SPRING 2017 VOLUME 35, NO. 1

Glen Park Resident Tapped for Supervisor

len Park resident Jeff Sheehy, Sheehy, who served as president of the newest member of the the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic G Board of Club, helped craft and win City Hall Supervisors, didn’t make his political backing for San Francisco’s ground- mark as a neighborhood activist. But breaking Equal Benefits Ordinance. the District 8 represen- The 1996 law, successfully defended in by tative plans to pay a court and withstanding pressure from Rachel lot of attention to traf- business interests, requires employers Gordon fic congestion, potholes, with City contracts to offer the same car break-ins and other neighborhood benefits to people with domestic part- livability issues. ners as their married colleagues receive. “I think it’s great to have some- Today, more than 4,000 companies body from Glen Park in the Board across the United States conform to of Supervisors seat, but I also think San Francisco’s mandate, and many it’s great no matter where you live in other state and local governments fol- the city to have someone focused on lowed San Francisco’s lead with similar neighborhoods, having someone who’s laws of their own. raising a kid in the public schools, hav- “Jeff Sheehy has spent his entire life ing someone who’s just a regular guy,” fighting for his community and for he said. what he believes is right, and I know That regular guy who grew up in that as supervisor, Jeff will be a proven Texas has a solid history in the rough- fighter for residents of his district and and-tumble world of San Francisco for our entire city, too,” said Mayor politics, having gained prominence for Lee, himself a Glen Park resident, who his years of work as an HIV/AIDS appointed Sheehy to the seat vacated activist—he’s the first person on the by . Wiener, who backed Board of Supervisors openly living with Sheehy’s appointment, gave up his HIV—and as a crusader for LGBT Board of Supervisors job after winning rights. his race for state Senate in November. At one time, he served as then-Mayor Lee announced the pick on Jan. 6, Gavin Newson’s advisor on HIV/AIDS. and Sheehy took the oath of office two When current Mayor Ed Lee tapped days later. him for the supervisor’s post, Sheehy Sheehy, who turns 60 in April, lives was the longtime director of commu- with his husband Bill Berry, the trans- nications at UC San Francisco’s AIDS actions coordinator for a real estate Newly District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy on Diamond Street in Glen Park. Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf Research Institute. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 GLEN PARK One Classroom: 13 Different Teachers ASSOCIATION iss Nelson is much put-upon. Harry Allard describes the scene when For the children in Room 6 at Glen QUARTERLY MEETING Her students are so incon- Park Elementary School, their parents Miss Nelson’s substitute arrives: “I am Thursday April, 6 siderate and uncooperative your new teacher, Miss Viola Swamp.” believe it was the students who suf- M 7 p.m. that one day, she does not show up to And she rapped the desk with her fered needlessly after a succession of school. Her students, who took much ruler. “Where is Miss Nelson?” asked 13 teachers and temporary substitutes St. John School joy in torturing her, are the kids. “Never mind that!” snapped served as their first-grade teacher from 925 Chenery St. by • Presentation on the Recology rate at first excited to have mid-October to early January during Susan Miss Swamp. increase Sutton a new victim, but soon In the end, when the children in the current school year. • Rec+Park—status of the rec center realize that Miss Viola Room 207 learn to behave and to In mid-October, when the main con- construction Swamp, her replacement, is no push- appreciate Miss Nelson, she returns, cern of the first graders and their parents • Glen Park Greenway, status and over. and the students eagerly welcome her was choosing a Halloween costume, future work days. In his book Miss Nelson is Missing! back. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 BUSINESS DISTRICT UPDATE ~ PG. 6 LITTLE-LOT HOUSE ~ PG. 11 VOICE OF THE GIANTS ~ PG. 14 2 Glen Park News | Spring 2017

S GPA PRESIDENT’S (AMERITUS) COLUMN S Glen Park an. 26, 2017: I’m in front of ews the standing-room-only crowd at n J the Glen Park Association meet- The Glen Park News is pub- ing at St. John School. Are they here lished quarterly by the Glen for the dramatic annual election of GPA officers? Oh, wait. Park Association. Signed articles by Our newly appointed are the opinions of the authors Michael District 8 Supervisor, and not necessarily those of the Rice Jeff Sheehy, will be Glen Park Association. coming to speak. That Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gordon brings the folks out tonight. Yet, before Jeff arrives, a bit of drama Deputy Editor Gail Bensinger ensues as I announce I am stepping down after 12 years as GPA president. Copy Editor Denis Wade I truly appreciate the thanks I hear, and the welcome offered to Scott Stawicki Art Director Liz Mangelsdorf as the new president. Now: A few weeks later, I am look- ing back on learning and helping about New GPA Vice President Stephany Wilkes and outgoing President Michael Rice. Calendar Photos by Michael Waldstein Editor C.B. Mangelsdorf many Glen Park topics and issues, including 12 years of writing this col- • Make the auto companies turn their car trip in the city needs a plan: Where Online Editor Elizabeth Weise umn in the Glen Park News. The col- engineering and industrial base to will I park when I get there? It won’t be umns were long filed away on my Mac, putting out quiet, fuel-efficient right in front of the store or restaurant. Advertising Nora Dowley and each opened with a click. I found transit vehicles.” There are lots of I learned to enjoy walking a couple of some lessons in those old columns. new hybrid buses on the street, but extra blocks.” v Distribution In December 2008, I wrote a list of I am not such a of a future of Manager Murray Schneider goals it would be great to see in Glen streets filled with “self-driving” cars. Michael Rice served tirelessly as president Park and San Francisco. Some are In October 2009, I wrote about of the Glen Park Association from 2005 Reporters under way, some have stalled and some, neighborhood parking, concluding: through 2016. A roster of current GPA Gail Bensinger I’m afraid, are wishful thinking, as you “Finally, I remember: After I moved to officers, including new officers elected at Zachary Clark can see below: San Francisco in the 1970s, it was only the January 2017 Annual Meeting, is on Rachel Gordon • “Repave every patched, pot-holed, about two weeks before I realized every Page 3. Ashley Hathaway bumpy street; Is there any drive Nicki Michaels across town where we don’t have to Murray Schneider wait and take a detour for PG&E, Glen Park Association Susan Sutton SFPUC or Public Works paving Denis Wade work? Bonnee Waldstein • At the same time, pull down the Elects New Leadership Stephany Wilkes poles and wires and put everything ichael Rice capped his 12-year Heather World underground at one go; improve run as president of the Glen street lighting; Wishful thinking. Park Association and handed Columnists M • Buy lots of buses for Muni. Make the leadership torch to Scott Stawicki Marc Dickow them easy to ride—in Nashville, on Jan. 26 at the Association’s quarterly Betsy Eddy every city bus rider can swipe a Visa meeting, when members elected offi- Kay Hamilton Estey or MasterCard; Clipper Cards – Yes! cers for the coming year. Katrin Reimuller • Widen the sidewalks; paint lots of by Rice said it had been Michael Rice yellow crosswalks; Spotty. Still wait- Bonnee quite an honor to serve, Katie Ripley Waldstein ing for new crosswalk at Sussex and but added, “I’m happy Evelyn Rose Elk; Diamond and Bosworth was a to get some of my time Jeff Sheehy hard experience to get right. back!” He presided over more than 40 Kerri Spruston • Build a linear park along the city neighborhood meetings during his ten- Michael Rice, center, talks with new GPA property parallel to Bosworth from ure at the helm. He also spent count- President Scott Stawicki, right. Photographers Diamond Street to Elk Street; less hours dealing with representatives Stawicki paid tribute to Rice’s long Gail Bensinger Progress. We have the adopted of the City and community groups on service: “Whether you know it or not, Brett Desmarais Greenway Concept Plan, and look matters important to Glen Park. Michael’s touched your life in many Ashley Hathaway forward to a Community Challenge Rice highlighted a few of the issues ways by his diligent work on behalf of Liz Mangelsdorf Grant to start new landscaping. he’s worked on over the years: the Glen Paul Matalucci our neighborhood. He’s got big shoes • Renovate the Glen Park Recreation Park Community Plan, the Glen Park Murray Schneider to fill.” Center; With 72 percent “Yes” in Greenway and the improvements in Michael Waldstein In addition to electing a new presi- Glen Park, we passed Proposition Glen Canyon Park—and he noted the dent, the GPA members elected B in 2012. The expanded, updated continuing challenges of transit and Stephany Wilkes vice president, Dennis 2912 Diamond St. #407 Rec Center will open this spring. parking in our bustling neighborhood. Mullen treasurer, Heather World San Francisco, CA 94131 • Fix more schools; build fewer jails. He also observed that it will be good recording secretary, Bonnee Waldstein [email protected] We are fixing schools. Jails are on for the neighborhood and the associa- corresponding secretary and Hilary hold. tion to have new leadership. Schiraldi membership secretary. v Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 3

S FROM THE EDITORS S GPA Board of he Glen Park News is produced the Glen Park Library and local busi- delivered the Burlingame Advance on his Directors and Officers by a diverse group of volun- nesses. bicycle in San Mateo Park when he was for 2016 T teers. Our youngest reporter—to Three of Schneider’s longtime vol- in sixth grade. date—was an 8-year-old student who unteers are giving up their routes this But the Glen Park News easily tops reported on kid-friendly aspects of the spring, but a new generation is already them: We have a new paperboy who’s President erstwhile Glen Park farmers’ market. picking up where they left off. a second grader. Raiden Ippen delivered Scott Stawicki [email protected] The oldest will turn 80 this spring. Surrey Street’s Zoanne Nordstrom, one his neighborhood route for the first All of our editors have professional of the trio of “Gum Tree Girls” who suc- time in December. His mother Chandra Vice President Bay Area newspaper experience. One cessfully fought plans to build a freeway Ippen emailed Schneider: “Just wanted Stephany Wilkes was also a reporter for NBC News and through Glen Canyon, has given up her to let you know that Raiden delivered all [email protected] Associated Press. Glen Park News delivery route. A former the papers yesterday. So glad to be part of Membership Secretary In each issue, our neighborhood col- president of the Glen Park Association, this effort.” Well done, Raiden. Hilary Schiraldi umnists cover topics ranging from gar- Nordstrom is still going to be a loyal Schneider reports that our Fall 2016 [email protected] dening to real estate, from school and reader. item seeking volunteers paid dividends: Recording Secretary library activities to local history, and This Spring 2017 issue is the last that “Chandra replied to it, as did several oth- Heather World from City government issues to news Steve Uchida will be delivering. Steve is ers. We now have a waiting list of future [email protected] from the Glen Park Association and our moving to Monterey County at the end paper deliverers.” Communications Secretary neighbors in Diamond Heights. of April. In addition to delivering the Shelley Estelle’s son is the youngest Bonnee Waldstein Amid the quarterly influx of informa- Glen Park News, Uchida, a retired postal carrier. “He’s just four and a half,” Estelle [email protected] tion we assemble for readers, it’s easy worker, volunteers each Wednesday with told Schneider. “He got really excited Treasurer sometimes to take for granted a whole Friends of Glen Canyon Park. about having a job that I could pay Dennis Mullen other group of volunteers who actually We’re also grateful for the service of him for, so he can buy Legos. We’ll do [email protected] bring the paper to you. Rebecca MurrayMetzger, who has done it together.” This issue will be his “trial Glen Park News Editors Regular readers are familiar with the double duty as a reporter and a paper run,” distributing papers to 135 houses Rachel Gordon (print) byline of Murray Schneider on stories carrier. She is moving to Westwood Park near his home. Elizabeth Weise (blog) about interesting neighborhood people and ending her delivery duties. Another “newbie” newsboy who joins [email protected] and events, and about Glen Canyon Park Lots of kids had paper routes back us this spring is 14-year-old eighth grader Glen Park News Advertising Rep. (where he also volunteers). Schneider also when most local papers were delivered Daniel Golinski, who will cover 130 Nora Dowley wears the hat of Distribution Manager. daily. From the time he was a fifth homes in the Surrey-Laidley-Chenery [email protected] He coordinates that whole other group grader till he was well into high school, area. Health & Environment Chair of volunteers, making sure the Glen Park Schneider rode his bike around the We think the Glen Park News is the Stephany Wilkes News is delivered individually to homes Outer Sunset district, delivering the San best little all-volunteer paper in town. If [email protected] throughout Glen Park and in batches to Francisco Call Bulletin. Our copy editor you’d like to participate, let us know. v Neighborhood Improvement Chair John Walmsley How We Learned to the Stairs [email protected] Program Chair hen Rec and “After the recent epic rains Carolyn Deacy [email protected] Parks started I am a true fan of these stairs. W “ i m p r o v i n g ” I noticed that between down- Public Safety Chairs Glen Canyon Park with pours I could still walk in the Carolyn Deacy, Hilary Schiraldi boardwalks and box steps, hills with my young and lively [email protected] I hated the “urbanization” dog. The hill and trails held up Recreation & Parks Chair of a unique, unspoiled—and with those stairs, and the path Ashley Hathaway irreplaceable—refuge smack never became inaccessible with [email protected] in the mid- mud as some of the lower can- Transportation Chair by dle of San yon and hillside areas without Scott Stawicki Denis Francisco. Up stairs did. [email protected] Wade with in the canyon, “I think it was great fore- Zoning Chairs Jodell by the creek, sight to plan this addition to Tania Treis, Bruce Bonacker Scott the trickle the canyon, because it will [email protected] of water and preserve those trails for many smell of anise years and through all kinds of The mission of the Glen Park magically conjured child- weather.” hood play along the banks of She went on to hope that the Association is to promote Santa Rosa Creek behind my old Sussex Street stairs (from the collective interests of all grandparents’ home. Elk) are in the overall plan for persons living in Glen Park, Turns out I wasn’t the only One set of new stairs, leading up to Christopher Playground. an upgrade. to inform and educate about one fretting, and ultimately Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf While Scott applauds the hill- neighborhood and citywide reconsidering my objections. side stairs’ conservation aspects, issues, to promote sociability Jodell Scott, who lives on Arlington stairs in the steep terrain of the beauti- I’ve grown to appreciate the accessibil- Street with her dog Teagen, put my ful and natural Glen Canyon. I didn't ity they afford to people who otherwise and friendships and to thoughts into words, in a recent post really have a strong opinion at the time, couldn’t navigate steep areas. Now, as support beneficial on the site Nextdoor Glen Park: although at first it looked strange to see my agility and balance decline with neighborhood projects. “A couple of years ago, there was something man-made in such a glori- age, I must confess I sometimes wish some controversy about putting in ous and natural setting. for handrails! v 4 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 Recreation Center Makeover in Nearing Completion or many Glen Park residents, the final aspects of the exterior. Additionally, a special anti-graffiti clear “teaching” kitchen as previously pro- the extensive renovation of the The latest and most involved work coat will be applied to the lower 10 feet posed—are in final stages of completion. F Recreation Center building in has been exterior stucco application of the building’s wall. Work on new landscape drainage and our beloved Glen Canyon Park seems to the building walls. First, multiple The latest series of delays can mostly irrigation is next, followed by paving never-ending. But have faith—the end base layers of blue waterproof coating be blamed on Mother Nature. Rain and planting. A new domestic water is near. The plan is to have the Rec were applied, then an additional layer and moisture have been the main fac- line and backflow preventer has been Center open well in time for summer of darker scratch coat, and finally the tors delaying completion of the stucco installed near the sidewalk at the cor- activities. treatment of outer stucco in a light work. Site work in general is also greatly ner of Elk and Chenery streets, with a The bond-funded, $12 million proj- sandy color. hampered by rain; this includes trench- water meter beneath the sidewalk. The ect has faced a number of unforeseen “The color is integrated into the ing, irrigation, walkways and landscape visible equipment for the backflow pre- obstacles, including extensive dry rot in final layer of stucco, not painted onto planting. The outdoor areas involved in venter is covered by a metal cage. the exterior walls. And, most recently, it,” explained Brett Desmarais, the these specific projects do not dry out A finishing touch will be an approved unrelenting rains have presented chal- Recreation and Park Department proj- quickly, adding additional delays. art installation, comprising three “Solar lenges for contractor crews working on ect manager overseeing the makeover. Interior construction however, has Totems,” created by Charles Sowers continued to progress. A retractable wall Studio; they will be placed near the pic- in the new building addition has been nic tables. The sculptures will be installed installed, as well as a welcome desk with once their foundation is put in place. newly installed drywall and wood trim. Project Manager Desmarais regularly Basketball hoops, tile work in the rest- posts progress updates. To follow the rooms, renovation of the fireplace and updates, visit: http://sfrecpark.org/proj- a fully equipped kitchen—not a large ect/glen-canyon-park-2012-bond/ v

S CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARY S am writing this on a rainy Friday caps is encouraged! afternoon and thinking that you To celebrate the library itself, join I will be reading it on a glorious us on Saturday, May 20, 2–5 p.m. for spring day. After all the rain, I have the Glen Park Library Open House. visions of a beautiful spring with The Open House will start with clas- Construction progresses inside the recreation center. Photo by Brett Desmarais colorful, fragrant flowers, butterflies, sical music by the Glen Park Trio. The invigorating walks in Glen Canyon trio comprises two flutists, Stephen and of course many trips to the library. Shapiro and Danny Beagle, and vio- The library has many events for you linist Janet Houser. Shapiro, former this spring, all of which are included executive director for the Community in the Community Calendar on Page Music Center, is a longtime Glen Park 24 of this issue. I want to take this resident and a tremendous library moment to invite you to two special supporter. He has gathered the trio programs that focus on Glen Park. together to share music in our beauti- In honor of Women’s ful space. by History Month, on While enjoying the music, you can Katrin Wednesday, March 29 at taste-test our food demonstration Reimuller 6:30 p.m., Evelyn Rose, (exactly what is to be determined, as chair and founder of the we’re still planning the menu); par- Glen Park Neighborhoods History ticipate in craft and kid activities; and Project, presents “Glen Park Ladies,” learn more about the many free library a talk exploring the lives of some resources. At 3:30 we will have a huge of Glen Park’s earliest civic activ- treat—the Fratello Marionettes will ists and suffragists, and how they perform “The Vaudeville Follies,” a played important roles in the his- family cabaret variety show presented tory of Glen Park, San Francisco and in the spirit of the old-time music beyond. Wearing your knitted pink hall. The puppeteers perform in full

view of the audience. The show is filled with sophisticated marionettes GLEN PARK that range in size from one to three LIBRARY HOURS feet tall, and include singers, dancers, Monday/Tuesday 10-6 clowns, classical trick marionettes and our trained dog, Puddles. There’s even Wednesday 12-8 a clown blowing up a balloon! This is Thursday 12-7 a day at the library that shouldn’t be missed. v Friday/Saturday 1-6 Sunday 1-5 Katrin Reimuller is the chief librarian of the Glen Park Library. Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 5

S NEWS FROM CITY HALL S

am honored to serve as your new Now, I am working to help fund the where my first citywide priority is our office with your budget priorities. District 8 supervisor. The neighbor- improvement plan for the Greenway working with my colleagues, the com- Our first Glen Park neighborhood I hoods of District 8 are vibrant and (see story, Page 12) and to fix the con- munity and our public safety pro- office hours are scheduled for Friday, diverse, and it is our neighborhoods gested intersection at Diamond and fessionals to develop a comprehen- March 24, 1–5 p.m. More informa- that make San Francisco great. Bosworth streets. sive neighborhood crime prevention tion will be circulated soon. My husband Billy During recent floods near Cayuga strategy. I’ve heard many great ideas: Finally, I urge you to join me and by and I live in Glen Avenue in nearby Mission Terrace, investments in crime prevention the rest of the City family to resist Jeff Park with our daugh- I went door-to-door to speak with efforts, more neighborhood foot beat attacks from the new administration. Sheehy ter, a sixth grader in community residents, and the San officers, providing resources for effec- San Francisco faces an existential San Francisco public Francisco Public Utilities Commission tive prosecution and community orga- threat. Our values are the polar oppo- schools. I’m focused on ensuring that is working on solving this recurring nizing are just a few. site of those expounded by the people San Francisco continues to be a great problem once and for all. Supporting the sheriff in warrant taking power in , D.C. To place to grow up. That means keeping For Women’s History Month this enforcement could be an effective that end, I am serving as vice-chair families in San Francisco, making sure March, we’ll honor Glen Park School way to assist the Police Department of the newly established Budget and City services are delivered well and Principal Jean Robertson for her work in addressing petty crime. My goal is Finance Federal Select Committee. efficiently, and preserving neighbor- educating young people. We must to coordinate the various public safety This committee will help prepare bud- hood quality of life. thank the people in our community agencies so the City can be successful get responses to assaults ranging from As a Glen Park neighbor, I am who make history every day by leav- at keeping our neighborhoods safe. repealing the Affordable Care Act to focused on our community. When I ing a positive impact on our youngest I will also serve on the Budget and attacks on Sanctuary City policy. attended the Glen Park Association residents. Finance Committee, where we will Please feel free to call my office, at meeting, it was great to see so many of Board President work diligently to fund City-wide 415-554-6968, or send an email to jeff. you and welcome new President Scott appointed me to the Public Safety and priorities—healthcare, including pro- [email protected]. I look forward to see- Stawicki. Neighborhood Services Committee, grams for long-term survivors of HIV/ ing you around our neighborhood. v AIDS; children’s services; and public transportation. We will also work to Supervisor Jeff Sheehy represents District provide critical funding for neighbor- 8, which includes Glen Park, on the San Annual Glen Park Festival hood concerns, so please reach out to Francisco Board of Supervisors. Set for Sunday, April 30th

elebrating its 19th year, the Other recipients: Monroe Elementary Glen Park Festival will take School used its grant for art, cook- 19th-Annual C place on April 30 in downtown ing and garden supplies; Noe Valley Glen Park, with all proceeds going Nursery School bought new toys and to key programs for neighborhood equipment; St. Finn Bar Catholic children and the com- School developed a garden learn- Glen Park Festival by munity. ing area; and Sunnyside Elementary Heather Last year’s festival School purchased refurbished iPads for Gately raised $14,000 for com- two special-education classrooms. A Neighborhood Tradition to Support the munity programs, sup- The 2017 Glen Park Festival will Glen Park Community ported entirely by T-shirt sales, indi- be open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. vidual donations, festival sponsors and and feature entertainment, vendors, \ vendors. food, beer and wine. Entertainment Sunday, April 30th The only way to purchase the popu- on the main stage will include popular lar long-sleeve version of the Glen returning acts Jinx Jones and Bayonics, 10am to 4:30pm on Diamond St. Park Festival T-shirt is through pre-sale and new additions Fog Swamp, Rojai. on the website, at http://glenparkfesti- There also will be salsa lessons with val.com/shirts. Orders must be placed Moira. Entertainment Schedule before April 13. Short sleeve-styles are Children’s entertainment starts at available through pre-sale and at the 10 a.m. and will include street paint- Master of Ceremonies: Chuck Polling festival. This year’s T-shirt will feature ing and bubbles with Little Artistas; a new design. puppet-making with The Rabbit Hole; 10:00-10:45 AM Children’s Entertainment Many organizations and programs a martial arts demonstration with benefited from the Glen Park Festival One Martial Arts; Bricks for Kidz 11:00-12:00 PM Fog Swamp last year: Centro Las Olas Preschool Interactive Lego demonstration; and purchased art supplies; Commodore arts and crafts with DrawBridge. 12:15-1:00 PM Rojai Sloat Elementary School refurbished Donations always are welcome and one of its learning areas; Fairmount tax-deductible. Interested sponsors 1:15-2:30 PM Jinx Jones (Rockabilly/Twang) Elementary School created com- and vendors can contact the commit- munity-building events; Glen Park tee: http://www.glenparkfestival.com/ 2:30-3:00 PM Salso Lessons with Moira Elementary paid for an eco-friendly supporters. Community organizations cleaning team; Glenridge Cooperative that wish to apply for a grant can do 3:15-4:30 PM Bayonics (Latin/Funk/Reggae/R&B) Nursery purchased learning toys; and so by May 23, 2017 on the website: Miraloma Cooperative Nursery pur- http://www.glenparkfestival.com/benefi- chased microscopes. ciaries v 6 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 Changes Abound in Business District ataki Canyon is gone, but sushi Chen said is a “sushi chef’s basic.” has raised her three children, ages Glen Park Hardware is not—Tekka House will open Chen, 25, graduated from Abraham 7, 17 and 24, here. She thinks it’s Aaron Esquivel, the new owner, T its doors soon. Rockit Swirl has Lincoln High School. He backed really important for the neighbor- and Jonathan Travis, the new man- morphed into Cuppa, with the new into tuna rolls from an odd direc- hood to have a place where families ager, are still learning the quirky sign going up on the family friendly tion—studying automotive tech- are welcome, and where groups of habits of Glen Park residents when eatery’s storefront in early March. nology at City College. To earn kids can hang out in an environ- it comes to hardware, and they’re Glen Park Hardware, under its money, he got a job at a Japanese ment created for them. enjoying every minute of it. new ownership, is restaurant, and decided he liked fish “We need to make the kids hap- “The people of Glen Park have by settling into the fab- rolls better than car engines. pier,” she said. been amazing,” Esquivel said. “We Gail ric of our neighbor- Guan, 26, graduated from Balboa The changes from the shop’s ear- are still receiving so much goodwill Bensinger hood, and the new High School, then studied finance lier life as Rockit Swirl are notice- in the neighborhood. I’m loving it.” health drop-in clinic at San Francisco State University. able. There are kids’ board games The store, at 685 Chenery St., sold has been “ahead of budget.” Where He is part-owner of two other San (donations are welcome) stacked out of electric candles before the Bernie Kelly’s museum-piece IBM Francisco food establishments, a near the giant TV, and fewer toy evening Women’s March on Jan. 21, Selectric once held sway, construc- hotpot restaurant and a milk tea machines. The rides are gone, and the day after President Trump was tion is proceeding on a skin care bar. some of the furniture is new. inaugurated. Sandbags disappeared salon and boutique called Pono. They chose Glen Park for their The yogurt bar is still there— quickly during this wet winter. The small Glen Park business new venture because it is “a really with the addition of some non-dairy Sometime this spring, the store district is, as ever, in a state of flux. nice neighborhood,” Guan said. For options based on almond milk, but will close briefly for installation of Tekka House, they will offer a vari- the ice cream is gone. There are more a new floor and new sliding shelv- Tekka House ety of ramen dishes, soup and small choices of tea drinks—hot and cold, ing, which will increase the space Justin Guan and Andrew Chen plates in addition to sushi. They black and green, bubble and not— for stock by nearly 50 percent. In were boyhood friends back in south- will offer carry-out, and will feature and the menu has been adjusted to early March the manufacturer had ern China. Their families immi- Japanese sakes, beer and local wines. include healthier options. not yet set a delivery date for the grated to San Francisco when they To begin with, they will keep For the kids who drop in after custom-made shelves; Travis said were teenagers and they both ended Tataki’s hours—open daily for dinner school, there are smoothies and fries that as soon as the dates are known, up in the restaurant business. Now and Saturday and Sunday for lunch. with various toppings. The pre- they will be posted online on the they’re joining forces to open Tekka There will be a staff of six or seven, pared foods are transpacific, includ- Glen Park Bulletin Board, as well in House at 678 Chenery St., with including the Tataki kitchen staff. ing such items as spam musubi, a in the store’s windows. Guan as the business manager and Down the road, they are considering Hawaiian favorite, and lumpia. Meanwhile, Glen Park Hardware’s Chen as the chef. whether to open for weekday lunch, Lang is a former Realtor who new garden center, located at the Before the opening, they took a and a website will be up soon. bought the business from Mark back of the shop, is doing well, and break overseeing a minor makeover Fuentes late last year. Cuppa is open rain has caused a run on tarps and to the interior and working out the Cuppa Monday through Thursday, noon to non-skid tape. Ant killers and rodent details of their new menu, to talk Sophie Lang, the new manager 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. control products are selling well, as about their plans. and part-owner of Cuppa at 2810 to 10 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to are various types of caulking. Other Tekka means tuna roll, which Diamond St., lives in Glen Park and 9 p.m. best-sellers include rubber mallets, spray bottles and brooms. Light bulbs, which become ever more confusing, are steady sellers, and the store now carries a type that can be turned on and off remotely. When the store reopens, there will be a new key center, a four- machine unit capable of making keys with chips and for motorcycles and equipment. And, due to the scheduling of the hardware indus- try, they’re ordering now for next Christmas—if you know you will need something, stop in and ask to have your items added to their shopping list. Esquivel and Travis count on neighborhood shoppers to request preferences on merchandise. They will start carrying SodaStream water-carbonation equipment soon. After the remodeling, they will be testing out rental items—tools, bar- becues and a smoker, perhaps a sump pump. Rockit Swirl on Diamond Street has become Cuppa. Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 7

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Justin Guan (left) and Andrew Chen, the new owners of Tekka House 2786 Diamond Street Photo by Gail Bensinger San Francisco, CA 94131

