Fall 2006
GLEN PARK NEWS
Volume 24, No. 3
Two Bagatelos boys and a neighbor, mid-1940s.
Glen Park History - Through
the Eyes of One Family
Glen Park has seen tremendous changes
since it first began to be built up after
the 1906 earthquake and
fire. But there are threads
by of continuity. One is the
Elizabeth
Bagatelos family. Dur-
Weise
ing the early months of
World War II, in 1942,
Peter and Vaneta Bagatelos bought the
house at 732 Chenery St., above what
was until recently Sweet Sueʼs bakery
(and where an architectʼs office will
open this fall).
Official Newspaper of the Glen Park Association
www.glenparkassociation.com
Dufty Faces Challenge in
Fall District 8 Election
Over the next four years, Glen Park
residents, merchants and visitors will
continue to face a number
of critical issues—traffic
by
congestion, crime, dirty
Rachel
Gordon streets and housing afford-
ability among them—that
usually land in the lap of the neighbor-
hoodʼs representative on the Board of
Supervisors.
On Nov. 7, voters will decide who
that representative will be. Incumbent
Bevan Dufty, a solid moderate whose
trademark during his tenure has been a
focus on constituent services, faces two
challengers: Alix Rosenthal, a deputy
city attorney in Oakland who served
on San Franciscoʼs Elections Commis-
sion and has the backing of some of the
cityʼs more left-leaning elected officials
and interest groups, and Starchild, a Lib-
ertarian and perennial candidate in local
politics who has never won election.
Among the neighborhoods in Dis-
trict 8 are Glen Park, Diamond Heights,
Noe Valley and the Castro.
Photo courtesy of the Bagatelos family Dufty, 51 and a close ally of Mayor
Gavin Newsom, beat out community
activist Eileen Hansen, the favored
candidate of the left in a runoff race four
years ago. Under city law, Dufty can
serve one more four-year term before
term limits kick in. Prior to his elec-
Sixty-four years later their grand- tion, he ran then-Mayor Willie Brownʼs
daughter, Karen, a gastroenterol- Office of Neighborhood Services and
ogy nurse practitioner at U.C. San served as an aide to Susan Leal when
Francisco, still lives in the home her she was on the Board of Supervisors.
Dufty has the backing of Newsom,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 the police and firefighters unions, Res-
Glen Park Association Meeting Notice
Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
St. John’s School, 925 Chenery St.
District 8 Candidates, BART Station Planning
Published Quarterly
cue Muni, the building and construction
trades association and most of the other
supervisors, including Tom Ammiano,
Sean Elsbernd and Aaron Peskin.
Rosenthal, 33, represents Duftyʼs
stiffest challenge. She has secured the
endorsements of Supervisor Chris Daly,
BART director Tom Radulovich, the San
Francisco Tenants Union and San Fran-
cisco Tomorrow, and has positioned her-
self to run to the left of Dufty. Her live-in
boyfriend is Bay Guardian City Editor
Steve Jones. She is an avid participant of
the Burning Man festival, and is active
in the alternative arts scene here.
She has faulted Dufty for spending
too much time on fixing potholes and
dealing with other everyday annoyances
and not enough time writing laws that
have broader implications citywide.
Dufty disagrees with that assessment
and said he has managed to tackle both
demands.
The upcoming election will be the
first time “instant runoffʼʼ voting will
be used in District 8. Under the system,
also known as ranked-choice voting,
voters rank their top three candidates
in order of preference.
If no candidate wins more than 50
percent of the vote in the first round of
tabulation, the candidate with the least
support is eliminated, and the second
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WHAT”S INSIDE
Food, fabulous food. That should be the
new motto for Glen Park. Preparations
are under way for four new restaurants in
the heart of the village. To find out whatʼs
in the works, check out our story on
Page 5. Thereʼs also an update on the new
market, which can be found on Page 16.
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From the Editors Glen Park Association News

