Winter 06/07
GLEN PARK NEWS
Volume 24, No. 4
Owner Janet Tarlov pushes carts out to the outside of Canyon Market as they open on the
morning of Nov. 21st.
Fin a l l y !
Canyon Market Has Low-Key Opening
One day shy of eight years after the old
Diamond Super and Ter-
ry’s Meat & Deli burned
by
to the ground, the new
Ashley
Hathaway Canyon Market opened
its doors to customers on
the morning of Tuesday,
Nov. 21, 2006.
The store had had a brief, two-and-
a-half-hour test opening the previous
Saturday afternoon—kind of a “sneak
preview.”
“It was a chance to help the staff
understand the scope of what had to
happen over the next few days,” said
Janet Tarlov, who, with her husband
Richard, has supplied the blood, sweat
and tears that created the long-awaited
new market.
More than 500 customers visited
the store the first day.
It was a “low-key, super-soft open-
ing,” said Janet.
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Many neighbors eagerly awaited the
opening of Canyon Market. Pamela Gil-
lett, who lives a block away, was among
them. “It makes the neighborhood
much more desirable,ʼʼ said Gillett,
who moved to Glen Park 3 1/2 years
ago from Boston. She likes the conve-
nience of the new market and the fact
that she can buy food when she needs
it, a little bit at a time. “It will be easy
to shop every day,ʼʼ said Gillett, who did
most of her grocery shopping at Whole
Foods, Trader Joes and Rainbow.
Gillettʼs chief concern is the prices.
She said she understands that Canyon
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Glen Park Association Meeting Notice
Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
St. John’s School, 925 Chenery St.
Crime, Police Update
Gunfire in Glen Park
Gunfire erupted Thanksgiving Eve
on the 300 block of Arlington Street,
sending three people to
by San Francisco General
Elizabeth Hospital and giving neigh-
Weise bors another reason to be
frustrated by the on-going
problems associated with a gang house
on the street.
Police suspect the shooting was
gang-related, reportedly the second
such incident of the year in the same
location.
The woman and two men injured in
the latest outbreak of violence were in
front of a house on Arlington, between
Mateo and Richland streets. Police
already had been watching the house
because of the alleged gang activity
there, Supervisor Bevan Dufty told the
Glen Park News. He said police were
investigating whether the Nov. 22 shoot-
ing was an internal gang dispute.
Residents in the area, who formed a
“neighborhood watchʼʼ program in large
part because of ongoing problems at the
house, have not been shy in reporting
their concerns to police, a neighbor told
the Glen Park News.
A “For Saleʼʼ sign recently appeared
in the window of the home in question
and neighbors say they have hopes that
the apparent gang activity will end when
the house is sold. In the meantime, Dufty
said he wants to see whether the City
Attorneyʼs code enforcement unit has
been called in, a tactic that could bring
more pressure upon the owner of the
home or the occupants, with the goal of
abating the nuisance.
It was the second major criminal
Published Quarterly
incident in the vicinity in as many
months. On Oct. 11 the mid-morning
calm was broken by tires screeching,
armed suspects fleeing up Miguel
Street from Chenery and dozens of
police officers swarming the area.
Fairmount Elementary School was put
on alert, buses were halted and traffic
rerouted, and residents were kept from
their homes for five hours during the
police manhunt.
Police tracked down two suspects,
Kameron Kaywood, 18 and Ramone
Hatfield, 25, and arrested them on
numerous gun-related charges, said
Debbie Masloh of the San Francisco
District Attorneyʼs Office. Kaywood,
who had no prior convictions, was
released on $30,000 bail. Hatfield, who
did have previous convictions that put
his bail at $150,000, is still in custody
in the San Francisco County Jail.
“We are pursing multiple felony
charges against these individuals for
concealed weapons,” Masloh told the
Glen Park News. Both men were due
back in court Dec. 12.
The October incident began on a
warm Wednesday morning. Several
young men in a car pulled up to Middle
Point and West Point roads in the Bay-
view, an area where violence is all too
commonplace, and started firing shots
into a crowd, Capt. Paul Chignell,
commanding officer of the Ingleside
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WHAT”S INSIDE
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From the Editors Glen Park Association News

Need new ketter,,,,,, A year ago, I wrote this column as a
tour of the neighborhood businesses,
taking in the many
varied merchants and
by
services located in
Michael
“downtown” Glen Park.
Rice
An underlying message
was, “Shop Glen Park,”
even without the anchor of the long-
departed market.
Last week, almost eight years to
the day since a fire destroyed Dia-
mond Super, the plywood came down
from Canyon Market. There was new
life in the neighborhood -- from early
cappuccino drinkers at 7 a.m. to a giddy
crowd at 7 p.m. (Well, I was giddy!)
Vegetables! Fruit! All kinds of fresh
bread! Interesting wines! Fish on ice!
