Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), recently was interviewed on KQED’s program about surprising facts about the Bay Area, this time focusing on Glen Canyon’s status as the location of the first dynamite factory in the US. Thanks to the efforts of Rose and the late Jean […]
Glen Park History
Glen Park Resident Johanna Pinther and the First March for Suffrage in the United States
March is Women’s History Month and the Glen Park News is pleased to reprint this piece of Glen Park women’s history from the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project newsletter by founder and director Evelyn Rose. Our jaws dropped upon making the discovery. Johanna Pinther, a resident of Glen Park over a century ago, is featured in an image […]
Our Local Connections with African American History
For Black History Month, we’re reprinting a story from the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project by founder and director Evelyn Rose. The revisionist, understated, or forgotten aspects of Black history makes research in this area particularly challenging. In research to date, the rediscovered histories of Glen Park and its neighboring districts in the American period […]
The World Came to Him: On the Bridge Beat with CHP Officer Jack Symons
Since it opened in 1937, at least 2,100 people have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, according to the Bridge Rail Foundation. Glen Park resident and CHP officer Jack Symons was assigned to the bridge beat from 1953 to 1956. During that time at least four people died by suicide from the bridge while Symons was […]
From a destitute Okie to a “really good life” in Glen Park: Bob Seiwald of Burnside Avenue
On a normal day the cul-de-sac at Burnside Avenue off Chenery Street is a hive of activity. For one thing, it’s the terminus of the Glen Park Greenway, which begins at Brompton Avenue and is frequented by hikers and dog walkers alike. For another thing, there’s the beautiful Burnside Mural right there, a feast […]
Rising Waters in and Around Glen Park is Nothing New: A Look Back
The torrent of rain delivered by the Category 4 atmospheric river that careened into San Francisco on December 31, 2022, was nothing short of biblical. The 5.5 inches of rain recorded in those 24 hours (half of the expected total for all of December) exceeded any amount recorded for that date since record-keeping began in […]
History + Fun = Gum Tree Girls Festival
Planets, stars–nay–entire galaxies were aligned on Sunday, July 10 to bring about super weather and enthusiastic neighbors and friends to the Gum Tree Girls Festival in Glen Canyon Park. Neighborhood historian Evelyn Rose, founder and director of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, spearheaded the event. Safe to say, without Rose this wouldn’t have even […]
Volunteers needed for Gum Tree Girls Festival
Dear Fans of the Gum Tree Girls, We are just days away from the Festival! Everything is coming together! We are, however, still in need of volunteers to staff the various activities we have in store. If you are attending and even if you’re not, please consider donating some of your time toward making the […]
Don’t miss it–Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival, July 10
Recent events make it crystal clear. The achievements and historic legacy of women’s activism during the 20th century in San Francisco’s Glen Park district have never been more important than they are now! That is why we are holding the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival 2022 at San Francisco’s beautiful Glen Canyon Park, 70 Elk Street at […]
(HIS)TORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS–The Gum Tree Girls had “Moxie”! Following in the footsteps of Glen Park suffragists
Celebrate Moxie! The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival is a nonprofit, noncommercial event graciously permitted by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. Learn more about the Gum Tree Girls Festival! To donate directly to […]
Announcing: The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival!
Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park This nonprofit event, being coordinated by the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), will celebrate the tremendous legacy of the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls – Zoanne Theriault Nordstrom, Joan Seiwald, and Geri Arkush, as well as their predecessor in the 1950s to […]
(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 5 – A former resident of Arlington Street becomes a 1960s television icon
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, […]
(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood – The Glen Park Connection, Part 4 – Gregg Palmer, Glen Park’s Hollywood Cowboy
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
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
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 […]
(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS – Hollywood –The Glen Park Connection, Part 1 – The Glen Park Glenodeon
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 […]
(Hi)stories of Our Neighborhoods
The intersection of Diamond and Chenery Streets today is in the very heart of Glen Park. While it may seem no different than most intersections throughout San Francisco, if we peel back the years, we can discover its fascinating history. Before European, Russian, and possibly Asian explorers landed at San Francisco Bay, the prehistory of […]
Glen Park was so fascinating these intrepid walkers came back for a second look. Follow along on their rambles.
Glen Park warranted a second look. On May 21, eight women from the First Friday Walkers assembled at Café XO on Church Street. “We used to say ‘No repeat tours,’ but that we might repeat a walk one of these days,” long-time FFW Chris Greene told the Glen Park News. Back in 2017 they had […]
Neighbors still say Hi in Village of Glen Park
If you think this headline was written today, think again. Think about over twenty years ago, May 26, 2000, when this was the headline in SF Gate, followed by a rundown of the people and places that make our neighborhood cozy and warm. After you read the SF Gate story, look at the “footnotes” that […]
Mrs. Abby Fisher, Freed Woman of Color, Cookbook Author, & Culinary Entrepreneur: What We Now Know.”
As part of Black History Month, don’t miss this virtual presentation at the SF Public Library this coming Wednesday, February 24, when Director Evelyn Rose presents, “Mrs. Abby Fisher, Freed Woman of Color, Cookbook Author, & Culinary Entrepreneur: What We Now Know.”. Rediscovered at auction in 1984 and authored by Mrs. Abby Fisher, “What Mrs. […]
Zoanne Nordstrom, 12/21/1933 – 2/15/2021
ZOANNE NORDSTROM, 12/21/1933 – 2/15/2021 Glen Park has just lost one of its all-time champions. Zoanne Nordstrom, of Surrey Street for over sixty years, passed away Monday morning, February 15, at age 87, of the Covid-19 virus. Anyone out and about in the neighborhood would run into Zoanne, whether in earlier days when she was […]
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 […]
(HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
This article was previously published in the Fall 2018 print edition of the Glen Park News. The year 2018 marks the 110th anniversary of the Glen Park Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Established through the advocacy of Glen Park suffragists, the branch stands today as a testament to determined community activism and an […]
A Nuthatch Family Makes A New Home
Richard Craib raised his family on Turquoise Way, his backyard abutting the upper reaches of Glen Canyon. This summer he oversaw a family of white-breasted nuthatches at the house he built and has lived in since 1962. Craib recently sat in his living room, which overlooks a mini-forest of pines, cypresses and redwoods. A barn […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Do you know the name of Glen Park’s baseball diamond? Read this and you’ll never forget it.
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Two Little League teams faced off on the Thelma Williams Baseball Diamond in Glen Canyon Park on a warm Saturday afternoon in April. The players were six years old, maybe seven. […]