The audience is seated, the lights are chants and residents, a handful of whom I have been spending time in a neigh- the expansion of institutions, such as
dimmed and the curtain is about to rise tried to stop the project. However, many borhood full of older, well-maintained private schools. The public schools are
on Glen Parkʼs newest show: The Renais- more are eager to see a full-service grocery single family-homes. well-attended, but are falling behind
sance of Glen Park Village. Anticipation close to home. Ashley Hathawayʼs update The nearby commercial on repair of roofs, windows and bath-
by
is running high. on this ongoing story is on Page 16. area has a transit stop, rooms. Neighborhood-oriented E-mail
Michael
Over the next several months, four We wish all the new businesses good with a long escalator to sites cover these topics constantly.
Rice
new eateries are scheduled to open—with luck and hope the buzz they generate will the train platform. In Local politicians are promising to
influences from Italy, France, Japan and help the existing restaurants and shops about 15 minutes, the fix the schools, not raise taxes, ensure
Hong Kong—enhancing the international prosper. train takes you to a busy downtown full adequate emergency services, help keep
flavor of the neighborhood. They will join And while a vibrant commercial of tourists. In the other direction, the families in the city, and balance the city
the neighborhoodʼs popular mainstays that district often improves a neighborhood, it train takes you to suburbs with growing budget. And, by the way, a new mayor
already provide us with good old-fash- also can bring added problems: increased pains of traffic and sprawl. also promises to turn all these issues
ioned diner fare, creative crepes, upscale traffic congestion, more litter, a bigger This community has been waiting around.
California cuisine and a variety of take-out parking crunch. The Glen Park News for years for a branch library to re-open Is this Glen Park and San Fran-
choices. Emma Smith introduces the new will continue to keep close watch over in a new space. There was a battle over cisco? Do some of the details not quite
restaurants on Page 5. the expected changes in our neighbor- a vacant commercial site next to the fit? In fact, this is Washington, DC,
At the same time, the long-awaited hood—the good and the bad. subway station, now developed with in Upper Northwest along the Metro
Canyon Market on Diamond Street is Another issue we are following condos above retail space. Parking is Red Line. I have been working in the
getting ready to open its doors. Itʼs been a closely is crime in our neighborhood. In a perennial issue. The permit parking Ward 3 City Council primary for my
long haul for the storeʼs owners, Richard our summer issue, we reported on grow- zones around the subway station keep brother, Bill Rice, who is running in a
and Janet Tarlov, who had to maneuver ing concerns that our streets are becoming growing. Nearby are wooded parks, but field of eight candidates. (Disclosure:
through the cumbersome City approval increasingly dangerous. Over the summer neighbors complain that low budgets Obviously Bill is the best candidate,
process and work with neighboring mer- there were a number of serious incidents, have cut into maintenance. Compared but sadly, he didnʼt win in the Sept. 12
as reported in the daily e-mail crime to other parts of the city, crime and primary.) As I knocked on doors, called
report compiled by Capt. Paul Chignell, homelessness are not major problems, voters, read local weeklies, and listened
commander of the Ingleside police sta- but not unknown. A basic row house is to people in Ward 3, the themes of land
Glen Park News tion. Those interested in being added to $700,000 or more. use, traffic and transit, public services,
2912 Diamond St. #407 the distribution list should contact Chignell Active neighborhood organizations and working as a community struck me
San Francisco, CA 94131 at paul.chignell@sfgov.org. volunteer to clean up school grounds, as amazingly common to Washington
(415) 908-6728 debate about tear-downs replaced by and San Francisco. Itʼs perhaps hearten-
news@glenparkassociation.org CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 larger new homes, and argue over ing to know that the challenges we face
here are not unique to the City.
OTHER NOTES: Back here in
Glen Park, the recent changes in park-
The mission of the Glen Park Association is to promote the collective ing controls on Bosworth Street west
interests of all persons living in Glen Park, to inform and educate about of Diamond Street, with new meters
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Weise neighborhood and citywide issues, to promote sociability and friend- and parking limits on the north side,
Deputy Editor Rachel Gordon ships and to support beneficial neighborhood projects. opens up spaces. The turnover will
Photo Editor Liz Mangelsdorf serve residents and customers of our
Design Editor Mary Mottola “downtown.” The Association worked
Copy Editor Denis Wade
GPA Board of Directors and Officers for 2006
with the Glen Park Merchants Associa-
Advertising Nora Dowley President Michael Rice 337-9894 tion to study these ideas, bring them to
president@glenparkassociation.org the Association members, and support
Reporters Dolan Eargle
Vice-President Jeff Britt 908-6728 the changes as they moved through
Ashley Hathaway
Stina Kieffer
vicepresident@glenparkassociation.org the City approval process. Change is
Scott Kirsner Treasurer Dennis Mullen 239-8337
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Lucretia Levinger Recording Secretary Kim Watts 902-4767
Miriam Moss Corresponding Secretary Tiffany Farr 215-2320
Joanna Pearlstein Membership Secretary Heather World
Emma Smith membership@glenparkassociation.org
Bonnee Waldstein Health & Environment Michael Ames Glen Park News
mames@rocketmail.com
Columnists Vince Beaudet The Glen Park News is pub-
Neighborhood Improvement John Walmsley 452-0277
Paul Chignell Glen Park News Elizabeth Weise 908-6728
lished quarterly by the Glen
Jean Conner
news@glenparkassociation.org Park Association. Signed
Sharon Dezurick
Public Safety Kincy Clark articles are the opinions of
Bevan Dufty
safety@glenparkassociation.org the authors and not neces-
Mary Janssen
Carol Maerzke Recreation & Park Richard Craib 648-0862 sarily those of the Glen Park
Michael Rice Traffic, Parking & Transportation Armando Fox Association. To advertise in
Michael Walsh transportation@glenparkassociation.org the Glen Park News call 908-
Zoning & Planning D. Valentine 6728 or e-mail advertising@
Photographers Ellen Rosenthal dk_valentine@yahoo.com glenparkassociation.org.
Michael Waldstein Program Volunteer needed
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Letters to the Editor
Hello -
I am writing about my little residen-
tial street called Congo Street in Glen
Park where it lies between Monterey
Boulevard and Bosworth Street. In the
last years, this street has turned into a
nightmare for near head-on collisions
as drivers have discovered they can
use it as a shortcut to get to and from
Monterey and Bosworth...only Congo
street is not wide enough to accommo-
date this traffic and was never meant
to be utilized so heavily. In fact there
is a hairpin turn that goes up and then
downhill right before Congo ends in
Bosworth (between intersecting streets
Stillings and Martha Ave). Cars come
screaming around that bend all the time
and itʼs a miracle thereʼs not some bad
accident - or has there already been? I
wouldnʼt be surprised at all since vis-
ibility around that turn is nil and the road
fits only one car at a time once neighbors
park near it.
I live at 420 Congo St. I see cars
swerving to avoid each other all the
time! One must skillfully maneuver
because once cars are parked on either
side of this street there is space for only
one car to pass in one direction. On my
way to and from my home, I have had
cars just barely squeeze by my car and
Correction
In the article, “Recreation Areas at Glen
Park Get a “B” (Summer 2006 issue), it
was erroneously printed that the survey
was done by volunteers of the Neighbor-
hood Parks Councilʼs Parkscan program.
It was actually an internal study by the
Recreation and Park Department.
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I have had several narrow brushes with
drivers who are not up for this test of
skill on a narrow hillside road. I hear
brakes squealing outside my house all
the time during rush hours as speeding
drivers meet cars head-on and are forced
to suddenly yield.
Congo St. was not meant to serve
as the “Congo Highway.” This street is
being entirely mis-utilized now and it
is dangerous for us residents. What can
be done? Honestly, the street would
fare better as a one-way street con-
sidering how narrow it is. Also speed
bumps would be a very good addition, eagerly; others hesitated; some flat-out
especially on that hairpin turn where refused.
drivers are taking considerable risks in I have often wondered if the people
driving too fast and often swinging into who sold “for the children” got any of
the center of the road as if they donʼt the profit when St. Johnʼs turned around
understand itʼs two-way and very nar- and sold part of the playground. Others
row. learned that, had they lived some place
Please help - Iʼd prefer that nobody else, their home would be worth much
gets seriously injured. Iʼd prefer not to more and therefore one should accept
see a head-on collision occur right out- the price offered.
side my living room window - so far that I know this to be true. Three of the
is getting likelier every day. Congo St. original homes remain on the periphery
desperately needs traffic calming. of the school property; my husband and
I own one of them.
Sincerely,
Shawn Bolan Joan Seiwald
Congo St. Burnside Street
Dear Editor,
Dolan Eargle, in the article “St. John
the Evangelist----“ said, “The church
bought property on Chenery Street at
Burnside, cleared some existing build-
ings and established its new school.”
However, at first the church didnʼt
own the property that was “cleared”
and it should have been stated that in
order to build the elementary school, the
powers-that-were sent a cadre of some
rather pushy real estate agents to all the
homes in order to induce the owners to
sell their property. Some people sold
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Notes From District Eight
Glen Park has shown that all it takes
is one person to make a difference,
whether itʼs to beautify the neighbor-
hood, slow down speeding cars or
building a market.
About a year ago, Glen Park resi-
dent Martin Forrest sent me an e-mail
about graffiti in the neighborhood fol-
lowing an aggressive rash of acid-etch-
ing of windows.
I connected Martin with Merle
Goldstone (641-2625 or merle.golds
tone@sfgov.org) of the Department
of Public Works. From that pairing
sprang a graffiti
watch. Between five
by and 15 volunteers
Supervisor show up on the sec-
Bevan ond Saturday of each
Dufty month to remove tags
on Chenery Street
from Glen Park Canyon to Diamond
Street, and along Diamond Street from
Bosworth Street to Chenery Street.
“I think itʼs helped raise awareness
of the need to address this and other
types of vandalism in the community. It
has also been a great way to meet great
people in the community, Martin said.
“Iʼve spoken at the Glen Park Associa-
tion, Glen Park Garden Club and Glen
Park Merchants Association meetings.
Every interaction has been positive and
made me feel so much more a part of
the community.”
Martin and his partner, Brad Kuhns,
are moving to New York City for career
opportunities. Weʼre hopeful that some-
one will come forward to step into the
role of neighborhood coordinator.
DPW provides supplies and helps
ensure that City departments respond
when taggings are on City property. The
coordinatorʼs main responsibilities are
to: organize monthly graffiti paint-outs;
store and distribute supplies (they all fit
in a 3-foot by 2-foot by 4-foot space);
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recruit volunteers; promote anti-graffiti
measures; and partner with other Glen
Park organizations.
Aside from creating a cleaner
Glen Park village, this effort is visible
and encouraging when others see tags
removed immediately.
Martin added, “Brad and I have
really enjoyed the people weʼve met in
the neighborhood and have felt a deep
sense of satisfaction from the work that
the group has accomplished.”
Martin has made a big difference
and Iʼm interested in keeping this ongo-
ing. I encourage anyone interested to
contact me.
Another issue in which my office
has been involved is “traffic calmingʼʼ
around Glen Park Elementary School.
Dr. Ari Green and his wife, Kathy, have
lived across from the school for almost
five years and their family has grown to
include two small children. But they and
other neighbors in the 100 block of Lippard
Street, near Brompton Street, have seen
more cars and trucks—seeking a shortcut
from I-280 to Bosworth Street—speeding
down their narrow street.
The neighbors petitioned the cityʼs
traffic calming program to evaluate the
need for changes in the street that will
lower rates of speed and thereby dis-
courage some of the traffic that seeks
to avoid Diamond Street from I-280.
There was a lively meeting at Glen
Park School on Aug. 28 with Dan
Provence and Bridget Smith of the
Municipal Transportation Agency and
San Francisco Police Department Sgt.
Jennifer Jackson of Ingleside Station.
Some neighbors, who have lived on the
block for more than 40 years, told the
crowd how the problem has worsened
over time.
We heard their concerns and are
acting. Immediate commitments from
the City include posting 15-mph signs,
as required in school areas. I also am
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District 8 Notes
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working with Norcal/Sunset Scavengers
to stop the practice of garbage trucks
from barreling down Lippard at 4 a.m.
DPT is investigating the possibility
of installing speed humps, “curb-out
bulbs” (extending curbs at intersections
to narrow the road and create more safety
for pedestrians) and other measures, with
a follow-up meeting soon. If you and
your neighbors think your street is a can-
didate for traffic calming, please contact
Rachelle McManus of my office (554-
6986 or rachelle.mcmanus@sfgov.org).
Ari has been an effective catalyst
to get the Cityʼs attention and make
his block safer. He is another great
example of how much someone can
accomplish when persistence is blended
with a warm manner and the help of his
neighbors.
And finally, a new era for the Glen
Park village is about to begin with Can-
yon Marketʼs forthcoming opening and the
completion of the second of three elements
of the Glen Park Marketplace. Enormous
credit first goes to the neighbors who years
ago stopped a Walgreens from replacing
the former market that burned down on
the Diamond Street site.
But I canʼt offer enough praise
and thanks to the developer, Kieran
Buckley, who stepped in when the
Marketplace project was in peril. His
faith and vision is enabling something
wonderful to happen. Small businesses
will be revitalized and the market will
anchor the village. Kieran ensured that
Richard and Janet Tarlov achieved their
dream that Canyon Market reflect their
amazing experience and expertise with
food and produce. Chris Foley also has
been integral keeping the project on
track, but Kieran was the right person
at the right time to make this project
happen—all the while listening to con-
cerns, softening the buildingʼs design
and overcoming myriad obstacles, from
rain to transformers.
I am proud to have worked closely
with Martin, Ari and Kieran for the bet-
terment of Glen Park. Keep those calls
and e-mails coming my way. I can be
contacted at 554-5646 or 554-6968, or
at bevan.dufty@sfgov.org.
The San Francisco Board of Super-
visors meets every Tuesday, 2 pm, at
City Hall. For more information, go to
sfgov.org.
Supervisor Bevan Dufty is the District
8 representative at City Hall for Glen
Park and surrounding neighborhoods.
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More Restaurants Added to Glen Parkʼs Menu
A Glen Park resident commented
recently that “downtown” Glen Park
was beginning to look like a Bruce
Springsteen song, all sad
by shuttered storefronts. So
Emma the buzz was audible from
Smith Glen Canyon to Mission
Street when the Chronicle
story hit September 6 about a fistful of
new local eateries slated to open soon.
No longer will Chenery Park be our only
“real” restaurant!
According to the story, the late
Red Rock, at the corner of Diamond
and Chenery, will morph into Le Pʼtit
Laurent, a classic, comfortable French
bistro serving Gallic staples like steak
frites and cassoulet. Owner Laurent
Legendre has hired chef Eliseo Soto,
Frustration
Accelerates
Over Traffic
Mess Near
School
As the 284 students of Glen Park Ele-
mentary School began the new school
year, their parents faced the same old
problem: how to drop off and pick up
their kids safely from the
by huge edifice sandwiched
Bonnee in between two narrow
Waldstein residential streets. Like-
wise, residents of those
streets, Lippard and Brompton (between
Bosworth and Joost) faced, yet again,
impassable roadways. And this is cou-
pled with the year-round stream of irate
drivers trying to make their way to and
from Highway 280, getting madder by
the minute as they become entangled in
the complex one-way traffic patterns.
Residents got to vent their ongo-
ing frustration at a meeting held at
the school on August 28. They com-
plained of buses and cars pulling up
on the sidewalks at arrival and dis-
missal times, 8:40 a.m. and 2:40 p.m.
(Note to readers: use alternate route);
inadequate signage to alert drivers of
schoolchildren crossing; children dart-
ing across the street in the middle of
blocks that have no marked crossings;
the danger posed by the steep ascent of
the streets, which hides these kids—six
children have been hit by cars in the past
seven years; drivers speeding on and off
I-280, still in “highway mentality;” and
formerly of Plouf, and hopes to open
in October.
Locals lamenting the dearth of sushi
in the neighborhood will be pleased to
hear about a new venture from Ric
Lopez, owner of furniture store Mod-
ernpast. Lopez is working on a hip, con-
temporary Japanese joint at 678 Chenery.
Still unnamed, the restaurantʼs kitchen will
be manned by chef Gerardo Torres, formerly
of Blowfish and Mak Sake.
Good pizza makes us just as happy
as good sushi, and itʼs coming to the
former Sunset Pizza location (2842 Dia-
mond) in the form of an Italian family
restaurant called Angelina. Chef Sharon
Ardiana, who enthuses that Glen Park
has always been her dream neighbor-
hood, wants to create the “experience
Traffic in front of Glen Park Elementary School.
the lack of traffic law enforcement.
It was pointed out that the bridge
which spans Bosworth and leads to the
school was intended as a student cross-
ing from school buses that would be
staged along either side of Bosworth at
arrival and dismissal times. Whether it
ever worked that way or not, now the
buses join the cars on the sidewalks.
Among recipients of this tide of
frustration were Supervisor Bevan
Dufty, San Francisco Police Sgt. Jenni-
fer Jackson, and Bridget Smith and Dan
Provence of the Municipal Transporta-
tion Agency. The MTA is responsible,
under Prop K, for implementing traf-
fic-calming projects with funds from a
half-cent sales tax. Traffic calming uses
measures intended to force drivers to
maintain a steady, lower speed instead
of speeding up racing to the next stop sign.
The MTA is encouraging the least restric-
tive solutions as first steps, so as not to
unnecessarily impede the flow of traffic.
Glen Park News
of being in a warm, cozy kitchen” with
family, as inspired by her own upbring-
ing. On the menu are thick, square-cut
Sicilian pizza, thin and crispy Neopoli-
tan pizza and other rustic Italian comfort
foods. Ardiana plans to open in early
December. Glen Park architect Gregory
Mottola, principal at Bohlin Cywinski
Jackson, is leading the design team for
the restaurant.
Lastly, the second in a mini-chain
of Hong King-style dessert shops is
moving into a prime location at 2810
Diamond, where Dr. Video used to
hold court. The sweetly-named Egg-
ettes plans to open its doors in late
September. They will serve eggettes, a
waffle-like treat, as well as other sweet
and savory snacks and tapioca drinks.
Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf
Brompton and Lippard avenues
are considered alleys where 15 mph is
the norm, so speed-limit signs could be
posted. A suggestion for speed bumps
was not well received by some who
feared the noise they create as cars go
over them. Curb bulbs at the corners
force cars to take turns more slowly but
at $200,000 are very costly. Changing
the direction of the traffic flow on any
of the surrounding streets would require
a petition signed by half the residents
of the street. Many people agreed that
other traffic issues in Glen Park cause
drivers to circumvent problem areas by
using Brompton and Lippard avenues.
The meeting ended with agree-
ment that speed bumps could be a start.
Ballots with pros and cons will be sent
to those affected; if 50 percent plus one
vote favorably, a public hearing would be
held. Funds could be allocated from the
recently awarded $3 million federal grant
for transportation hub improvement.
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College Terrace —
Architectural Mystery Tour:
One in a Series of Remarkable
Things About Glen Park
On a stroll up Mission Street, at the supported by two portly columns,
extreme northeast corner of Glen Park topped by Doric, Corinthian or plain
just north of St. John the Evangelist capitals. Most of the upper eaves (cor-
Church at Bosworth, nices) are lightly ornamented. Three
by I was startled as I or four have over time undergone a
Dolan glanced up College portico or column removal or have
Eargle Terrace, a narrow, been scaled back. There are no trees,
one-block-long cul-de- only a handful of potted shrubs. There
sac. In the 1890s, when is no turn-around for your auto. And
Mission Road (El Camino Real) was there is no number 13.
a muddy mess, the church had estab- Early maps of this area show only
lished a roadhouse a large tract laid out
here. Travelers There are no trees, in the College Hill
bound for the wilds Homesteade (sic) for
of the Peninsula only a handful of J. Resing in 1907,
found accommoda- superseding the
tions and dining potted shrubs. There roadhouse. “When
for themselves and do you suppose
their horses. I was is no turn-around for they were built?” I
curious to see what asked a librarian at
had replaced it. your auto. And there the S.F. Library His-
Little did I expect tory Room. He had,
to be embarking is no number 13. by chance, grown up
on an architectural on Marsily, the next
mystery tour. street south. He suggested consulting A typical College Terrace house. Photo by Michael Waldstein
What arrested my attention is records of the Spring Valley Water
this entire streetʼs somewhat ponder- Co., then the cityʼs water supplier.
ous architecture. The block is lined The 1906 earthquake had destroyed
with 24 homes on both sides, almost most of the Cityʼs records, but those of Bosworth before the overpass, now on St. Maryʼs Avenue by architect
identical, some dark, some bright, of Spring Valley had been housed a YMCA, was a Spring Valley build- John Shea is described as Classical
each only 25 feet wide. No Victorian away from the great fire. Dates and ing. Revival/Italian Renaissance. But
lightness here. Jutting out from each exact locations of all San Franciscoʼs College Terrace water was hooked these homes donʼt fit that style. This
home toward the narrow street and water hookups are recorded from up all on one date, March 29, 1913, for block is unique.
each other is (or was) a heavy portico, about 1902. The last building south Mr. J. H. Kurse, no doubt the owner at A few days later I went up the
that time of all its 26 tracts. A resident deserted street to make some notes,
told me that though maybe to encounter
the entire street It has a central someone knowl-
is owned by each edgeable. I chanced
occupant, it is con- European feel, as to see a young man
trolled in common, dressed in formal
privately, with no though one were black, carrying a
City services—street musical instrument,
cleaning, signage, looking down hurrying out of
parking control, one of the homes.
etc. Changes are some back street I asked if he knew
made only by com- of the history of the
mon consent. in Budapest. street; he replied
The extraordi- that he did know
nary nature of this place urged me some but, leaving me a telephone
to investigate its architectural back- number to call, hurried off to an
ground. It has a central European appointment.
feel, as though one were looking My call the next day put me in
down some back street in Budapest; touch the C. F. Andrade family. Mrs.
nevertheless, I suspected that the Andrade, by yet another chance,
architect must have had something knew quite a bit about the street. She
else in mind. A dozen library books is a strong advocate of the history of
on architecture in San Francisco
show nothing specific. The church CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
A view down College Terrace. Photo by Michael Waldstein
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Dedication ceremony for the West Portal Tunnel, 1917. Photo courtesy of Ken and
Kathy Hoegger.
West of Twin Peaks History
Showcased in New Book
“I wanted to celebrate some of the
neighborhoods that are often left out
of guidebooks and off of city maps,”
explains Jacqueline
by Proctor, author of a
Emma recent installment in the
Smith popular series “Images
of America” from Arca-
dia Press. (To date, there
are 32 titles for San Francisco alone; a
Glen Park book is in the works.) San
Franciscoʼs West of Twin Peaks relates
the surprisingly fascinating history of
Mount Davidson and nine adjoining
neighborhoods (including Miraloma
Park, Sunnyside and Westwood Park).
Although her writing is profes-
sional, Proctor wasnʼt just a scribe
for hire; previously, she was also the
woman partially responsible for making
sure the highest point in San Francisco
will remain forever as it is today—a
wild, open space free to all residents at
any time of day, a big swath of wind-
swept moor and dusky rainforest within
the city.
Proctor moved to Miraloma Park
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in 1980, and her son was born in 1983.
“We took him up on the mountain all
the time,” she remembers. “It was like
our backyard and made our tiny house
seem much bigger.” Around 1991, the
City was sued by several organiza-
tions, including the ACLU, protesting
the presence of the cross on the hillʼs
peak, which they considered a violation
of separation of church and state.
Concerned more about the preserva-
tion of Mount Davidson Park than the
cross itself, Proctor followed the case
closely. When the City lost the lawsuit,
it was ordered to either destroy the cross
or sell the land beneath it—most likely
to developers, who would proceed to
build houses and apartments all the way
to the top. Aghast, Proctor started the
Friends of Mount Davidson Conser-
vancy with an aim to maintain the park
and bar all development on its slopes.
What happened next was a feat of
bureaucratic derring-do. The City had
decided to sell off six acres of land on
the mountain. Proctorʼs group managed
to convince the City to reduce the area
of land sold to 0.39 acres, and to make
it a narrow strip, unfit for building and
useless to developers. Additionally, they
shoehorned a conservation easement
into the deed, stating that it must remain
public open space in perpetuity.
Fascinated with what she had
learned about the cityʼs history, Proc-
tor began delving further. Last year, she
took an early retirement with the idea of
turning her research into a book. When
she learned about Arcadiaʼs series of
historical picture books, she pitched
her project to them.
Flipping through Proctorʼs book
is mesmerizing. Among the photos are
images of a treeless Mount Davidson
(then called Blue Mountain) in 1852,
the circa 1890s streetcar that ran along
Monterey Boulevard all the way to
San Mateo, and a major mudslide in
1942 that sent houses on the 700 block
of Foerster sliding across the street.
The text describes various legendary
landowners of the West of Twin Peaks
areas, including Adolph Sutro, Leland
Stanford and Behrend Joost, and how
President Franklin Roosevelt pressed
the telegraph key to light up the giant
concrete cross in 1934.
Above: On February 6, 1942, the hillside above the 700 block of Foerster Street gave
way, displacing houses and killing one person. Photo courtesy of Kathy Rawlins.
Below: Cover of San Francisco’s West of Twin Peaks by Jacqueline Proctor.
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Although Joost developed Sun-
nyside around the turn of the century,
much of the land was built up in the
1920s and 30s, following the tenets
of the City Beautiful urban planning
movement: curvilinear streets, park-
like boulevards, front lawns and back
parking alleys. “They needed to com-
pete with the suburban developments
going up on the Peninsula” and other
places, explained Proctor. Indeed, many
of these neighborhoods have a peaceful
feel absent in older parts of San Fran-
cisco. Being in the city yet away from
the bustle is what continues to attract
people to the slopes of the hill.
Proctorʼs original title was Mount
Davidson, but the publishers objected,
insisting no one knew what that was.
“Even most San Franciscans havenʼt
heard of Mount Davidson,” Proctor
laughs. Her book aims to change that.
To see excerpts and photos from the
book, go towww.mtdavidson.org. The
book is sold at Bird and Beckett and
The Bookshop West Portal.
An easy ascent from Myra Way at Dale-
wood brings walkers to Mt. Davidsonʼs
938-foot peak, with rewarding views of
the city.
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family first bought on a shoestring
so many years ago.
Karen, her brother Peter, Uncle
John and family friend Pete Kyrio-
poulos, who grew up in the neigh-
borhood, gathered in the apartmentʼs
gracious dining room to tell the Glen
Park News stories about the old
days.
Peter and Vaneta had immigrated
from Longa, Greece. Vaneta arrived
at Ellis Island in 1914 at the age of
16 with $12. They married and came
to San Francisco. In 1941 the couple
was living in a rented two-bedroom
apartment on Shotwell Street with
their five sons—Anthony, George,
Jim, Gus and John.
Seven People, Two Bedrooms
John, born in 1939, says his
mother wanted a house with more
bedrooms to fit her brood. “She
kept telling dad, ʻWe have to have
a bigger place to live.ʼ She dragged
him over here.”
The realtor told her they needed
a $500 down payment to buy the
house, which cost $6,000. After
much family discussion, Peter
relented. But at the last minute the
realtor told them they couldnʼt close
escrow without another $100, John,
a retired teacher, remembers.
That was a lot of money and
there wasnʼt anyone in their family
who could come up with that kind
of cash: “At that time my dad had a
wagon and a horse and he was ped-
dling produce. So mother tells my
father to borrow the money off of
Joe—the produce man at the mar-
ket on the Embarcadero—because
ʻHe does business with you every
day—he knows you; he knows
youʼre good for it.ʼ”
Joe came through with the
money and the family closed on the
house with $600 down.
With the United States at war, the
three eldest brothers joined up, went
off to fight, and sent their pay home
to their parents. “They paid off the
house in four years,” John says.
Families in the neighborhood
today sometimes complain about
the small rooms and tight floor
plans of their houses. But after the
war, the oldest son, Anthony, mar-
ried Emily. Their first child, also
named Peter, was born in 1949. So
then it was not just Peter and Vaneta
plus their five strapping sons, but
also a wife and new baby—all in
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an apartment with four bedrooms,
one bathroom and a grand total of
2,500 square feet.
It didnʼt seem anything out of
the ordinary, recalls that baby, Peter,
who is now a lawyer with children
of his own.
The grandparents had the front
bedroom, uncles George and Jim
shared the second bedroom.
Young Peter, his mom and dad
lived in the corner bedroom and
uncles Gus and John lived in the
back bedroom. “Somehow they
worked out the bathroom sched-
ule,” Peter says.
It never felt cramped. “There
was really a lot of room for everyone
to have their own space and to spread
out,” he says.
It was the same over at Pete
Kyriopoulosʼs house. He was born
in 1934 at 111 Cuvier St. at Murray
Street, just off San Jose Avenue. His
father ran a small café in the space
thatʼs now Higher Grounds.
Pete says when he was a kid
their street was called ʻcoo-veehr,ʼ
but now, he says, they pronounce it
coo-vee-ay. His family lived there
from 1938 to 1952. Pete lived with
his five brothers and their mother in
a one-bedroom house.
“My mom converted the dining
room into a bedroom and we lived
off the porch,” he remembers. They
were happy to be there.
Chickens, Rabbits and Potatoes
The Bagatelos family was as
self-sufficient as possible in the
middle of the city. Young Peterʼs
grandmother spent her day taking
care of her family. The wash was
done in the backyard with hot water
heated on the stove, and an old-fash-
ioned machine and a ringer.
Realtors today show the steep
backyards of Glen Park and sug-
gest cantilevered decks and elaborate
garden systems with irrigation. The
Bagatelos clan saw dirt and thought
food. Their backyard consists of a
thin strip of land next to the house,
then a tall wall with another thin strip
of dirt at the top. Peterʼs grandfather
built a ladder along one wall and
planted vegetables on the top strip.
The boys had to haul a garden hose
15 feet up the ladder to water the
vegetables.
“I remember going out to dig
up potatoes and then taking them to
my grandmother to cook for dinner,”
Peter says. Fertilizer came from the
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back end of a horse: “My grandfather
would go out and collect the drop-
pings in the street and use them for
the garden.”
His grandfather also had a shack
in the upper garden where he raised
rabbits for meat and chickens for
eggs.
If they didnʼt grow it, they
found it. The Greeks, Peter says,
are famous for picking wild greens.
“During the war, when the Axis was
trying to starve them to death, they
picked greens in the woods and sur-
vived.”
His grandmother Vaneta, who lived
to be 99, ate wild greens every week
of her life. He remembers going with
her into Glen Canyon where she taught
him which greens to pick for their din-
ners. “I remember climbing well up
into the canyon to get them. Weʼd pick
bags and bags,” he says. They included
dandelions and greens he knows only
by their Greek names, prides, chehous
and horta.
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Food was central to family life.
Peter remembers his grandmother
buying smelt from the fish monger
who came by the house. “Sheʼd dip
them in oil, then flour, then theyʼd tie
three of them together and serve them
with lemon.
The family sat down at a giant
rectangular table every night for dinner.
His grandmother would make pastisios,
spanakopita (Greek lasagna of phyllo
dough, spinach and cheese), tyropitas
(phyllo dough puffs filled with cheese)
and Greek macaroni with butter, garlic
and mizithra cheese. Sheʼd pick tender
young grape leaves from a relativeʼs
yard, boil them and then stuff them
with rice and lamb to make dolmades,
served with avolemeno, or egg-and-
lemon sauce.
There was no such thing as central
heating. On cold San Francisco morn-
ings, the whole family would gather
in the kitchen, where Peterʼs Grand-
mother would fire up the stove when
she got up at 5:30 a.m. “Sheʼd close
the door to the kitchen so that it would
heat up and weʼd all flock there to get
warm.”
Horse-drawn Carts
In the 1940s and 1950s there was
no Safeway at the top of the hill, John
says. Instead, the shops came to the
housewives at home during the day.
“In my earliest memories, when I
was 31⁄2 or 4, I remember little trucks
going up and down the street—the earli-
est ones were horse-drawn carts—with
fruit and vegetables. The people could
come out and buy them straight from
the cart from the vendors,” John remem-
bers.
The ice man would come once a
week and lug ice for the iceboxes up the
stairs with huge metal tongs. The fish
monger came in a truck with ice in the
back: “Heʼd have fresh fish and people
would come out of the houses and select
a fish for dinner.”
The village was very active, full of
stores. In the space below their apart-
ment, the Bagatelosʼ first ran a soda
fountain called The Park Fountain, and
around 1950 converted it to a grocery
story.
Pete Kyriopoulosʼ fatherʼs small
café served simple food—hamburgers,
fries and coffee. Pete remembers that his
father was ahead of his time because he
used oil instead of the usual lard to make
his fries. “He changed the oil every day;
thatʼs what gave them the good taste,”
he says.
John and Pete remember the layout
of the neighborhood of 60 years ago
like it was yesterday. They interrupt
each other to describe the stores and
shops that lined the streets. The Red
Rock bar was a butcher shop. Across
the street from the café was a little mar-
ket, and on the other corner a Bank of
America. Where the BART station is
now there was a soda fountain, restau-
rant and the public library. At the cor-
ner of Chenery and Diamond there was
a five-and-dime store. Tygersʼ corner
used to be a drug store and next door
there was a movie house, which is now
a beauty parlor.
“We had everything here,” Pete
remembers.
The neighborhood was a mix of
ethnicities, Pete and John remember.
They knew all the other Greek families
in the neighborhood, but played with
everyone. “There were Germans and
Italians. We were a mix.” It was a work-
ing-class neighborhood and the fathers
were either in the trades or worked in
small shops. “There were lots of electri-
cians, plumbers and carpenters,” John
remembers.
Later, the neighborhood got a little
more avant-garde. At one point in the
1970s a man rented the familyʼs apart-
ment and started the Chenery Street
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Theater. “He cut a hole in the bedroom
wall and had a projector that projected
old movies onto the wall of the back
room. Heʼd set up chairs and sell drinks
and popcorn and you could see a double
feature for $4.” When he moved out he
fixed the holes in the walls and put it
all back, John says.
Moving on
By the mid 1950s the family was
coming up in the world. In 1952 Peter
and his mom, Emily, and dad, Anthony,
were able to move into their own apart-
ment on Ocean Avenue. Their second
son Michael was born in 1956 and
Karen in 1961. In the late 1950s Peter
and Vaneta moved to a house in San
Bruno. But the Chenery Street prop-
erty stayed in the family as a rental
unit. Uncle George kept the grocery
store going and then it was rented to a
man who had an appliance-repair busi-
ness.
“They fixed pinball machines,”
John remembers.
When Vaneta died, Michael and
Karen bought the building from her
estate. When the repair business left,
a bakery rented the downstairs and
it stayed a bakery until just this sum-
mer, when the owners of Sweet Sueʼs
decided to move to a larger space.
The Bagatelos sons all did well for
themselves. Anthony used the GI Bill to
go back to school, first to City College
and then to Stanford for undergraduate
and medical school. George owned
a series of small businesses and the
downstairs grocery store, Jim was in the
produce business and now owns a horse
ranch in Northern California. Gus lives
in Sacramento, where he has a success-
ful commercial glass business. John, the
youngest at 70, retired as a teacher in
the San Francisco public school system
four years ago.
When grandson Peter, took his own
children to Greece in 1975, he reminded
them that their grandparents came over
from tiny mountain villages with no
radio and no newspapers. They didnʼt
know anything about the outside world.
They got to Athens, then took a ship to
New York and then made their way to
San Francisco—all without knowing the
language.
“It was harder for people to get
here than to the moon,” Peter told his
children.
And despite the odds, they sur-
vived and thrived, 10 people living in
a medium-sized apartment in Glen Park
that some today would consider suitable
only for a family of four.
“Itʼs a testament to their strength
and determination,” Peter says.
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Check It Out at the Library!
On Sept. 1 the City and the contractor
met to go over the final “punch list” in
preparation for the City of San Fran-
cisco taking ownership of the library
space in the Glen Park
Marketplace. As you
by
probably remember,
Sharon
the library is entering
Dezurick
into a condominium
arrangement. The
contract has been let to
finish the interior of the library. Work
is scheduled to start the week of Sept.
18 or Sept. 25. As long as there are no
change orders, the contractor has 225
days to complete the work.
When the work is complete, the
current branch will close as we move
the collection, unpack the materials
we have sent into storage, and make
preparations to open the new branch.
Of course, there will be a BIG party
when—or soon after—we open the
new branch. If all goes well we will be
moving and opening sometime between
May and July 2007.
Meanwhile, back at the current
branch, summer reading club is over.
Story times continue every Tuesday at
10:30 a.m. with a really young crowd,
and reserves continue to pile in. Carol
Small, the childrenʼs librarian from
Noe Valley, is making sure we have
additional programming, and the book
budget is still stupendously generous
($55,000 for English adult materials)
and a teen budget, childrenʼs budget
and money for Spanish and Chinese
materials, too.
San Francisco Public Library has
joined the American Library Associa-
tionʼs “Every Child Ready to Read.”
The campaign promotes “six early lit-
eracy skills that children must master in
order to learn to read.” The skills are:
• Print Motivation—enjoying
books.
• Vocabulary—learning more
words.
• Phonological Awareness—
making the distinctions
between different sounds.
Singing and rhyming especially
help with this skill.
• Letter Knowledge—knowing
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the shapes and sounds of
different letters and knowing
that letters come in upper
(capitals) and lower case.
• Print Awareness—asking
questions about the story
and pictures and pointing
out words.
• Narrative skills—being able
to talk about an experience
or a story.
In order to support this effort, the
library has expanded and updated its
booklists intended for babies, toddlers
and preschoolers. Ask at the branch for
these updated lists and for our recom-
mendations for older children.
I want to thank Bonnie Willdorf for
all her work co-chairing the Glen Park
Capital Campaign. Bonnie was instru-
mental in securing Lick Wilmerding
High Schoolʼs theater and library for
our “In the Shadow of the Stars” screen-
ing and has been a stalwart supporter of
the library. Bonnieʼs husband, Barry,
has leukemia that will require a bone
marrow transplant. I wish for the best
possible outcome for this serious health
situation.
Jess Taclas has agreed to join Tif-
fany Farr in co-chairing the Glen Park
Capital Campaign. I thank everyone
for the generous support the library has
received from the neighborhood, and
shamelessly remind those who intend
to give, but havenʼt gotten around to
it, that there is still time. Call Marion
Chatfield-Taylor of the Friends of the
San Francisco Public Library at 626-
7512 x103 for further information.
Glen Park Branch
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
(415) 337-4740
Hours
Tuesday 10 – 6
Wednesday 12 – 8
Thursday 1 – 7
Friday 1 – 6
Saturday 1 – 6
Sharon Dezurick is the Glen Park
branch librarian.
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On Patrol in Glen Park
Since Iʼve started writing this column,
Iʼve heard from a number of readers
on a variety of issues.
Many of the questions
by concern the violence
Officer plaguing our city,
Michael traffic enforcement
Walsh and pedestrian safety,
police department
staffing (including response times), and
the predictable political response about
which we read in the daily papers. Iʼll
try to respond briefly to the questions
that I think most directly affect Glen
Park, remembering that we are not an
island unto ourselves.
In response to citizensʼ concerns
and requests for improved traffic
safety, Ingleside Stationʼs Capt. Paul
Chignell challenged his officers to
provide increased traffic enforcement
throughout the district. Officers more
than doubled their traffic stops, result-
ing in more citations, by far, than any
other district in the city. Areas of partic-
ular enforcement in Glen Park include
Bosworth and Diamond, Bosworth and
Arlington, Bosworth and Lippard (do
we see a pattern here?), Diamond and
Surrey, Diamond and Sussex, and the
whole length of Chenery from 30th
Street to Elk.
Run a red light or a stop sign, vio-
late a pedestrianʼs right-of-way in the
crosswalk, make an illegal turn, or drive
recklessly and you stand a good chance
of getting pulled over. These violations
are most often cited by traffic safety
experts as the leading causes of injury
accidents. Since mid-2005, when offi-
cers were asked to concentrate on traf-
fic enforcement, injury accidents in the
Ingleside Police District are down no
less than 20 percent. This is a significant
development.
“I called to complain about my
neighborʼs contractor and you guys
took two hours to show up! What
gives?” This is a common refrain. A
neighbor encroaches on anotherʼs prop-
erty while doing construction or leaves
trash; someone works on their car in the
driveway; somebody else might play
their music too loud while gardening.
The police are called on all types of civil
disputes over which we have no juris-
diction but to which we must respond.
Obviously, these are not high-priority
calls and they are handled only after
emergency calls. With the department
already 300 officers down, and directed
enforcement siphoning officers to more
violent neighborhoods, response times
can be quite lengthy.
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You can try to handle these dis-
putes yourself, but oftentimes tempers
run high. What was civil in nature
can quickly become criminal. Also,
many people have conducted Internet
searches to discover the names of
their neighbors, only to be embar-
rassed to find that databases are often
wrong and theyʼve accused the wrong
person. I am shown online as owning
another house on my street into which
Iʼve never set foot, but the Internet
insisted itʼs mine, as did the complain-
ant conducting the search who had an
issue with the resident of the house.
To help resolve conflicts, I suggest
you call the Community Boards at
920-3820. The staff there can help
you accurately identify the neighbor,
make the contact and schedule media-
tion between you and your neighbor
to resolve your issues.
The political football du jour
being knocked around by our Board
of Supervisors is increased foot patrols
for more police visibility. I wrote in an
earlier column that staffing precludes
Capt. Chignell from dedicating offi-
cers to foot beats due to a shortage of
officers, but I continually get inquiries
as to why Glen Park doesnʼt have a
foot beat officer. This is a citywide
issue in every police district. Foot
patrols provide limited coverage and
no emergency response capabilities
outside their own beat, while increas-
ing the workload and response times
of the sector-car officers who make up
for this luxury.
Glen Park is fortunate that the
Police Academy is just up the hill on
Diamond Heights. Many officers from
other districts, as well as ours, stop to
purchase coffee in the morning on their
way to training and frequent the many
restaurants in the village for lunch.
This provides increased visibility
during those times at no staffing cost
to the district. Until we have appro-
priate staffing levels to responsibly
afford foot patrols, Iʼll put my faith in
the staff deployment abilities of one
35-year police veteran rather than the
11 politicians on the Board of Supervi-
sors.
SFPD Officer Mike Walsh, a Glen
Park resident, is assigned to the
Ingleside Police Station. He can be
contacted by e-mail at mwalsh4719
@sbcglobal.net.
Special Help for Cityʼs Seniors
and the Disabled in Disasters
In the event of a major disaster such as
an earthquake, seniors and people with
disabilities will be most vulnerable,
especially if they donʼt
have a support network
by
Lucretia close by. The San
Levinger Francisco Department
& Bonnee of Public Health has a
Waldstein program to track those
citizens who voluntarily
place themselves on a confidential list.
Itʼs called the Disaster Registry and it
Traffic
Enforcement
During the month of August, officers of
the Ingleside Police Station wrote 835
moving traffic violations. This com-
pares with 477 written
by in August 2005. So far
Capt. Paul this year the Ingleside
Chignell officers have written
6,822 moving viola-
tions, the highest num-
ber in the city by 1,700, and 86 percent
more than the same period last year.
The large number of traffic citations
is the result of an effort by the officers
in repsonse to community complaints
about speeding, failing to yield to
pedestrians and red light violations.
We are very proud of the officers and
their supervisors.
Captain Paul Chignell is Command-
ing Officer at Ingleside Police Sta-
tion.
Glen Park News
will be located in the S.F. Fire Depart-
ment battalion station for our area, at
26th and Church Streets.
After the emergency response
plan is activated and immediate
casualties and damage are addressed,
Glen Park NERT will gain access to
the list and proceed to check on the
welfare of the people on it. The list
is updated annually.
Residents can register by com-
pleting the Registration Form and the
Vulnerability Checklist. These forms
are available for copying from the 72
Hours Binder at the Glen Park branch
library; or they may be downloaded
from www.sanfranciscoems.org/
drp.php.
The forms and instructions may
require some assistance to understand
and complete. For help, leave a mes-
sage at 355-2632 or send an e-mail to
nikiah.nudell@sfdph.org. If you are
already in the Registry and wish to
remain on it or to update information,
call 355-2600 and press 3.
General preparedness infor-
mation is available on the Web at
www.sfgov.org/sffdnert (click on Tips
for Seniors), and at www.72hours.org
(click on the Seniors & Disabled
icon).
Lucretia Levinger is one of the founding
members of the Friends of Glen Canyon
Park. Bonnee Waldstein is a 20-year-
resident of the neighborhood.
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In Glen Canyon Park