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Their goal is to provide the highest level of care and advanced technology to their patients, educate all ages to proper and healthy dental care, and to make their expertise accessible 660 Chenery St. to everyone in their community. San Francisco, CA 94131 (415)586-3980 GLEN PARK DENTAL Conveniently located across the 590 Bosworth Street • San Francisco street from Glen Park BART! (Closed Sunday and TuGesday) 8 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 S (HI)STORIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS S he land bordered by Bosworth, Brompton, Lippard and Joost T Streets was originally part of the Ulshofer milch ranch. By 1871, it had been platted as Block 3 among the first streets in the future Glen Park (see Glen Park News, Spring by 2016). The City later Evelyn acquired the property in Rose March 1905 from the estate of pioneer real estate agent John Pforr. Purchased for $5,600 (about $152,000 today), the City planned to construct the Sunnyside School there. However, after the Great San Francisco Earthquake in April 1906, with displaced residents relocating to Glen Park in droves, the City set up a temporary refugee camp on the future school site. With the influx of new res- idents, many students from Glen Park and the Sunnyside were attending the overcrowded Fairmount School; oth- ers attended a temporary school set up in shacks at the refugee camp. When the City decided to build a new school in the Sunnyside district, the name for the planned school on Block 3 became the Glen Park Grammar School. Designed by architects Havens and Toepke, Glen Park’s first school was a beautiful Mission Revival structure noted to be on an “exceedingly pictur- The newly constructed Glen Park Grammar School just after it’s completion in 1908. Photo courtesy of OpenSFHistory.org esque” site, a “high eminence [with] an unobstructed view for many miles.” wings and an auditorium were added Delano Roosevelt, and during an era borhoods. To learn more, visit www. Constructed of Oregon pine, with in 1914. Celina R. Pechin, then in her known as the Golden Age for San GlenParkHistory.org. The GPNHP a shingled exterior, heavily molded 24th year in the district, was the first Francisco school design, prominent meets every other (even) month and window frames, and “modern sanitary principal of the school. architects Lewis P. Hobart and Walter offers history walks. Join the mailing appliances,” its 10 to 12 rooms could By the time of the Great Depression Danforth Bliss combined Art Deco list: [email protected]. hold up to 450 students. Completed in in the 1930s, the school was outdated style with stripped Classicism to cre- December 1907 at a cost of $45,000 and considered a fire hazard. Under ate the new Glen Park Elementary ($1.2 million today), it finally opened the Works Progress Administration School. to students in August 1908. Two new (WPA), created by President Franklin The two-story-plus-daylight base- ment structure was built with rein- forced concrete for fire- and quake- proofing. Zigzags, chevrons, rays, stepped arches and stylized floral or natural forms—hence, the elk and griffons—were incorporated on the exterior, and simple moldings and other features helped expose the build- ing’s underlying geometry. The federal government covered 45 percent of the $320,760 cost ($5.7 million today). Completed in 1935, dedicated in 1937, and with grounds and retaining walls beautified in 1939, Glen Park School stands today as a prominent icon of our district. v

Evelyn Rose, chair and founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), is documenting the Mrs. Celina R. Pechin, the first principal of Glen Park Grammar School. Image from histories of Glen Park and nearby neigh- Glen Park Elementary School as it looks today. Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf the San Francisco Call, April 10, 1909. Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 9 Sinkhole Unearths Glen Canyon Park History orthern has wel- Crocker Estate Company in 1922. By comed the drought-relieving 1924, the City had constructed the N rains, but the deluge we’ve new recreation area’s first playground, experienced this winter caught many basketball court and tennis court. But off guard. before these could be built, the creek Heavy rain means lots of water, had to be rerouted into the culvert and and lots of water rushing through old then covered. underground pipes can At this same time, the culvert car- by present serious prob- rying Islais Creek water was being Ashley lems. Recently caught continued under Alemany Boulevard. Hathaway by surprise was the San In January 1923, a notice appeared in and Francisco Recreation the stating Evelyn and Park Department, that due to “urgent necessity,” funds to Rose when in mid-January a build a sewer in Glen Park had been large sinkhole formed approved. While the exact age of the in a section of the ballfields off of Elk culvert under the fields in Street in Glen Canyon Park. Glen Canyon is not readily available, The San Francisco Public Utilities it is likely that the storm drain culvert Commission, which is responsible for running under the recreation area was the City’s water and sewer systems, was constructed between the time the City immediately notified by the Recreation purchased the area in 1922 and when and Park Department. The area was the new playground was completed in temporarily fenced off. 1924—perhaps when the Glen Park After they investigated, and unearthed sewer was laid in 1923. the soil surrounding the sink hole, The compromised integrity of a very SFPUC crews discovered that portions old pipe buried underground is a seri- of a century-old Islais Creek culvert ous problem; the ballfield sinkhole is a had broken away as it was battered by prime example. Several feet below the the overwhelming rush of creek water. top layers of soil, SFPUC crews began Repairs were made and the field working quickly on the aging culvert restored, but the episode brought to to repair a top section of the damaged light a piece of our past: the creek and pipe. A special camera was then used the culvert have a long and rich history. to scope surrounding interior areas of Islais Creek, one of the last two the pipe and no additional damage “daylighted” creeks in San Francisco, was seen according to the SFPUC. It runs underground into a 5-foot-diam- took just over a week to complete the eter storm drain just north of the repairs. Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center. In the long term, SFPUC’s Sewer It then continues into a combined Work crews address sink hole damage. Photos by Brett Desmarais System Improvement project will sewer pipe that lies beneath the Glen upgrade this aging infrastructure city- Park Greenway along the north side of was quite impressive, estimated to be as petitioned the City for water and sewer wide. v Bosworth Street, then under Alemany much as 8 feet deep in some locations. lines as early as 1909 and into the Boulevard toward San Francisco Bay. Today, Islais Creek is a mere trickle of 1920s. Historical information provided by It is part of the San Francisco Water its former self, primarily because of The area of today’s recreation center Evelyn Rose, chair and founder, Glen Department’s combined sewer system, development around its sources on the was transferred to the City from the Park Neighborhoods History Project. first conceived in the 1850s. lower slopes of Twin Peaks and Mt. As seen in an 1898 image of what Davidson. would become today’s Glen Canyon After the 1906 Earthquake, thou- Park Recreation Center, Islais Creek sands of displaced residents relocated to the new district of Glen Park. Needing to rebuild down- town, the City could not swiftly respond to requests for local utilities. Low water pressure required daily water wagon deliver- ies, and without sew- ers, waste flowed into Islais Creek. The Glen Park Improvement Association and Glen Park Outdoor Art Islais Creek was quite impressive as seen in this 1898 photo.. League consistently Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Public Library 10 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 + DIGGING THE DIRT + ored with your life? fleshy sword-shaped leaves. Bored with the gar- Bright green striped with B den? Tired of the yellow. It’s known as onslaught of bad news? “Spanish sword,” but you Resist ennui can clip the small sharp by Kay and despair points on each leaf if the Hamilton by planting plant protrudes on a path- Estey some col- way. Large and dramatic. orful, even Yucca filamentosa “Color dangerous, spikey plants in Guard.” Bright canary-yel- your garden. Bring your low leaves with a green strip garden to life with some- down the center. Slow grow- thing grand, architectural ing to three feet. Showy and and dramatic. Then throw tough. a party to celebrate our gar- Third, the phormiums, or dens and our lives! New Zealand flax. Slender I am grateful for the leaves, upright or arching. edgy, amusing plants that Colors range from pink and I have put in my garden. burgundy to green and yel- Resilient, tough, usually low. Look for the smaller, drought tolerant, they wave lower-growing varieties. The their long strappy leaves at paler pink and yellow phor- me as I pass and, in the case miums burn in bright sun, of some agaves and yuc- so give them some shade, cas,Production poke Specifithe gardener cations: hard and they all look better with Publication: Glen Park News Agavi Parryi Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons ifMedia encroached Unit: Quarter upon. Page Vertical Their moderate water. colorsLive Area: are 5.0” contemporary,x 6.0” First are the cordylines. Cordyline varieties have been introduced. 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EST: 1990 Contact Phone ...... 415-821-3760 Job Title ...... Print - Glen Park News Contact Email...... [email protected] Description ...... 1/4 Page Vert. Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 11 Revise Ordered for Proposed Little Lot House ne controversial Glen Park project seems to embody the O citywide tension between the need for housing and anxiety about a changing landscape. Architect Troy Kashanipour has been planning to build a home for himself and his family since he bought the triangle-shaped sliver of land at 2783 Diamond by St. in 2015. Until Zachary he purchased it, the Clark 914-square-foot lot— which seemed unsuit- able as a building site—contained a public garden maintained by the Glen Park Garden Club. Kashanipour’s proposed 1,740-square-foot home, plus garage, was approved by the Planning Department before Jeff Cerf, the owner of an adjacent property, requested “Discretionary Review” (known as DR). When DR is requested, the proj- ect application is brought before the Planning Commission, which has the Original plans for little lot house, as seen above, did not fly with the Planning Commision. power to accept, reject or require modi- fications to it. Cerf, whose 2-flat rental building but the concerns of many neigh- displacing anybody,” one speaker said. After a hearing on March 9, the abuts Kashanipour’s lot, describes the bors clearly extended beyond design He went on to accuse the project’s Planning Commission accepted DR, proposed home as a “monster house,” details. opponents of NIMBYism (“not in my meaning it approved the project—but also called for a three-foot reduction “It is my belief, and many stated back yard”). with significant modifications. of the third floor and a two-foot set- at the hearing, that they really want Another said: “We live in a city The required modifications include back on the building’s north side, but nothing on-site, period, under any cir- where we have to share, and there’s a a redesign of the façade, elimination the commission voted against those cumstance,” Kashanipour said. “It does dearth of housing, and people need to of the fourth floor and an exterior requests. strike me as curious that the neighbors act as a community and cooperate.” staircase, addition of light wells and a Beyond the building’s design, Cerf think that they own the property, on But cooperation seems unlikely. As reduction of the roof deck on what is says he’s concerned about the loss of which they do not pay taxes and do not the DR filers pursue eminent domain, now the third floor. The commission the only open garden space on the hold a deed.” Kashanipour will modify the building’s also required a review by Public Works block and the project’s impact on In the DR application, the filers design. for potential safety issues surrounding native plants, butterflies, roosting birds accused Kashanipour of failing to “I plan to continue with the process,” the curb cut in front of the property. and bats. address the concerns expressed at a he said. v Commissioner Myrna Melgar said At the hearing, 18 people spoke in previous meeting in December 2015, the project is “as extraordinary as I’ve opposition, while five spoke in sup- at the Glen Park Library. “Mediation seen in this commission.” port. has not taken place,” it states. The commission’s decision is at odds Several of the project’s oppo- But Kashanipour says the DR filers Cheese with the Planning Department’s rec- nents argued the roof deck should ignored his multiple attempts to meet ommendation to “not take DR and be removed because it poses privacy and to discuss the project with them. Boutique approve the project as proposed.” issues for immediate neighbors. And “I was very willing to make rea- A department staffer said during because there are no other roof decks sonable compromises in advance of the hearing that the project is consis- in the area, it would be out of char- the hearing,” Kashanipour said. “His tent with the City’s residential design acter with the neighborhood, they (Cerf’s) approach was to get enough guidelines compatible with the res- alleged. restrictions on the height and reduc- idential character and surrounding Another speaker was concerned about tions in buildable area in all dimen- neighborhood and fully compliant the accessibility of the public walkway sions such that the lot would become with the planning code, and that its on the north side of the property. de-facto not buildable.” overall mass, form and scale were One speaker suggested the prop- Cerf did not respond to a request for Fresh Sandwiches appropriate. erty might be the habitat of the San comment. Imported Cheeses The project was not seeking any vari- Francisco garter snake, an endangered At the hearing, supporters of the ances or other entitlements. species with various legal protections. project commended the building’s Homemade Hummus, The Planning Department staffer said Several speakers, including Cerf, architecture, sustainable features and Baba Ganoush, Tabouli the project inspired an “unusually high also said they were organizing to creative use of an unorthodox space. level of public comments.” The depart- convince the City to buy the land “He is making an excellent and effi- 660 Chenery Street ment received a total of 15 letters of through eminent domain. It’s unclear cient use of this piece of land, and he’s support and 14 letters of opposition. whether eminent domain is feasible, building a home for himself and not 415-333-3390 12 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 Volunteers and City Crews Make s we walk through our neigh- She wasn’t without assistance. borhood, the inordinate “Twenty-four people came out,” Aamount of work necessary to said Wilkes, sipping a cup of herb tea keep our streets and bits of greenery as two weeks later at Destination Bakery. lovely as they are isn’t always apparent. She’d come to the Chenery Street bak- Take, for example, the ery to collect two cakes for a scheduled by Greenway that runs par- quarterly Glen Park Association meet- Murray allel to Bosworth Street. ing that would honor long-serving Schneider Casual strollers don’t GPA president Michael Rice, who was see the many hours of retiring from that post. “Public Works work—physical labor, grant writing, sent help from its Clean and Green committee-sitting and government Crew, as well as loaning us tools.” dealing-with— The January work party was a col- that make it an laborative effort. It included Glen Park inviting swath of Association volunteers, supported by green less than the Street Park Program begun by San 20 feet from a Francisco Public Works and the San busy thorough- Francisco Parks Alliance that empowers fare. city residents to oversee unused neigh- Here’s a look borhood land, often owned by Public into some of Works or on , Public Utilities that behind-the- Commission or Caltrans property. Stephany Wilkes scenes work. “A week before I did a walk- through with a City arborist,” said The Physical Challenge Wilkes, who chairs the GPA’s Health Stephany Wilkes shears sheep from and Environmental Committee. “I January through July, traveling as far obtained guidance about which spe- as Nevada, Oregon and Washington to cies were safe to prune or remove.” harvest up to eight pounds of wool in Wilkes was tapped to organize the 10 minutes from a single animal. January morning event. Her Mini Public Works Clean and Green Crew working along the Greenway pathway. Photos by Murray Schneider But on Jan. 14, closer to her Arbor Cooper had brimmed with loaned Street home, she turned her atten- Public Works loppers, rakes, shov- resources than organizing volunteers,” explained Wilkes, formerly the GPA’s tion to weeding hundreds of pounds els, burlap bags, gloves and vests. volunteered Wilkes. “Organizing a recording secretary. “It’s more densely of English ivy in three hours. Her Volunteers selected equipment, scat- clean-up is literally nothing compared overgrown.” morning’s work took place between tered along the path, and set about to a managing a flock.” She’s done this before. Last June, 15 Lippard and Chilton avenues, along pulling weeds. As Wilkes walked along the pathway, neighbors cleared ivy and trash, filling a one-block stretch of the proposed “Herding and shearing sheep takes her neighbors pitched in. Nicholas 90 bags with compostable material Glen Park Greenway. much, much, more energy, skill and Dewar and Michael Rice topped the from Brompton Avenue to Lippard incline, tackling tendrils woven into Avenue. When you consider that the the soil. Thickets of ivy cloaked the average weekend gardener fills only slope up to the Bosworth sidewalk’s four or five bags, it’s a whole lot of edge. After a while, they unfurled a weeding going on. burlap bag, fashioned a hammock of Doing this sort of public clean-up uprooted ivy and descended to the isn’t the same as just getting up on path. Later, Dewar and John Walmsley a Sunday morning, seeing the sky is carried filled bags to Lippard Avenue. clear and thinking, “Maybe I’ll tackle Adam King attacked the hummock. that front flower bed this morning.” At Lippard’s crest, Killian Murphy The day’s activities involved long-term worked, his cuffs grazed with thistle, planning. while Susanna Russo immersed herself “First, we require that residents ankle-deep in ivy while jousting with identify the space and lead the ‘vision- a horizontal tree limb. Ann Edwards ing’ process,” Marissa Alexander, and Bonnee Waldstein remained Parks Alliance’s Streets Parks Program below, filling their own bags. Manager, told the Glen Park News. Wilkes had to overcome some logis- “This ensures that the project reflects tic hurdles pulling off the morn- the needs and wants of the neighbors.” ing’s exercise. “Coordinating this with The Glen Park Greenway project Public Works and Recology, particu- was first envisioned in the Glen Park larly the date, wasn’t easy.” She smiled Community Plan, a process begun in when the Recology vehicle braked on 2003 and adopted by the Board of schedule. “I plan around the truck’s Supervisors in 2012. With an objec- availability.” tive of sustaining and improving an Michael Rice and Nicholas Dewar amidst Cape ivy above path between Lippard and “Lippard to Chilton is a particu- informal greenway and pedestrian Chilton Avenues. larly gnarly stretch of the Greenway,” path on land owned by the City and Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 13 Headway on Glen Park Greenway the Archdiocese of San Francisco, head-lighting, will be added, and refuse accessible for neighbors and ensure provides grants to communities to its vision is to connect downtown and waste bags will punctuate the walk. the health of the flora.” fund beautification projects, mostly Glen Park with Glen Canyon Park. Between Lippard and Chilton avenues, centered on greening and art. The Numerous community meetings were a wooded area will be added. The Meetings Diamond Heights median project is a held. With various stakeholders on St. John School came on-board, and After 12 years of meetings, minutes, recent recipient. board, the Greenway Project was between Chilton and Burnside ave- poring over documents, liaison with “The goals of the CCG are to seeded with a $40,000 grant from a nues there will be more of the same. City officials and generally shepherd- promote vibrant physical improve- private foundation. Former District West of Burnside, the Greenway path ing improvements to our neighbor- ments and greening of public spaces, 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener arranged continues on Paradise Avenue to Elk hood, Michael Rice handed the GPA engaging residents and businesses in to provide an additional $10,000 in Street, ending at Glen Canyon Park. presidency over to Scott Stawicki at creating welcoming places for com- funds from the City, while the GPA “I care about the Greenway,” said the January GPA meeting. Wilkes was munity building,” explained Marissa contributed $5,000. Wilkes, a native of Detroit. She’s lived elected the association’s vice president. Alexander. A lion’s share of the money went to in San Francisco for 10 years and in Rice engineered one final task before All CCG projects require that the retain Surfacedesign, Inc, a landscape Glen Park for four of those years. “It’s he departed, still paying it forward. community commit a certain amount architecture firm engaged to concep- a resource to be stewarded. We want “Jim Edwards, Nicholas Dewar and of volunteer hours to ensure the proj- tualize a project that would thread to plant that thought with City agen- Adam King are writing a Community ect’s success. Thankfully, Glen Park its way from Brompton to Burnside cies. The GPA can go to City agencies Challenge Grant,” Rice told the Glen does not lack for residents willing to Avenue. The vision was tweaked and now and be able to say, ‘See, we’re Park News. “The grant can reach up do such work. massaged with community input, par- working together as a community to to $100,000. If we receive it, we’ll use “Community clean-up days like the ticularly from residents whose prop- establish a relationship with you.’” monies to plant trees and shrubs and one on Jan. 14 help to demonstrate erty abuts the Greenway between “It was wonderful to see such a provide irrigation along the Greenway.” that neighbors are invested in the them and Bosworth Street. strong neighborhood presence that The Challenge Grant is a pro- project and will volunteer their time Sunny meadows and wooded areas, Saturday morning,” said Alexander, gram administered through the City to steward the land during and after bookended by Brompton and Lippard who was on site Jan. 14 to see for Administrator’s office. The program the grant period,” Alexander said. v avenues, will have paths paved with herself. “The volunteers and the Clean decomposed granite, a sturdy and and Green Crew cleared out massive porous material. Interpretive signage, amounts of invasive and overgrown complemented by low-wattage over- plants to help make the pathway more

