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By Murray Schneider Jonathan Dimmock once performed before the Prince of Wales at Westminster Abbey. Thirty years later the 56-year old church organist lives in a 1905-built Diamond Street house, shops at the Canyon Market and rides BART, and he’s planning a presentation for the President of the United States. Sitting at his kitchen table, […]

 We can now report that action is underway to improve street lighting in the neighborhood. After a nighttime walk last December with the Glen Park Lighting Committee and Supervisor Weiner and other city officials (which was reported in the Spring 2014 Glen Park News), an action plan has been developed. Details were presented at the […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Intermittent April shower brought with them a profusion of mustard, which blanketed swaths of Glen Canyon’s eastern hillside on a recent Wednesday. Bunched in the shadow of Diamond Heights homes, the invasive ground cover could easily have doubled for colorful daisies. On April 9, eight Friends of Glen Canyon […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, April 9, 2014 • 6:30pm Glen Park Recreation Center The Glen Park Association is happy to announce the April general meeting at the Glen Park Recreation Center. We will start at 630 pm with a meet-and-greet social. Weather permitting, the social will be outside at the tables near the […]

by Murray Schneider Penny Lane, once a 19th century carriage path, makes a short, rutted journey threading between Sussex and Surrey Street backyards, then dead-ends in 200 yards. At that point, the public easement bifurcates: fork left, up to Sussex Street; or dogleg right, down to Surrey Street. “The fact is, the change in elevation […]

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The Glen Park Village Farmer’s Market will open for the season on Sunday, March 30th and will run every Sunday from 10am-2pm until November 23rd at the Glen Park Village BART Station on Bosworth and Arlington. Opening day, this Sunday, March 30th, will be a great way for families and community members to celebrate the […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, April 9th, 6:30 – 9:00 pm at the Glen Park Recreation Center The Glen Park Association is happy to announce the April quarterly meeting at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center. We will start at 6:30 pm with a meet-and-greet social. Weather permitting, the social will be outside at the […]

Glen Canyon Trail Naming Contest Have your ideas become a part of San Francisco history- help name our trails! The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s Glen Canyon Trails Project is a product of the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, multiple California Habitat Conservation Fund grants, and extensive community input. We need your […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting April 9, 2014, 6:30 – 9pm Glen Park Recreation Center The Glen Park Association is happy to announce the April general meeting at the Glen Park Recreation Center. We will start at 630 pm with a meet-and-greet social. Weather permitting, the social will be outside at the tables near the new […]

By Murray Schneider The day couldn’t have been more beautiful for a ribbon cutting. With opening day Little League softball being played before him, Recreation and Parks General Manager Phil Ginsburg addressed a huge crowd of Glen Park neighbors at the official opening of the Glen Canyon Park Playground “It’s a joyous day and a […]

Brittany Clark was reading in the mini park between Alemany and Cayuga Street early Wednesday evening when a man came up to her and exposed himself. “I just wanted to give a heads up to the women of Glen Park to be hyper vigilant,” she said. “I called the police, but they never came.” The […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider After months of waiting, the long-anticipated Glen Canyon Park Improvement  Project is only days from completion.  Mayor Ed Lee will be on hand  for the  ribbon cutting ceremony, scheduled for Saturday  March 15 at 9:30 A.M.  San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department  General Manager Phil Ginsburg will welcome Supervisor […]

THEY CAME IN CONFUSION by Carl Wells The curious encounter was reported to me by Mortimer Phipps, one of our neighborhood’s milder and more sensitive residents.  Mortimer is a splendid graphic artist, an owner-trainer of three talented hamsters (“The keyboard tricks are impressive,” says his wife, Bea), and a lover of cashews, spicy beets, and […]

        …in which I will relate sound  to frequency  to pitch to note Dolan Eargle (B-Mus, U Texas, 1972) One Tuesday morning, taking a break on my sunny deck, I sat listening to the sounds that emanate from or descend upon Diamond St. Valley (new name). These are sounds that most of […]