Beef for carnivores! Salads for veg-
etarians! Aisles I havenʼt even studied
yet! But this milestone is not just the
merchandise on the shelves, it is the
crowds and lights returned to the street,
the neighborhood folks and commuters
stopping and looking and greeting each
Glen Park News other on their rounds, another boost to
2912 Diamond St. #407 our lively village.
San Francisco, CA 94131 The Glen Park Association, as many
(415) 908-6728 of you know, worked diligently to keep
news@glenparkassociation.org CONTINUED ON PAGE ? the market, library, and apartment plans
moving forward. The next big moment
will, of course, be the branch library
opening next year. Meanwhile, as the
merchantsʼ association billboard on
Bosworth Street asks, keep your feet
and dollars in Glen Park.
Along with our ever-expanding
Glen Park News, and our regular quar-
terly meetings, we have been rolling
out the Glen Park Association Yahoo
newsgroup, open to all (not just GPA
members). Heather World manages it
and sends a weekly post with news
and events. To subscribe, send email
to glenparkassociation-subscribe@ya
hoogroups.com.
We have been working hard on
parking and traffic issues, and have
pushed for the new meters on Bos-
worth Street to create parking turn-
over for the merchants, and supported
just-approved short-term meters on
Diamond Street for the market and the
library. The Glen Park Association has
been effective at working with City Hall
and neighbors to bring improvements to
our neighborhood.
Michael Rice is president of the Glen
Park Association.

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
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Weise neighborhood and citywide issues, to promote sociability and friend-
Deputy Editor Rachel Gordon ships and to support beneficial neighborhood projects.
Photo Editor Liz Mangelsdorf
Design Editor Mary Mottola
Copy Editor Denis Wade
GPA Board of Directors and Officers for 2006
Advertising Nora Dowley President Michael Rice 337-9894
president@glenparkassociation.org
Reporters Dolan Eargle
Vice-President Jeff Britt 908-6728
Ashley Hathaway
Stina Kieffer
vicepresident@glenparkassociation.org
Scott Kirsner Treasurer Dennis Mullen 239-8337
Lucretia Levinger Recording Secretary Kim Watts 902-4767
Miriam Moss Corresponding Secretary Tiffany Farr 215-2320
Joanna Pearlstein Membership Secretary Heather World
Emma Smith membership@glenparkassociation.org
Bonnee Waldstein Health & Environment Michael Ames Glen Park News
mames@rocketmail.com
Columnists Vince Beaudet The Glen Park News is pub-
Neighborhood Improvement John Walmsley 452-0277
Paul Chignell Glen Park News Elizabeth Weise 908-6728
lished quarterly by the Glen
Jean Conner
news@glenparkassociation.org Park Association. Signed
Sharon Dezurick
Public Safety Kincy Clark articles are the opinions of
Bevan Dufty
safety@glenparkassociation.org the authors and not neces-
Mary Janssen
Carol Maerzke Recreation & Park Richard Craib 648-0862 sarily those of the Glen Park
Michael Rice Traffic, Parking & Transportation Armando Fox Association. To advertise in
Michael Walsh transportation@glenparkassociation.org the Glen Park News call 908-
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Swat Team on Chenery during police action on Oct. 11, 2006
Crime
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Police Station, reported in his daily
e-mail update of crime in the Ingleside
district.
San Francisco police officers
patrolling nearby saw the suspected
shootersʼ four-door Dodge Magnum
and gave chase, according to published
news accounts at the time. Driving
recklessly, the men eluded them, police
reported. But a short while later another
officer spotted the car at Newhall near
Newcomb streets in the Bayview and
continued the chase, but lost track of the
suspects at Cortland Avenue and Bay-
shore Boulevard at the edge of Bernal
Heights.
It wasnʼt long before officers from
Mission Station driving on Valencia
Street near St. Lukeʼs Hospital spot-
ted the vehicle, and “the chase was on
again,” Chignell said.
The suspects hit a car parked at 29th
and Dolores streets in Noe Valley but
kept going. They finally dumped the car
on the 300 block of Mateo at Arlington
in Glen Park. Several neighbors saw the
young men, carrying guns, flee on foot.
Officers from Ingleside station
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Letter to
Photo by Craig Mole
the Editor
Dear Glen Park News staff,
poured into the area; their colleagues Today the Glen Park News was deliv-
from Bayview station joined in. Officer ered to our front door. (I remember
Mitchell Campbell and others found two doing that many years ago.)
of the suspects hiding behind a vehicle After dinner, I thought I would
on the 100 block of Mateo. scan over it, but like a well- writ-
Officers Peterkent DeJesus and Jean ten novel, once I started reading, I
Etcheveste found two guns in the area, couldn’t stop. I want to comment on
one on a staircase at 350 Chenery and many articles, but mostly I want to
another in a blue recycling bin at 312 thank you and all others contribut-
Chenery, police reported. A third firearm ing (including the advertisers.)
was found in a trash can at 312 Chenery. I haven’t quite finished the
All were semi-automatic handguns. reading, but I felt impelled to write
Neighbors positively identified and congratulate all of you.
the captured suspects. Some witnesses Sincerely,
reported a third suspect, possibly hiding Betty Jones on Nordhoff
in the backyards on the 300 block of
Chenery. Chignell and Captain Daniel
McDonagh of the SFPDʼs Tactical
Division secured the area with dozens
of officers. After a methodical search
from rooftops over the course of several
hours, no other suspects were located.