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With the help of a cane fashioned after a Louisville Slugger bat, Greenwald took halting steps toward the baseball diamond’s ’s mound. Hobbled by recent medical conditions, the 81-year-old cautiously avoided divots Glen Park resident Hank Greenwald visits the baseball diamond at Glen Canyon Park. Photo by Murray Schneider in the outfield turf. Greenwald may have slowed down corner, Greenwald remembered Glen Destination now occupies) were part of memoir entitled “The Copyrighted a bit, but his mind remains sharp as a Park from nearly 40 years ago. our baby sitting co-op.” Broadcast.” tack, his wit even sharper. “I burned “Doug played ball on this field, and Backtracking to Elk Street, he con- In his long radio career, Hank ‘Hank Greenwald’ onto the bat,” he my wife and I sent him to Silver Tree tinued. “I buy and sell books at Bird Greenwald sat behind the KNBR said, waving his cane, “in case I forget summer camp,” he said. “On Diamond & Beckett, and enjoy its Friday night microphone from 1979 to 1985, before my name.” Street, on the way to Candlestick, jams,” he said. “My wife is happy any- taking a two-year hiatus to broadcast Standing a few feet from where a I’d stop and buy doughnuts. Charlie time I can clear out my nest of books.” New York Yankees games. In 1989, shortstop and a second baseman make and Judy Creighton (one-time owners Later, at Destination Bakery, he elab- a memorable year for our hometown routine double plays at the keystone of the namesake bakery in the space orated: “As a baseball announcer on the nine, he returned to Candlestick Park road, there’s a lot of down time and I’d from the Bronx, remaining in the haunt bookstores. Cincinnati and New Giants’ announcer’s booth until 1996. York had especially good ones, and “I returned to the Giants just in time they’d help me get through the season. for the earthquake and their first World You have to keep your mind fresh. Series since they arrived in the city in Sometimes before a series, I’d hop a 1958,” he said. “Ron Fairly was doing train and go as far as I could. Get away the pre-game that October night, and from it. Come back ready to get behind I was standing in the press box with the mic.” . Things began to shake Greenwald’s favorite baseball book back and forth. The press box seemed remains Lawrence Ritter’s “The Glory to be heading for home plate.” of Their Times,” published in 1966. He paused for effect, toying with a “It perfectly captured baseball in 1989 ring that adorns one the 1920s,” he said. “The ballplayers ring finger. reminisced about their days on the “Ninety-five percent of the fans were diamond. from the Bay Area. They didn’t panic. “I received a nice letter from Ritter,” Ninety-five percent of the press weren’t he continued, “I once had an oppor- from here, and they jumped over each tunity to interview The New Yorker’s other for the closest exit.” [legendary baseball writer] Roger Candlestick Park was something spe- Angell for City Arts and Lectures.” cial, Greenwald believes. Especially for Three years after retirement, celebrated free agents in the hunt for Hank Greenwald announcing a Giants game at Shea in 1996. Greenwald turned his attention to the salary hikes. Photo courtesy of Hank Greenwald written word himself, producing a 1999 “San Franciscans didn’t grow up with Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 15 And Glen Park Resident Talks Baseball warm summers,” Greenwald said. “To “I rode the bench,” he said. “There he said, enjoying them the weather didn’t matter. But I was no need for a 5-foot-6-inch first himself. “For this think it hurt the Giants. Other ball- baseman. I announced school basket- the station paid players didn’t want to be traded or sign ball games instead, and the principal me $65. “It paid here. The wind played havoc with fly let me do a five-minute Friday morning the rent, if eating balls and blew papers into their eyes.” sport broadcast over the PA system.” wasn’t a high pri- Greenwald grew up on major league Graduating from high school in ority.” Greenwald baseball. His father worked as an exec- 1953, Greenwald enrolled at Syracuse laughed at the rec- utive for Neisner Brothers, an East University, where he bundled his love ollection. Coast Woolworth-type five and dime. of baseball and basketball with broad- The job had Howie was his only child. casting, a passion that has never aban- perks, though. “My dad was transferred to Detroit, doned him. The Philadelphia where he remained until I was 10 years “Syracuse had a wonderful broadcast- Phillies sent him old. Then he returned to Rochester, ing program, and I majored in radio tickets. Big Five N.Y. For me, it was like going from the and television,” he said. “Cleveland basketball hoops, major to the minor leagues. Browns great Jim Brown was a class- too. In the fall of “In the sixth grade, the school dis- mate and, working for the university 1959, a Syracuse Hank Greenwald with his wife Carla and son Doug. trict obtained tickets for kids to attend radio station, I did baseball and bas- AM station hired Photo by Murray Schneider Rochester Redwings games. We were ketball.” him to do news called the Knot Hole Gang. This was Upon graduation in 1957, he landed and sports. him to do the program Sports Phone the year I saw play, a job at WWBZ, a 5,000-watt AM sta- “From 1960 to 1964, I did play-by- 68, and from there he segued into a making history with the Montreal tion in Vineland, N.J. “I was the morn- play for Syracuse football,” he said. Giants broadcaster, sharing the mic Royals.” ing guy, working the 6-to-9 drive-time “These were the years of Ernie Davis, with Lindsey Nelson, David Glass, Greenwald played organized baseball slot,” he said, “I’d return at 12 and stay John Mackey, Floyd Little and Larry Phil Stone, Ted Robinson, Gary Park, in high school. “Playing” might be gild- on the air until 3 p.m. Csonka.” Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow and Ron ing the lily, he’d be the first to concede. “At noon I read the egg prices,” Throughout these early years, Fairly. Greenwald never strayed far from the “Fairly, a former Los Angeles Dodger lessons he learned at Syracuse. “Larry first baseman, would get emotional Meyers, my university professor, told about baseball and its significance,” us, ‘Root with your heart, not with said Greenwald. “Ron knew it was a your mouth’ and, ‘The great play is generational game.” not dependent on the team who makes Asked to name his favorite baseball it.’ It’s more important that broadcast- film, Greenwald doesn’t hesitate. Field ers create baseball fans, not Giants or of Dreams, he said, thinking of the last Warriors fans.” scene in that Kevin Costner movie. “I Not just professors had good advice. occasionally played catch with my dad, “Lindsey Nelson, my broadcast part- but it was my parents’ interest in the ner, told me, ‘Don’t ever get caught up game that got me going to Detroit’s with wins and losses. If you do, and Briggs Stadium.” you’re announcing a bad team, you’ll And now? sound like they play.’ “I’m given a seat,” he quipped, “in “Always prepare yourself every day the assisted living section of the AT&T for the worst game,” he added, sealing Stadium press box.” his case. Finished with his hot chocolate, he Greenwald was known for both his headed out to Bird & Beckett. “I loved professional objectivity and prepara- what I was doing,” he said. “I was the tion, hefting briefcases full of statistics luckiest guy in the world.” and anecdotes into the broadcast booth Baseball is a game of reflection as to enrich his hours on the air. well as continuity. “People invite us into their homes “As you make your way to the major when they turn on their radios, and leagues, you meet lots of people along radio calls on our skills as broadcast- the way,” he said. “Those relationships ers,” he said. “Radio is unique, it are special because when you finally becomes part of our family, it’s all the make it to the majors, you know how listener has, and we use it to create far they’ve come, and they know the descriptive word pictures.” same for you. It’s a special bond: the Hank Greenwald arrived in San road buses together, spent hours talk- Francisco in 1964, working courtside ing baseball and shared dreams of bet- with , a 2016 Cooperstown ter days to come.” inductee, announcing Warriors basket- The afternoon weather had turned ball games. He made a stop in Hawaii colder. Hank Greenwald balanced to call Pacific Coast League Hawaii himself on his Louisville Slugger and Islanders games, even detouring for a waited for his lift back to Amethyst few years to Australia, where his son Way. v Hank Greenwald at the mic. . Photo courtesy of Hank Greenwald Doug was born. In 1976, KNBR hired 16 Glen Park News | Spring 2017

Glen Park Elementary School as seen from Brompton Avenue. Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf One Classroom: 13 Different Teachers in One Year