Good news!
The Significant Natural Resources
Areas Management Plan was approved
at the San Francisco Recreation and
Park Commission meeting on August
21. Now it will be sent for environ-
mental review.
The Natural Areas Management
Plan has been in the works since 1995.
At that time, 11 years ago, Glen Can-
yon Park was given
by the highest rating for a
Jean natural area. The envi-
Conner ronmental review will
add another 18 months
before the plan can take effect. A copy
of the plan is available at the Glen Park
Library.
The whole plan is thicker than the
Manhattan telephone directory. You
will probably want to look up only the
section that deals with Glen Canyon.
The plan designates trail improve-
ments and placement, erosion control,
maintenance of the creek with improve-
ment in the water quality along with
protection of wildlife and habitat. It
determines which areas will be man-
aged extensively and which areas will
have little or almost no maintenance.
It will protect the natural resources in
the Canyon while making the Canyon
more accessible.
Compromises and concessions in
the plan have been made over the years
but it is a good plan and will guide the
work in the Natural Areas for the next
20 years. Changes in the Canyon will
be slow. It will depend on the money
available. It will also depend on vol-
unteers for much of the weed removal,
plant propagation and planting.
Other news is that this Spring the
San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Departmentʼs Natural Areas and
Volunteer Programs was awarded the
Acts of Caring Award for one of the
top volunteer programs in the country.
The award was given by the National
Association of Counties in Washing-
ton, D.C. Representatives from the
Natural Areas Volunteer Program and
the S.F. Recreation and Park Commis-
sion were there to receive the award
on behalf of the park. A local award
ceremony held in McLaren Lodge in
Golden Gate Park was attended by
volunteers from various natural areas.
Richard Craib, Barbara Alvarez and I
represented Friends of Glen Canyon
Park volunteers.
Once upon a time a plant called
Tinkers Penny (Hypericium anagal-
loides) grew in Glen Canyon Park,
the only place it could be found in San
Francisco. Then no one saw it for many
years; botanists thought it was gone for-
ever from our city. Then, this summer,
the rare native Tinkers Penny was once
again found growing in Glen Canyon.
More good news! Sunday, Novem-
ber 5, David Armstrong will once again
lead a bird walk in Glen Canyon. There
“Morning on a Trail in Glen Canyon,” ©2003 by Richard Craib of Friends of Glen
will be a pancake brunch at the Silver- Canyon Park, from a photographic series, The Nature of Glen Canyon Park, featur-
tree school picnic tables afterwards. ing native plants, birds, ancient geologic outcrops, and one of the two last free-
See you there. flowing streams in San Francisco. To learn more, call 648-0862.

