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Glen Park News Fall 06 Fall 2006 GLENGLEN PARKPARK NEWSNEWS Volume 24, No. 3 Official Newspaper of the Glen Park Association Published Quarterly www.glenparkassociation.com Dufty Faces Challenge in Fall District 8 Election Over the next four years, Glen Park cue Muni, the building and construction residents, merchants and visitors will trades association and most of the other continue to face a number supervisors, including Tom Ammiano, of critical issues—traffic Sean Elsbernd and Aaron Peskin. by congestion, crime, dirty Rosenthal, 33, represents Duftyʼs Rachel streets and housing afford- stiffest challenge. She has secured the Gordon ability among them—that endorsements of Supervisor Chris Daly, usually land in the lap of the neighbor- BART director Tom Radulovich, the San hoodʼs representative on the Board of Francisco Tenants Union and San Fran- Supervisors. cisco Tomorrow, and has positioned her- On Nov. 7, voters will decide who self to run to the left of Dufty. Her live-in that representative will be. Incumbent boyfriend is Bay Guardian City Editor Bevan Dufty, a solid moderate whose Steve Jones. She is an avid participant of trademark during his tenure has been a the Burning Man festival, and is active focus on constituent services, faces two in the alternative arts scene here. challengers: Alix Rosenthal, a deputy She has faulted Dufty for spending city attorney in Oakland who served too much time on fixing potholes and on San Franciscoʼs Elections Commis- dealing with other everyday annoyances sion and has the backing of some of the and not enough time writing laws that cityʼs more left-leaning elected officials have broader implications citywide. and interest groups, and Starchild, a Lib- Dufty disagrees with that assessment ertarian and perennial candidate in local and said he has managed to tackle both politics who has never won election. demands. Among the neighborhoods in Dis- The upcoming election will be the trict 8 are Glen Park, Diamond Heights, first time “instant runoffʼʼ voting will Noe Valley and the Castro. be used in District 8. Under the system, Two Bagatelos boys and a neighbor, mid-1940s. Photo courtesy of the Bagatelos family Dufty, 51 and a close ally of Mayor also known as ranked-choice voting, Gavin Newsom, beat out community voters rank their top three candidates activist Eileen Hansen, the favored in order of preference. Glen Park History - Through candidate of the left in a runoff race four If no candidate wins more than 50 years ago. Under city law, Dufty can percent of the vote in the first round of the Eyes of One Family serve one more four-year term before tabulation, the candidate with the least term limits kick in. Prior to his elec- support is eliminated, and the second Glen Park has seen tremendous changes Sixty-four years later their grand- tion, he ran then-Mayor Willie Brownʼs CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 since it first began to be built up after daughter, Karen, a gastroenterol- Office of Neighborhood Services and the 1906 earthquake and ogy nurse practitioner at U.C. San served as an aide to Susan Leal when fire. But there are threads Francisco, still lives in the home her she was on the Board of Supervisors. by of continuity. One is the Dufty has the backing of Newsom, WHAT”S INSIDE Elizabeth Bagatelos family. Dur- CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 the police and firefighters unions, Res- Food, fabulous food. That should be the Weise ing the early months of new motto for Glen Park. Preparations World War II, in 1942, are under way for four new restaurants in Peter and Vaneta Bagatelos bought the Glen Park Association Meeting Notice the heart of the village. To find out whatʼs house at 732 Chenery St., above what Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 7:00 p.m. in the works, check out our story on was until recently Sweet Sueʼs bakery St. John’s School, 925 Chenery St. Page 5. Thereʼs also an update on the new (and where an architectʼs office will District 8 Candidates, BART Station Planning market, which can be found on Page 16. open this fall). Glen Park News Page 2 Fall 2006 Fall 2006 Page 3 Glen Park News From the Editors Glen Park Association News The audience is seated, the lights are chants and residents, a handful of whom I have been spending time in a neigh- the expansion of institutions, such as dimmed and the curtain is about to rise tried to stop the project. However, many borhood full of older, well-maintained private schools. The public schools are on Glen Parkʼs newest show: The Renais- more are eager to see a full-service grocery single family-homes. well-attended, but are falling behind sance of Glen Park Village. Anticipation close to home. Ashley Hathawayʼs update The nearby commercial on repair of roofs, windows and bath- by is running high. on