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 changed to “The Class with 13 Teachers.” There was the rub. Miss Tess is the in “mid- to late-April”—well over a they were hit with some scary news: Their “And Ms. Tess, who was our best one, daughter of Principal Jean Robinson, month past the publication deadline. teacher, Kathleen Roper, was leaving. but she couldn’t stay. We had more sub- and per district guidelines, a teacher is Charyl Redding, the school’s literacy According to Gentle Blythe, chief com- stitutes, but I don’t remember all their not allowed to work at the same school specialist, was named the new first- munications officer in the San Francisco names. But they don’t remember my as a relative who is her supervisor. grade teacher for Room 6 for the Unified School District, “Per our legal name, either.” “We were so glad when we had Miss remainder of the year. requirements to keep personal employee But, she ended with a positive note, writ- Tess,” Napolitano said. “She was a While parents are pleased to have information confidential, I cannot share ing, “With 13 different teachers, we are wonder.” some return to normalcy, Napolitano confidential personnel matters.” the luckiest kids at Glen Park Elementary When they lost her, Napolitano said and others are concerned about those She did, however, share information School. We’ll probably end up being the she and others were “outraged.” The students who no longer get extra help concerning the events that transpired, smartest first-grade class ever!” news was relayed to them by Principal with reading, due to Redding’s new and the reasons for various decisions The number 13 seems outrageous to Robinson, she said. assignment. that ensued. parents and quite unlucky for students. Parent-Teacher Organization “This is a disservice to those kids. “A vacancy arose at Glen Park Blythe offered an explanation: “When President Kerri Terk said, “It was an This is a social justice issue,” she said. Elementary School because the class- a teacher is absent for an extended easy problem at first, not without In fact, other teachers have stepped in room teacher of record went on leave period of time and that time period is complications, but they allowed it to to help those kids; however, that’s not unexpectedly in mid-October,” Blythe defined, such as maternity leave, our become complicated.” the same as having a consistent relation- said. “After a couple of weeks of day- school can seek to hire a teacher to be in Apparently, the elected Board of ship with a dedicated reading specialist, to-day subs (that can mean a different the classroom during the duration of the Education can choose to allow an Napolitano said. And of course, it further sub each day), a staff member who had teacher of record’s absence. However, employee to remain at the school in stresses already overworked teachers. previously been working in the after- when this is undefined, we bring in a which his or her relative is a supervisor, She is also concerned that this is a dis- school program was placed as a substi- substitute. Per state law, one may not but the board members opted not to let service to Redding, who, she said, did tute on a long-term assignment, which, substitute for any teacher more than 30 Miss Tess stay. Parents believe this was not exactly sign up for this, but has been per state law means they can only be in continuous days during the school year.” a mistake to take away a teacher whom nothing but helpful and professional. the same classroom for up to 30 days.” Napolitano said that until Miss Tess they and their children had come to “I know she wouldn’t abandon these This staff member was Tess Robinson, arrived in December, her child did not love and respect and trust after a long kids,” Napolitano said, “but this is a whom students and parents affection- bring home any work, and she was period of uncertainty. real struggle for her.” ately call “Miss Tess.” Miss Tess had becoming concerned that her child’s Parents and students wrote letters to While her child is not falling behind recently received her teacher’s credential. academic future was at risk. the school board and attended meetings. in her academics, Napolitano worries Parent Elyse Napolitano said this was “No spelling, no math, not one single “We expected them to respond in about the other children, particularly a brilliant solution. “We all said, ‘Get piece of work. There were no con- some fashion, but they never did at those whose parents cannot take time Miss Tess in there!’ And immediately, ferences, and reading levels were not all. It was extremely disheartening,” off from work and attend a meeting everything stabilized. There were no assessed,” she said. Napolitano said. on Tuesday night, when the Board of more tears, no more stomachaches. The students loved Miss Tess, She added that after many Glen Education meets. Students were [well] behaved and they Napolitano said. They would run up Park parents spoke at the board meet- Terk added that another concern is were learning.” to her on the playground and hug her. ing, they did not receive any response that families from all backgrounds and Before the arrival of Miss Tess, This, however, was only a temporary from the board. “We simply saw in a ethnicities were not heard, and noted Napolitano said, “It was scary for them solution, students and parents would Chronicle article that the board was not that at the same meeting, parents from not to know who their leader was. They soon learn. going to reverse their decision to pull E.R. Taylor School brought their own didn’t know who was going to be in According to Blythe: “The day-to-day Miss Tess,” Napolitano said. interpreters. front of them or what the rules were.” sub met all of the legal requirements “Everyone’s voice needs to be heard,” “Given the current leadership in the Children would feign illness to avoid of her role and was also the principal’s Terk said. “The ones who said the least country, we need to know that those in going into the classroom. Some would daughter. In early January, the district were probably affected the most.” charge have our back, and I do not feel kick and scream, or hide under a desk. and school administration agreed to Board of Education President like they do,” Terk said. “We have no The situation prompted Napolitano’s move a literacy specialist already work- Shamann Walton responded to the power. That was one of the things that daughter to write an essay titled, “The ing at the school into the role of perma- Glen Park News’ request for an inter- was most upsetting.” Class With No Teacher,” which she later nent teacher in that classroom.” view by saying he would be available Napolitano agreed v Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 17 Heavy Winter Rains Cause Neighborhood Rockslides his winter’s unrelenting rains roadway. Public Works placed more caused several small rock- concrete barricades along the west side Let us help you make the right move. T slides on the rocky slope west of O’Shaughnessy. Engineers and geol- of O’Shaughnessy Boulevard, forcing ogists will evaluate the site conditions 1858 Church St. temporary closures of the busy roadway to develop longer-term solutions. 45% In Glen Canyon Park, rains may have Listed for $948,000 below as City crews and contractors Over hustled to make the area loosened a huge chunk of Franciscan Sold for $1,380,000 by safe for passing motor- chert rock the size of a stove that 9 Offers/9 Days on Market Asking Rachel ists, pedestrians and plummeted from the eastern slope of Represented Sellers Gordon bicyclists. Glen Canyon onto Alms Road some- and Three large rocks time between Feb. 15 and Feb. 22. “I have worked with several real estate agents, but Kate and Francis stand Murray came crashing down Fortunately, no one was hurt. out in their performance. They are very knowledgeable about Glen Park/Noe Schneider onto the pavement “Any natural area can be danger- Valley neighborhood real estate.…It was a bonus to know that Kate had a between Malta Drive ous, especially rock canyons,” said Rob legal background. I knew that all the i’s would be dotted and all the t’s crossed. And they were.”–Sylvia Gamino-Rodriguez, Seller, 1858 Church and Del Vale Avenue on Tuesday eve- Oreglia, who has volunteered with Rec ning, Jan. 10. No one was injured, but and Park’s Natural Resources Division for 15 years. “Chert fractures.” “I can’t begin to tell you how lucky I was to have had both of you assist me in southbound O’Shaughnessy Boulevard the sale of my mother’s home. Your good nature, frankness, and knowledge The torrent of rain also caused a was closed so Public Works could of the situation left me assured that I had made the right decision in selecting small mudslide in the park, blocking remove the rocks. Concrete barricades you as my representatives.” –Alberto Gamino, Seller, 1858 Church were placed at the bottom of the a trail—dubbed “Banana Slug Way” undeveloped hillside to keep additional by children from the nearby Glenridge rocks from falling onto the street. nursery school—that parallels Alms More of Our Recent Sales: Two days a later, a consulting geolo- Road. gist assessed the stability of the hillside “Natural areas are always changing,” and discovered fresh cracks that sug- Oreglia said. “Nature has a way of gested more slides could occur in the shaping such a space.” v next rainstorm. Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru ordered the closure of O’Shaughnessy between Malta and 905 Portola 42 Cortland 219 Hearst Del Vale as a new storm loomed on Jan. 18, so that specialized crews could $1,050,000 $1,185,000 $1,175,000 safely knock away loose rock in a con- Represented Seller Represented Seller Represented Seller trolled manner. Trained in mountain climbing, the workers rappelled down the hillside and dislodged loose rocks. More concrete barricades and a metal fence—still in place today—were installed to catch any more falling rocks. The work completed, O’Shaughnessy was reopened a day later. 715 Foerster 1120 Anza 8 Dellbrook Another small slide occurred north of the original location in late February, $1,495,000 $2,510,000 $1,100,000 Represented Buyer Represented Buyer Represented Buyer but the rocks did not make it onto the www.FrancisandKate.com 415.706.7555 Francis Somsel, SRS, REALTOR® CalBRE# 01966357 Francis@FrancisandKate com Kate Tomassi, SRS, REALTOR® CalBRE# 01975281 Kate@FrancisandKate com

We have each earned the official Seller Representative Workers help stabilize the slope above O’Shaughnessy Blvd., top. Below, passersby Specialist designation. check out the large boulder that tumbled onto Alms Road in Glen Canyon Park. 18 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 Comaraderie Blossoms Among Botanical he botanical artists of the Glen Park Garden Club extended the T camaraderie they built around their love of gardening into the realm of art. The five women recently sat down for a conversation to talk about their experience. Adrienne Lacau, an immigration attorney by trade and a by charter member of the Nicki Glen Park Garden Club, Michaels recalled that the club was founded in 1996 by Judy Creighton, whose family bakery preceded Destination Bakery in the space at Chenery and Castro streets. A number of customers mentioned that a garden club would be a good idea—and so the new club’s first meet- ings were held there, and the club has been going strong ever since. Mary Betlach recounted that years ago, fellow club member and Glen Park News’ “Digging the Dirt” columnist Garden club members Darlene Shadel, Mary Betlach, Connie Freeman, Kay Hamilton Estey, Barbara Lawson, and Adrienne Lacau Kay Hamilton Estey had enjoyed a gather for their 2013 art exhibit at the Glen Park Library. Photos courtesy of Gary Ashley botanical art workshop taught by Mary Harden and recommended that she try Francisco Flower and Garden Show.” the class in 2010, she was “all science, that parallels Bosworth Street between a class. Betlach did and loved it. Though always an art lover, science, science,” though once she got Brompton and Burnside streets. When the class needed to relo- Hamilton Estey had no previous train- going, she said, “I never looked back!” Shadel spent her entire working cate and add students, the Glen Park ing. Starting the sequential courses Darlene Shadel actually moved to life running a successful family busi- Garden Club notified members, a year ahead of her garden club pals, Glen Park to join the Garden Club. ness started together with her husband recruited six new students and found she eventually decided to drop back “I was so impressed. The people are (and Glen Park Garden Club mem- the perfect venue, the Miraloma Park to be with them in a less competitive friendly and have such knowledge and ber), Bob, the inventor of a much-in- Improvement Club’s clubhouse. environment. “It turned out to be a do such good things.” demand scientific instrument. She had Originally from Australia, and a fabulous class with all my buddies.” Connie Freeman, another member, no art background except a one-day 30-year resident of Glen Park, Hamilton When asked if she had an art back- explained that the club “started volun- college watercolor workshop, which so Estey recalls that it was her husband ground, Betlach laughingly replied, teering in the Village Garden, which intimidated her that it was her last art who suggested botanical painting as a “No, I’m a scientist! But I’ve always we tended for many years until the lot class ever—until the botanical art ses- way to “stay sane when I had a very sketched and doodled.” Heading was recently sold for development. It sions. Being with her friends, and the intense job as the producer of the San toward retirement when she joined used to be a dump and a weed patch.” eight weeks of classes, made her feel, “I The small com- can do that.” And so she did. munity gar- Asked what drew her to these den occupied a classes, Lacau laughingly exclaimed, diminutive tri- “Intimidation!” She, too, had no previ- angular plot at ous art experience, but liked the idea 2783 Diamond of something different and of sharing Street, just up a beginning class with friends. She the hill from recalled they started with pencils, then Chenery Street. colored pencils, then pen and ink and As its new ultimately water colors. Along the way project, the they also carved their own quill pens club may help and tried silverpoint, an ancient draw- advise on suit- ing technique using silver wire. able native plants Unlike her pals, Freeman had previ- for The Glen ously studied botanical art in Paris, Park Greenway “but didn’t have the time to devote Project, which a long period of concentrated study” aims to improve until these classes she offered. “I was the informal gre- in various businesses for decades and enway and pedes- eventually trained as a garden designer.” trian pathway on While no longer in business—and Glen Park Garden Club members’ artwork displayed next to the natural inspiration for their work during the the undeveloped adamant that she likes it that way—she 2013 art exhibit. ribbon of land still designs gardens for friends. “I don’t Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 19 Artists of the Glen Park Garden Club do it for money. For the last design I have enriched their lives in innumer- said, ‘How about a case of Prosecco!’” able ways. All agree that Harden, their teacher, Their current show, Deceptively has been an inspiration and, as Betlach Dangerous Plants, at UCSF Faculty- put it, “She’s a treasure and a force of Alumni House at 745 Parnassus Ave., nature.” runs through June 7. (It can be viewed One of the first things they learned by appointment: 415-476-4723). Some was how to see. “My first experience proceeds from the sale of artwork from of being in her class was that I could this and all of their shows are donated scarcely get down the street without to the sponsoring organization. stopping and looking at the seeds on the There are two gorgeous volumes ground and the shapes of the leaves and that include their botanical art. The the different colors,” Hamilton Estey most recent is Buzz—Plants & Bee said. “My eyes had opened to the incred- Pollinators. (maryhardendesigns.com/ ible detail of the botanical world that I’d publications) With these achievements always loved.” The classes, she contin- they each feel more comfortable with, ued, “taught me the truth that anybody and can even embrace, the label of artist. can draw. Human beings can draw.” The group of botanical artists of Their teacher would bring garden Glen Park demonstrate importance of cuttings to class and have students pick the deep connections these neighbors up, touch, smell, notice colors, then and friends have developed over the draw exactly what was observed and years, supporting each other through then—most importantly—they were hard times and making a huge differ- instructed, “Don’t judge it!” ence in each other’s lives. Not judging was tough, but all agree They also are living testaments that that they have mostly mastered the we each have the seeds of creativity skill after displaying their works in within us, and with the right teacher, numerous galleries, starting with their support and much perseverance, we popular debut exhibit at the Glen Park can all become artists. To quote human Garden club member Mary Harden next to her art in the Glen Park library. exhibit. Library in 2013. rights activist and artist Ai Wei Wei, Over the years, Harden—originally “Creativity is part of human nature. It a math and science teacher—led extra- can only be untaught.” v curricular outings to 2016Judy Marrocco (CALREAL BRE #01919006) ESTATEOffice: (415) 870-7373WRAP-UP Keller Williams San Francisco Cell: (415) 407-2572 augment learning of Law Office of Jonathan McCurdy [email protected] Legal Services in Your Home both art and science. 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European cars are less Waldstein commanding officer of prone to break-ins because their keys are Ingleside Station, holds hard to duplicate and there’s not much regular monthly community meetings of a market for chopped-down models. that alternate between the station near When suspects are apprehended, it’s Balboa Park and neighborhoods within up to the district attorney whether to prosecute and the judge to decide on its jurisdiction. A Glen Park neighbor caught a suspected car thief scoping out vehicles The Fairmount Heights Association a sentence, which may involve jail, res- invited McFadden to its Feb. 15 meet- south, and Beacon Street on the west. bery incident during this period. titution, classes or some other punish- ing at the Police Academy in Diamond McFadden provided statistics: The captain cited Proposition 47 as a ment. Victims have the right to request Heights. Fairmount Heights is an area From 2015 to 2016, reported thefts possible contributing cause of vehicular that the thief be prosecuted. They may within Glen Park that comprises the his- from vehicles in Fairmount Heights crime. The state law, passed by voters change their mind about proceeding toric boundaries of the Fairmount tract. increased from 35 to 44 incidents; in 2014, reclassified some felonies as when they learn that a young offender It’s like an inverted triangle, so it’s diffi- burglary decreased from 17 to 16; misdemeanors, reducing the time some faces jail time. cult to characterize: roughly, 30th Street auto theft decreased from 28 to 22; offenders spend behind bars. In advocating for prosecution, on the north, Dolores Street on the east, and other larceny crimes decreased McFadden explained that perpetra- McFadden said, it’s helpful if victims Arlington and Miguel Streets on the from 12 to eight. There was one rob- tors can work in teams, each person join together as a group to push for action. Write to the judge on the case and speak as a victim in court. If a vic- tim is willing to talk, the case gets more Gearing Up for Local Bike Share priority. Residents can take steps to deter hort-term bike rentals will pop hopes to expand to 4,500 bicycles at The bikes weigh 40 pounds each vehicular and other crime. Install secu- up in at least two Glen Park 300 stations across the Bay Area, said because they are designed for outdoor rity cameras. In the garage, add a lock- S locations by 2018, as the public- Cosulich-Schwartz. urban use, Cosulich-Schwartz said. able latch, remove the emergency release private partnership called Bay Area The expansion began with thousands They have fenders, lights on the front rope attached to the gear lock and don’t Bike Share expands beyond downtown of suggestions for dock locations logged and back for better visibility, and spe- leave the garage door opener in the car. San Francisco and across the Bay Area. on the Bay Area Bike Share website. cialized components that can’t be easily Meanwhile, police patrol the neigh- As with similar part- The company vets each suggested site sold if stolen. Riders who use helmets borhoods both in uniform and plain- by nerships in urban cen- for feasibility. For example, experience must bring their own, he said. clothes. Heather ters, including New has shown that docks should not be The Bay Area program soon will be Helpful phone numbers: To report World York and Chicago, the put at the top of hills, and locations called Ford Go Bike because the car suspicious activity and people, call the sturdy baby-blue bikes need to be about a five-minute walk manufacturer is paying for most of the SFPD non-emergency line, 415-553- live at docking stations that are either from each other to be useful to riders. capital investment of the expansion in 0123. And Instead of calling 911 from off the street, such as at the Glen Park To evaluate a site, the company sends exchange for . a cell phone, call 415-553-8090. BART station, or on the street. The representatives to knock on the doors “That is part of what allows Motivate Other tips: Put identifiable engraving latter typically take about three parking of businesses and residents adjacent to to deliver this system at no cost to cit- on bikes and all personal property, even spaces to fit 20 to 25 bikes, said Paolo any proposed station. ies,” Cosulich-Schwartz said. While at home. The police will call if they Cosulich-Schwartz, a Bay Area Bike Final suggestions are evaluated; the sponsorship roughly covers capital run a serial number on found property. Share outreach manager who attended latest batch will be put before the pub- expenses, membership fees cover ongo- Note that no bicycle lock is 100 percent the January quarterly meeting of the lic this spring. Cosulich-Schwartz said ing operations, which include keeping effective. Back up all computer files on Glen Park Association. he would be happy to return to another the solar-powered stations in working a separate drive or the cloud. The locations for the docking stations quarterly meeting of the Glen Park order and balancing available bikes On the positive side, McFadden said in Glen Park have not yet been selected. Association to share local suggestions. with available docking ports, Cosulich- that Glen Park is safer than 99 percent Under the bike share program, riders When sites are chosen, the company Schwartz said. The company checks of the city, noting that Bernal Heights pay a membership fee, which entitles applies for permits from the City. all bikes once every two months and has 20 times the crime. Like Glen them to unlimited rides of 30 minutes Recognizing that neighborhood rid- maintains a hotline for reporting any Park, it has freeway access for get- or less. However, any bike checked ers might have different needs than issues with stations or bikes, he said. aways, but Bernal attracts more “com- out for longer than 30 minutes incurs the mix of office workers and tourists Any profit left over will be shared muter” thieves because they’re more overtime fees. Bikes can be borrowed downtown, Bay Area Bike Share is between the City and Motivate, he said. familiar with the access points, such from one docking station and returned looking at different fee structures and So far, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland as Bayshore Boulevard. On the other to another. time limits. For now, they anticipate a and San Jose have joined San Francisco hand, once culprits arrive in Glen Park, Bay Area Bike Share—a partnership monthly ($15) or annual ($150) mem- in the bike sharing plan. they face a confusing maze of narrow, between the City and a bike share bership fee with discounts for residents For more information, to see dates of twisting streets. company called Motivate—began as a who qualify. At present, riders choose upcoming public meetings or to sug- If you have questions or concerns, pilot program downtown in 2013 with a 24-hour ($9), three-day ($22) or gest locations for docking stations, visit email McFadden at Joseph.McFadden@ 350 bikes at 30 stations. The company annual ($88) fee. www.bayareabikeshare.com. v sfgov.org v Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 21 The Hawk Fell to Earth, Then Flew Away

