The SF Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, September 26, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. The SFMTA Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation (ISCOTT) for Temporary Street Closures meets Thursday, September 28, 9 a.m., at One South Van Ness Avenue, room 7080. N. Sussex Street between Diamond and Castro Streets […]
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City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Late update: SF Planning reports that last week’s hearing of an Appeal of Determination of Exemption from Environmental Review for 43 Everson was tabled. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, September 19, 2 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, September 19, 1 p.m. in City Hall, […]
The Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project Has Exciting News!
by Evelyn Rose, Founder and Chair, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project Check out our latest updates at: https://tinyurl.com/yaudlj5d The Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project now has tax-exempt status as an affiliate with Independent Arts & Media! Update on placing the plaque for California Historical Landmark No. 1002 to commemorate the first dynamite factory in the […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SF Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, September 12, at 2 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. (On August 30, 2017, the Planning Department rescinded its Categorical Exemption determination for 43 Everson Street; therefore, the President may entertain a motion to table all Motions on this matter.) 29. 170855 [Hearing – Appeal of […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, September 5, at 1 p.m. in City Hall, room 400. Click here for full agenda. Nothing specific to Glen Park, but three items of interest: Many neighbors on NextDoor expressed concern about outreach around bike share. Please note this will be discussed in the Director’s Report. Many neighbors […]
The First Friday Walkers take on Glen Park
Story and photos by Murray Schneider In 1967, as a freshly minted and struggling high school teacher only a few years older than my oldest student, I thought about leaving the classroom and becoming a tour guide. Instead, I stayed put and didn’t turn in my U.S. History textbook. Fifty years later I finally got […]
Movie Night in Glen Canyon
See “Sing” outdoors in Glen Canyon Park Saturday, September 9, starting at 7 p.m. or dusk. Remember to bring warm clothes, snacks, and picnic blankets! (Please no glass or alcohol.) The first 250 attendees will receive a special goodie bag (one per family) from sponsor Sutter Health. For more information, visit cpmc2020.org
Park Closures
If the image doesn’t come through, here are the details: Glen Canyon Park temporary detour September 5 to 13, 2017 Rec center courtyard closed Exterior restrooms closed Use west entrance ramp to access building Playground open Questions? Please contact SF Rec Park Project Manager Brett Desmarais at 415-575-5601
DHB Roadwork Update
Forwarded from Betsy Eddy of the Diamond Heights Community Association, who forwarded from SF Public Works: Construction Update #7 –August 23, 2017 Dear Neighbors, We are rapidly approaching the end of our project and crews are preparing for roadway paving next week. Beginning Monday, August 28th 2017 our sub-contractor Esquivel Grading and Paving will start […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Nothing to report for Glen Park. Enjoy the final lazy days of summer! Forwarded from SFMTA’s Moving SF: SFMTA Blog Weekly Update, Aug. 17 – 23 SFMTA Board Recap: Aug. 15, 2017 Thursday, August 17, 2017 This is a basic recap of items voted on and discussed by the SFMTA Board of Directors at its most […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
SFMTA Engineering Hearing happens Friday, August 18, 10 a.m., City Hall, room 416. Full agenda here. 12.ESTABLISH – TOW-AWAY NO PARKING ANYTIME Diamond Street (North), east side, from Diamond Heights Boulevard to 117 feet northerly SFMTA Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation Issues for Temporary Street Closures (ISCOTT) meets Thursday, August 24, 9 a.m. 1 South Van […]
Farewell, Fennel!
