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SUMMER 2019 VOLUME 37, NO. 2 Owls Briefly Return to Glen Canyon Park Bikeshare Backers len Canyon, with its hol- lowed valley, is like a bowl Eye Glen Park G that is near acoustic perfec- tion. The 70-acre park is a scooped- For Expansion out natural amphitheater, home to all manner of flying nother bikeshare station has been proposed by creatures. Song spar- for Glen Park, on Arlington Street, while Murray rows chatter and dart A neighbors continue to debate the utility of the Schneider among willow limbs, recently installed station on Randall Street. harmonizing as they Both the Randall and the proposed Arlington street camouflage themselves among lichen- locations are nodes to connect riders to Glen Park anointed limbs. Red-tailed hawks BART, where a station with 38 docks opened April scout for a midday meal of mice. 1, said Justin Hu-Nguyen, community Creekside, nuthatches rat-a-tat on by affairs coordinator for Lyft, the ride- Heather trunks of riparian wood, echoing share giant that recently bought the World along Alms Road. Hunkered atop city-partnered bikeshare program now willow boughs, crows caw, black and known as Bay Wheels. shiny. “We would love to serve the gap in Glen Park,” And for a short while this spring, he said. a family of great horned owls made A previous Arlington site was nixed when the single another of their awaited encores. adjacent property owner protested. This time Lyft will Adult great horned owls’ calls are propose a 23-dock station about 70 feet long in front deep, a stuttering series of four or of the Arlington Community Garden, Hu-Nguyen five hoots, while their chicks unleash said. Hu-Nguyen said he already has consulted with piercing screams as they await nightly the community garden manager and the Recreation meals of rodents. and Park Department. On April 3, rain took a time out. “They seem more or less neutral about the loca- Two birders walked along the creek tion,” he said. Next, the company will deliver mailers The baby great horned owls in Glen Canyon Park. to houses closest to the proposed bike station, located CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Photo by Michael Waldstein across the street from them. Bikeshare stations are CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 GLEN PARK ASSOCIATION School Mural Honors Dolores Huerta QUARTERLY MEETING ently removing the blue tape, Muralists began the she stopped for a moment to process of creating the G admire the many colors swirl- mural in February with Thursday July 25, 7 p.m. ing above her on the new mural rep- workshops to discuss Glen Park Recreation Center resenting labor leader and civil rights ideas. These workshops activist Dolores Huerta, included members of the by only minutes before the school’s 5th-grade class. Agenda: Susan official dedication cer- After four workshops, • Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Sutton emony. the artists and children • Autonomous vehicle Flavia Elisa Mora, assistant muralist worked together to “cre- conversation, including for the art project at newly renamed ate a composite design Part of the Dolores Huerta mural. Photo by Susan Sutton representatives from SFMTA Dolores Huerta Elementary School, based on the children’s and Cruise worked methodically to ensure that the drawings,” she explained. “We had a lot “We all worked together to create a mural on a wall facing Chenery Street of volunteer help, which was amazing cohesive design.” • Kern Street update looked its best for the big moment. and helped speed up the process.” Wojczuk said that she grew up in a Mora and others with Precita Eyes Lead muralist Carla Wojczuk said, CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 WILDER STREET GARDEN ~ PG. 4 TYGER'S RESTAURANT ~ PG. 9 DETROIT STREET STEPS ~ PG. 10 2 Glen Park News | Summer 2019 GLEN PARK S GLEN PARK ASSOCIATION S Fenced off and closed to the public NEWS earlier this year, the re-graded Kern The Glen Park News is pub- FStreet parking lot behind Pebbles Café on Diamond Street includes about lished quarterly by the Glen 1,700-square feet of City land, giving Park Association. Signed the family that controls articles are the opinions of by the lot 27 percent more the authors and not neces- Heather space to charge tenants sarily those of the Glen Park World for parking. Association. That changed recently in response to three months of inquires Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gordon by Glen Park Association president Scott Stawicki about public land being used Deputy Editor Gail Bensinger for private profit and virtually no com- munity gain. Copy Editor Denis Wade The City land ended up in private hands when San Francisco Public Works Art Director Liz Mangelsdorf issued a Director’s Order temporar- ily granting its entire 4,000-square-foot Calendar Editor Caroline Mangelsdorf portion of the block to the Hayes family trust, which owns the 6,300-square foot Online Editor Elizabeth Weise swath