We first heard about this yesterday afternoon from Supervisor Scott Wiener, who sent this note: “It’s important for people to know that whoever is engaging in this sociopathic behavior — trying to poison people’s dogs — is doing it again.  It’s important to spread the word so that people and their pets can be safe.” […]

  Dear Glen Canyon Neighbors and Folks Interested in our Glen Canyon TRAILS Improvement Project,   Our Contractor is finishing up on transforming old dysfunctional asphalt ditches on the northern side of Glen Canyon, downhill of the park entrance at Turquoise and Amber, into functional vegetated swales and is beginning work on new trails in […]

  You are cordially invited to join Supervisor Scott Wiener, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg, Glen Park Association and park advocates for the opening celebration of the Glen Canyon Park Playground. Saturday, March 15th, 2014 9:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony SF Rec and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg […]

From Drewes Meats Facebook page: There will be a memorial service for Josh on Friday, February 21st at 1:30 pm at St. Paul’s Catholic Church (Church & 29th Street.)  In addition there will be a celebration of this life on Saturday, February 22nd from Noon until 4:00 PM at McLaren Park on Shelby Drive in […]

A scene from a movie titled “The Diary of a Teenaged Girl” was filmed in Glen Park on Feb. 12, 2014. The film is about a teenaged  artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. Publishers Weekly describe it this way: Gloeckner’s latest, a combination of comics and prose, […]

SAN FRANCISCO  — A man who died in a motorcycle crash in San Francisco early Saturday morning was a well-known local business owner. Josh Epple, 42, and his brother are owners of Drewes Meats on Church Street in San Francisco’s Noe Valley. Epple died early Saturday morning after losing control of his motorcycle and falling from an elevated […]

China House Restaurant at 2794 Diamond St. opened Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The new restaurant is in the same space as Hong Sing used to be. The space has been remodeled and the restaurant features  a large menu and beer and wine. The focus is northern Chinese cuisine.

Barry and Bonnie Willdorf lived at 556 Chenery Street for 41 years and just moved to Ingleside Terraces in September 2013.  Barry was active on the committee that formed after the old market burned down and was instrumental in making the new development viable. Barry passed away peacefully at his home on February 1, 2014, […]

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Glen Canyon Park is a quiet natural space that can seem far removed from our enormous city, which surrounds its hillsides and thickets. The volunteers who spend their Wednesdays come with […]

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency, Supervisor Scott Wiener, the College Hill Neighborhood Association and the Glen Park Association invite you to an upcoming community meeting on Monday, February 3 to discuss proposed safety improvements for San Jose Avenue between Monterey Boulevard and Randall Street. The City, after many years of working with Caltrans and other […]

  Glen Park Crime Report, December 16-31 Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:52 pm (PST) . Posted by: “Hilary Schiraldi” hilary_ilene Monday, December 16th , 2013 5:00pm 200 Blk Bosworth Stolen Vehicle Tuesday, December 17th , 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Wednesday, December 18th , 2013 8:40p 600 Blk Chenery Armed Robbery Two alert police officers patrolling […]

By Kevin Janssen   There are many wonderful qualities that make Glen Park a very desirable neighborhood in San Francisco.  Our rare and beautiful Canyon is certainly at the top of any list along with the expanding number of destination restaurants in the Village and easy access to public transportation.  Despite this plethora of urban amenities, […]

See the photos below this message. And note the survey form at the end. === At the January 15, 2014 Glen Park Association meeting, SFMTA, Planning, and Department Public Works landscape architects presented initial plans for streetscape amenities at the widened sidewalks now approved for the Diamond / Bosworth intersection. The concept plans include a […]

    The dead Barn Owl we found and took to WildCare for rodenticide testing, Patient #1754, was found, indeed, to have died of rat poisoning.    Many people don’t know that when a hawk or owl or other predator eats a poisoned rodent, that animal gets poisoned too. Please STOP using rat poisons (rodenticides)! […]