Photos by Stephany Wilkes Thanks to all who turned out for last weekend’s Greenway Clean Up, and thanks to Stephany Wilkes and Nicholas Dewar for keeping this project on track with grants, plans and clean ups. Around a dozen Glen Parkers and another dozen from DPW’s Green Team braved the fennel forest in an effort […]
Planning Department Publishes New Fees
By Bonnee Waldstein Effective September 1, the Planning Department will be updating its fees. They say the changes are needed to compensate the department for the cost of processing applications for which they are responsible. They begin by explaining how the new fees have been determined. Math majors will be in heaven. The myriad of […]
Obituary of Bruce Bonacker Appears in SF Chronicle
Bruce V.A. Bonacker, architect, historic preservation activist, and former president of the Glen Park Association, passed away on August 3. Michael Rice, also past president of the GPA, notes that over the last twenty years, the Chronicle has published at least twelve stories featuring Bonacker and his varied activities. Rice posted a remembrance of his […]
Update on San Jose Avenue Bike Lane
Forwarded from SFMTA: Enjoy the Ride: San Jose Ave Bike Lanes Get Concrete Protection [To read the last Glen Park News article on this topic, please see the summer 2016 issue, page 3.]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The Assessment Appeals Board meets Wednesday, August 16, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, room 406. See full agenda here. 2) Hearing, discussion, and possible action involving: APPLICATION: 2016-0718 APPLICANT: SAFEWAY INC PARCEL NO.: 2016200387 PARCEL ADDRESS: 5290 DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD, TOPIC: Personal Property/Fixtures CURRENT ASSESSMENT: $1,786,400.00 APPLICANT’S OPINION: $357,280.00 TAXABLE YEAR: 2016 APPEAL TYPE: Personal Property […]
Crags Court Community Garden: A hidden gem in Glen Park
By Murray Schneider The Crags Court Community Garden may be the best kept secret in Bay Area urban gardening. Perched high above the floor of Glen Canyon, the terraced garden boasts 18 garden beds served by 25 gardeners who grow winter crops such as lettuce, kale, spinach, beans, beets, chard, celery, red potatoes and carrots. […]
Celebration of the Life of Mike Lefiti
Forwarded from the Diamond Heights Neighborhood Association and Cameron Partridge, St. Aidan’s Church: What: A Diamond Heights Neighborhood Celebration of the Life of Mike Lefiti When: Saturday, August 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. Where: St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive, corner of Diamond Heights Blvd and Gold Mine Drive. The Diamond Heights neighborhood lost […]
Bruce Bonacker passed away on August 3, 2017
By Michael Rice, past president, Glen Park Association Bruce Bonacker, architect, community activist, historic preservation advocate, and long-time Glen Park resident, passed away on August 3, 2017, at age 69. Bruce had been in treatment for over a year for a rare form of cancer, but he was engaged in Glen Park Association work, in […]
Greenway Clean Up: Fennel Version
What: Glen Park Greenway Clean Up and Potluck Tools provided. Bring water, sunscreen, and a potluck dish to share. When: Saturday, August 12, 9 a.m. to noon Where: On the Greenway behind St. John School, between Chilton and Burnside Work as much or as little as you’d like. All help is appreciated! Questions? Contact GPA VP […]
Noted peace activist and Sunnyside resident Charles Liteky’s life remembered
By Dwight Smith Sunnyside resident Charles Liteky, a decorated war hero, former Catholic priest and later an outspoken and honored peace activist, died on January 20. However, a significant memorial date for Liteky could be September 1 because it was on that date in 1986 that he renounced his medal of honor and the pension […]
Cuppa in the Greenway
Thank you GPA members for helping us win a Community Challenge Grant that will pay for new trees planted along the Greenway! To honor those who have worked very hard in the last months the make this vision of revitalizing our community’s green space a reality, the GPA will be serving complimentary frozen yogurt from […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Public Works Hearing on Wednesday, August 9, 9 a.m., City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. [Editor’s note: This item ran in our column last week. I think this is probably people contesting the white dots* that indicate they must repair their sidewalks. To consider the validity of notices to repair that have been […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens Advisory Committee meets Thursday, August 3, 5:30 p.m., 1 South Van Ness Avenue, room 7080. See full agenda here. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding the SFMTA’s Strategic Plan. [Editor’s note: not specifically GP-related, but of interest and worth noting that CACs can be a good way to volunteer […]
Temp Trail Closures: Glen Canyon park
Forwarded from SF Rec and Park’s Project Manager Brett Desmarais: There will be a temporary trail detour around the construction of the new trash enclosure in the rear of the Rec Center. I will be posting this notice on the project blog as well as throughout the park. [Editor’s note: I can’t get the image […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Lots of Stuff Happening: Notes from the Glen Park Association Meeting 7/19/17
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. By Bonnee Waldstein Photos by Michael Waldstein This is not fake news: The crowd size at the quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association on July 19 was really really huge. […]
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Here is your weekly roundup of upcoming hearings with Glen Park-related items, followed by legislation proposed by our District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy* that will be heard next week: Planning Department Zoning Variance Hearing, Wednesday, July 26, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, room 408. See supporting documents here. 015-008473VAR (SYLVIA JIMENEZ) 531 – 30TH STREET, Lot 020 in […]
Leo is back!
