Story and photos by Murray Schneider Glen Park now has its own farm atop one of the highest hills in San Francisco. The one-quarter acre green space is perched on the cusp of Glen Canyon and bookended by Twin Peaks and Mount Davidson. The farm is tucked away on the grounds of the former J. […]
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Saddle Trail popular in the Canyon
Story and photo by Murray Schneider Glen Canyon’s new Saddle Trail witnessed plenty of activity on Wednesday, June 5. Dozens of Silver Tree Day Camp children trooped up new box steps, sharing the recently completed steps with a group of bird watchers and volunteers from Friends of Glen Canyon who pulled invasive Italian thistle adjacent […]
Sunnyside Conservatory workday June 15
GPA responds to the Planning Department and Municipal Transportation
As follow-up to the Planning Department and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency presentation at the April 11, 2013 Glen Park Association meeting, the GPA board met and reviewed the plans in detail. The board then sent the attached letter to Planning and other parties, with further comments and questions about the plans. We expect that […]
Crime report: May 23 – 29, 2013
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 9:00am 900 Blk Chenery Fraud 10:45am 200 Blk Monterey Burglary 6:04pm Lyell/Cayuga Traffic Collision 7:25pm Unit Blk Laidley Warrant Arrest Friday, May 24th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Saturday, May 25th, 2013 4:00pm Farnum/Moreland Hit & Run Sunday, May 26th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Monday, May […]
Community meetings on Glen Canyon Park June 13, July 12
Hi Everyone! As many of you may know, thanks to the community planning process in 2010-2011 which identified the needs for renovation and improvement of the facilities at Glen Canyon Park, not only is the playground and tennis court renovation in construction now, the Recreation Center Building Renovation was funded by voters in the 2012 […]
Glen Park Association–info on traffic proposal
Mike Schiraldi offered up a quick overview of the posted minutes, which make it easier to envision what’s being proposed, and kindly let us post them: ========= These are the key points that jumped out : At the Diamond / Bosworth intersection, they’re looking into… …adding an extra cycle to the traffic lights, called a […]
Glen Park Sidewalk Sale today
GLEN PARK VILLAGE SIDEWALK SALE! Saturday MAY 18th from 9am – 8pm THANK YOU for your support and don’t forget to “like” us at: www.facebook.com/GPMASF
Crime Report, May 7 – 13, 2013
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 7:00pm 400 Blk Arlington Stolen Vehicle 9:30pm Chenery/Diamond Theft from Vehicle Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 9:39am Castro/30th Traffic Collision 5:11pm Unit Blk Natick Recovered Vehicle Thursday, May 9th, 2013 2:15pm 100 Blk Bosworth Vandalism to Vehicle Friday, May 10th, 2013 7:00pm 100 Blk Moffitt Theft from Vehicle Saturday, May 11th, 2013 […]
Concert at St. Aidan’s June 22
Crime report: April 26 – May 3, 2013
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 1:45pm Unit Blk Roanoke Recovered Vehicle Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 3:37pm 200 Blk Miguel Recovered Vehicle Thursday, April 25th, 2013 4:19pm Unit Blk Chenery Harassing Phone Calls 9:30pm 200 Blk Bemis Vandalism to Property Friday, April 26th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Saturday, April 27th, 2013 Nothing to report […]
Gloria Koch: “Gardening is body joy”
By Murray Schneider After 28 years working as a horticulturist for San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department, Gloria Koch simply couldn’t walk away from work she loved. So the 20-year Diamond Street resident, after retiring six months ago, began volunteering with Friends of Glen Canyon Park. Gloria Koch ready for a day volunteering along Glen […]
Lots of poison oak in the Canyon right now
A warning about poison oak in the Canyon I was emailing with Murray Schneider, who writes about the Canyon on the Glen Park News blog, and he warned me that there’s a lot of poison oak out right now. In fact his exact words where “Where isn’t there poison oak?” He suggests staying on the […]
Crime Report: April 16 – 22, 2013
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 7:30am Diamond/Chenery Threats 11:13am Brompton/Joost Recovered Vehicle 12:30pm 200 Blk Randall Theft from Building 10:27pm Congo/Stillings Traffic Collision Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 2:58am Unit Blk Monterey Burglary Thursday, April 18th, 2013 3:06pm Oshaughnessy/Bosworth Traffic Collision Friday, April 19th, 2013 9:51pm 2800 Blk Diamond Theft Officers Lustenberger and Chew were patrolling the […]
Owl back in the Canyon
Last fall the male Great Horned Owl that lived in Glen Canyon was found dead. A necropsy revealed that he had eaten a poisoned mouse or rat. With his demise many all been concerned about the mating prospects this year. No nesting activity had been observed. But today Evelyn Rose of the Tramps of San […]
Native plant garden tour April 28
By Jeanne Halpern T. S. Eliot notwithstanding, April is not the cruelest month. In Glen Park, in fact, it may be the kindest month for the senses, when native plants in public and private gardens seem to have no goal other than to delight. Walk the trails in Glen Canyon Park and, at the boardwalk, savor […]
A Canyon Wedding
Story and photos by Murray Schneider Alison Draper came to Glen Canyon to pull mustard and returned a month later to get married. On March 9 she and her partner Neil Mitchell stood above the canyon floor next to the angelica rocks. That’s what the Friends of Glen Canyon Park call them, because the wildflower […]
High winds blow over tree on Chenery, crush car
Monday afternoon’s high winds blew over a tree in the 800 block of Chenery Street, crushing a car windshield and sheering off a mirror. Branches flew over 20 feet away. The roots of the tree had been bricked in to a small space, unclear if that affected the tree’s stability.