of the block adjacent to Kern. But that was back in August 2018, The fenced-in parking lot on Kern Street. Photo by Bonnee Waldstein Advertising Manager Nora Dowley when the family was working with the Planning Department and then-Dis- rescind the order, according to an email reduced access to shops and restaurants. Distribution Manager trict 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy to turn sent to Stawicki by the department’s Coincidentally, the May 28 San Murray Schneider the blighted 50-year-old de facto park- deputy director, John Thomas. Francisco Chronicle has a story about ing lot into a clean, well-lit paid park- “I have been in contact with Patty privatization of public land. On Bernal Reporters ing lot the neighborhood could use for Hayes, a representative of the (Hayes Heights, neighbors who’ve fenced in Maggie Hicks the next six years. (The long-term plan Family) Trust, and informed her small strips of public land for decades Carey Rutigliano was to develop the lot for housing.) that the Director’s Order was to be are fighting the Recreation and Park Murray Schneider After the city’s Planning Department rescinded, which will require that the Department’s demand that the land be Susan Sutton refused to budge on landscaping fence be relocated to the property line,” made accessible to the public. Bonnee Waldstein requirements, the Hayes family fenced Thomas wrote. He added that he is But rather than making money, the Heather World off the lot—including the 40 per- also looking into who is responsible for Bernal Heights residents erected fences cent the City had loaned them—and repairing Kern Street’s dilapidated side- to keep hikers on Bernal Hill from restricted it to their tenants, and are walks—the City or the Hayes family. dumping trash—and the occasional Columnists S Marc Dickow charging them a fee to use it. La Since the Kern Street parking lot was dead body—in their yards. Betsy Eddy Corneta, one of those tenants, is letting closed to the general public, the Glen Kay Hamilton Estey its customers use the lot. The Hayes Park Association has received numerous Heather World is the recording secretary Eric Kammerud family did not inform Public Works complaints from Glen Park merchants, and co-website producer of the Glen Park Rafael Mandelman that the lot would no longer be open who say their businesses were negatively Association. Additional reporting from Evelyn Rose to the public. affected by the lot closure, and from Hilary Schiraldi, Stephany Wilkes and Michelle Waddy On May 28, Public Works decided to neighbors who say the lot closure has Bonnee Waldstein. Heather World S FROM THE EDITORS S Photographers Liz Mangelsdorf Changes tend to happen slowly in home and from all over the Bay Area. keeping the shop stocked with cheeses Murray Schneider Glen Park’s small but neighborly busi- Legendre’s sale is a complicated package and other treats; they decided they Bonnee Waldstein ness district. Turnover is rare, and deal: In addition to the thriving busi- needed a little more time off. Michael Waldstein changes of ownership tend to bring ness itself, he owns the entire building, Destination Bakery, at 598 Chenery Susan Sutton new faces to existing genres—think of with its upstairs rental unit, and the St., is closed on Sundays and Mondays the newest incarnations of the sushi building next door that houses Higher for the immediate future. Owner Joe restaurant, the frozen yogurt restau- Grounds coffee shop, which has an Schuver is having health problems, so 2912 Diamond St. #407 rant, the Thai restaurant and the sand- extended lease. So far, Le P’tit Laurent the rest of the staff is carrying on the San Francisco, CA 94131 wich shop where the most startling is still open for business. Bon appetit! business until he recovers and returns [email protected] change was a coat of purple exterior Elsewhere, a couple of other long-term to work. We wish him a full and speedy [email protected] paint. So news that one of our most neighborhood businesses are cutting recovery. popular proprietors, Laurent Legendre back on their open-every-day schedules. Many of the operators of our local of Le P’tit Laurent, wants to sell is, The Cheese Boutique, at 660 Chenery businesses work six or even seven days Please support well, unusual. St., is owned by Rick and Nada Malouf, a week so that the rest of us can shop our In the decade-plus that he’s operated who have begun shutting their shop and dine locally at our convenience. In his taste-of-Paris bistro on the corner on Mondays. The Maloufs make the the words of Tony, the one-named pet- Advertisers; of Chenery and Diamond streets, it has Lebanese specialties their patrons prize, stuff purveyor at Critter Fritters, 670 become popular with diners close to as well as serving the customers and Chenery St., “Retail is hard.” S Summer 2019 | Glen Park News 3 S S NEWS FROM CITY HALL GPA Board of reetings, Glen Park neighbors! for years to come.

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