Neighbors were finally allowed to return
to their homes at 5:30.
The two men taken into custody
were from the 200 block of Montana
and 100 block of Arch, both located in
the Ingleside neighborhood.
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Longtime Glen Park Merchants

Welcome New Market
The Cheese Boutique on Chenery Street One area where Park has a leg up on
has been in business for 15 years—and Canyon Market is store hours. Park
plans to thrive right alongside the Can- opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m.,
yon Market. giving him a lock on the early morning
Asked about the new neighborhood and late-night shopping crowd.
market, Rick Malouf, Eric Whittington, owner of Bird
owner of the Cheese Bou- & Beckett Books and Records, says
by
tique, says, “I really wish he canʼt imagine anything but positive
Ashley
Hathaway them luck.” He adds with reactions about the market, except of
a sincere, warm smile, course when it comes to the issue of
“Every family that goes parking. But he thinks that wonʼt be
into business needs a lot of luck!” much of a problem and says that people
Malouf admits, however, that itʼs will most likely just deal with it.
a little scary having a big market just In any case, the old cliché “time
around the corner, but he is confident in will tell” is probably the truth of the
his established business and says many matter—at least for now.
of his loyal customers are not only
dedicated to his cheese shop, but are
addicted to his home-made hummus!
He thinks that one of the key elements
for his continued success will be that Our advertisers
“…we donʼt cross each other with the
merchandise we sell.”
Destination Baking Co. at Chenery help support
and Castro certainly has its own inter-
ests at hand: it is supplying Canyon
Marketʼs coffee bar with freshly baked this free
croissants and Danish.
Paul Park, who owns Buddies Mar-
ket, the mom-and-pop corner store at community
Diamond and Chenery, is nervous about
the neighborhood newcomer. “It will
hurt business. Definitely,ʼʼ said Park, newspaper.
who has run Buddies for the past five
years.
He said heʼll have to make adjust- Please thank
ments to his business model, but doesnʼt
know yet what that will entail. Heʼs
thinking about selling more wine, beer them when you
and liquor—already a large portion of
his business—and perhaps hosting wine
tastings. Park said he wants to wait until patronize their
Canyon Market is up and running at full
speed before making any decisions.
“Iʼm going to wait and see, then maybe businesses.
change little by little,ʼʼ he said.
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Eggettes
New Shops in the Hood
Two new businesses opened their doors
in Glen Park in November. Eggettes, the
third branch of a local chain, is now
serving tapioca drinks and
by Asian snacks in the former
Joanna Dr. Video Space at 2810
Pearlstein Diamond St. And Crown-
ing Glory, a new gift shop,
launched on Wilder Street.
Eggettes (say EGGʼ-ettes) is co-
owned by Catherine Fong, Gary Vin-
son and Mark Fuentes. They sell tapioca
drinks, which come with a variety of
ingredients and in flavors ranging from
fruit to tea to milk to tofu to coffee to
chocolate. The storeʼs trademark dish
is eggettes, which are waffles popular
on the streets of Hong Kong. Theyʼre
nearly cylindrical, served without syrup,
and come in original, chocolate, sesame
and coconut flavors.
The store also sells savory snacks
including artificial shark fin soup, which
is similar to Chinese hot and sour soup
but adds clear noodles that substitute for
traditional shark fin, a Chinese delicacy
thatʼs considered by some to be ecologi-
cally deleterious. Also on the menu are
rice rolls (rice noodles cut into pieces
and served with hoisin sauce, soy sauce,
peanut butter and sesame seeds), fish
dumplings (called fish shiu mai), and
curried fish balls.
The house specialty is chicken
porridge, a Filipino dish thatʼs made
by Fuentesʼ mother. Chicken porridge
is a soupy stew made with chicken, rice,
ginger, scallions and garlic; the Filipino
name is arroz caldo. “Itʼs got a ton of
healing power,” says Fuentes, adding
that once people try it, they come back
for it again.
Eggettes also boasts three Internet
terminals and a 42-inch plasma televi-
sion playing movies. Machines that
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Obituary: Landscape Architect
Dan Tuttle, 52
Dan Tuttle, a landscape architect who Planning, which he operated from his
left his imprint on homes, universities home.
and office buildings around the world, Among his projects were a master
died September 11 at age 52. He had plan for the Ocean Avenue campus of
lived in Glen Park since 1990. City College of San Francisco; a hous-
His wife, Claire Tuttle, said that his ing development in Beijing; the Milpitas
favorite long-running project was the Civic Center; a pavilion for the 1990
garden behind their home on Natick Summer Olympics in Atlanta; several
Street, where he experimented with projects at the University of the Pacific
sage, succulents, grasses in Stockton; two townhouse develop-
by and other plants. She ments in Mexico City; and a corporate
Scott called it “a hodge-podge campus for the computer company
Photo by Michael Waldstein
Kirsner of great fun and curios- SGI in Mountain View (now the head-
ity,” and recalled that her quarters of Google). The Mountain
husband enjoyed picking basil from the View campus won a medallion from
garden and turning it into pesto. “We ate
from the garden a lot,” she said.