College Terrace
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6
College Terrace, which she studied to
enable her family to restore its home
to its original appearance. Several
changes on the street had been made
in the 1970s; most were tasteful, but
not within the original style.
To her knowledge, the streetʼs
architecture was possibly Edward-
ian, since Edward VII (1901–1910)
followed Victoria and none of these
is at all Victorian. I found two more
identical homes nearby on St. Maryʼs
Avenue. Books on that era reveal that
“Edwardian “ is usually characterized
in San Francisco by the description
“classical exuberance.” Think Pal-
ace of Fine Arts, City Hall, Palace
of the Legion of Honor, and in art by
Tiffany, Art Nouveau, and Arts and
Crafts. None of those here in College
Terrace, either.
On another walk in the 100
block of Parnassus in Cole Valley,
I chanced by a single row of nine
homes with nearly the same architec-
ture. Although in the same patterns
as College Terrace—portico, thick
columns, sparsely decorated eaves,
most with flat roofs—these were
much larger, all in perfect unaltered
condition, but more airy in feeling,
owing no doubt to the much wider
street and the “heritage” trees in front
of all. The challenge to identify the
style was mounting.
Finally, I resorted to Google;
there I found what I was looking for.
It is called Classical/Colonial Revival
and comes to us from an unexpected
quarter—arrivals from colonial New
England to San Francisco in the
1880s. The style was adopted and
adapted, especially after the 1906
earthquake, by architects in “reac-
tion to overblown Victorian confec-
tions.” That didnʼt prevent prolific
decoration being applied to Colonial
Revival also.
According to Ian Berke, this style
features flat decorated cornices, promi-
nent porticos and columns, pilasters
(columns up against the house), clap-
board siding, and sometimes plaster
garlands. So College Terrace isnʼt that
unique—you can find several dozen of
the style scattered around, mostly in
Cole Valley and the Inner Sunset. The
unusual sight that catches the eye here
is their small size, all the same, packed
into a narrow dead-end street. In order
to squeeze in as many rowhouses as
possible, early 20th-centuty homes
in San Francisco were built with two
(sometimes three) vertical sections
called bays—one for entranceway, one
for window or possible garage below.
Look for Queen Anne or Italianate
Victorians in Glen Park with the same
basic vertical structure. Itʼs the flat
roofline and large, flat porticos, more
than adornments, that define Classical
Revival.
The little no-outlet street of Col-
lege Terrace remains like nothing else
in San Francisco. Remember, this too
is part of Glen Park. Check it out.
Records on maps reviewed by Dolan
Eargle are in the Assessor/Recorder
Office on the first floor of City Hall.
Books, maps and records are in the
Main Libraryʼs San Francisco His-
tory Room (sixth floor). Comments on
the architectural style can be found in
an excellent survey of San Francisco
architecture on the Web by Ian Berke,
at www.ianberke.com/architecture-
style2.
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Digging the Dirt: A Safer Glen Park