Chamber music for strings at St. Aidan’s
CHAMBER WORKS FOR STRINGS Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello and Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 127 in Eb major SYMPHONY MUSICIANS: CHEN ZHAO, MARIKO SMILEY KELLY LEON-PEARCE, GINA FEINAUER, AND MARGARET TAIT DATE SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 TIME Doors opens at 615 PM – performance starts at 7 PM VENUE ST. AIDAN’S CHURCH […]
Crime Report April 1 – 8, 2013
Monday, April 1st, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 3:28pm Unit Blk Arbor Battery 8:22pm 600 Blk Chenery Warrant Arrest Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 5:30am Chenery/Diamond Stolen License Plate 5:59pm O’shaughnessy/Bosworth Traffic Collision Thursday, April 4th, 2013 10:12am 200 Blk Baden Theft Officers Rueca and Graham were dispatched to the […]
Glen Park Association meeting April 11
Greetings! This is a reminder of our Thursday meeting. Please join us for the 2nd quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association. Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Location: St. John School at 925 Chenery Street Time: 7:00 PM Agenda: 700 PM: Call to Order Committee / Treasurer Reports Program: Updates on pending Bosworth–Diamond and Bosworth-Arlington traffic improvements. The Planning […]
Cyclist in Chenery St. accident says she’s OK
Krista, who was in a bike accident in the 800 block of Chenery Street on Saturday that required paramedics and an ambulance ride to the hospital emailed Sunday that she’s doing fine. “Thank you to everyone who came to my aid yesterday evening. I am extremely grateful for the kindness and concern you showed me […]
Where pedestrian accidents happen in San Francisco
SF CTA’s new interactive transit project map: http://www.sfcta.org/mystreetsf-map Pedestrian Safety Hearing video playback: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=164&clip_id=17209 (hearing starts at 1:05:38, public comments start at 2:00:40) Thanks to Lee Hsu of West Portal for providing the SFCTA map of transportation improvements.
Crime report, March 25 – 31, 2013
Monday, March 25th, 2013 6:05pm 100 Blk Laidley Robbery Ingleside Officers Leung and Zerga were on routine patrol when they were sent to the unit block or Laidley to investigate a robbery. At the location, the officers met a woman who said she was robbed of her purse while walking home from the Glen Park […]
Glen Park Farmers Market open for business
From opening day, March 31 Ric Lopez of the Glen Park Merchants Association cuts the ribbon, aided by Daniel.
Concert at St. Aidan’s, April 14
CHAMBER WORKS FOR STRINGS Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello and Beethovenʼs String Quartet, Op. 127 in Eb major SYMPHONY MUSICIANS: CHEN ZHAO, MARIKO SMILEY KELLY LEON-PEARCE, GINA FEINAUER, AND MARGARET TAIT DATE SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 TIME Doors opens at 615 PM – performance starts at 7 PM VENUE ST. AIDANʼS CHURCH at 101 […]
Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting April 11
Please join us for the second quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association. Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Location: St. John School, at 925 Chenery Street Time: 7:00 PM Agenda 700 PM: Call to Order · Committee / Treasurer Reports Program: Updates on pending Bosworth-Diamond and Bosworth-Arlington traffic improvements. The Planning Department and Municipal Transportation Agency staff will speak on this item. The Penny Lane – Surrey Steps […]
Sierra Club tour visits Glen Park
10th Anniversary Retrospective: UPS Deliveryman Gets a Surprise on Daily Rounds
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Leo Parker, Glen Park’s UPS man for over two decades, is used to delivering packages to Glen Park residents. He’s not so accustomed to receiving them. Today as his truck whizzed […]
Crime report: March 18 – 24, 2013
Monday, March 18th, 2013 8:00am Unit Blk Richland Stolen Vehicle 10:30am 100 Blk Bosworth Stolen Vehicle 4:50pm Bosworth /Diamond Traffic Collision 6:00pm 900 Blk Bosworth Burglary 10:00pm Noe/30th Traffic Collision Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 2:10pm Farnum/Moffitt Robbery Officer Johnson responded to the 300 block of Addison Street regarding a robbery with […]
Death of man who died at Glen Park BART Wednesday ruled a suicide
Please see the San Francisco Chronicle story here.