By Elizabeth Weise The operating  permit of All Season Restaurant at 5238 Diamond Heights Blvd., in the shopping center that also holds Safeway and Walgreens has been revoked and the restaurant closed. The San Francisco Department of Environmental Health held a hearing on Jan 8 on the issue and subsequently revoked the permit on the restaurant, […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider  After taking off two weeks for Christmas and the New Year, nine members of Friends of Glen Canyon Park resumed volunteering on January 8. They were working along a trail high on the canyon wall that leads to Turquoise Way. Working under the supervision of Dylan Hayes, a Recreation […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Mary Huizinga can add her name to a growing list. Glen Park has had its share of artists over the years. Sussex Street’s Bruce and Jean Conner’s work has appeared at Bird & Beckett and hung in neighborhood coffee shops; Michael Waldstein’s photos have graced the walls of a […]

Diamond/Bosworth Improvements Moving Ahead in 2014 This week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) posted notices in Glen Park that the Diamond/Bosworth intersection improvements proposed since adoption of the Glen Park Community Plan in February 2012 will be considered at an SFMTA Engineering Public Hearing on December 27, 2013, starting at 10:00 am. The […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Jesse James had a really sore toe! Tori Jacobs, an Ecology Center of San Francisco co-founder and volunteer, sat at Higher Grounds on a recent December afternoon. She nursed a Chenery Street latte and explained. “Jesse picked up a stone in August and it lodged in the crevice of […]

The Glen Park Association Grant Program: At the Glen Park Association’s holiday party on Saturday, December 14, I had the pleasure to announce the Association’s grant funding program. The GPA is in a healthy financial condition, mainly because we are able to supplement our annual membership dues with income earned from advertising in the Glen […]

Dear Neighbors, We have found another dead owl, this time a barn owl, and we want to find out if the cause of death was rodenticide poisons again, as it was for the last owl found dead in our area. We have taken the owl to WildCare for coordination of a necropsy and toxicology report. […]

Greetings, and Happy Holidays to All! The Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory would like to invite you to our annual, free wreath making event. Date: Sunday, December 22nd Time: 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM. We will have the usual assortment of greens, including some with berries and some variegated white and green foliage. We have wire […]

From Sup. Wiener’s office: We will be having a hearing this coming Monday December 9 at 1:30pm in City Hall room 263 on the topic of streetlights – what’s working, what’s not – and plans for improvement.   Both PGE and PUC will be presenting.  Please come if you’d like to provide public comment.  Any help in advertising […]

Photo and story by Murray Schneider Laurent Legendre put down his French recipes that have greeted his Le P’tit Laurent Glen Park restaurant since 2007 and hefted a ladder, better to place Christmas lights strewn along his building that corners Chenery and Wilder Streets. The festive lights will remain up through the holidays, drawing diners […]

NOVEMBER 17, 2013, 11:00 AM 18 Comments Disruptions: A Digital Underworld Cloaked in Anonymity By NICK BILTON Nick Bilton/The New York TimesThe public library in the Glen Park section of San Francisco, where Ross Ulbricht, a 29-year-old software engineer, was arrested by federal agents. He is accused of running Silk Road, an Internet black market, under the […]

Thanks so much to those of you who were able to attend the community meetings we held to discuss the renovation of the Glen Canyon Park recreation center on June 13th and July 13th of this year. The information and feedback from those meetings is available on the Glen Canyon 2012 Bond Project Page http://sfrecpark.org/project/glen-canyon-park-2012-bond/. As […]

Photos and story by Murray Schneider On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 work commenced on the first portion of the 15- month Glen Park Trails Project when workers from Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction felled a eucalyptus tree that both leaned dangerously over the canyon’s main fire road and impeded the flow of creek water. Using […]

St. Aidan’s wacky play about St. Dymphna’s Parish this weekend. St. Aidan’s, up on Diamond Heights, does a lot of nice things in the neighborhood, including running a Food Bank, monthly senior lunches and an after school program, as well as being the emergency preparedness center for Diamond Heights. This is a nice chance to support them.

Story and photos by Murray Schneider What if you gave a party and everyone came? Eric Whittington found himself in this enviable situation on October 26 when dozens of professional musicians flocked to Bird & Beckett, a venue that has supported them for 14 years. On a sunny Glen Park Saturday, Bird and Beckett’s owner […]