this ongoing story is on Page 16. area has a transit stop, rooms. Neighborhood-oriented E-mail Michael Over the next several months, four We wish all the new businesses good with a long escalator to sites cover these topics constantly. Rice new eateries are scheduled to open—with luck and hope the buzz they generate will the train platform. In Local politicians are promising to influences from Italy, France, Japan and help the existing restaurants and shops about 15 minutes, the fix the schools, not raise taxes, ensure Hong Kong—enhancing the international prosper. train takes you to a busy downtown full adequate emergency services, help keep flavor of the neighborhood. They will join And while a vibrant commercial of tourists. In the other direction, the families in the city, and balance the city the neighborhoodʼs popular mainstays that district often improves a neighborhood, it train takes you to suburbs with growing budget. And, by the way, a new mayor already provide us with good old-fash- also can bring added problems: increased pains of traffic and sprawl. also promises to turn all these issues ioned diner fare, creative crepes, upscale traffic congestion, more litter, a bigger This community has been waiting around. California cuisine and a variety of take-out parking crunch. The Glen Park News for years for a branch library to re-open Is this Glen Park and San Fran- choices. Emma Smith introduces the new will continue to keep close watch over in a new space. There was a battle over cisco? Do some of the details not quite restaurants on Page 5. the expected changes in our neighbor- a vacant commercial site next to the fit? In fact, this is Washington, DC, At the same time, the long-awaited hood—the good and the bad. subway station, now developed with in Upper Northwest along the Metro Canyon Market on Diamond Street is Another issue we are following condos above retail space. Parking is Red Line. I have been working in the getting ready to open its doors. Itʼs been a closely is crime in our neighborhood. In a perennial issue. The permit parking Ward 3 City Council primary for my long haul for the storeʼs owners, Richard our summer issue, we reported on grow- zones around the subway station keep brother, Bill Rice, who is running in a and Janet Tarlov, who had to maneuver ing concerns that our streets are becoming growing. Nearby are wooded parks, but field of eight candidates. (Disclosure: through the cumbersome City approval increasingly dangerous. Over the summer neighbors complain that low budgets Obviously Bill is the best candidate, process and work with neighboring mer- there were a number of serious incidents, have cut into maintenance. Compared but sadly, he didnʼt win in the Sept. 12 as reported in the daily e-mail crime to other parts of the city, crime and primary.) As I knocked on doors, called report compiled by Capt. Paul Chignell, homelessness are not major problems, voters, read local weeklies, and listened commander of the Ingleside police sta- but not unknown. A basic row house is to people in Ward 3, the themes of land Glen Park News tion. Those interested in being added to $700,000 or more. use, traffic and transit, public services, 2912 Diamond St. #407 the distribution list should contact Chignell Active neighborhood organizations and working as a community struck me San Francisco, CA 94131 at [email protected]. volunteer to clean up school grounds, as amazingly common to Washington (415) 908-6728 debate about tear-downs replaced by and San Francisco. Itʼs perhaps hearten- [email protected] CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 larger new homes, and argue over ing to know that the challenges we face here are not unique to the City. OTHER NOTES: Back here in Glen Park, the recent changes in park- ing controls on Bosworth Street west The mission of the Glen Park Association is to promote the collective interests of all persons living in Glen Park, to inform and educate about of Diamond Street, with new meters Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Weise neighborhood and citywide issues, to promote sociability and friend- and parking limits on the north side, Deputy Editor Rachel Gordon ships and to support beneficial neighborhood projects. opens up spaces. The turnover will Photo Editor Liz Mangelsdorf serve residents and customers of our Design Editor Mary Mottola GPA Board of Directors and Officers for 2006 “downtown.” The Association worked Copy Editor Denis Wade with the Glen Park Merchants Associa- Advertising Nora Dowley President Michael Rice 337-9894 tion to study these ideas, bring them to [email protected] the Association members, and support Reporters Dolan Eargle Vice-President Jeff Britt 908-6728 the changes as they moved through Ashley Hathaway Stina Kieffer [email protected] the City approval process.
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