Glen Park News Page 2Summer 2007Glen Park News Page 2
The mission of the Glen Park Association is to promote the collectiveinterests of all persons living in Glen Park, to inform and educate aboutneighborhood and citywide issues, to promote sociability and friend-ships and to support beneficial neighborhood projects.
GPA Board of Directors and Officers for 2007
President
Michael Rice 337-9894president@glenparkassociation.org
Vice-President
Jeff Britt 239-4347vicepresident@glenparkassociation.org
Treasurer
Dennis Mullen 239-8337
Recording Secretary
Kim Watts 902-4767
Corresponding Secretary
Tiffany Farr 215-2320
Membership Secretary
Heather Worldmembership@glenparkassociation.org
Health & Environment
Michael Ameshealth@glenparkassociation.org
Neighborhood Improvement
John Walmsley 452-0277
Glen Park News
Elizabeth Weise 908-6728news@glenparkassociation.org
Public Safety
Kincy Clarksafety@glenparkassociation.org
Recreation & Park
Richard Craib 648-0862
Traffic, Parking & Transportation
Dan Lanirtransportation@glenparkassociation.org
Zoning & Planning
D. Valentinedk_valentine@yahoo.com
Program
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2912 Diamond St. #407San Francisco, CA 94131(415) 908-6728news@glenparkassociation.org
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth WeiseDeputy Editor Rachel GordonPhoto Editor Liz Mangelsdorf Design Editor Mary MottolaCopy Editor Denis WadeAdvertising Nora DowleyReporters Dolan EargleAshley HathawayRebecca KassekertMiriam MossJoanna PearlsteinKaren PeterosJennie RoseEmma Bland SmithBonnie WachBonnee WaldsteinKaela WaldsteinColumnists Vince BeaudetJean ConnerSusan EvansMichael WalshPhotographers Ellen RosenthalMichael Waldstein
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From the Editors
Spring is a great reminder of whyGlen Park is truly a San Franciscotreasure. From the Glen Park Festi-val to the baby owls nesting in GlenCanyon Park, the neighborhood hasa lot to offer for a variety of inter-ests.As weʼre heading into summer,weʼre seeing more changes comingto the heart of our commercial dis-trict. Construction of the new libraryis in its final stages, and work isunder way on new restaurants.Other big changes may be instore if, for example, BART movesforward with plans to develop itsparking lot across Bosworth Streetfrom the station.The
Glen Park News
strives tocover whatʼs good about our neigh-borhood, and whatʼs bad, and toshowcase the achievements of localresidents and businesses. We rely onour readers to help keep us informed,so we can pass the information on toa larger audience.Weʼre pleased to announce thatone of our contributors, photog-rapher Ellen Rosenthal, is goingto show her work in an upcomingexhibit.The show, titled “10 by 10,”will be held at the Mina DresdenGallery, 312 Valencia St. at 14th.The exhibit is set to run from June11–30. An artist reception will beheld June 23, from 7–9 p.m. Thegallery is open Wednesday throughSaturday, 5–8 p.m.
Can You Help?
Are you a web person? TheGlen Park Association could use alittle help with its web site. Nothingfancy, but if youʼre comfortable withDreamWeaver and updating websites and would like to volunteer anhour or so a month, the associationwould love to hear from you.Itʼs simple stuff, if you knowwhat youʼre doing, but just now theboard lacks that specific skill-set.Get involved in the neighborhoodin an easy, low-key way.
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The phrase “New Urbanism” crops upin headlines, real estate promotionsand plenty of submis-sions to planning com-missions everywhere.“New Urbanism” toutsdevelopment based onmixed-use buildingsand clusters, higher densities thantypically found in sub-urban development, afocus on transit serviceand less on parking androads.Drop the “New,”call it “Old Urbanism”or just “Urbanism” andwe have Glen Park.Mixed-use? Ourretail buildings haveapartments, condos,offices and, soon, a library upstairs.Density? No big yards here, andlots of homes in a 10-minute walk.Glen Canyon is near most of us.Transit? Even with real concernsabout Muni reliability, we have sixbus and streetcar lines stretching inall directions. BART takes 10 min-utes to downtown and 25 minutes toSFO.
byMichaelRice
Parking and traffic? Comparedwith many San Francisco neighbor-hoods, we have a reasonable bal-ance of parking, and good routes toevery part of the city—the Sunset,the Mission, Potrero Hill, Down-town, Upper Market. And donʼtforget our City Car-Share and ZipCar stations.Glen Park has longbeen an authentic casefor “Urbanism.” Withthe foot traffic fromBART flowing past andinto Canyon Market,restaurants and otherbusinesses as we comeand go from home, Ifeel a growing levelof energy in our urbanneighborhood. Othershave seen our strengths, with recentwrite-ups in
San Francisco
magazine,and now in
Sunset.
Another part of “Urbanism” ischange. From dairy farms and rail-roads, to rowhouses, freeways andBART, Glen Park will always befacing change. Not just change inour neighborhood, as BART looksat improving the pedestrian and busconnections and potential develop-ment of the BART parking lot withhousing, or the City looks to zoningthat will affect properties along KernAlley.The Planning Department and theMunicipal Transportation Agency, astheir staff shared with us at the AprilGPA meeting, is ready to work withus on these future changes. Theseideas were aired in the Draft GlenPark Community Plan completed in2003. Now we can fine-tune the plan
Glen Park haslong been anauthentic case for“Urbanism.”
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