the American Society of Landscape
Architects. He met his wife, a fountain
Tuttle was born in Boxford, Mas- designer, in 1995 while the two were
dispense toys in small plastic contain- sachusetts, north of Boston. After work- working on a residential project in Mas-
ers (called gashapon in Japanese), line ing in Colorado as a saddle-makerʼs sachusetts.
one wall. apprentice, he attended the Rhode Island “He used to say that he loved mov-
“This village is really cool,” says School of Design, where a professor ing dirt around,” said Claire Tuttle. “He
Fuentes. “No one knew who we were, encouraged him to study landscape always wanted to learn as much as he
yet as soon as we started doing construc- architecture. After college, he took a could about a site, and respond to the
tion about 20 people came in to warn us job at SWA Group, a landscape archi- context.” One of his areas of special-
that the place leaks. The neighborhood tecture and design firm in Sausalito. He ization was rehabilitating contaminated
has been very supportive.” Eggettes became a partner, then in 2003 opened “brownfield” sites.
plans to add sandwiches to its menu in his own practice, Dan Tuttle Design and CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
the coming weeks and is also consider-
ing having a karaoke night.
A few doors away, Caroline Que-
thera, proprietor of Crowning Glory,
had been operating a hair salon in the
space at 74 Wilder St. for two years
before opening a gift shop. Crowning
Glory sells jewelry, greeting cards and
note cards, bath and body products,
silk wraps, candles, wrapping paper,
gifts and Christmas ornaments from
places like Turkey, India, Japan and
Mexico. Quethera came to Glen Park
at the suggestion of a landlord and has
been thrilled with the neighborhood.
“I feel like Glen Park chose me,” says
Quethera, who worked in Cow Hollow
before coming south. “I love it here. Itʼs
like a sophisticated Mayberry.”
It took Quethera a year to gather
her inventory. She wanted to feature as
many local artists as possible and keep
prices reasonable. Crowning Glory is
open Wednesday through Sunday, and
if you need to get your hair done, you
can stop by to see Quethera on Mondays
and Tuesdays. She has been a stylist for
30 years. Before she began doing hair
professionally, she worked in the circus
as an aerialist and clown.
Joanna Pearlstein is an editor at Wired
Magazine. Dan Tuttle Photo courtesy of ???
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Manila Oriental Market
Glen Park Awash in
Shopping Opportunities
Nearby, Another Market Opens
Live frogs stare up balefully at you from
a bucket. Huge bags of rice are piled,
Costco-style, halfway to the ceiling.
Nine kinds of choy (you thought bok
was the only one?) and twice as many
tofus hang out in the refrigerated aisle.
Welcome to the new Manila Mis-
sion Supermarket, in the erstwhile
Cala quarters at Mission
by and Trumbull streets,
Emma south of Bosworth. With
Bland low prices on produce and
Smith seafood, a big parking lot
and aisles as wide as those
in a suburban Safeway, this is a great
new big-store shopping option for Glen
Park residents.
Itʼs similar to Pacific Supermar-
ket at 2900 Alemany Blvd., but much
closer and easier to navigate. Similar
emporiums exist in the Sunset District
(Sunset Super at 2425 Irving St. and
Dan Tuttle
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Tuttle enjoyed reading, Native
American art and travel. He and his
wife often visited Yosemite, the South-
western states and Italy, where he had
spent time as a fellow at the American
Academy in Rome.
Tuttle was diagnosed with cancer in
2005, but his wife said he did not tell
many of his friends and acquaintances
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Photo by Liz Mangelsdorf
2801 Vicente St.) and of course there
are numerous similar stores in Daly
City including a corporate sibling,
Manila Oriental Market on King Drive.
All attest to the increasing presence of
Filipino and Chinese residents in the
area.
Although Asian foods are conspicu-
ous, Manila Mission also stocks more
mundane items, from organic milk to
sandwich bread, so shoppers can make
this a one-stop trip. The very best rea-
son to visit, however, may be the live
Dungeness crab at $2.99 a pound.
Manila Mission Supermarket is
at 4175 Mission. Take Bosworth to
Lyell, cross Alemany and continue
up Admiral to Mission; turn left; the
store will be on your right. Itʼs about
six blocks from downtown Glen Park, a
two-minute drive or a 10-minute walk.
Call 337-7272.
that he was ill. In addition to his wife,
he is survived by his parents, Stella
and Jack, and two sisters, Rebecca and
Kathy. A garden has been planted in his
memory at the Coyote Point Museum
in San Mateo. Claire Tuttle asked that
any donations be sent to San Francisco
Animal Care and Control.
Scott Kirsner is a journalist who lives
in Glen Park.
Canyon Market
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Market, as an independent grocer, may
not be able to compete with the chains,
but she doesnʼt want to wince every time
sheʼs at the checkout stand. Sheʼs will-
ing to pay more—a little more: “I just
want to make sure the prices are in the
range of what Whole Foods charges.ʼʼ
The lack of a supermarket had
left a major hole in the center of Glen
Park since the dark November night in
1998 when the old building caught fire.