Glen Park BART station reopened at 6:10 pm
Closed BART station. Photo by Carolyn Deancy. The The Glen Park BART station reopened at 6:10, almost three hours after it was closed when a man was found on the Richmond-bound tracks. Local television stations descended on the station to report the story and early on a helicopter hovered overhead. Glen Park Association safety director […]
A jewel in our crown: Temescal String Quartet at Sunnyside Conservatory
By Murray Schneider If San Franciscans aren’t convinced by this time that the renovated Sunnyside Conservatory is a magical venue for listening to chamber music, it wouldn’t have taken much to convince them on March 17. The Temescal String Quartet had no trouble persuading a capacity-filled Conservatory audience of music aficionados this was the case […]
Glide fundraiser in Glen Park April 8
Two Church Street lanes now transit only
}From SFMTA. Photo from the Twitter feed of Filipe Robles] Thank you for your continued interest in the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). After months of waiting for dry weather, the TEP will finally implement one of its pilot projects beginning Monday March 25th. SFMTA will be painting the two center lanes on Church Street between […]
Benefit concert at St. Aidan’s April 14
The Bay laurels are blooming
If you, like I, have at times wondered if the bay trees around town are the same ones that bay leaves used in cooking come from, here’s a little tidbit from Friends of the Urban Forest about how you can tell. ======== Waiter, there’s a tree in my soup Arboreal News: Grecian Laurel The Grecian […]
Meet the man behind Bosworth Gardens
By Murray Schneider On February 16 over 20 neighborhood residents stood at the corner of Bosworth and Congo Streets and applauded the Bosworth Gardens, the creation of Surrey Street’s John Priola. For seven months, John Priola, 52, has been beautifying street medians with drought tolerant plants along Glen Park’s busy thoroughfare. “Thank you,” said Priola, […]
Crime Report: Feb. 26 – March 7, 2013
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 7:30pm Arlington/Natick Robbery Ingleside officer Locket was sent to the unit block of Highland Street to investigate a report of a robbery. The victim told the officer that he was walking home from the Glen Park BART station, when three men ran up to him near the intersection of Arlington and […]
Temescal Quartet at Sunnyside Conservatory March 17
The Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory Proudly Present The Temescal Quartet Sunday,March 17th Sunnyside Conservatory, 236 Monterey Boulevard, San Francisco Doors open at 3:30 PM, Music begins at 4:00 PM Suggested Donation $20
Diamond Heights/Glen Park Community Meeting, March 2, 1013,
From Carolyn Deacy, the safety chair of the Glen Park Association Notes from Diamond Heights/Glen Park Community Meeting, March 2, 1013, 4:00 pm at St. Aidan’s Church. This report is based on my notes–I apologize for any inaccurate information. Supervisor Scott Wiener and Captain David Lazar, Captain of the Police Academy (nice to have him […]
New police Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team
Hi All, At Supervisor Wiener’s Community Meeting for Diamond Heights and Glen Park on March 2, Capt. David Lazar, the new Director of the SF Police Academy, announced that the SFPD is starting a new program called the Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT). The program will recruit, train, credential, and uniform volunteers to assist […]
Spring wild flowers in Glen Canyon
Some questions and answers about the work in the park
Photos by Murray Schneider A neighbor sent in questions to Rec and Park and yesterday they sent back answers. Questions below, answers on top. === From: Karen Mauney-Brodek Deputy Director for Park Planning, Capital and Planning Division Hi Shauna, Thank you very much for your email and call about these conditions. Fencing As we discussed when […]
More infrared photos of Glen Canyon Park
Photos by Michael Waldstein
Glen Canyon construction update
Construction at Glen Canyon Park started in early January and is progressing steadily. When complete, the project will feature improvements to the tennis courts, children’s play area, recreation center, landscaping, and Elk Street entrance. Although the sights and sounds of construction can be hard to escape around the eastern end of the park, we […]
Now’s the time for a walk in the park–New trail complete
Story and photos by Murray Schneider The Recreation and Park’s Natural Areas Program’s Saddle Trail Project that began on January 16 with the construction of 62 box steps along the canyon’s eastern slope was completed on March 1, after construction workers from Yerba Buena Construction Company spent the month of February building a series of […]
Crime Report, Feb. 12 – 19, 2013
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 8:00pm 1500 Blk Diamond Traffic Collision Thursday, February 14th, 2013 3:46pm Bosworth/Congo Traffic Collision Friday, February 15th, 2013 1:35pm 5600 Blk Diamond Heights Theft from Vehicle 03:56am 2800 Blk Diamond Burglary Suspect#1: Unknown male, 25-35 yrs. old, 6’0 in height, 190 […]
Edith Lauterbach, pioneering flight attendant, dead at 91
By Murray Schneider Edith Lauterbach who, along with four other United Airlines flight attendants, pioneered the first union in 1945 that fought for fair labor practices and higher salaries in the airline industry died on February 4. Ede, as she was known, was 91. Her passing was announced by the union she trail blazed, the […]
A note from Dave Emanuel, member of the SF Forest Alliance, on Glen Canyon
CARING FOR OUR CANYON On your next visit to Glen Canyon Park you will see a stark contrast in the landscape where majestic Eucalyptus stood for more than a century lining Alms Road. The removal of these signature trees over the past two weeks has been the source of heated controversy surrounding the facilities renovation […]