News from the Garden Club
While I was gone this summer, my gar-
den turned into a jungle.
by All the tender care I had
Carol given it before I left was
Maerzke quite noticeable upon
my return. After some
cutting back and weed-
ing there were a few places to add some
colorful red and orange impatiens. These
cheerful plants can be grown year-round
if they are protected from frost and not
drowned by heavy rain. Pinch their tips
to keep them bushy.
We really can make it feel like fall
here in Glen Park. There is no need to
go out into the country or travel east.
Chrysanthemums, coleus, abutilon
(flowering maple), nandina (heavenly
bamboo), or Japanese maples combined
with impatiens and pansies will help
you achieve that goal.
Were you aware that the Garden
Conservancy is active in our neighbor-
hood? Two wonderful gardens in Glen
Park, owned by Jeff Britt and Mary
Betlach, were opened in the spring to
the public to help raise funds to support
projects like the preservation of Alcatraz
Island and other gardens in the Bay Area
that would otherwise be lost after their
owners were no longer able to care for
them. Jeff and Mary have chosen to
donate part of the earnings from the
Open Garden event to the Glen Park
Garden Club.
It is possible to grow citrus here
in Glen Park. The Meyer lemon can
be grown in the ground but I have had
very good luck growing one in a large
wooden pot. This tree can be recognized
by the fact that it is doing something
interesting all the time. Flowers, green
fruit and delicious yellow fruit can be
found on the tree all at once. The ripe
fruit has a much sweeter taste and is
excellent for lemonade, desserts, fish,
or as a low-calorie salad dressing. It is
important to use citrus fertilizer to keep
the leaves green, especially if it is in a
pot.
It is time to visit one of our local
nurseries or look through your favorite
garden catalog and choose a gift of
spring-blooming bulbs for your garden.
Keep tulips in the refrigerator for six
weeks, away from apples, before plant-
ing with bone meal and fresh soil.
One of my favorite sayings by an
unknown author is:
“When the world wearies and soci-
ety ceases to satisfy, there is always the
garden — and shopping.”
Carol Maerzke is a member of the
Glen Park Garden Club.
Begins in Your Home
(Identities have been changed for pri-
vacy reasons)
Carrie Diamond and Charles Bos-
worth consider themselves lucky to be
living in quiet Glen Park, along with
their twin sons, Miguel and Mateo.
But the recent shooting
by on Addison Street and
Bonnee various reports of mug-
Waldstein gings, robberies and
burglaries have made
them wonder what they
could do to make their family safer. So
they contacted SF SAFE (Safety Aware-
ness for Everyone) and arranged for a
free home security evaluation.
SAFE is a nonprofit crime-preven-
tion and educational organization under
contract with the City, and is in its 30th
year. Itʼs consultants conduct surveys
of residences and businesses and make
presentations to organizations. It also
facilitates the formation of neighbor-
hood watch groups.
For starters, security consultant Rob
MacKenzie gave Carrie and Charles
an overview of how thieves operate
in a residential area. Most burglaries
are committed opportunistically by
unforced entry through the front, sides
or rear of the residence, often in daylight
when people are out. Thieves learn the
“ins and outs” of a block and develop
methodologies for gaining entry.
Forced entry is often accomplished
by prying wood so that the door lock
or jamb breaks. Itʼs less common to
break glass because of the noise factor
but small panes may be broken. Bur-
glar alarms are a good backup com-
munication device but do not prevent a
break-in. The most effective deterrent
is “target hardening”—physically mak-
ing improvements in home security.
Some ways to stop a thief:
Doors: Keep a light on through
the night (unless you have a door with
glass), or use a photocell. Make sure
your doorbell works! If you donʼt
hear it a burglar will think youʼre not
home. The door should be solid. The
jamb might break before the door
or lock does. It should have a strike
plate with four three-inch-long screws
into the stud, to prevent prying. Fill
in any deteriorated spots with wood
cement. Have a deadbolt. Use a door
viewer (peephole) and look first even
if youʼre expecting someone. The back
door should be fire-rated, that is, metal
on either side of a wood core. It should
have security features built in, as modi-
fications could nullify the fire rating.
Windows: Lock windows all the
way or a knife could be slipped through.
Donʼt assume that window wells or other
hidden windows are safe. Burglars scope
these out and will get to them through the
middle of a block, a fire escape, through
other houses or over fences. Drop a
dowel or rod in the window spacer to
prevent it from opening enough to pry.
Make sure windows are aligned so they
lock properly. If utility meters are in a
window, make sure that cars, bikes, etc.
are not visible through it.
Keys: Donʼt label keys except in
code, or keep them in a locked cabinet.
Garage: Test the door for a tight fit.
If thereʼs any give, it could be forced up.
Yards and construction areas:
Ladders and scaffolding are well-
loved by thieves, as are any tools left
out that can be used to force entry.
Even trash bins can be stacked up for
climbing in.
MacKenzie observed that it might
be unnerving for residents to realize
their security vulnerabilities. But Carrie
and Charles were very grateful for all his
valuable advice and are now checking
off their to-do list.

