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 […]
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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 […]
“Breaking” News: Water Main on Miguel Street
Photos by Bonnee Waldstein The lovely dry weather we’ve been experiencing over the last several days contrasted with a puzzling sight — muddy water cascading down and along several blocks of Glen Park Wednesday evening. Following the brown flow to its source led to Miguel Street, near the corner of Bemis Street. A water main […]
Crime in Glen Park (April 29 – May 5) and Notices from the Ingleside
Forwarded from Public Safety Program Chair Carolyn Deacy: Ingleside Community meeting Tuesday May 16 Gleneagles Golf Course at McLaren Park located at 2100 Sunnydale Avenue on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 7 p.m. There will be light refreshments available to those who come to the meeting. All are welcome to attend. Saturday, April 29, 2017 […]
City Agency Hearings
SFMTA Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 1 p.m., City Hall, Room 400 (See full agenda here.) ESTABLISH – BIKE LANE – Bosworth Street, westbound, from 225 feet east of Elk Street to Bosworth Street/O’Shaughnessy Path. Click here to see the proposal. SF Planning Department, Thursday, May 18, noon, City Hall, Room 400 […]
Sussex Crossing Update
Forwarded from Calvin Gee, SFMTA: The concept that SFMTA is proposing for the intersection is a marked crosswalk and pedestrian-activated yellow flashing beacon, with some sidewalk widening on both sides of DH Boulevard at Sussex Street. The MTA has received the design funding for the project, and I am working with our partners at Public […]
City Agency Hearings
Nothing to report from Glen Park this week, but heads up on an impending change: SFMTA is widening the pedestrian crossings at Dolores Street where it meets San Jose Avenue, which is meant to force sharper (and therefore slower) turns by vehicular traffic. You can read about these changes in our Glen Park News stories about […]
City Agency Hearings
Dear GPA Blog Readers, We are working toward a weekly post that includes neighborhood-specific hearing information at city agencies. Right now we are looking at the agendas for the Planning Dept, the SFMTA Board of Directors, and the SFMTA Engineering Dept, which considers parking, stop signs, red zones, and that sort of thing. Please comment on […]
Ugly duckling substation gets a facelift
By Murray Schneider The PG&E substation at Rousseau at Bosworth Streets is undergoing a facelift. Originally constructed in 1935 and until recently situated adjacent to the defunct Ray Oil Burner Company at 1301 San Jose Avenue, Substation M is undergoing a significant upgrade. The safety and reliability makeover, which begins in mid-April and is scheduled […]
DHB Beautification Day
Forwarded from Paul Matalucci, Project Coordinator, of the Diamond Heights Boulevard Beautification Project. RSVP to him paul@wordwc.com, if you would like to participate, or have questions. Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Beautification Day Date: Saturday, April 29 Time: 9:00 to 12:00 noon Location: Meet at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall (Lower Level) Refreshments: Coffee, tea, […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Remembering Tom Coulter, Owner of Glen Park Station Bar
Trendy bars and restaurants have come and gone in the dozen or so years since Glen Park has become a well known and highly desirable neighborhood in San Francisco. One stalwart constant in the Glen Park village since 1926 has been the Glen Park Station bar. That was the year the building was moved from […]
Twin Peaks Trail Update
Forwarded from SF Rec and Park Department San Francisco Public Works is moving forward as planned with the second phase of Twin Peaks Boulevard repaving. The paving work includes the portion of the “Figure 8” that is currently closed to motorists as part of SFMTA’s pilot road closure. This work—and road closures and rerouting—is proceeding […]
Backyard Benefit Bash for Bird and Beckett
Bird and Beckett Books and Records is going to have its “2nd Annual Backyard Benefit Bash for Bird and Beckett” Saturday, May 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. The afternoon event will be hosted by Jerry Ferraz at his home in the outer Mission District, 3639 Mission Street (near Highland Avenue). There will be plenty of music […]
Please Remember to Vote ASAP for the Glen Park Greenway Grant Award!
..An update and good reminder has been posted on Nextdoor: “We have made the finals of this SF Parks Alliance grant choosing process! Now it’s up to YOU! PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE NOW: http://sfpa.convio.net/site/News2?page=N… DEADLINE FOR YOUR VOTE IS FRI 4/21. The Glen Park Greenway Committee has applied for a grant to install […]
Crime report April 5 – April 11, 2017m,
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:20pm 1300 Blk Bosworth Robbery Officers Peralta and Williams responded to a report of a robbery. Sergeants Anderson and Dalton also responded. The victim sustained an injury during the incident and was bleeding from the left eye. Medics were summoned to the scene. The victim told the officers that she was walking on a trail with two […]
VOTE for Glen Park Greenway Funding- Deadline Friday, April 21 !!
The SF Parks Alliance will be choosing one lucky parks group to receive a “People’s Choice” Action Grant! Cast your vote for the Glen Park Greenway! Go to: http://sfpa.convio.net/site/News2;jsessi… Click on Glen Park Greenway (read description of project), scroll down to green button and VOTE!
Tom Coulter, Glen Park Station owner, has died
Photos by Bonnee Waldstein Early this morning, the Glen Park Station was packed. People were celebrating the life of Tom Coulter who, along with Rene Lacore, was co-owner of the Glen Park Station bar. Coulter was 72 and died of pneumonia and a blood infection on March 30. A special celebration was held at the […]
GP Festival April 30
Don’t forget to attend the neighborhood’s annual party on Sunday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.! Click the festival website to learn more. More than great food and interesting art, the Glen Park Festival raises money for children’s programs based in Glen Park. In 2014, the festival donated more than $25,000 to fund equipment, field […]
The baby owls are back in Glen Canyon
Although one of Glen Park’s great horned owl died last year, this year a new family has taken up residence in the Canyon and has hatched at least one owlet. Due to the construction on the Rec Center, the owls appear to have moved their nest away from the one they’ve been using for several years along […]
Glen Park Crime roundup: March 14 – April 4, 2017
The next Ingleside Community meeting will be held in the Ingleside Police Station Community room on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 7p.m. There will be light refreshments available to those who come to the meeting. All are welcome to attend. Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Monday, April 3, […]