Glen Park’s UPS driver Leo Parker has been back on the job since Monday. After counseling and a vacation, Leo and his famous warm friendly voice and broad smile arrived with, what else, a package.
City Agency Hearings + Sheehy Legislation
Dear Readers, We’re going to try to add in any legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by our District 8 Supervisor, Jeff Sheehy. Look for it below the agency hearings. SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Tuesday, July 18, 1 p.m., City Hall, room 400. (See full agenda here.) P. ESTABLISH – STOP SIGN − Miguel Street, northbound, […]
Proposal for Car Share Parking Spots to be Considered
Forwarded from the SFMTA. To read about on-street parking for shared vehicles in Glen Park, please see the fall 2014 Glen Park News, p. 11. On-Street Shared Vehicle Parking Permit Proposal The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has carried out a pilot program to test the use of on-street parking spaces as stations (“pods”) for […]
Quarterly Glen Park Association Meeting at NEW Rec Center!
The Glen Park Association will meet at the newly remodeled rec center for the upcoming quarterly meeting. Details: Wednesday, July 19, 7:00 PM – Glen Canyon Recreation Center Agenda: 1. Recreation Center Remodel update by SF Rec and Park Project Manager Bret Desmarais 2. Remodel of 683 Chenery St. (formerly Chenery Park Restaurant. ) presented […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report for Glen Park this week.
City Agency Hearings
SF Planning Commission meeting Thursday, July 6, noon, City Hall, Room 400. On the agenda is an item to approve the minutes from the June 15, 2017, meeting, and in those minutes is the following item related to Glen Park: 2016-000017DRP (E. SAMONSKY: (415) 575-9112) 43 EVERSON STREET – south side approximately 150 feet east […]
SJA Gets Its Stripes
Nighttime work crews are scheduled to lay permanent striping on southbound San Jose Avenue from Dolores to the freeway on-ramp starting June 26, according to Damon Curtis, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency engineer who has managed the project. The week after, they will install the raised concrete barriers—called K rails—that separate the bike lane from […]
City Agency Hearings
Assessment Appeals Board 3 Hearing on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at 9:30 a.m, City Hall, Room 408. Hearing, discussion, and possible action involving: APPLICATION: 2016-0347 APPLICANT: WYYS LLC PARCEL NO.: 7542 006 PARCEL ADDRESS: 0048 MIGUEL ST, TOPIC: Decline in Value CURRENT ASSESSMENT: $2,842,700.00 APPLICANT’S OPINION: $1,800,000.00 TAXABLE YEAR: 2016 APPEAL TYPE: Real Property ROLL […]
UPS Driver Leo Parker is Taking Time Off
In the aftermath of the June 15 killing of three UPS drivers, Glen Park driver Leo Parker is taking some time off. He was physically close to the event and has been shaken up. Drivers and managers have been transferred from other areas to fill in. According to substitute drivers today, more than 40 UPS drivers […]
UPS driver Mike Lefiti remembered by his teacher
by Murray Schneider Mike Lefiti was a bear of a man and a cub of a boy. Tragically killed on June 14, a victim of a senseless and inexplicable shooting at the UPS Distribution Center on Potrero Hill, Big Mike, as I called him when he was a 46-year old-adult and a 16-year-old teenager, was […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report this week.