The site sat vacant but for the charred
remnants of the building for the better
part of a year, then as an empty lot for
another six years. Neighbors had to hike
up the hill to Safeway for a full-service
grocery and neighborhood businesses
suffered greatly with the loss of the
foot traffic the market generated.
In 1998 there were rumors that
the out-of-state owner of the building
planned to sell or lease the site to Wal-
greens. That winter the Glen Park Asso-
ciation voted to push for a neighborhood
market as opposed to a non-grocery
chain store. Years followed, filled with
meetings, intrigue, an attempted lawsuit
to block the ultimately proposed library/
grocery/condo project, and presenta-
tions to the City building department
too numerous to count.
Finally, in the fall of 2004, construc-
tion began.
But the road from empty lot to
supermarket was not an easy one. The
siteʼs ownership changed hands, the
original grocery store team pulled out.
At times it seemed as though it would
never happen.
So the first full day of business for
the market in some ways seemed anti-
climatic, being that so many people have
been waiting so long for it to open.
Things ran relatively smoothly, but
not without a few minor mishaps. There
was a complete crash of the credit/debit
card transaction system and shoppers
could pay only cash for several hours;
that turned out to be an outside, sys-
tem-wide failure that also affected many
other local businesses.
“Par for the course,” joked Janet,
and in the big picture for the Tarlovs
this was really “peanuts” in compari-
son with the many obstacles that had
plagued them during the construction
and permitting process. In the end,
last-minute City inspections were the
hurdles in the race to opening day.
During the first week of operation,
there were more kinks to work out for
the Canyon Market crew, and they are
continuing to figure out whatʼs needed
for everything to run as smoothly as pos-
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sible. According to Richard, “Getting
product over the Thanksgiving week
was really hard, so our shelves will be
filling up more and more.”
As the market slowly gets up to
speed, the Tarlovs say they must get
each and every product into the com-
puter system to scan at the registers—a
task requiring hundreds of hours.
And what kinds of products can
you expect to see in the new market?
The well-designed, airy and spacious
grocery store has everything from
local organic produce to bulk spices.
Youʼll find a very impressive selec-
tion of dry goods, dairy products, fresh
meats and fish, as well as a coffee bar,
full self-serve salad bar, hot soup and
other prepared foods to go—shades of
Terry Bloomʼs Terryʼs Meat & Deli of
so many years ago.
The Tarlovs say that the response
from those living in the neighborhood
has been phenomenal: “People are so
happy to have the grocery back! We are
writing down every request.”
Several neighbors have remarked on
the high prices for some goods, though
the Tarlovs say they are diligently
checking prices to make sure they are
as low as possible. Admittedly, they
made a few pricing mistakes, pricing
many items too high, and Richard
explains, “Our vendors in some cases
help us print shelf tags and there were
a few miscommunications”.
They are slowly but surely sorting
it all out and also say that many of the
more conventional groceries havenʼt yet
been put out on the shelves. In addition,
a suggestion box for customer feedback
and requests will go up soon
When the store reaches full staffing,
it will employ about 35 full and part-
time employees, most of whom live
in Glen Park and adjoining neighbor-
hoods.
Canyon Market is open 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, 9–7 Sunday.
The coffee bar opens at 7a.m. daily.
Ashley Hathaway is a freelance writer and
video/television producer.
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Dufty
Reelected
Bevan Dufty, Glen Park’s representative
on the Board of Supervisors for the past
four years, easily won reelection to another
four-year term.
A veteran of City Hall and a close ally
of Mayor Gavin Newsom,
Dufty garnered 65 percent
by
of the vote in the Nov.
Rachel
Gordon 7 election. He beat Alix
Rosenthal, a deputy city
attorney in Oakland and a
former member of the San Francisco elec-
tions commission, and Starchild, a libertar-
ian and male exotic dancer. Rosenthal, mak-
ing her first run for elective office, received
30 percent of the vote; Starchild, a perennial
candidate who only uses one name, got 5
percent.
Dufty, who usually votes with the 11-
member board’s moderate bloc, headed the
Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services
under Willie Brown. Prior to that he was an
aide to Susan Leal when she served on the
Board of Supervisors.
During his reelection campaign, Dufty
focused on his constituent services record.
He has the City’s clean streets hotline—
“28-CLEAN”—on speed dial, and has the
reputation as an elected official who pays
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attention to potholes and broken street
lights. Dufty said he was heartened by his
strong showing in the election.
“It’s one thing to win election the
first time,” Dufty said. “It’s another to be
returned to office, having constituents give
me a vote of confidence.”
In addition to Glen Park, Dufty rep-
resents all or portions of the following
neighborhoods: Diamond Heights, Noe
Valley, the Castro/Eureka Valley, Duboce
Triangle, Lower Haight, Corona Heights,
Ashbury Heights and Twin Peaks.
He owns a condo in the Corona
Heights neighborhood above the Castro
but is looking to move. Dufty, who is gay,
and his good friend Rebecca Goldfader, a
lesbian, recently became new parents. Their
daughter Sidney was born Oct. 2, five weeks
before the election. Dufty and Goldfader,
who lives in Bernal Heights, are looking to
buy a duplex in District 8 so the 51-year-old
supervisor can live close to his daughter and
co-parent more easily.
