborhood school
Forwarded from SF Chronicle: The athletic director at Saint John’s School has very high standards for parent coaches: They must have a pulse. He has voluntold me into basketball, baseball, cross-country and our current sport: futbol. I did ask him once, “When did we run out of straight fathers?” I have no qualifications. Back at […]
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman at DH Community Meeting
If you missed meeting Supervisor Mandelman at the last Glen Park Association Meeting, here’s another chance — attend the Diamond Heights Community Meeting Sept. 15.
Urban Angels helps homeless people in our neighborhood
Hello Champions of Human Rights and Social Justice, Urban Angels SF offers events and projects in our neighborhood to help homeless people. There are many ways you can help! Please see the information below for the “Sort and Fold Pot Luck” of donated clothing on Aug. 30 at Nelson Barry’s law office in the Diamond Heights […]
Join the Greening of Glen Park
The Glen Park Greenway needs more volunteer waterers. Would you join us? The Greenway is an undeveloped public open space that many of us use as a green and pleasant way to walk between Glen Park village and Glen Canyon Park. Last December we planted about fifty trees along the Greenway and this month we […]
Progress report on Diamond/Bosworth intersection
(Note:The Glen Park Association has received this information from Sustainable Streets Director Tom Maguire.) Below is a short summary of what we have currently done at the intersection to date and what our next steps will be. Summary of Changes Signal timing changed on 7/18/2018 o Improves pedestrian safety by removing conflict between southbound left […]
Sept. 8: Supervisor Mandelman hosts meeting on fire mitigation and evacuation planning
To Resilient Diamond Heights Workgroup and Other Interested Persons, Resilient Diamond Heights is delighted that Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will host a meeting with City Officials concerning wildfire mitigation in our neighborhood parks and evacuation planning on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 2 pm at the SF Police Academy. Supervisor Mandelman has confirmed attendance by representatives of the […]
Notes on the Quarterly Glen Park Association Meeting, July 26, 2018
DIAMOND/BOSWORTH INTERSECTION UPDATE First up was Britt Tanner, senior engineer with the Sustainable Streets program of SFMTA. She came to speak about the recent Diamond and Bosworth signal update. “I’m going to try and stay clear of history,” she said lightheartedly – and preemptively. Changes to the troubled intersection began in 2015 and are focused […]
Two – Count ’em – Greenway Events!
We have some upcoming work days on the Greenway, so please attend if you can and feel free to spread the word. We can always use more hands. * Saturday, August 11, 9 AM-12 PM: We’ll have a Greenway Work Party to prepare the planting sites for new shrubbery – yeah! We’ll be working on […]
Short notice! Meeting about Miguel Street Regrading
SFMTA and SFPW are sponsoring a meeting about the regrading of Miguel Street. Traffic problems have been exacerbated by the route of the 35 Eureka bus line on Miguel, which has a very steep grade with abrupt changes. Residents have voiced concern about the situation for quite some time. Tuesday, July 31 6:30 – 7:30 […]
Don’t miss the Annual Night Out with the SF police!
Tuesday, August 7 at the Police Academy, 350 Amber Drive, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Come out to meet your neighbors and law enforcement in your neighborhood during national night out at the Police Academy on 350 Amber drive for a night of fun! There will be free activities, arts and crafts, games, food and more! […]
Mayor Breed honors Fix-It Team volunteers and throws more money into the program
Since last year, the Fix-It Team, initiated by Mayor Lee, has been busy in Glen Park, beautifying neglected open spaces. With the help of neighborhood volunteers and seven city agencies, the team has worked on clearing the Greenway and, more recently, made a big effort to clear trash and vegetation from the pathway along Arlington […]
Meet our new Supervisor Rafael Mandelman at the next GPA meeting
The Glen Park Association has a packed program for our upcoming quarterly meeting. In addition to Supervisor Mandelman, we have several other guests and topics. Here’s a chance to have your voice heard on issues affecting Glen Park! Thursday, July 26 7:00-9:00 PM Glen Park Recreation Center AGENDA: SFMTA – Diamond & Bosworth intersection update […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Rollicking Frolicking Pups Celebrate their New Play Area
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. The scene was one of unabashed fun as canine guardians watched their dogs enjoy their inaugural romp in the newly renovated dog park at Walter Haas Playground in Diamond Heights. […]
Classes, camps and events at Glen Park Rec Center this summer
The Glen Canyon Recreation Center summer program began on May 29 and will continue through August 26. It offers a number of exercise classes, as well as pick-up basketball games, pickle ball matches and rock climbing drop-in schedules. Qi Gong, a holistic exercise system of coordinated body posture includes movement, breathing and meditation and is […]
Glen Park BART Station Praised for its Architecture
You need to persist in reading this column in Curbed, which highlights unsung buildings in San Francisco. Clocking in last on the list at #30 (but hey, it made the list!) is our very own Glen Park Bart station. View it here, as well as the “other” 29. UPDATE: Be sure to click on the link […]
Sunday: Reopening of the Walter Haas dog play area
From Rec & Park: We are delighted to invite you to the reopening of the Walter Haas Dog Play Area on Sunday, July 1st at 1:00 p.m. DATE Sunday, July 1st EVENT Reopening Celebration of the Walter Haas Playground Dog Play Area LOCATION […]
Most walkers are not texting when crossing streets, says a new study
Here’s an article that debunks received wisdom about “distracted walking.” The results of a study appear to exonerate distracted pedestrians as the cause of vehicular accidents, but caution against complacency. https://www.curbed.com/2018/6/21/17477026/distracted-walking-pedestrian-deaths-crosswalk
Whack-a-Weed on Arlington! Part 2
Join your neighbors and whack some weeds on the Glen Park side of the Bernal Cut! When: Saturday, July 14, 9 a.m. to noon Where: Meet at Roanoke Street at Arlington What the Mayor’s Fix-It Team will bring: gloves, clippers, trash pickers, trash bags, compost bags. What you should bring: comfy shoes, grubby clothes, a generous hat, […]
Workshop at Arlington Community Garden
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop at the Arlington Community Garden on June 23 Join us for our our Summer Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop at the Arlington Community Garden (Arlington Street and Highland Avenue) from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, June 23! Come learn about keeping your fruit trees in top form for the summer! To RSVP […]
Summer Brings New Concern about Fire in the Canyon – Here’s What You Can Do
Resilient Diamond Heights Neighborhood Fire Evacuation Planning Meeting June 28th The Diamond Heights Community Association and Resilient Diamond Heights are continuing advocacy to the SFFD and City officials for help mitigating the potential for fire storms in Glen Canyon Park and on Billy Goat Hill. Sparks from a fire igniting brush and eucalyptus trees could possibly reach […]