10th Anniversary Retrospective: 75 years on, locals remember the Japanese internment.
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Howie Dudune, Ko Takemoto and Chuck Peterson. Ko Takemoto was a SFSU classmate of the late Dudune, a jazz saxophone player. He’d come to the Glen Park bookstore to listen to […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Glen Park’s Leo Parker describes horror at UPS shooting
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. from the San Francisco Chronicle Witness recounts UPS rampage in San Francisco: ‘He could have easily shot me’ By Evan Sernoffsky Updated 7:13 pm, Thursday, June 15, 2017 A UPS worker’s deadly […]
Diamond Height’s UPS driver Mike Lefiti was murdered in Wednesday’s shooting
from The Chronicle: Slain UPS driver Mike Lefiti ‘was always there for you’ By Sarah Ravani, Evan Sernoffsky and Erin Allday Updated 10:11 pm, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Mike Lefiti was a longtime UPS driver who took pride in his work and was widely respected by his colleagues and adored by his large family, friends […]
The Real Housewives of GP: Thesis on Neighborhood Activism Wins Award
Read about the GPA’s very own Zoanne Nordstrom and the other neighborhood women who saved Glen Canyon from becoming a freeway in the 1970s! U.C. Berkeley scholar Justin Germain has won the 2017 Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for Undergraduate Research (upper division) for his research paper titled “Housewives Save the City from the ‘Cement Octopus’! […]
City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Engineering hearing on Friday, June 16, 10 a.m., City Hall, Room 416 (See full agenda here). 9. ESTABLISH – STOP SIGN Miguel Street, northbound, at Beacon Street, stopping the stem of the “T” of the intersection 30th Street at San Jose Avenue – Bike Share Station ESTABLISH – NO PARKING EXCEPT BICYCLES ESTABLISH – […]
Silver Tree campers get sneak-peek of new Glen Park Rec Center
By Susan Sutton After years of planning and $14 million, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department led elected officials, community leaders, the media, and many who had a hand in revitalizing the Glen Park Recreation Center on a tour Monday morning. This New Deal building, built in 1937, looks a great deal better. In […]
Glenda the cow welcomes neighbors to Glen Park’s history, and the new rec center
Story and photos by Murray Schneider On June 10, the public will be invited to the general opening of the refurbished Glen Park Recreation Center from 11:00 – 3:00. After two years of work, the fully renovated space will open to what’s expected to be a big crowd. On their way in, they’ll hopefully noticed […]
Glen Park Hardware closes for remodel
Glen Park Hardware closed on May 29 for renovation and the new owners hope to have it reopened by mid-June. Aaron and Simar Esquivel had originally hoped to be able to buy additional shelves to add to the shelving units already in the store. However when Aaron went looking for them, he found the company that made […]
City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Color Curb Public Hearing on Friday, May 26, 10 a.m., City Hall, room 416. See agenda here. ESTABLISH – YELLOW ZONE, COMMERCIAL LOADING 8AM TO 6PM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 2922 Diamond Street (D8, Glen Park), west side, from 6½ feet to 29½ feet south of the north property line (23-foot zone) I see nothing else […]
SFMTA Needs Your Help in Building Customer Information System
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is seeking public input in its effort to build a new real-time customer information system from the ground up. It would substantially change or replace the current NextBus system. They’ve issued a press release on the project, along with links to a 10-minute survey. Feedback from the survey will help […]
City Agency Hearings
Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation for Temporary Street Closures, also known as ISCOTT, meets Thursday, May 25, 9 a.m., One South Van Ness Avenue, room 7080. See agenda here. Temporary Street Closure Laidley between Harper and Fairmont Tuesday, July 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Neighborhood Block Party I see nothing of […]