Dufty said the combination of becom-
ing a first-time dad and getting voted in
for another term “has been amazing and
great.”
He said several Glen Park issues are on
his radar, chief among them public safety,
Muni service, traffic flow and pedestrian
safety. He promised to keep a close eye on
the impacts of the new Canyon Market—a
project he vigorously supported—to make
sure any problems, such as increased traffic
congestion, are addressed.
“I want to make it so everyone feels
really good about the improvements in the
village,” he said.
As for other issues? “We won’t move
the big Halloween celebration to Glen
Park,” said Dufty, who is dealing with that
headache as the board’s representative for
the Castro. “That’s a promise.”
Rachel Gordon is the deputy editor of the
Glen Park News.
Architectural Surveys Could
get Glen Park Focused on
Preservation
San Francisco neighborhoods like North
Beach and Nob Hill exude history. But
Glen Park, an enclave of Swiss dairy
farmers in the 19th century and a refuge
for survivors of the 1906 earthquake,
may soon get some historic recognition
of its own. Two architec-
by tural surveys of our area
Scott slated to get under way in
Kirsner 2007 could lead to historic
protections for individual
buildings, or even create
a historic district in Glen Park.
The first survey, part of the environ-
mental impact review being conducted
for the Glen Park Community Plan,
could begin in the spring, according to
AnMarie Rodgers, the Glen Park Plan
manager at the San Francisco Planning
Department. This survey would look
only at 111 parcels, including the BART
station and the Glen Park School. Most
of the parcels are bounded by Chenery
Street to the north, Bosworth Street to
the south, Natick Street to the east,
and Elk Street to the west, though the
block between the BART station and
the school is also included.
Rodgers says the Planning Depart-
mentʼs survey will pay special attention
to buildings more than 45 years old,
though she explains that the survey
would only be one step toward poten-
tially granting landmark status to a build-
ing or establishing a historic district.
The second survey, which does not yet
have funding, would cover a larger swath
of the neighborhood. It is originating from
within the Glen Park Association.
“The concern I have is that the
downtown Glen Park study is not going
to reach very far into the residential
Glen Park News
district,” says Bruce Bonacker. “The
neighborhood association is looking
into the possibility of getting a paral-
lel study done on the rest of Glen Park,
so the City planning department wonʼt
have the excuse of saying ʻwe donʼt
knowʼ when someone wants to modify
or demolish a historic structure.”
Bonacker is an architect, a Glen
Park resident and a member of the com-
mittee that oversees the cityʼs Historic
Preservation Fund. Money to conduct
this second architectural survey would
come from that $2.5 million fund;
Bonacker acknowledges his conflict
of interest, and says he would recuse
himself from any decisions related to
allocating money for Glen Park.
Bonacker says that the information
gathered by the Glen Park Association
survey would be given to the Planning
Department, “which would adopt that
survey as an official survey, assuming it
has been professionally done. That gives
the planning staff some early information
to use in the process of reviewing a permit
application for alteration or demolition.”
Either or both surveys could lead
to the identification of particular build-
ings deserving of landmark status, or
the identification of a historic district.
Bonacker says a threat of demolition is
often necessary to get landmarks and
districts recognized, as happened in
2002 with the Dogpatch neighborhood
east of Potrero Hill, which was found
to contain a significant number of Vic-
torian-era workersʼ homes.
Christopher VerPlanck, an architec-
tural historian with the firm Page and
Turnbull, says that the Bernal Heights
neighborhood could provide a model.
“Bernal Heights didnʼt get listed as a
historic district, but they did set up a
design review committee, so that major
alterations and demolitions need to be
reviewed by a committee of neighbor-
hood residents,” says VerPlanck, who
lives in Glen Park. “A committee like
that needs to get approved by the City,
and it isnʼt perfect—it can get political.
But in Bernal, it has done a good job of
keeping the new construction contex-
tual, and making sure that significant
older residences donʼt get bulldozed.”
Even without the creation of a his-
toric district or design review commit-
tee, buildings identified by the surveys
as historic or architectural resources
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Honeybees in
Glen Park?
Before March 2006, I had never thought
about beekeeping, let alone beekeeping
in the city. That is, until
by I learned about the San
Karen Francisco Beekeepersʼ
Peteros Association (SFBA)
and its Beginning Bee-
keeping class.
I attended, and since then I have
been obsessed with honeybees, sustain-
able beekeeping practices, beekeeping
history and stories about beekeeping!
I also have become more observant
and appreciative of the “nature” in our
neighborhood. More importantly, my
experience proves that Glen Park is a
great neighborhood for honeybees and
for “growing” honey.
More money spent than I care to
admit, and 15 bee stings later, I am
glad to report an extremely successful
first year of beekeeping in Glen Park.
I must, however, give all credit to the
bees and the flowering trees and plants
of our neighborhood. My queen was a
“strong egg-layer” and my colony has
remained free of pests or disease.
