The Glen Park Association

Up-to-the-minute news from Glen Park

Bonnee Waldstein

See the new changes to the Glen Park Association website

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At first glance the Glen Park Association website might look like it always has–beautiful, thanks to the major talents of our webmaster, the tireless Mary Szczepanik. Perhaps you’ve noticed that many of the columns that were in the print edition are appearing on the website. The final print newspaper was Spring 2021. Since then we’ve […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–January Recap

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(Glen Park News note: Be sure to play Sales Price Roulette by Feb. 18! Details below.) Happy February! After the wild ride that was 2021, 2022 has started out a bit more quietly, with only three total home sales in the month of January (See the table below). This new year slowdown is par for […]

Do you want Diamond Heights to remain in District 8?

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Virtual Redistricting District 8 Town Hall, Wednesday, Feb 9, 5:30 pm Let Your Voice be Heard! District 8 will be the topic of the virtual meeting of the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force on Feb 9 at 5:30 pm.  The meeting agenda and instructions for joining the Feb 9 meeting online will be posted at […]

Exciting times for Glen Park restaurateur

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Higher Grounds turns 40 Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Higher Grounds, where Manhal Jweinat is the owner, manager and chef de cuisine. Manhal is a modest man, so he didn’t have a celebration. But devoted regulars gave him a heartfelt round of applause, and the Glen Park Merchants Association brought him a card and […]

Update to Special Use District (SUD) post: New time

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The Glen Park News was just informed by Supervisor Mandelman’s office (thank you Jacob Bintliff!) that, due to notification issues, this item will be taken up on Feb. 14 rather than Feb. 7. Further information: People can still send in written comment any time before then, but the opportunity to call in will now be […]

Supervisor Mandelman proposes Special Use District (SUD) to include Glen Park–Committee Hearing Feb. 7

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Member, Board of Supervisors District 8 City and County of San Francisco RAFAEL MANDELMAN January 25, 2022 The Land Use Committee is tentatively scheduled for Feb 7. There will be an opportunity for public comment. You can send written comment to the clerk for that committee, erica.major@sfgov.org, any time before the beginning of the hearing, which […]

Calling Non-Profits: GPA Opens Grant Applications to Support Local Projects

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We’re very pleased to announce that this year the Glen Park Association will offer up to $10,000 in grants to the community, with a maximum grant size of $2,500. The application deadline is February 28, 2022, and grantees will be announced by the end of April. For complete details on the grant, guidelines and  requirements […]

New owners for the Glen Park Station bar 

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It was Day #1 and Sean Kelly and Shane Ryan–yes, Sean and Shane– have just replaced the owners’ license on the wall of the Glen Park Station bar, four years shy of its 100th anniversary. So far that’s the only physical change in the premises. On January 5 the business partners became the new owners […]

43 Masonic and 44 O’Shaughnessy Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes

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SFMTA Virtual Public Hearing Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 1PM If you would like to comment on our proposal to make the 43 Masonic-44-O’Shaughnessy transit improvements (described below) permanent, you may attend the SFMTA Public Hearing online or file your comments by 5 p.m. on January 17, 2022 as follows: Phone: 415.646.4470 Email: MTABoard@SFMTA.com with subject line “43-44 […]

Diamond/Bosworth planters put out of their misery

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It seemed like a lovely idea at the time. Federal funds had been allocated to improve the Diamond/Bosworth intersection. Along with the street work that took place around 2015, SFPW installed four planter boxes on each of three corners of the intersection. This was consistent with beautification goals set forth in the Glen Park Community […]

Greenway work parties this month

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Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, I hope that you had wonderful Holidays and that you are longing to get your hands (and even perhaps your knees) a bit muddy on the Greenway! On Saturday we begin the planting of the Native Meadow. There are three work parties in the next two weeks. Are […]

Exceptional artists chosen for Burnside Mural+

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(Photos and image courtesy of Twin Walls Mural Company.) It’s been around a year since the wall at the Burnside Avenue cul-de-sac beckoned to Glen Park resident Renee Berger. After a career in international consulting mainly in the philanthropic arena, and a side gig as a San Francisco City Guide leading group tours of the […]

Seminar: Where To, San Francisco?

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(Staff note: See Perch’s Zoel Fages on this panel.)   Where To San Francisco? A D8 Discussion about Innovation for Small Business by Cruise LLC REGISTER! Event Information Cruise + Six D8 Community Leaders discuss how innovation from Cruise will shape the future of small business About this event Join Cruise and six community leaders from San Francisco […]

Help us celebrate 15 years in business in Glen Park!