Beyond Your Home, Your Block

Neighborhood Watch is a component of SF SAFE. Most people are aware of this
program because of the signs posted around the city. However, this is a detail that residents
may or may not agree to have on their block. More important is the formation and ongoing
functioning of a group of neighbors who agree to be each otherʼs eyes and ears.
It begins with a core group of half a dozen or so neighbors whose houses are visible
to each other. They call SAFE and a crime prevention specialist makes a presentation to
the group, helps assess and prioritize concerns, and plans a strategy for addressing them.
Tools such a block maps, e-mail lists and phone trees are developed for quick commu-
nication. A resident who witnesses a suspicious activity or person can alert the group
so that the incident is not isolated; it is known by others who might witness it at another
time, thus raising awareness and providing more evidence to pass on to authorities.
SF SAFE can be reached at 553-1984 or www.sfsafe.org.
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District 8 Race
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
choice on those ballots moves up to
the top with those votes being instantly
recounted. This continues until one can-
didate has the 50 percent-plus majority
needed to win. The system eliminates
the potential need for a December run-
off.
The Glen Park News asked Rosenthal
and Dufty a series of questions regard-
ing their vision for and relationship with
Glen Park. Some answers were edited
for space considerations.
Glen Park News: What do you
think are the biggest issues fac-
ing Glen Park, in the short
term and the long term?
Bevan Dufty: How to retain the charm
and livability of the Glen Park village
by ensuring calmer traffic, greener
and cleaner streets, pedestrian- and
bicycle-friendly paths of travel, and a
more efficient transit hub at the Glen
Park BART station. Second, to ensure
that the Glen Park neighborhood is safe
and feels safer.
Alix Rosenthal: Glen Parkʼs most
pressing issues are parking, congestion
and traffic safety. Three constituencies
conflict on parking: residents who
want ample and free parking near their
homes, merchants and their customers
who want short-term metered parking
near the commercial center, and com-
muters who travel to work by way of
the Glen Park BART station.
GPN: What are your plans to address
the issues you outlined?
BD: Iʼve already secured $3.4 mil-
lion in federal funds for the Glen Park
neighborhood plan and am working
closely with the community and Muni
on improvements that make Glen Park
more livable and enjoyable. In terms of
public safety, Iʼve held numerous SAFE
block-watch and communitywide meet-
ings involving Diamond Heights and
Glen Park. We have made great strides
and Iʼm encouraged that there continues
to be large attendance at our meetings.
AR: The 2003 Glen Park Community
Plan went a long way toward finding
solutions to managing parking, traffic
safety and congestion in Glen Park. For
example, the Plan suggests eliminating
minimum residential parking require-
ments (which I strongly support), and
makes very specific recommendations
for parking spaces. It includes a blue-
print for pedestrian safety measures,
such as improved crossings, widened
sidewalks and bulb-outs, and improved
access for the disabled in specific loca-
Fall 2006
tions. But producing the plan was only
the first step; Glen Park needs a supervi-
sor who will shepherd the communityʼs
solutions through to completion.
GPN: How would you describe Glen
Park?
BD: Itʼs a village, a transit hub, a peace-
ful neighborhood and a beautiful oasis
in Glen Canyon Park. It has access to all
the city has to offer but itʼs very much
a neighborhood in the sense of close
relationships with neighbors and with
long-time local merchants.
AR: Often quirky, definitely cozy,
Glen Park has a small-town feel to it,
with a diverse mix of residents. When
youʼre shopping among its mom and
pop shops, or hiking in the lush Glen
Canyon, itʼs easy to forget youʼre in
the center of a major metropolitan area.
Because of its attractiveness, its feeling
of relative seclusion, and its proximity
to transportation hubs, it has become a
very popular place to live (leading to
high housing prices).
GPN: Do you spend time in the neigh-
borhood, eating at the restaurants, shop-
ping at the stores, using the parks?
BD: Iʼm frequently at Chenery Park; itʼs
my good-luck restaurant. Iʼve warned
Joe and John to expect to see me Tues-
days (at family night) once my daughter,
Sidney, arrives in October. I love the
Glen Park Family Fun Days organized
by Miriam Moss. I have breakfast
meetings at Tygerʼs, and [enjoy] bur-
ritos from La Corneta and a pastry treat
from Destinations Bakery. Itʼs always
fun to visit Glen Park Elementary and
St. Johnʼs Elementary (Sister Lillian
watches over me).
AR: Yes. I walk my dog in Glen Park
occasionally, I love the funky Bird &
Beckett [bookstore], and I like to pre-
tend Iʼm eating healthy by ordering the
turkey sausage at Tygerʼs.
GPN: Have you ever lived in Glen
Park? What neighborhood do you live
in now?
BD: Not yet, but after the election Iʼm
looking for a two-unit building to share
with Rebecca Goldfader, my co-parent,
and our child. Right now I live near
Buena Vista Park.
AR: I have not lived in Glen Park, but
have always lived in District 8. I have lived
in Ashbury Heights for seven years.
For more information on the candi-
datesʼ plans and positions, visit their
Web sites: www.bevandufty.com and
www.votealix.com.
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Merchants Forum
The Glen Park Merchants Association
comprises merchants and businesses in
and around the Glen Park neighborhood.
Meetings are scheduled regularly and
are open to members of
by the organization or by
Mary invitation. A Web site is
Janssen currently being developed
and will provide a sched-
ule of meeting dates as
well as feature Glen Park businesses. All
local businesses are welcome and encour-
aged to join the GPMA.
Halloween is just around the corner
and participating merchants will have
treats for the kids again this year. Donʼt
forget to stop in and say boo!
Look for signs announcing the
“Holiday Eveningʼʼ in Glen Park. Last
yearʼs event was a great success for
both merchants and shoppers. Plans
are being made to repeat the event
again this year. Merchants will stay
open late one evening in November to
kick off the holiday season to help you
start procuring your holiday gifts.
The GPMA received tremendous
Canyon Market is Hiring
and Will Open Soon
If you need a job, you might be able to
get one at the Canyon Market. If you
need a gallon of milk, youʼll have to go
elsewhere for a few more weeks.
It looks as though the Canyon Mar-
ketʼs grand opening is in our future, and
store owner Richard Tar-
by
Ashley
lov said, “We are hoping
to complete all construc-
Hathaway tion and permits by the
30th of September.” In
early September the
hiring process was under way and
potential employees were being inter-
viewed. Some positions had been filled
but Tarlov was still looking for stockers,
deli servers, coffee bar people, a wine
assistant, stewards and a dishwasher.
When looking at the seemingly
permanent construction zone on Dia-
mond Street, it may not appear that
many changes have taken place over
the past three months. However, the
project is definitely in the final phases of
construction. For example, the floor has
been installed and Tarlov boasts, “Itʼs
an engineered concrete, stained a lovely
amber!”
As to an official opening date, Tar-
lov assured the Glen Park News: “There
will be a grand opening, but no date is
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amount of positive response to our
billboard at the intersection of Dia-
mond and Bosworth streets last holi-
day season. We love showcasing our
local businesses as well as kicking off
the holiday spirit in our village. “Look
up” for our billboard again this year
starting in November.
We are thrilled about all the new
businesses opening in the next few
months and hope you are just as
excited to watch our neighborhood
grow. Finally, and most importantly,
we extend our sincere thanks and appre-
ciation to you, our valued customers, for
making us a part of your life.
Mary Janssen owns the More to Life
upholstery business and is a repre-
sentative of the Glen Park Merchants
Association. Watch for the GPMAʼs
new Web site at www.glenpark
merchantassociation.com. For infor-
mation about joining, send an e-mail
to info@glenparkmerchantassocia
tion.com.
set yet. No promotions or anything have
been scheduled, but all of our vendors
are being really supportive and will help
out for our opening events with samples,
discounts, and demonstrations.”
Richard Tarlov can be reached at
rich@well.com.
Destination Bakery donated the batter and volunteers flipped about 800 hotcakes
at a sidewalk pancake breakfast benefit for Bird & Beckett Books & Records in
July. Some 300 neighbors lined up on Diamond Street and enjoyed their breakfast
at tables across the street from the shop.
Glen Park Advisory Board
Wins Some, Loses Some
Glen Parkʼs Jadine Low will be retiring
this fall after more than 30 years with
the Recreation and Park Department,
most of it in Glen Park.
Several of the parents
by
who bring their children
Miriam
Moss
to the Tiny Tot class she
teaches were themselves
tots in her classes all
those years ago. We wish her well in
her new endeavors. Her replacement
has not been chosen.
The Wednesday and Friday Tiny
Tot class will be led by Allison, who
worked at Glen Park part-time a few
years ago. She was transferred to Doug-
las Playground, then moved to Hamilton
Rec. Center. Bart will hold the Thursday
Mom & Toddler class.
If you cannot find information
posted about who is responsible for
what programs at Glen Park, please
call the Supervisor of the Rec. Direc-
tors at Glen Park, Gil Rocha. He can
be reached at 337-4747.
The new playground equipment that
appeared -- unbolted down -- in the Glen
Park playground is from the Upper Noe
playground, which is currently closed
for renovation. It is indoor equipment
from their site.
In July the Glen Park Advisory
Board had a walk-through with Mari-
anne Bertuccelli, the Recreation and
Park Departmentʼs supervisor of Neigh-
borhood Service Area 5, and Joe Figone,
who is the new gardening supervisor for
Glen Park, to discuss the state of our
park. We identified many issues that
needed attention. Because of this we
Photo by Carol Schlesinger.
Fall 2006
got 20 work orders submitted for repairs
or improvements.
We will keep a close eye on how and
when these matters get completed. Cur-
rently we are still trying to get decora-
tive railings for the “plaza area” behind
the tennis courts, where the picnic tables
are.
This September we are working
with the Latchkey Program to create
a small mural in the playground area
to reflect a recreation theme. We are
starting with a clean surface and have
an artist who is a former art teacher
with the public schools directing this
project.
We asked that the whole building
be painted but we were turned down in
spite of the fact that our building hasnʼt
been painted in over 40 years!
Rec and Park has denied us the use
of the gardener for our Saturday clean-
ups because, they say, not enough peo-
ple show up. A few of us are continuing
to do this on our own so that the flower
gardens and wine barrels of flowers
remain in good shape.
Please join us at our next meeting,
which will be on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at
6:30 in the Rec Center.
For further information or answers
to your questions, you can contact me
at moss3x@earthlink.net.
GPA Gets
Action on
Traffic Calming
Armando Fox, chair of the GPA Traffic,
Parking and Transportation Committee,
was addressing the summer Glen Park
Association quarterly meeting when a
resident made a request. Could Fox tell
someone at the Department of Public
Works that the crosswalk markings at
Chenery and Diamond were almost
totally worn away, endangering pedes-
trians? Fox could, and did. The meeting
was Tuesday night. By the end of the
week new striping was in place.
When the GPA speaks, the City
listens. We all know that the City isnʼt
always this speedy. But if you have
ideas, suggestions or issues, refer to
the GPA roster of officers and com-
mittee chairs on page 2 and contact
the appropriate person. Better yet,
come to the next quarterly meeting
on October 10.
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From the Editors

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Street robberies continue to be a
problem. Among those reported over the
summer were: a robbery at 10:57 a.m.
on June 20 in the 700 block of Chenery
Street; a robbery at 11:40 p.m. on July 13
at Brompton and Chenery; an attempted
robbery at 9:45 p.m. on Aug. 6 in the 600
block of Chenery; and a robbery at 10 p.m.
on Aug. 20 in the 2900 block of Diamond
Street.
On Sept. 8, there was a series of three
attempted knife-point robberies between
8:26 p.m. and 9:05 p.m., at Duncan and
Sanchez streets in Noe Valley, at 30th and
Church streets at the border of Noe Valley
and Glen Park; and at Joost and Monterey
John Lombardo and Gwen Cooke at their new restaurant. Photo by Ellen Rosenthal Boulevard, less than a block from the Glen
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Dining Spot Adds Life BART, the assailants stabbed the victim
in the stomach.
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A homey, eclectic new restaurant, just
a few minutes from central Glen Park,
is perking up formerly
by quiet San Jose Avenue,
Emma and giving everyone in
Smith the surrounding neigh-
borhoods a welcome
new option for lunch,
dinner and cappuccino breaks.
Husband-wife team John Lombardo
and Gwen Cooke opened Lombardoʼs
Fine Foods just six months ago on the
ground floor of the building they live
in. Previously, the couple ran a cater-
ing business and John had worked as
a chef for 20 years (including a stint
as sous-chef at San Mateoʼs Viognier,
under chef Gary Danko). But the dream
of his own restaurant was calling, and
when the badminton supply store/café
in their building closed and the owner
approached John about buying some of
his equipment, John and Gwen decided
to lease the location.
John and Gwen have two daughters,
Sophia, almost four, and Catalina, 18
months. They used to live in a rent-con-
trolled apartment in Glen Park. When
the time came to buy their own home,
they discovered Mission Terrace, just a
short walk away. “This is a neighbor-
hood in transition,” says Gwen. “There
are lots of young families moving in,
and it has a nice feel to it, with the
Balboa park and pool within walking
distance.”
Still, she comments, “We felt there
was a noticeable lack of good coffee, not
to mention restaurants.” With Lombar-
doʼs, John and Gwen hope to become a
part of the neighborhood and encourage
community spirit. “Having people come
in who feel part of the neighborhood,
and knowing weʼre making some kind
of positive impact on it, is a really good
feeling,” she adds.
The café is child-friendly, with a
basket of toys and a baby changing
station, and more casual than dress-up
fancy, but itʼs clear the food is center
stage here. John puts an emphasis on
home cooking with impeccable ingre-
dients: Hot-pressed panini sandwiches,
“hippie granola,” house-made biscotti
and ginger lemonade jump out from
the menu. On the day I dropped by in
early August, savory bread pudding,
old-fashioned meatloaf and marinated
beet salad were just a few of the items
in the refrigerated display case. Gwen
suggested the home-smoked chicken,
and served it with dressed greens as
a main-course salad. The meat was
smoky and moist (John said brining is
his secret).
One of the most exciting features
of the café is its monthly Supper Club.
Although on most nights Lombardoʼs
closes at 9 p.m., several evenings a
month John and his team serve up
a prix-fixe, reservation-only dinner
extravaganza. The club has already been
written about in the Chronicle and is
starting to attract locals, so John sug-
gests reserving early. Thereʼs an email
sign up list at the door if you want to
hear about future evenings. Food and
wine pairings and a small-plates menu
are coming as well, and by our press
time, John hopes their beer and wine
license will be in place. They also offer
the space for parties and meetings.
Lombardoʼs Fine Foods is at 1818
San Jose Ave., on the J-Church line, one
block from Balboa Park. The secret short-
cut from Glen Park is to take Monterey
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468-9400.
always noticed. As the market, library,
and other businesses grow in the village,
we will keep an eye on how transporta-
tion – pedestrian routes, parking, and
transit – works. Our advertisers
Also, I now have in my garage
about 10 boxes of Glen Park Associa-
tion records, formerly stored at the Glen help support
Park Recreation Center. That space is no
longer available. I would like to work
with a couple of volunteers to sort this free
through the correspondence, City docu-
ments, photographs, financial records,
and various versions of the Glen Park community
News, dating back to the 1970ʼs. There
is great material here to be organized
and shared with community. Please newspaper.
e-mail me at president@glenparkasso
ciation.org if you can help.
Please thank
Michael Rice is president of the Glen
Park Association. them when you
to Baden down to San Jose. For infor- patronize their
mation or reservations, call 337-9741
or visit www. lombardosfinefoods.com.
Open Tuesday - Friday, 11 -9, Saturday, businesses.
9 -9, Sunday 9 - 3, closed Monday.
Glen Park News Page 18 Fall 2006