I populated my backyard hive with
one queen and three pounds of bees
(approximately 10,000 of them) on
April 9. Between then and September
30, the resulting colony produced four
supers of excess honey. A super is a box
that holds 10 racks on which the bees
build their wax comb; each super yields
30–36 pounds of extracted honey. The
SFBA had prepared me for no honey
harvest my first year, so I never con-
templated the sweet dilemma of what
to do with more honey than I can give
friends, family and neighbors.
Glen Park neighborhood honey
has a distinctive flavor compared with
honey produced by bees hived and for-
aging in other San Francisco neighbor-
hoods. Glen Park honey is darker, with
a more robust flavor, compared with
honey from Noe Valley or the Mission
neighborhoods, yet it is not as dark or
strong-flavored as Golden Gate Park
honey.
Beekeeping is legal in San Fran-
cisco. The San Francisco Health Code
expressly excludes the “honey-produc-
ing bee” from the venomous species of
the animal kingdom prohibited within
the city and county. It also expressly
excludes, as a per se nuisance, “harbor-
ages for honey-producing bees of the
genus Apis regulated by the California
Food and Agriculture Code,” provided
that they do not become a nuisance
under state law.
Winter 06/07
Photo by Denis Wade
Legalities aside, the SFBA instruc-
tors stressed the importance of position-
ing the bee hive to avoid interactions
with people and pets; managing bee
colonies to prevent “swarming;” and
other actions of personal responsibility
to help minimize potential fears of, and
conflicts with, neighbors.
Contrary to what we might other-
wise believe, our prior experiences with
“bee stings” were likely from a “yellow
jacket” or some other wasp or hornet,
and not from a honeybee or other type
of bee.
As a general rule, bees are gentle.
Never aggressive, they sting only when
defending themselves or their hive. By
using smoke when opening a bee hive,
beekeepers fool the bees into believing
that the threat of fire is nearby. Their
natural reaction is to prepare for pos-
sible evacuation of the hive by gorging
themselves on honey. With the excep-
tion of “guard bees,” honeybees largely
ignore the beekeeper.
I was also reassured to learn that,
although the Africanized honeybee has
moved into part of Southern California,
it has not made its way to Northern
California. Whether the so-called ʻkiller
beesʼ (which they actually arenʼt) can
adapt to withstand our colder winters
remains to be seen in the decades to
come.
People have varying allergic reac-
tions to bee stings, ranging from small,
localized to more significant swelling
and itching. To be safe, the SFBA rec-
ommends that we always be prepared
for the worst—have an Epi-Pen on hand
for allergic reactions, and immediately
seek medical attention at the first sign
of any breathing problem.
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Honey Photo History of Glen Park in the

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As for eating Glen Park honey,
countless hours of research showed no
health risks associated with raw and
unprocessed honey—except to infants
under age 12 months, who should never
be fed any honey or honey product,
whether raw or pasteurized, or corn
syrup or other natural sweeteners.
To learn more about beekeep-
ing, visit the SFBAʼs Website at
www.sfbee.org. The Randall Museum,
where SFBA holds its monthly meet-
ings, recently opened a new exhibit,
“Journey into the Hive,” which pro-
vides a fun opportunity to learn more
about honeybees and their hive. See
www.randallmuseum.org.
You can learn more about
bees, specifically about our
native non-honey producing bees,
at www.nature.berkeley.edu/
urbanbeegardens.
Works
by Emma Bland Smith
Did you know that Glen Park
used to be called Little Switzerland?
It was named both for its hills as well
as the various Swiss-owned dairies
that were located here.
Or that a streetcar line, built
by the Joost brothers (the Joost Street
Joosts) specifically to encourage peo-
ple to settle out here in the boonies,
used to run out Chenery Street, then
roar along Diamond to Bosworth on a
high trestle across Islais Creek?
These are just a few of the
curiosities I’ve learned about Glen
Park since beginning research for a
new book on the history of the area.
To be published by Arcadia,
creator of the “Images of America”
series, the book will cover both Glen
Park and Diamond Heights and will
mostly comprise old photos.

Karen Peteros—and information about

her Glen Park Neighborhood Honey, as
well as her Mission Dolores Neighbor-
hood Honey—can be reached at glenp
arkhoney@comcast.net. She hopes one
or more Glen Park businesses will carry
our neighborhood honey soon.

Honeybees vs. Hay Fever?

Some who suffer from pollen
allergies swear by local honey,
produced by bees that collect
pollen from local flora. Tolerance
to airborne pollen is believed
to develop through ingesting
unprocessed honey, which always
contains small amounts of pollen.
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Caption
A Womanʼs Eye
A pastor, a compensation specialist, a
financial manager, a massage therapist
and a retired executive secretary. What
do all these people have
by in common?
Angelina L. Aside from all being
Cantada highly accomplished
individuals in their
respective fields, they
are five women bound by a common
passion—an unquenchable desire to
take pictures.
A little over a year ago, Pastor Stacy
Boorn of the Ebenezer Lutheran Church
realized the boysʼ choir rehearsal room
would soon be vacant. She thought that
with some renovation, the space could
be transformed into an artistic haven,
a place for women artists to showcase
their work.
She shared her vision with some
friends and seven months later, in March
2006, the doors to the AWE (A Womanʼs
Eye) Gallery were opened.