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IT’S OUR QUINCEAÑERA! This December, Canyon Market in Glen Park, SF is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To engage our customers, recognize our supplier partners and give back to the supportive city in which we operate, we’re inviting our special friends and supporters from the community, the City and the State of California to our weeklong […]

TEDx Event | Climate Action Plan | You’re invited

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Dear Colleagues, Stakeholders, and Neighbors, I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. The City and County of San Francisco is hosting TEDxCityofSanFrancisco, a curation of TEDx talks and performances to inspire community action in the fight against climate change.  This free, virtual celebration, happening on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. PST, will mark the launch of San Francisco’s […]

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 5 – A former resident of Arlington Street becomes a 1960s television icon

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Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This is the last of 5 posts (see Part 1 , The Glen Park Glenodeon; Part 2, […]

FUF coming to our neighborhoods for sidewalk gardens + expended tree basins

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  SIDEWALK GARDENS¡JARDINES EN SU VECINDAD! Interested in adding a sidewalk garden? Sign up here or email your information.¡Friends of the Forest(FUF) y sus vecinos están organizando un proyecto de jardines en la acera en su vecindario y queremos incluirlo! There are several opportunties to remove concrete and improve our environment both ecologically and aesthetically. Sidewalk garden: remove concrete […]

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 4 – Gregg Palmer, Glen Park’s Hollywood Cowboy

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Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 4 of 5 (see Part 1, The Glen Park Glenodeon, Part 2, […]

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 3 – Glen Park Aeronaut on the Big Screen

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Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 3 of 5 (see Part 1, The Glen Park Glenodeon, and Part […]

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 2 – Bob Lippert, King of the B’s

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Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 2 of 5. ……. In Part 1 of this series, we saw […]

News From City Hall

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  Hello Glen Park neighbors! Welcome to the first in a series of monthly updates on the work my office is doing, and how you can get involved to make a difference on the issues you’re passionate about. It’s been a busy month in the D8 office – the Board unanimously passed legislation I authored […]

(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood –The Glen Park Connection, Part 1 – The Glen Park Glenodeon

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  Over the past several years, we have uncovered many impressive histories connected with Glen Park. One not yet discussed is the Glen Park connection to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood that began during the earliest days of Tinseltown. This post is Part 1. … “Moving pictures” were all the rage during the opening […]

Halloween 2021–Glen Park makes a comeback

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Photos by Marian Dalere Halloween was almost “normal” on Chenery Street this year. There was no official street closure due to the continuing Covid restrictions, but the Chenery Slow Street between Lippard and Burnside brought out significant crowds. One neighbor enthused, “Half the crowds as normal and waaay better–super fun!”

Greenway Work Party Saturday, Nov. 6

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Hello Friend and Supporter of the Greenway, I hope that you can come to our next Work Party on Saturday November 6 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We’ll have coffee at the start (many thanks to Canyon Market for providing this) and sandwiches at the end. We haven’t shared coffee and sandwiches together since before Covid […]

Twin Peaks Trails Improvement Project

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The San Francisco Recreation & Park Department is pleased to announce the Twin Peaks Trails and Promenade Project. The project has gone through extensive public engagement and we are nearing the point of implementing the remaining trail improvements and finalizing the promenade design. Please provide feedback so that we can incorporate it into the final […]

Don’t miss a Glen Park Halloween tradition!

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As usual for the last 25 years at 354 Sussex (at Mizpah), the Vella Family will put out 100+ carved pumpkins for everyone to enjoy. The Halloween carving tradition started as a bonding experience for now retired neuropsychologist Dr. Charles Vella with his then 10 year old daughter, now new UCSF radiologist, Dr. Maya Vella. […]

Supervisor Mandelman’s monthly newsletter

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Web Version D8 Newsletter – October 2021 Had a great time at SCRAP-SF’s “RePurposeful” show. This partnership with our beloved Randall Museum highlighted the results of SCRAP’s work to provide affordable access to arts and crafts supplies. Learn more about SCRAP at www.scrap-sf.org STAYING CONNECTED City Hall, and my office, are open so stop by and […]

Greenway volunteers work hard to keep vegetation going during drought

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Coming to the Glen Park Greenway…a California Native Meadow. The design is  based on community consensus reflected in the Greenway Concept Plan of 2016. In a series of community meetings held this September, we refined our expectations about what the Native Meadow should provide and will continue to refine the design of the Meadow over […]

Trees put Glen Park in top 5 neighborhoods in SF

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A new study of “tree canopy cover” ranks Glen Park fifth out of all San Francisco neighborhoods, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s a metric developed by a data company, EarthDefine, which measures the percentage of total land area covered by trees. Overall, with 669,000 trees, San Francisco has very little tree cover, at […]