atherine Symon and her 4-year- their routines, territorial or prenuptial, old daughter, Natalie, were leav- is to fly near each other, grab talons and C ing Glen Canyon’s Glenridge spin. This is known as cartwheeling.” Nursery School, after school was dis- As if doubling down, Symon experi- missed on Jan. 24. They walked along enced a second hawk encounter seven a path paralleling Alms Road, which days later. they’ve been taking eight times a week “It was at Glenridge about 12:30, for two years. near the redwood stand,” said Symon. by “I heard a rustling of “A hawk was standing alone on the Murray branches high in a tree ground beneath a tree.” Schneider and had enough time Symon posted herself at the begin- to turn around,” said ning of the Willow Creek Trail, about Symon, who lives on Mount Davidson. a dozen feet from the downed raptor, “Then there was a thud. I thought it ready to alert dog walkers to bypass what might be another great-horned owl, she believed was another stricken bird. such as the one found dead last March.” Mame Campbell, the school’s director, That owl was a victim of second-gener- hustled children and several parents ation rodenticide. inside, then called Animal Control. Instead, it was a red-tailed hawk, one The solitary hawk eventually lifted of the most common birds of prey in off, flew to the building’s roof, and was North America, a keen-eyed hunter soon joined by another. known for its brick-colored tail and its “I have a much better apprecia- preference for open spaces with mixed tion now for how powerful and agile forests and grasslands. and, in the case of what Natalie and I “It was a remarkable sight,” said witnessed on Jan. 24, the resilience of Symon, who is a medical writer. “It these birds,” Symon said. “It looked so dropped straight down from a tree top stunned, yet it flew away.” about 20 feet from the creek. I thought Allen Fish, who makes a career of study- for sure it was close to death, as it ing raptors, had the last word: “I think the Catherine Symon and her daughter, Natalie, standing a few feet from where a hawk woman who stood next to the thud wit- wasn’t moving save for some very slow, landed on the ground near Glenridge Nursery School. Photo by Murray Schneider shallow breathing.” nessed an extremely rare event.” v The bird remained on its back for five Fish, director of the Golden Gate minutes, only yards from Islais Creek. Raptor Observatory. “Natalie still remembers its talons “I have been seriously watching and feathers,” said Symon. “I took hawks since 1979, and I have seen a photo, but a minute later three only two raptors fall to the ground, unleashed dogs approached the slope.” and heard of a third observed by a Sensing the intrusion, the hawk colleague,” Fish told the Glen Park righted itself. “It hopped to its feet, News. “The third was two juvenile looked at one dog, then flew off,” she red-tailed hawks talon-grappling near said. “Hopefully, it wasn’t injured; it cer- Woodside. The biologist watched as tainly seemed to fly with no problems.” they locked talons, did some spin- Hawks are robust and wide-winged; ning, but, as they fell, seemed unable they can live up to 21 years and have to disengage. Both birds hit the few predators. They routinely survive ground; one righted itself and flew on rodents, squirrels and snakes. Could off, the other died.” this one have been playing possum? This is the time of year for such terri- Not very likely, according to Allen torial displays, Fish explained. “One of

The hawk as in lays on the ground near Glenridge Nursery School. Photo courtesy of Catherine Symon 22 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 Glen Park Resident Tapped for Supervisor

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 way you can manage He’s also keeping a close eye on firm and former Glen Park News real the intersection is by the flooding on Cayuga Avenue dur- estate columnist, their 12-year-old having a human being ing heavy rains. He wants to make daughter, Michelle, and the family cat, there, someone who sure the San Francisco Public Utilities Lila Quartermaine. can relieve the pres- Commission, which runs the storm They live a short walk from the sure when it builds water system, puts measures in place to neighborhood shops and restaurants. up.” protect people’s homes. They’re regulars at Tyger’s, Destination Another frustration As the only representative from the Bakery, the Cheese Boutique, La for the new supervisor LGBT community on the 11-mem- Corneta and L’Ptit Laurent. Sheehy is the growing number ber Board of Supervisors, Sheehy is said one of Michelle’s favorite places of homeless encamp- expected to continue the role he forged in the world is Bird & Beckett Books. ments, which in the years ago as a gay-rights advocate. He They also use the Glen Park branch District 8 neighbor- also has joined the mayor and his col- library, play in Glen Canyon Park and hoods he represents leagues on the board in vowing to pre- capture Pokémon around the neighbor- are largely confined to serve San Francisco values of inclusion, hood. the Castro. He wants diversity, immigrant rights and access “What we have here is a real commu- Supervisor Sheehy plans to focus on neighborhood issues. City agencies to do to health care—all under fire from the nity of neighbors and merchants,” said more. Trump administration—“so that our Sheehy, who moved to Glen Park from traffic around the Diamond-Bosworth One of his first legislative initiatives great city remains a beacon of hope Noe Valley with Berry in 2002, when intersection that seems to have got- was a proposal to give police authority across the nation.” they bought their house. ten worse since the San Francisco to confiscate bike parts from so-called Sheehy plans to run to keep his seat Sheehy takes BART, occasionally Municipal Transportation Agency chop shops that often can be found at in the next municipal election, in June rides Muni, and he drives—“You’ve changed the design and retimed the encampments. Sheehy said the parts 2018. If he wins, he then would have got to have a car with a kid,” he said. signals. The commuter shuttles have are most likely stolen, and that taking to run again for a four-year term in And like others who try to navi- added to the problem, he said. them away from people could make the November 2018 election. It’s also gate the increasingly congested streets He wants to use the bully pulpit of the theft and dismantling of bicycles possible that the Board of Supervisors behind the wheel of a car, Sheehy is his office to get the SFMTA to assign in order to sell the parts a less lucrative could set a special election for this frustrated. All he has to do is drive a few a traffic control officer to the inter- black-market business. November. No matter when the elec- blocks from home to get tangled in the section during rush hour. “The only One area where Sheehy would like tion is held, Sheehy plans to run. to have more influence as a supervisor Mayor Lee has seen two of his Board is over the public schools. He tried to of Supervisors appointments—one in save a beloved first-grade teacher at District 5 and the other in District 3— Glen Park Elementary School whom rejected by voters. He picked Sheehy, the district wanted out because her in part, because he has good political mother is the school’s principal. (See instincts and can do battle. View Home in Bernal. story, Page 1.) He didn’t succeed. “That “Jeff is tested, mature, passionate and was very disappointing.” pragmatic,” the mayor said. v 1960s single family home offering 3 bedrooms and 2 baths on 1 foor. Hardwood foors, freplace in the living room, VIEW of the Bay. High ceilings in the garage-possible future development?