Purchasing a Pooch Real Estate in Glen Park

Part 1: Where is My Dog?
Real estate prices in Glen Park are holding firm, but sales volume
Iʼve lived in Glen Park for a year now not even be carrying pups, I thought Iʼd is down. Consistent with the trends we saw in Glen Park earlier
by
and Iʼve discovered many wonder- already have our 8-week old bundle of this year, sales from May 15 through Sept. 5 have decreased com-
Vince
ful aspects of the neighborhood. One puppy joy at home with us! pared with the same period in 2005. However, selling prices are
Beaudet
very appealing trait of My husband and I decided on a lab remaining firm—almost all the sales listed below were higher than
this tucked-away little and my first idea (since I was going to be the list price—with no “crash” expected!
by ʻhood is its eclectic dog the primary caretaker and pooper scoo-
Ashley population. Since I am per) was to adopt a dog from “Guide
Hathaway absolutely “gaga” over Dogs For The Blind” in San Rafael. I NUMBER OF PROPERTIES SOLD, MAY 16-SEPT. 5:
all types of dogs, this soon discovered that the dogs up for
adds to my growing adoption there—the ones who are not 2006 2005
love for the community here. I walk in quite suitable to become sight dogs for
Glen Canyon Park several times a week, anything from allergies to training dif- Single-family homes: 19 24
and thoroughly enjoy seeing all the dogs ficulties—are extremely hard to come Condoʼs/TICʼs 1 3
happily romping around there. I donʼt by. I then looked into “Golden Gate 2-4 units 2 4
think Iʼve ever seen the same breed of Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc.,” which
dog twice. I also feel a bit strange walk- is a great organization, but I suddenly
ing there without a dog—like Iʼm not realized I wanted a PUPPY… a cute little MEDIAN PRICE
quite hip to it or something. puppy of my own, from scratch.
I grew up in a small Southern Cali- After a few more weeks of research 2006 2005
fornia suburb and we always had a dog I finally found a reputable lab breeder
in the family throughout my childhood. and settled on the female that I hope will Single-family homes $890,000 $1,032,000
So, naturally I decided to get a dog of eventually have our puppy. Condoʼs/TICʼs $750,000 $685,000
my own about 15 I had no idea 2-4 Units $1,247,000 $1,035,000
years ago—but I still that this pooch-
donʼt have one! purchasing pro-
Since moving to cess would be so
San Francisco in the involved. I suppose ADDRESSES AND SELLING PRICES OF PROPERTIES SOLD:
early 1990s Iʼve lived I might be making it
in one apartment after more involved, but
another, always with after hearing horror Single-family homes:
roommates (until I stories from friends
moved in with my who have nightmare 424 Arlington $778,000
boyfriend, whoʼs dogs (and reading the 277 Arlington $750,000
now my husband) book Marley and Me 486 Arlington $815,000
and almost never with any sort of back by John Grogan) I felt I wanted to get a 210 Beacon $2 million
yard. Even though I yearned for a dog, purebred lab from a responsible breeder 138 Chenery $958,000
I always felt that my living situation to hopefully up my chances of getting a 111 Conrad $975,000
wasnʼt ideal for one—not to mention “good” dog. 527 Congo $859,000
that my 20-something carefree lifestyle So, here I wait like an over-anxious 112 Chenery $1.05 million
didnʼt leave much room for the care and grandmother waiting for a first grand- 120 Farnum $880,000
financial responsibility that comes with child to be born. Itʼs completely out 129 Laidley $1.01 million
owning a dog. of my control now; however, I do have 37 Mizpah $869,000
Even though year after year I des- another choice to make. If our dear olʼ 56 Mizpah $905,000
perately wanted to purchase a pooch, I Lady Gwen is not pregnant, and if we 119 Mateo $965,000
knew the responsible thing to do was want to bring a puppy home sometime 121 Mateo $1.065 million
wait until I lived in a house with a yard, soon, then we will need to choose from a 221 Randall $779,000
and had the time to devote to a loving different litter. The breeder informed me 261 Sussex $845,000
four-legged creature. But now that I that the next litter due is from a lady lab 311 Surrey $912,000
finally live in a wonderful house a half named Ashley. A dog who has my name! 1730 Sanchez $890,000
block from Glen Canyon Park and am Is this a sign? Just pure coincidence? Or, 43 Whitney $814,000
a 40-something responsible adult, I still is it some kind of dog karma?
donʼt have a dog! It would be nice to consult Mother Condos
So, where is my dog? Well, I thought Nature on this, but sheʼs always out
it was “gestating” inside the tummy of a doing other things—and hopefully very 418 Arlington #1 $750,000
beautiful yellow lab named Lady Gwen- busy working with Gwen!
eviere. However, I recently received an 2-4 Units
e-mail from the breeder who reluctantly Next:
told me she “doesnʼt think Gwen is PART 2: THE STUFF OF PUPPIES, 181-183 Laidley $1.1 million
pregnant.” Gwen was “late” to begin BLISS & PISS 275-277 Randall $1.394 million
with, meaning that she didnʼt come into
“season” when expected. Between the
time it has taken her to be “ready” for Ashley (the person, not the dog!) can be Realtor Vince Beaudet works for Herth Real Estate. He can be reached at 861-
breeding up until the news that she may reached at ashhath@mindspring.com 5222 x333 or vincebeaudet@herth.com.
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We Left and Came Back: all the trees, the schoolsʼ outstanding minutes from our new place. We got a

A Family Tries Marin But Finds

Happiness in Glen Park
At the end of last summer my husband
and I joined the exodus of families leav-
ing San Francisco. After living in the
Inner Sunset for 11 years, we decided to
move to a community that offered a bet-
ter place for us to raise
our kids: a place with
by better public schools, a
Stina place where you didnʼt
Kieffer worry about finding
glass in a sandbox or
tripping over a drunk
passed out in the street. After many
foggy, dreary summers, we also were
looking for happier summer weather.
And we wanted to find a slightly more
spacious house, with a backyard right
off the kitchen.
A little about us. We have two
daughters who at the time of our move
were 3 and 1. I am currently a stay-
at-home mom and my husband, at the
time of the move, was working for a
company based in New York City. His
company had no office in the Bay Area,
so he worked from home; fortunately we
reputations. There was the small but spot in a terrific preschool for our 3 year
charming “downtown” featuring sev- old. We closed escrow, packed up and
eral coffee shops, a bookstore, even an headed north in October.
art house movie theater. And it was so
quiet! On a date one evening before we
The first few weeks were won-
derful. We enjoyed the significantly
moved, my husband and I went to this warmer days, exploring the town with
didnʼt have a commute to factor into our town for dinner; as we walked back to the kids, checking out parks, getting our
move. our car we could see a zillion stars in daughter started in her warm and loving
We debated the merits of a number the crystalline, fragrant night air. new preschool.
of potential new communities, wanting To play it safe, we decided to rent As with any sort of change, the
a place close enough to the city that we for a year to try our new community out reality of what we were losing started
would still be able to see our friends before buying another house. We found sinking in after those initial halcyon
and take advantage of all the cultural an old hillside house with an incredible weeks. The first thing we really missed
things we enjoyed, but away from the view; we could walk to a coffee shop was the close proximity to our friends.
summertime cold and fog. My husband, and a small grocery story in about two Although the drive was only about 25
an avid surfer, wanted to be relatively CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
close to the ocean. The public schools
had to be good. We wanted to be within
walking distance of a grocery store and
a coffee shop. We whittled down our
choices and after some (albeit limited)
exploring decided on an affluent com-
munity in southern Marin. It met most
of our criteria, although golly, it seemed
pretty homogenous and wealthy. But we
thought the proximity to the city would
satisfy our needs for diversity.
After spending several afternoons
in this community, we were smitten
with the meandering streets and hid-
den staircases weaving up and down
the hillsides, the rambling old houses,

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Back From Marin

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE around in luxury European SUVs. I
minutes between our old and new neigh- couldnʼt believe it when I saw these
borhoods, the bridge was there, acting as people actually eyeing my car during
another, perhaps psychological, barrier. drop-off and pickup times! But it wasnʼt
There were no more “just dropping by” just about cars: it became clear to me
visits that had been such an important that there was an overriding sense of
and pleasurable part of our life in San entitlement across the board in this com-
Francisco. We decided to be patient munity. I could see it in the way parents
until the time that we would make new spoke with the highly qualified teachers
friends. at the preschool, when customers spoke
In the meantime, we tried schedul- with workers at the salon where I had Renée Gonsalves & Peggy McIntyre
ing more visits with the old ones. Any- my hair cut, and at the coffee shops, and
one with young kids knows, though, that the way people spoke to each other at The Glen Park Real Estate Team
scheduling activities with others (espe- the playgrounds.
cially those with small children) can be At a Marin fair last summer, as I
difficult when navigating things like watched my kids touch some sheep and
twice-a-day nap schedules. Building pat a deer, I observed another toddler
in time for a trek across the bay added running around the “petting zoo” pen,
another wrinkle, deterring us from head- aggressively whacking the animals and
ing back over to San Francisco as much pulling their fur while his mom and
as we wanted. As the fall wore on, we dad watched adoringly, doing noth-
started to feel very isolated. OK, we ing to show him how to gently touch
told ourselves, we an animal. As were
just need to find some As with any sort washing our hands
Marin friends. As the later, I heard the dad
weather got cooler, I of change, the reality say to the mom, “I
began to really miss think Junior is really
the hum and energy of what we were losing going to love to see
of the city, too. all those farm animals
The problem started sinking in come to our house for
was, though, that that second birthday.”
looking forward, we after those initial In this affluent com-
just couldnʼt seem munity, I learned
to see ourselves in halcyon days. that “pin the tail on
this new community. the donkey” wasnʼt
Naturally it would seem that we would enough of a party pleaser—parents In today’s market, expertise and reputation count.
meet other parents through our daugh- actually brought in real donkeys! For
terʼs preschool and at the playground, 2 year olds! Peggy and Renee bring over 32 years of combined real estate
but we had a hard time connecting with As time went on, we started paying experience and always look after our clients’ best interest first. We
parents there. There was some sort of more attention to the older kids in the don’t just sell homes, we sell your neighborhood.
unseen barrier between us and the community. We thought about what it
other parents we met. Itʼs difficult to would be like for our kids to grow up If you’re thinking of making a move, call us! We would be happy to
explain, other than most of the parents with peers like these. They hung out give you a free evaluation of your home’s value, share our effective
we met didnʼt seem very open to con- in packs around the village square on marketing strategies and answer your real estate questions.
necting with us. It was often hard to the weekends and were generally well-
even make eye contact, and exchanging mannered, good kids. But what was We assisted Glen Park buyers/sellers in the following homes:
a smile ended up more a chore than a life was like for them—what would
pleasure. it be like to grow up in such afflu- 353 Arlington St 128 Laidley St 201 Sussex St
This was profoundly different ence? Such homogeneity? Did they 319 Bosworth St 554 Laidley St 1713 Sanchez St
than our experience in San Francisco, ever feel the kind of isolation that we 1313 Bosworth St 51 Lippard St 166 Stillings St
where chatting with other parents who did? We thought about our own kids, 357-359 Chenery St 130 Monterey Bl 21 Whitney St
were perfect strangers felt perfectly how they were growing up so fast and 948 Chenery St 249 Randall St 35 Whitney St
comfortable. I have one fond memory how much we loved seeing their quirky 1749 Dolores St 253 Randall St #2 61 Whitney St
of encountering two other moms in a sides emerge. We wondered if those 5122 Diamond St 10 Roanoke St 126 Whitney St
coffee shop in Noe Valley. The three quirky bits would be squashed in this 25 Elk St 16 Roanoke St 159-161 Whitney St
of us—strangers to each other—had place; would they be free to be who they 49 Elk St 114 Rousseau St 218 Whitney St
young babies and as we chatted over were here? Would there be tremendous 123 Laidley St 267 Surrey St 53 Wilder St #304
coffee we nursed our kids together. I peer pressure to conform to this culture
just couldnʼt see this happening in our we couldnʼt relate to? Would our kids �����������������������������������������������������
new town. (I never saw a mom nursing resent us for not giving them all of the ����������������������������������������
in public there, for that matter.) material trappings I sensed the many
It even came down to haircuts and of their peers would have? How were
cars, of all things. I had short hair and these kids going to learn about how
Renee Cell: 415.260-5805
all the other moms I encountered had most of the world really lives?
Renee.Gonsalves@CAmoves.com
long hair. I drove an 8-year old Honda
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and the majority of other moms tooled
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Back From Marin

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Glen Park Recreation Center
As the weeks and months wore on,

Fall Schedule (Begins 9/18/06)

there were times that I felt as self-con-
scious as a teenager. Iʼd made several
cross-country moves before, as well as a
long stint in France—and Iʼd never had
this awkward feeling of being such an Monday
“outsider”. It wasnʼt just my hair or my Senior Club 10AM – 1PM Bridge and Card Games 1st & 3rd Mondays
car; I just couldnʼt seem to find a way to Adult tennis 10:30AM – 1PM Advanced Tennis Class
connect with or even relate to my new Latchkey 2PM – 6PM Homework, Snacks, Arts & Crafts - Fee $94.50
neighbors. Girls Volleyball 4PM – 5:30PM For Girls 6th to 8th grade
In December my husbandʼs com- Adult Basketball 6PM – 8PM Half/Full Court Basketball Games
pany decided to open an office in Foster
City, and asked him to take charge of the Tuesday
companyʼs West Coast operations. He Adult Volleyball 10AM – 1PM Open drop-in games
suddenly faced a significant daily com- Adult Tennis 10:30AM – 1PM Class for Beginners
mute, one that made him very resentful Latchkey 2PM – 6PM
and frustrated. Our time together as a Youth Basketball 4PM – 6PM Skills and Conditioning Camp
family was cut short, and we decided Adult Tennis 6:30PM - 8:30PM Class for Beginners
that enough was enough! Forget the Badminton 6:45 - 9:45PM Open drop-in games
great schools and great weather—we Teen Club 7:30 – 9PM Teen Meeting and Activities
had utterly lost our way. We decided to
move back to San Francisco, this time to Wednesday
a sunnier neighborhood. I had been fol- Badminton 9:30 – 12N Open drop-in games
lowing news of the public schools, too, Tiny Tot Class 10AM- 12N Ages 2-5: Activities and Games - Fee $30
and it seemed like there were more than Adult Tennis 10:30 – 1PM Class for Advanced Players
just one or two great public elementary U.N. Seniorʼs 10AM –3PM Bingo, table games and social activities
schools to choose from. Latchkey 2PM – 6PM
We started looking for a house Girls Volleyball 3 - 5:30PM Volleyball for Girls 3rd-5th gr. at St Maryʼs
in January. At one of the first open
houses we went to, I chatted casually Thursday
with a Realtor, and told her about our Adult Volleyball 10AM – 1PM Open drop-in games
situation. She emphatically nodded in Mom & Toddler 10AM – 12N Arts/ Crafts, Music, Storytelling - Fee $30
understanding, and told me that she had Latchkey 2PM – 6PM
seen a few other families in our situa- Youth Basketball 4PM - 6PM Skills and Conditioning Camp
tion—they had tried out the suburbs but Adult Basketball 6PM-8PM Half/Full court games
decided to come back. I was surprised Womenʼs Volleyball 7PM-9PM Citywide League(Call 831-6311) Oct.-Dec
to hear this, but since then Iʼve heard of Adult Tennis 6:30PM-8:30PM Class for Advanced Players.
other families who have done the same Teen Club 7:30-9:00PM Meeting and Activities
thing.
In May we moved to our new Friday
house that sits on the border of Glen Tiny Tot Class 10AM – 12N Arts/Crafts, Music, Storytelling - Fee $30
Park and Noe Valley. The new house Latchkey 2PM- 6PM
doesnʼt have quite the expansive space Youth Tennis 3:15- 4:45PM Class for Beginners
or indoor/outdoor connection we Youth Basketball 4:30-6:30PM Practice for Citywide League
dreamed of finding in the suburbs, but Youth basketball 7PM-9PM Games for Citywide League
itʼs got character and charm and plenty Cub Scouts 7PM-9PM Meets twice a month
of everything we really need. Weʼre Boy Scouts 7PM-9PM Meets twice a month
nearing the end of our first summer
here, and although there have been Saturday
some foggy days, itʼs nothing like the Youth Basketball 11AM-1PM Skills and Conditioning Camp
Sunset; thereʼs been plenty of sunshine, Youth Basketball 12N-3PM League Play for away games
too. We are back to our old habits of Teen Club 2PM-4:30PM Meeting and Activities
drop-in visits with our friends, and
last-minute expeditions to the zoo. At Closed on Sundays
my daughtersʼ new preschool, my heart
soars to see lots of different kinds of
parents and children: Hispanic, black, advice during the bleak time we were Francisco will introduce some new and in Marin. And because weʼre happier
South Asian, white. There are some in Marin and feeling so isolated. “The significant challenges for us; the biggest now, we have a lot more energy to work
kids at our daughtersʼ school with two best thing for your kids is for you, as one facing us now is finding and getting on the issues ahead of us. Yes, weʼre
moms. There appear to be some afflu- their parents, to be happy. If you are into a good public elementary school in dealing with some of the problems we
ent families and some who are not so happy, you will be available to your the next year. But we are happy now— wanted to leave before: less than perfect
affluent there. We are pleased that our kids and have the energy to make your close to our friends and living in one of playgrounds, higher crime rates, etc.
family will be meeting and befriending situation work for your family, wherever the most interesting, beautiful cities in But after trying the alternative for eight
many different kinds of folks. you are.” the world. Itʼs easy to get out and do months, we know that San Francisco is
My mother gave me some good We know that our move back to San the city things we missed so much while a much better fit for us.
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Glen Park Online