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Glen Park resident Jeff Sheehy with his daughter Michelle at Tygers Restaurant in Glen Park Village. Photos by Liz Mangelsdorf Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 23 SOL Gym: An Exercise in Health and Healing hen curiosity gets the best of them, passersby lean on the Wbottom half of the Dutch door at SOL Gym to ask, “What goes on in there?” The short answer is highly custom- ized, one-on-one personal training ses- sions. But each of those sessions is a story that shows why by Stephany SOL Gym is special. Wilkes SOL Gym customers use words like “miracle worker” and “healer” to describe their trainers, and credit them with everything from keeping cerebral palsy manageable, to reducing and correcting tremors, to recovering from cancer-induced leg paralysis. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a SOL Gym customer. As such, I can SOL Gym on Diamond Street in Glen Park. Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf hardly be considered impartial. But it’s also the only way I could have discov- walking, balance, muscle control, coor- going to SOL Gym, he was diagnosed of both chronic and acute conditions.” ered SOL Gym’s hidden community dination, vision and speech. It also with terminal cancer. Doctors gave At the time, Susanna says, she “had a and its owners’ expertise. affects Carol’s everyday activities, she him one year to live. Sharky says, common tennis injury known as adhe- SOL Gym trainers are not your aver- says, creating “difficulty walking on “Through my own research online, I sive capsulitis (frozen shoulder). After age fitness gurus. They are not simply various surfaces, buttoning buttons, determined that I had an extremely several months of working with Mike, personal trainers, but exercise physi- maneuvering around the kitchen and rare but treatable—and even poten- I regained full function in my shoulder. ologists, kinesiologists and athletic doing household chores.” She experi- tially curable—tumor. My research was I continued to work with him for sev- trainers. All SOL Gym trainers either ences muscle spasms and uncontrol- later confirmed by the Mayo Clinic. eral years, rehabbing various conditions have a master's degree in hand, or are lable movements. During this time the tumor was wip- including plantar fasciitis and severe currently working toward a graduate Getting older with cerebral palsy has ing out the nerves in my legs and I was osteoarthritis. Ultimately I had a total degree. the gym only hires trainers who brought new symptoms and challenges unable to walk. I was verging on being hip replacement and was back on the have one of the two gold-standard cer- and, Carol says, “Dealing with all the completely paralyzed.” court three and a half months later.” tifications, of the many certifications symptoms and effects of living with CP After more accurate diagnosis, Angela, 40, is a working mom of four offered. while still maintaining a full-time job Sharky had cancer treatment and kids. “While training for the Portland Owner Lori Chaplin founded SOL and keeping up with family obligations determined to do what he could to Marathon, I experienced severe pain in Gym 27 years ago. She is an exer- takes its toll on the body.” improve his leg function. One of my hip, leg and piriformis,” she says. cise physiologist, former University Twelve years ago, Carol’s orthopedic his goals was to be able to carry his “Over the course of three weeks, Mike Division I strength coach, and a college doctor, a friend and former colleague then-2-year-old son to bed at night. not only helped get me well, he figured professor who teaches Exercise Science of Mike's at UC Berkeley, referred “Because I was not mobile I could not out the root cause of my pain: My and Adapted Physical Education for Carol to SOL Gym. “Finding a facility get to the gym, but Mike came to my driver’s seat in the car was too far back people with disabilities. Co-owner or personal trainer experienced work- house and worked with me. At first, and I was over extending my leg and Mike Chaplin is an athletic trainer ing with neurological conditions or while lying on my bed, I would simply foot. I spend hours driving my four who formerly served as head athletic special-needs clients was challenging, practice lifting my legs.” young kids around, and this added up trainer for the UC Berkeley football and at times frustrating,” Carol says. It was a long journey. Seven years and took a toll on me. After one week team. There probably isn’t an injury “Working with Mike, I have been later, Sharky still has some disability of moving my seat closer to the wheel, Mike has not seen. The team is fur- able to manage my CP. This allows but it has not slowed him down. “I have I was fine! I ran the marathon and felt ther strengthened through the work of me to remain active and productive learned how to surf, and just weeks ago great. I've seen Mike very regularly Carlos Narvaez, who holds a bachelor’s as an individual (including working snowboarded down an advanced slope ever since and am now training for the degree in kinesiology and is a Certified full time) living with disability. I don't in Tahoe, racing my 12-year-old to the Boston Marathon in seven weeks.” Personal Trainer, and Raymond Chow, know where I'd be had I not found bottom. I also accompanied my now-8- Lori says she chose the name SOL kinesiologist and head of SOL Gym's SOL Gym.” year-old son as he learned how to ski. Gym because “SOL is an acronym for Strength, Health and Fitness after- Mike doesn't claim to be able to SOL Gym has more than changed my Sport of Life. As a college strength school enrichment program for kids. fix anything, nor does he assume that life, it might have saved my life.” coach training athletes for their sports, As I attended my training appoint- doing so is a goal. “We do what we can SOL Gym also helps athletes main- I realized everyone should be training ments, created to address some natural with what you've got,” he says. tain peak performance. Susanna, 64, for their sport, even if their sport is life. spinal fusion at my thoracic curve, I Silently, and with great affection, I says, “As a serious athlete and tennis People need to train for their specific noticed people with far greater chal- began to refer to the SOL Gym com- player, I need to keep my body healthy life.” lenges doing more than I thought pos- munity as the Land of Misfit Toys. We enough to play at my highest level. SOL Gym charges $100 for a single sible. Sure, there were plenty of brides- would probably all do better to think Mike helps me do this with a home session, or $80 or $90 for pre-paid to-be, average Joes and kids getting fit. of ourselves as “temporarily abled," program as well as constantly changing packages. But I saw a lot of people at SOL Gym anyway. Aging, injuries and illness the routine to meet my body’s needs.” No matter your life—age, athletic I hadn’t seen at others. spare none of us, and no one knows Susanna was initially referred to Mike goals or physical challenges—you can Carol is 49 and has cerebral palsy, a that better than Sharky. by one of her neighbors, an M.D. who bring them to SOL Gym. Come as you neurological disorder that affects her Sharky is 46. Shortly after he started called Mike “an expert in rehabilitation are. You’ll fit right in. v 24 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS S Glen Park Elementary School The Green Art series provides three pitched in to solicit donations, sell writing inspiration with their classroom At Glen Park School this fall, the sessions, which include focus on the tickets and run the event. It was excit- teachers. haGlen Park School kicked off spring importance of recycling and reusing ing to see so many members of the Cultural awareness is a topic that has with our vibrant celebration of Black materials and how to create art with school community turn out to dance, been on our minds a lot this year. We History Month. Students at all grade these repurposed materials. Workshop dine and donate to support our school’s want to make all students and families levels learn about impor- members will teach children about wonderful staff and programs. at Sunnyside feel welcome. For Black by Katie tant African American the ecosystem of Glen Canyon, and One of those programs is Read Across History Month in February, we had Ripley leaders and innova- students will make masks for various America Day. Schools across the coun- two student presentations. Three fourth tors, like pilot Bessie wildlife found in the Canyon. A drama try celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday every graders presented biographies on their Coleman and civil rights icon and teacher will work with the students March 2 with a festival of reading. favorite African Americans, and a kin- Congressman John Lewis. Students in the third session to develop dra- Glen Park School honored the beloved dergarten class reported on an African presented what they were learning each matic exercises based on the ecosys- children’s book author with guest read- American inventor. Do you know who day at our morning circle time by read- tem. Many of the classes will also use ers in each classroom, a read-a-thon, invented the traffic light? The kinder- ing quotes and teaching about promi- an ecoliteracy curriculum developed and a week of reading-themed dress-up garteners taught us that Garrett Morgan nent African American figures in our by one of our fourth grade teachers to days, including dressing as a favorite was the African American who invented history. Watching these brave students plan a hiking field trip to the canyon, literary character. A student book swap the traffic light. stand up to read their selections to the in order to gain hands-on experience is planned for the end of March. Each Next month we will celebrate entire community was inspiring. with the ecosystem they learned about child is encouraged to bring a beloved Sunnyside cultures with our annual Spring is the perfect time to get out at school. book from home to trade for a new title international potluck. We hope to have into nature, and Glen Park School is This time of year also saw our larg- from another student. representatives from all of the many doing just that. We received a generous est fund-raising event. The Glen Park More exciting projects are in the countries represented at Sunnyside and grant again this year for our Visual and School auction was held on Saturday, works, so look for our column in the learn a little about each. Performing Arts programs, and we are March 4. Prizes included a Mandalay next edition of the Glen Park News. As we near the end of the school year, partnering with Green Art Workshop Bay Hotel & Resort package, dinner Enjoy the longer days and the promise we have some exciting events planned. to educate our students about a gem for two at Gary Danko restaurant, and of more sunny ones to come! v Sunnyside will again have a booth at the here in our own neighborhood: Glen two economy-class airline tickets to Glen Park Festival on April 30. This is Canyon. anywhere in the United States. Parents Katie Ripley is the communications one of our most anticipated neighbor- chair of the Glen Park Parent Teacher hood events. We hope you will stop by Organization. For updates on school to do a craft with us. events, go to glenparkschool.org. Follow The following weekend is our Annual ST. J/HN C!4(/L)#SC(//, (K–8) us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/ Springfest, which features entertain- where community matters glenparkschool. ment, games, food and an art show. Be sure to join us for a great time. Sunnyside Elementary School Springfest will be held in our schoolyard Spring is in the air, and with all the on May 7, 11 a.m.–3p.m. rain we had this win- We also want to welcome all the new by ter, the Sunnyside yard families who have received their 2017– Kerri is starting to bloom with 18 school assignment. We are so excited Spruston vegetables and flowers. to meet our new batch of Sunnysiders. Students are using our If you received a Sunnyside assignment, amazing garden to study ecosystems and please check our website (www.sun- nutrition with the SEEDS education nysidek5.org) for our spring tour dates, program, as well as using the garden for our “welcome” coffee hour and summer playdates. We look forward to meeting you soon! v

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Volunteers are all smiles after a successful day tending to the Diamond Heights Boulevard median. Photo by Paul Matalucci

ork has started on improve- Construction of a crosswalk mid- ments along Diamond block between the two entrances to the 2017 MLS/Technology Chair, San Francisco Association of Realtors W Heights Boulevard that Diamond Heights Shopping Center are scheduled throughout 2017. In is scheduled for July 2017. Another the short term there will be traf- water main will be replaced between fic headaches, but in the end we’ll Addison Street and lower Berkeley enjoy a smoother automobile ride Way. Many residents and the DHCA and additional paved sidewalks for are pleased that so many improve- pedestrians. ments are scheduled for Diamond Dadisi Najib, Public Works infor- Heights. Our neighborhood will expe- P 415-722-4018 BRE #01870650 mation officer for the rience traffic delays (consider them E [email protected] W core7realestate.com by many project segments, “traffic-calming” measures), but stay Betsy is making sure that the patient. The end improvements will Eddy neighborhood is aware be stellar. As a Glen Park resident I really do know how best to market your property. of the work schedule Community Challenge Grant: Paul I can help you from preparing your home to put on the market through every step of the way. She provided Matalucci, Project Lead, announced the close of escrow and everything in between. Check out my real estate timelines, maps and answered many that the Diamond Heights Boulevard column in this newspaper! —MARC DICKOW questions at the Diamond Heights Median Project will receive nearly Community Association (DHCA) $41,000 from the City of San meetings in December and February. Francisco’s Community Challenge Najib will continue to attend DHCA Grant Program. The funds will pro- “Unhesitatingly recommend Marc!” meetings, issue construction updates vide a drip irrigation system, minor “Marc made several recommendations to improve the marketability of our every two weeks and post updates on hardscape such as pavers to protect the property on Bosworth, coordinating with contractors and stagers to assure the Public Works website. end sections of the median islands, and everything got done on time. The result was multiple offers and a sales price SF Public Works contracted with 2,000 plants, which will be planted at a premium over asking. We never felt out of the loop. I recommend Marc to Hoseley Corporation to do the mul- by volunteers between lower Duncan anyone interested in selling or buying a home in San Francisco.” –G.D. , Seller tiple projects. In February work started Street and upper Diamond Street to on three segments: replacement of the complete the landscape plan. “Marc is extremely professional…” water main between north Duncan Planting workdays will be sched- “and well-organized. He was also very considerate and patient in answering Street and Carnelian Way; replacement uled as soon as the pipes that provide all of my questions. In addition, he is well-connected, which allowed me the of the asphalt sidewalk and guard- water to the median islands are fixed opportunity to get a special, personal tour of a beautiful historic building, rails from lower Berkeley Way bor- by Public Works. The new Canary and a sneak peak at units before they were about to be listed. I never felt dering Glen Park to Arbor Street; Island pines planted in September have pressured. I highly recommend him to anyone who is buying or selling a and construction of Americans with enjoyed a perfect rainy first winter to home, and looking for an experienced, professional, knowledgeable, friendly, and patient real estate agent.” —E.W. , Buyer Disabilities Act-approved curb ramps get established. The rain, however, has at Arbor Street. also brought weeds that need to be Between February and June, all ADA removed before they set seed. curb ramps will be replaced along A volunteer maintenance day is sched- the boulevard, leading to the repav- uled for Saturday, March 25, 9 a.m.– A portion of each of Marc’s commissions go to fund projects for his Core Concern: ing of Diamond Heights Boulevard noon. Assemble at the lower level of St. THE RUTH ASAWA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS from Clipper Street to Sussex Street, Aidan’s Church. To volunteer or make a scheduled to start in September 2017. donation, please contact Paul at paul@ Sidewalks will be constructed where wordwc.com or 415-826-0445. v none exist today, making it possible to walk the entire length of the boulevard Betsy Eddy is president of the Diamond on sidewalks on both sides, a most Heights Community Association. Contact welcome improvement. her at [email protected]. 26 Glen Park News | Spring 2017 S GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE S

hat a year 2016 was in Single-Family Homes of San Francisco: real estate—and in so many • Total Number of Single Family W other things, to be sure! ADDRESS SALE DATE DOM LIST PRICE SALE PRICE SP/LP Homes Sold in San Francisco: 2260 Before I give you the full story on 140 Hamerton Ave. 11/4/2016 34 $1,395,000 $1,400,000 100.36% • Average List Price: $1,585,312 last year, let me give you the lat- 90 Melrose Ave. 11/7/2016 27 $1,089,000 $1,310,000 120.29% • Average Sale Price: $1,706,599 est numbers. Between Nov. 2, 2016, • Average Days on Market: 33 27 Roanoke St. 11/9/2016 52 $2,095,000 $2,095,000 100.00% and Feb. 2, 2017, there • Average Price per square foot: $908 by were 27 sales in Glen 167 Stillings Ave. 11/16/2016 23 $1,495,000 $1,550,000 103.68% That puts Glen Park about 5 percent Marc Park—21 single-family above the city as a whole as far as sale Dickow 30 Miguel St. 11/18/2016 163 $2,100,000 $2,125,000 101.19% homes, four condomin- prices go. 45 Chilton Ave. 11/18/2016 28 $1,995,000 $2,200,000 110.28% iums, and two two-unit One last comparison is with our buildings. 1829 Church St. 11/18/2016 39 $3,995,000 $3,750,000 93.87% neighbors in Sunnyside, which is of The average selling price for single- 278 Randall St. 11/18/2016 13 $1,699,000 $1,900,000 111.83% interest to many readers. Here’s are the family homes in Glen Park during numbers for Sunnyside for 2016: 2598 Diamond St. 11/23/2016 76 $1,276,000 $1,280,000 100.31% this period was $1,747,000, which is • Total Number of Single Family down a bit from the previous quarter. 155 Arbor St. 11/23/2016 35 $1,695,000 $1,695,000 100.00% Homes Sold in Sunnyside: 49 The average list price was $1,685,000, 21 Brompton Ave. 11/28/2016 55 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 100.00% • Average List Price: $1,014,773 which puts the sales prices about 3.6 • Average Sale Price: $1,163,888 53 Stillings Ave. 11/29/2016 12 $948,000 $1,258,000 132.70% percent above the asking prices. The • Average Days on Market: 26 average days on market was nearly 1812 Church St. 11/30/2016 6 $1,595,000 $1,650,000 103.45% • Average Price per square foot: $842 unchanged from the last quarter, at 42. 130 Roanoke St. 12/2/2016 14 $1,198,000 $1,350,000 112.69% Interestingly, the average sale price Inventory overall in the city is up a in Sunnyside was down from 2015 by 64 Sussex St. 12/13/2016 30 $849,000 $780,000 91.87% bit from a year ago at this time, but about 7 percent, but if you look at the inventory in Glen Park is extremely 249 Randall St. 12/14/2016 54 $3,295,000 $3,150,000 95.60% numbers from 2011, average sale prices low. As I’m writing this, only two 55 Conrad St. 12/14/2016 12 $1,049,000 $1,150,000 109.63% have increased by about 60 percent! homes are for sale in Glen Park, which I could go on and on with all the 240 Sussex St. 12/16/2016 21 $850,000 $1,025,000 120.59% has around 13,000 households. To statistics, but I think these are the most contrast, there are currently 14 homes 22 Harper St. 12/20/2016 179 $3,795,000 $3,750,000 98.81% relevant ones for us. If you would like a for sale in Bernal Heights and 16 171 Burnside Ave. 1/6/2017 6 $949,000 $1,080,000 113.80% full copy of the stats for San Francisco, homes for sale in Noe Valley. which also includes condos and break- 179 Burnside Ave. 1/27/2017 13 $975,000 $1,155,000 118.46% Consequently, demand for homes in downs by district, feel free to email me Glen Park is at an all-time high. People with your request at [email protected] are asking me if it’s still a sellers’ mar- Condominiums/Multi-Unit Buildings and I’ll email you a copy of the report. ket, and I think from what I just said Predictions for 2017? I’ll stick to my ADDRESS SALE DATE DOM LIST PRICE SALE PRICE SP/LP you can figure out that it really is—at opinion that we will see more moderate 115 Chenery St. - 2 11/15/2016 151 $1,195,000 $1,158,000 96.90% least here in our neighborhood! Unit Building appreciation this year—in the 3–5 per- Each year at this time, I offer a wrap- 23-25 Brompton Ave - 11/28/2016 55 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 100.00% cent range would be my guess. Interest up of what happened in the market in 2 Unit Building rates will tick up slightly. As of this the last year, so here we go. 106 Everson St. - 11/30/2016 55 $899,000 $850,000 94.55% writing rates for a 30-year fixed mort- For 2016 this is the breakdown for Condominium gage are about 4.25 percent, which is single-family homes in Glen Park: 192 Laidley St. - 12/16/2016 9 $599,000 $660,000 110.18% up by about 0.75 of a point from last Condominium • Total Number of Homes Sold in year. I think we’ll still see the rates Glen Park: 67 17 Valletta Ct. - TIC 12/28/2016 40 $998,500 $1,200,000 120.18% below 5 percent for the rest of this year • Average List Price: $1,657,123 327 Arlington St. - 1/20/2017 63 $695,000 $825,000 118.71% and into 2018. • Average Sale Price: $1,800,153 Condominium With everything going on in our (wow!) DOM - Days on market SP/LP - % over list price country, we are very fortunate to call • Average Days on Market: 35 Glen Park and San Francisco our home. • Average Price per square foot: $974 Why look at that? Well, buyers con- at the numbers, and not taking into I am so grateful to know and work with • How does this compare to 2015, sider price per square foot when they account what additions and upgrades so many of you, and I look forward to you might wonder? are comparing homes. There are mixed you’ve done, or the current condition seeing you in our neighborhood soon. • Total Number of Homes Sold in opinions on how valuable this metric of your home, you could potentially I’m pleased that this is an interactive Glen Park: 72 really is, but since buyers look at it, it’s sell it for $1,800,000. That is an amaz- column answering questions that you • Average List Price: $1,483,361 valuable. Average days on market was ing 54 percent in appreciation in only have and writing about topics that are • Average Sale Price: $1,683,597 up a bit, too. six years. Remember, these are average of interest to you as a reader. You can • Average Days on Market: 22 Let’s translate these numbers into numbers, yet they are real, too. send any questions or topic requests • Average Price per square foot: $931 something understandable. Let’s say How do Glen Park’s numbers com- to [email protected], So, comparing year to year, the num- that in 2011, you bought your house in pare to the rest of the city as a whole? [email protected], or The Glen Park ber of homes sold was down a bit. No Glen Park for $1,031,000. Just looking Here are the numbers for 2016 for all News, 2912 Diamond Street #407, San surprise there, as inventory was and Francisco, CA 94131. v still is extremely low. The average list price was up by 11 percent. More Marc Dickow, a Glen Park resident, is important, the average sale price was Please support our Advertisers; the Broker/Owner at Core7 Real Estate. up by 6.9 percent. This is well above He can be reached at [email protected], or what I and others predicted for 2016. they support us! by phone at 415-722-4018. His website The average price per square foot was is www.altrockrealtor.com. up 4.5 percent. Spring 2017 | Glen Park News 27

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F COMMUNITY CALENDAR WINTER 2016 F Mondays Saturdays Saturday, April 1 Monday, April 24 Family Storytime & Playtime Jazz Club Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project Sunnyside Neighborhood Association 4–5:30, Glen Park Library, 2825 Diamond St. 7:30–10, Bird & Beckett 2nd Annual Meeting Quarterly Meeting Books, songs and fun for children of all ages. A weekly jazz concert series. $10 cover charge. Free 3:30–5:30, Glen Park Library 7–8:30 p.m., St. Finn Barr, 415 Edna Street food at the break; wine and beer available. See Join us as local resident historians present topics Poetry with Open Mic birdbeckett.com for performers. about the local history of Glen Park, Sunnyside, First and Third Monday of the month, 7-9, Grant Levin Duo Fairmount Heights, and Diamond Heights. Free. Tuesday, April 25 Bird & Beckett Second and Fourth Saturday of the month, 4–6, Big San Francisco Play Date Poets read, followed by open mic. See Birdbecket. Sunday, April 2 10–12, Glen Park Library com for more details. Bird & Beckett Don’t miss Grant’s twice-monthly duo sessions at Grant Levin Trio featuring Sylvia Cuenca The Play Date is back at the Glen Park Library, Tuesdays Bird & Beckett. One day, they’ll go down in the 7:30–9:30, Bird & Beckett because playing is learning. For children 0-5 years annals of the San Francisco jazz scene as legendary. New York-based for the past decade and a half, and their family and caregivers. Family Storytime & Playtime Habitat Restoration Work Parties Sylvia Cuenca was born and raised in San Jose and 10:30–noon, Glen Park Library Third Saturday of the month, 9–11:30. Meet at got her start in jazz in the Bay Area before making Wednesday, April 26 Books, songs and fun for children of all ages. the Rec Center off Elk Street, Glen Canyon Park her way east, Now, she’s making a swing through the Bay Area for a sequence of dates including a quartet Early Literacy Parent Workshop Kid Zone Join the the Friends of Glen Canyon Park and Every week, 3-5, Glen Park Library this afternoon and this trio date with rising star per- 6:30–7:30 Glen Park Library SFRPD gardeners for a monthly volunteer work former Grant Levin on piano. party of weeding, pruning and occasional planting. Early Literacy is what a child know before she learns SFPD Community Meetings For more information, please email recparkvolun- Companion Animal Interfaith Service to read or write. Come learn simple ways to support Third Tuesday of the month, 7–8 p.m., [email protected] or call 415-831-6333. Registration 3:30, St. Aidan’s Church your child’s learning so that she will be ready to learn location varies required. when she enters Kindergarten. Reading goodies for Join together in ritual to honor and acknowledge our all who attend. March 21 meeting will be held at the SFPD relationships with our beloved pets. Anyone who is Academy, 350 Amber Drive Sundays grieving or has grieved the loss of a pet is welcome. Ingleside Station’s commanding officer, Capt. Joseph Which Way West? Led by Betty Carmack, author of Grieving the Death Sunday, April 30 McFadden, hosts a Community Relations Forum. 4:30–6:30, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery St. of a Pet, and Lois Roach, Grief Counselor with the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement. Feel free 19th Annual Glen Park Festival 2017 Keep up to date on neighborhood police issues, get A weekly concert offering jazz, acoustic Americana, 10–4:30, Glen Park Village acquainted with the dedicated people who keep our world and classical music. $10 per adult suggested to bring a copy of a photo and/or a memento. neighborhood safe. For information, visit the website Enjoy a day of fun, music, art, food, and festivities donation; children free. No one turned away for lack as Glen Park once again kicks off the neighborhood at InglesidePoliceStation.com or call the station at of funds! See birdbeckett.com for performers. Thursday, April 6 404-4050. festival season. Free. For more information, visit glen- The Seducers - Classic, Outlaw & Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting parkfestival.com. Wednesdays Honky Tonk Country Music 7 pm, St. John School Second Sunday of the month, 7:30-9:30, Henna Body Art Monday, May 1 Friends of Glen Canyon Park Work Parties Bird & Beckett 9–noon. Meet behind the Rec Center. off Elk St. 4–5, Glen Park Library. Finger Paint Session Volunteers are welcome to work in the canyon with LEGO Free Play Program limited to 20 teens. For ages 12-18. This 10:30–11:30, Glen Park Library the Recreation and Park Department’s Natural Third Sunday of the month, 1-4, Glen Park Library event requires a signed parent permission form. To Put on your messiest clothes! Let’s paint together! Areas Program staff. To join Friends of Glen Canyon Walker Talks! register, call 415-355-2858. This is a drop-in event. Ages: 18 months to Pre-K. Park, or for more information about the park, inter- Fourth Sunday of each month, 2:30-4, Paul Griffiths (Randy Lee Odell presents) pretive walks, and volunteer activities, contact Jean Bird & Beckett 8–10, Bird & Beckett Sunday, May 7 Conner at 415 584-8576 Walker Brents III holds his audience spellbound with Saturday, April 8 Springfest California Native Plant Society Work Parties his wide-ranging investigations into topics literary, mythological and otherwise — in the past, his sub- Feature Film: Dead Poet Society 11–3, Sunnyside Elementary School Noon–3, Glen Canyon Park jects have ranged from William Blake to Bob Dylan, Sunnyside Elementary School’s annual Springfest Volunteer activities include weeding, planting and 2–4:30 Glen Park Library Shakespeare to the Shanameh, the Kalevala to the Film rated PG; 128 minutes. features entertainment, games, food and an art show. general maintenance. Please wear closed-toed shoes, story of Layla and Majnun Be sure to join us for a great time. long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. To RSVP, email [email protected] or Thursday, March 23 Monday, April 10 call 415-831-6333. Celebration of the life of poet David Monday, May 11 Great Teen Book Swap Book a Librarian 3:30–5, Glen Park Library Meltzer! Fog Swamp 7–9:30, Bird & Beckett 7:30–9:30, Bird & Beckett 4–5, Glen Park Library, Free book! Just swap us a review. For ages 12-18 Do you need personalized help using a computer or Thursday, April 13 the Internet? Do you have questions on a topic not Saturday, March 25 Saturday, May 13 covered in one of our free computer classes or simply Diamond Heights Blvd. Maintenance Day Howell Devine - Canyon Moonlight Series need more help with research or a specific computer 7:30–9:30, Bird & Beckett FUF Tree Planting or internet task? Call 415-355-2858 to book an 9-12 noon. Meet at St. Aidan’s Church Time, location TBD appointment. Saturday, April 15 Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) tree planting Sunday, March 26 in Glen Park. Apply by March 29. Planting costs a Diamond Diners Lunch and Social Hour A Trestle Ran Through It: Early Days in Beating the Bounds: A Walk Around the minimum of $135 and includes: free site-inspection; First Wednesday of the month, Glen Park Village Original Edges of the Sunnyside tree species selection; concrete removal; tree and 12 Noon–1, 9–12 noon; meet on the plaza at the Glen Park 10–12:30; walk begins at Cup Cafe, 6 Monterey volunteers for tree planting; and 5 years of tree vis- St. Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive BART station, Bosworth and Diamond Blvd. (around the corner from Glen Park BART.) its. Contact FUF’s community outreach manager, Join Sunnyside historian Amy O’Hair on this 4.5- Jasmine Lim, at 415-268-0773 or email fuf@info. Join Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose on this 1.3- net. Order online at www.fuf.net/eform. LEGO Free Play mile walk back through time to learn more about mile history walk on the many wonders and stories First Wednesday at the month, 2–4, the days of Glen Park Village. Tour limited to 15. from the Sunnyside’s 125-year history - from Schulz’s Glen Park Library Reserve now by emailing GlenParkHistory@gmail. Saloon to the Park to Wilson’s Dairy to the Ingleside Saturday, May 20 com. Severe weather cancels. Suggested Minimum Jail. Tour limited to 15. Contact Sunnyside@gmail. com. Suggested Donation $5. Glen Park Library Open House Bird & Beckett Book Club Donation $5. 2–5, Glen Park Library Second Wednesday of the month, Hospice by the Bay Annual Service of Thursday, April 20 7–9, Bird & Beckett Remembrance With music by the Glen Park Trio, a puppet perfor- Great Teen Book Swap mance by The Fratello Marionettes, food demonstra- A book is discussed each meeting. Participants choose Doors open at 3:30; service begins at 4, St. tion, and activities and crafts for kids and families. the next month’s book. See Birdbeckett.com for more Aidan’s Church 3:30–5:3, Glen Park Library details. Everyone is invited to join an interfaith commu- Free book! Just swap us a review. For Ages 12-18 nity gathering to grieve loved ones and honor their Jimbo Trout & the Fishpeople Saturday, May 21, 2017 Thursdays memories. Please bring photographs or objects of 7:30–9:30, Bird & Beckett Sunnyside History Walk: A Walk Down Teen Time remembrance for our Altar of Memories. To include Jimbo Trout, Steve Neil and Paul Shelasky. Mid-Century Monterey Boulevard 3:30–5, Glen Park Library a loved one’s name in a Memorial Album, send 11–1; meet at Monterey Deli, Monterey Blvd. at name(s) by Wednesday, March 22, to mwhite@hbtb. Sunday, April 23 Teens do homework, hang out and occasionally play org. Contact Marshall White at 415-321-7147 for Edna Street (take MUNI 23, 36, 43) video games more information. Bovines, Dynamite, and High-Flying Shows: Tour Leader: Sunnyside Historian Amy O’Hair. All ages 12 and up welcome. Tour limited to 15 people. The In Crowd The Amazing History of Glen Canyon Park Wednesday, March 29 10–1; meet at the Glen Canyon Park Cow Sign Well-behaved pets on leash also welcome. Reserve Last Thursday of the month, 8–10, by emailing [email protected]. Severe Bird & Beckett Deadline to Apply for FUF Tree Planting on Elk Street at the automobile turnout, just weather cancels. Suggested Minimum Donation $5. Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) will hold a tree uphill (north) from Chenery St. Fridays planting in Glen Park on May 13. Planting costs a Join Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose on this 1.3- minimum of $135 and includes: free site-inspection; mile stroll through Glen Canyon as we discover the Sunday, May 28 Food Pantry tree species selection; concrete removal; tree and natural and cultural history of this Natural Resource 1–2 pm, St. Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr. Evangenitals volunteers for tree planting; and 5 years of tree vis- Area in the heart of San Francisco. Tour limited to 7:30–9:30, Bird & Beckett (Closed December 23 and December 30) its. Interested? Contact FUF’s community outreach 20. Reserve now by emailing GlenParkHistory@ Volunteers run this free Food Pantry for low-income manager, Jasmine Lim, at 415-268-0773 or email gmail.com. Suggested Minimum Donation $5. Tuesday, May 30 and disabled clients who live in the 94131 zip code. [email protected]. Order online at www.fuf.net/eform. Magna Books reading - Paul Vangelisti, Art This is just one of the many community activities St. Deadline to apply is March 29. Beck, Neeli Cherkovski Alexandra Teague reads from her novel Aidan’s hosts. Others include yoga, Weight Watchers Glen Park Ladies 2–4, Bird & Beckett 7–8:30, Bird & Beckett and other community groups. For details, visit www. 6:30–8, Glen Park Library The Principles Behind Flotation (Skyhorse Press, staidan.org or call 415-285-9540. In honor of Women’s History Month, join Evelyn Thalea String Quartet 2017) is the first novel from Alexandra Teague, a Rose, Chair and Founder of the Glen Park 7 pm, St. Aidan’s Church former NEA Fellow, Stegner Fellow, and currently a Jazz in the Bookshop Neighborhoods History Project, as we explore the Formed in 2014, the Thalea String Quartet has been professor at University of Idaho. 5:30–8, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery St. lives of some of Glen Park’s earliest civic activists and praised for its ”vibrant performance” and “sincere She has previously published two poetry books— A neighborhood party every week, with live jazz. $10 suffragists, and how these women played important expressivity” (SF Classical Voice). They will perform The Wise and Foolish Builders (Persea 2015) and per adult suggested donation; kids welcome and free! roles in the history of Glen Park, San Francisco, and quartets by Mozart, Cowell and Beethoven. See Mortal Geography (Persea 2010), winner of the 2010 See birdbeckett.com for performers. beyond. musiconthehill.org for more information. California Book Award.