To help Glen Park residents connect
and to strengthen the neighborhood,
the Glen Park Association is opening
its news and information e-mail list to
all Glen Park residents. Previously it
was open only to GPA members.
The low-traffic, moderated mail-
ing list that offers up-to-the-minute
news, updates on traffic and City
policies that affect our area and gen-
eral information you wonʼt want to
miss. To subscribe, send an e-mail
to glenparkassociation-subscribe@
yahoogroups.com.

Graffiti Team Needs

A New Coordinator
Glen Parkʼs graffiti abatement coordina-
tor is moving away, leaving a need for
a new volunteer who can spend a few
hours a month coordinating with City
officials, neighborhood groups and the
volunteers who are working to keep
graffiti under control in Glen Park.
Supervisor Bevan Dufty describes
the coordinatorʼs activities in his col-
umn on Page 4. Volunteers should e-
mail martin_forrest@sbcglobal.net, or
contact Dufty.
Most of the clean-up volunteers
spend an hour or two, one Saturday a
month cleaning street signs near their
homes; they occasionally erase new tags
as they appear. Using supplies provided
by the City, they clean public, rather
than private, property. Theyʼve made a
big difference along Chenery and Dia-
mond streets, a task that overwhelmed
City agencies as graffiti proliferated.
More monthly volunteers could
clean more areas of the neighborhood.

San Francisco Services

Abandoned Cars 553-9817
Building Inspection Info 558-6088
Bus Shelters (repair/clean) 882-4949
District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty 554-6968
Garbage (oversized item pickup) 330-1300
Graffiti Hotline 28-CLEAN
Mobile Assistant Patrol (MAP) 431-7400
(Homeless Outreach/Transportation)
Mobile Crisis Team 355-8300
(Mental Health)
Muni Information 673-6864
Muni Complaint/Compliment 923-6164
Parking Enforcement 553-1200
Police (non emergency) 553-0123
Potholes 695-2100
Rent Stabilization Board 252-4600
Street Construction Complaints 554-7222
Street Lighting 554-0730
Tree Problems 695-2165
Towed Cars 553-1235
Mayorʼs Office of
Neighborhood Services www.sfgov.org/mons
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Glen Park Association
Quarterly meetings are held on the
second Tuesday in January, April, July
and October at 7:30 pm. Everyone is
welcome, members and non-members
alike.
Next meeting: Tue. Oct. 10, 7:30 pm.,
Friends of Glen Canyon Park
Meetings and Plant Restoration
Work Parties: Third Saturday of each
month, 9 am–noon. Next dates: Oct. 21,
Nov. 18, Dec. 16, Jan. 20. Meet behind
the Recreation Center. Tools, gloves and
instruction are provided.
Weekly Work Parties: Every
Wednesday, 9 am–noon. For the current
weekʼs meeting place contact Richard
Craib, 648-0862.
Bird Walk: Sunday, Nov. 5, 9 am:
Let David Armstrong introduce you to
the birds in the canyon on another of his
fascinating, free walks.
Pancakes in the Park: Sunday,
Nov. 5, 10:30 am, following the Bird
Walk. A pancake breakfast with bacon,
orange juice, coffee and tea at the Silver-
tree picnic tables. Please RSVP to Rich-
ard Craib at 648-0862. $5 suggested
donation for the pancake breakfast.
To join Friends of Glen Canyon
Park or learn more about their activi-
ties, please contact Richard Craib at
648-0862 or Jean Conner at 584-8576.
Glen Park Advisory Board
The Advisory Board works hand in
hand with the Recreation and Park
Department to make our park the
best in the city. Everyone concerned
with issues concerning Glen Canyon
Park is urged to attend their meetings
and participate in their activities. The
Advisory Board welcomes neighbor-
hood input: contact Miriam Moss at
moss3x@earthlink.net.
Next Meeting: Wed., Oct., 18 at 6:
30 pm in the Rec Center auditorium.
SFPD Community Forums
Third Tuesday of each month, 7
pm: All residents are encouraged to
participate in the informative monthly
Community Relations Forum at SFPDʼs
Ingleside Police Station, hosted by Capt.
Paul Chignell. There are refreshments,
guest speakers, and the opportunity to
ask questions and air your concerns.
Drop in and get acquainted with some of
the dedicated people whose job is keep-
ing our neighborhood safe. The main
station number is 404-4000, or send
e-mail to Paul.Chignell@sfgov.org.
Next dates: Sept.19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21.
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Community Calendar
Glen Park Branch Library
As our neighborhood librarians pre-
pare for the move to their new quarters
in the Marketplace building, they are
still conducting regular activities. Stop
by the library for information about
story times and other events.
Glen Park NERT
Our Neighborhood Emergency
Response Team is an essential element
of disaster preparedness. Free training
is given all year, in various locations.
Youʼll learn to be self-sufficient in a
disaster, and learn basic skills to help
your neighbors. In a major disaster, Glen
Park NERT volunteers meet at the Glen
Park Recreation Center.
You can register for the training at
www.sfgov.org/sffdnert.
Fall Schedule:
Oct. 6 and Oct. 18: 2-day intensive
class at the State Building, 350 McAl-
lister St., Milton Marks Conference
Auditorium (Civic Center BART).
Oct. 19 and 26 and Nov. 2, 9 am–4
pm, with lunch breaks (no lunch),
Federal Reserve Bank, 101 Market St.
(Embarcadero BART). Bring a State-
issued ID for entry.
Oct. 2, 9, 16, 30 and Nov. 6, Mon-
days, 6:30 pm–9:30 pm, Golden Gate
Yacht Club, Lyon Street north of Marina
Boulevard.
Yoga Classes
After three years at the Glen Park
Rec Center auditorium, low attendance
caused Christine Trost to end her eve-
ning Yoga classes there. She still teaches
in Glen Park on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm, at
Kiki Yo, 605B Chenery St. Contact her
at 846-8481 or CATyoga@gmail.com.
On Wednesdays, 12:15–1:30 pm,
Donna Rubin holds Vinyasa Yoga
classes at Kiki Yo. All levels are wel-
come. Vinyasa Yoga utilizes a series of
poses linking breath with movement,
to enhance endurance and flexibility.
Donnaʼs classes are free; donations are
welcomed.
For soon-to-be-moms and parents,
Kiki Yo is introducing a series of new
classes for the Fall Season. Pre-Natal
Yoga, “Mommy and Me” and “KIKI
for Kids” classes are all starting in
September. Visit kiki-yo.com or call
587-5454.
Bird & Beckett
Bird & Beckett Books & Records,
2788 Diamond St., presents free com-
munity literary and musical events
(donations are encouraged to help the
artists and keep our neighborhood
bookstore open). Book club meetings
and jazz sessions are listed at www.bird-
beckett.com, or call 586-3733 for more
information.
Coming Events:
Every Friday, 5:30–8 pm: Jazz in
the Bookshop:
First & third Fridays each month:
The Seabop Ensemble, under the direc-
tion of bassist Don Prell, with various
lineups including Chuck Peterson, Jim
Grantham, Jerry Logas, saxes; Al
Molina, Frank Phipps, horns; Scott
Foster, guitar; Chris Bjorkbom, drums.
Second Friday: The Jimmy Ryan/
Rick Elmore Quartet with Scott Foster,
guitar; Bishu Chatterjee, bass; Art Lewis,
drums.
Fourth Friday: Henry Irvin Quartet
with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits and rotat-
ing musicians including Barbara Hunter,
soprano sax and flute; Bishop Norman
Williams, sax, and drummers Jimmy
Ryan and Rhoyale Baibe Foston
Friday, Sept. 22, 5:30–8 pm:: The
John Calloway Quartet (jazz) plays;
the Henry Irvin Quartet returns Sept.
29 (the 5th Friday this month.
First Sunday, 4:30 pm: Sunday Jazz:
Henry Irvin Quartet with Dorothy
Lefkovits. In October only, theyʼll play
on the second Sunday, Oct. 8.
First and third Mondays, 7:30 pm:
Open mic poetry series with featured
readers, hosted by Jerry Ferraz. Scottish
poet Leonard Irving says Bird & Beckett
is the best poetry venue in town!
Second Tuesday, 7:30 pm: The
Eminent Authors Birthday Reading
features an open reading from the works
of favorite authors whose birthdays fall
during the month. Bring a libation and
a literary bit to share with the group.
First Wednesday, 7 pm: Bird &
Beckett Book Club discusses a book
every month. Participants choose the
next monthʼs selection. Oct. 4: The His-
tory of Love by Nicole Krauss. Nov. 1:
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck. Please
e-mail Marcy at vacumkitty@aol.com
to get on the e-mail distribution list for
Book Club notices. She has links for you
to learn more about the book selection,
and will let you know about our monthly
Political Book Discussion Group.
Second Thursday, 7:30 pm: Political
Book Discussion Group. Oct. 12: The
Federalist Papers. Nov. 9: The Perils
of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and
the Road to War in Vietnam by Gareth
Porter.
Sunday, Sept. 24, 4:30 pm: “Blood,
Gold & Water:” Walker Brents riffs on
Fall 2006
the myths of the American west.
Monday, Sept. 25, 7:30 pm: Nel-
lie Wong, an Oakland native who lives
on Chenery Street, is a hugely impor-
tant poet from many perspectives: her
workʼs content, her skill in shaping her
poems and her commitment to human-
ity, social justice, commemoration of
past struggles, and hope for a decent
future. Weʼll celebrate her birthday by
having her share some of her poems.
Honor her by attending this reading.
Modern Times Bookstore on Valencia
at 20th has supported her political work
for years, giving her much in the way of
context and information; you can show
them your appreciation by buying a book
from them, as well.
Sunday, Oct. 22, 4:30 pm: Book-
store Benefit Reading by David Melt-
zer and Diane di Prima. Buy one of the
limited number of tickets in advance to
ensure your space in the small venue:
Fifteen $25 tickets will guarantee seats.
Another 20 standing-room tickets will be
sold at $20. The room will be crowded.
The poetry will be great. No advance
reservations. Eric will notify his e-mail
list before tickets go on sale shortly after
Oct. 1.
Art in the Bookshop: Works on
paper by Marlene Aron are hanging
in the store until mid-October. Theyʼll
be followed by the art of longtime Glen
Park resident Jean Conner.
Diamond Street residents Chris
Neumann and Michele Bulen are
among the neighborhood graffiti-
removal volunteers who have taken on
the regular Saturday-morning job of
erasing vandalsʼ tags on Chenery and
Diamond streets. Chris is familiar to
many neighbors as one of the smiling
faces at Chenery Park; Micheleʼs activi-
ties include work with the erstwhile
Glen Park Festival. Photo by Denis
Wade.