Ebenezer Lutheran is the big
church on Portola Drive, kitty corner
from Tower Market. The church sports
a big banner offering a Goddess Rosary
and HerChurch. Inside it is a Christian
church in transformation, working to
create a feminist, inclusive worship
space.
A piece of that is the artistsʼ coop-
erative ʻPastor Stacyʼ formed with long-
time photo buddies Deborah Hall, Chris
Kibre, Alice Steele and Janet Stock. By
coming together, these women have
been able to do as a group what they
couldnʼt do individually—display and
share their artwork with the community.
They share resources, time and talent to
run the gallery thatʼs open to the public
every Friday, 5–8pm, and Saturday and
Sunday, noon–5pm.
These women are not full-time
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Photo by Angelina Cantada
professional photographers but they
are hardly ever without their cameras.
The AWE Gallery has allowed them to
exhibit personal collections that span
years of image-making. Nature and
travel are predominant themes in the
gallery. But there are also some alter-
native process images such as Kibreʼs
Polaroid transfers and Steeleʼs digital
art.
“Digital photography,” Steele says,
“is a way to transfer what I see in my
mindʼs eye to the image recorded by the
camera. It is now possible to experiment
to my heartʼs content.”
A Womanʼs Eye showcases not
just pretty pictures, but unique women
perspectives of the world. And for every
image you see hanging on the wall, a
whole experience of discovery, com-
munion and epiphany is behind it.
“For me, taking pictures is a spiri-
tual experience,” says Boorn. “I enjoy
sitting in one place and engaging in a
scene for some time before moving on
to the next location.”
“Itʼs almost like meditation,” says
Stock, who enjoys the quiet and solitude
of photography. She says to be able to
capture the beauty of nature is both a
gift and a challenge.
For Kibre, the camera is a tool that
has allowed her to see things differently
and find beauty in the smallest things:
“It makes you focus and look at things
more intimately… paying closer atten-
tion to patterns and colors that ordinarily
go unnoticed.”
“And when youʼre totally absorbed
in the moment,” Hall adds, “thatʼs when
the most beautiful images emerge.”
For the AWE Gallery artists, the
picture is never the end goal. Even if
they are not able to see or capture the
image—like when the flash card was
Pine Beetles are Boring!
The western pine beetle, which has been
aggressively attacking and killing pines
in California for the past several years,
has come to San Francisco and is attack-
ing Monterey pines here
by in Glen Park.
Dolan “Itʼs certainly a con-
Eargle cern. We do see a lot
and of beetle activity here,”
Paula
says Karla Short of the
Levine
Cityʼs Department of
Urban Forestry.
The range of the beetle, known to
scientists as Dendroctonus Brevicomis,
extends north into Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and southern British Columbia;
east into Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colo-
accidentally formatted before the images
were downloaded or when the film came
back from the lab and the sunrise was
not quite as the artists remembered
it—the experience stays. The experi-
ence of being completely immersed in
life and its beauty is something no two-
dimensional image can ever replicate.
So while these women produce images
that are absolutely stunning, itʼs in the
process of image-making where they
find the most satisfaction.
The AWE Gallery has opened its
doors to the work of other local women
artists as well. It also sponsors events
like concerts and book signings. On
December 10 at 3 p.m., there will be
a Classical Music and Holiday Medley
performed by the Renshaw Family
(piano, classical guitar and violin),
with music of Bach, Beethoven and
Scarlatti. From January 13–21, artwork
by members of the Guild of Natural Sci-
ence Illustrators will be on display.
Nature photographer Brenda Tharp
once said, “Life is not about the num-
ber of breaths you take. Itʼs about the
moments that take your breath away.”
These women have exquisitely captured
some of those moments on film. Visit
the AWE (A Womanʼs Eye) Gallery and
be inspired, as they are, by lifeʼs beauty
and wonder.
The AWE Gallery is at 678 Portola
Dr., adjacent to Ebenezer Lutheran
Church.
Angelina Cantada lives in Diamond
Heights. She is a photographer and
video producer. She is currently pur-
suing her second BFA degree at the
Academy of Art University, majoring
in photography.
Winter 06/07
rado, Arizona, New Mexico and west-
ern Texas; and south into northwestern
Mexico.
Attacking female beetles make
entry holes on the tree trunk. Signs
can be white to red-brown masses of
resin and boring dust. Adult beetles
carry spores of a blue-staining fungus,
Ceratocystis minor. As the beetles chew
their way through the bark, the spores
of this wilt-causing fungus dislodge and
begin to germinate. The fungus invades
and blocks the conductive vessels of the
inner bark and sapwood. Once the ves-
sels are blocked, the foliage begins to
fade. This fading is the first evidence
of damage to the tree that is visible at a
distance.
Severely infected or dead trees
should be removed for safetyʼs sake, if
not for aesthetic reasons. Once a tree has
been severely devastated, the beetles no
longer find food and move on.
For an unknown reason, whether by
genetic immunity or by simply avoid-
ing a random attack, many Monterey
pines are not affected by the beetle.
Others manage to overcome the attack,
although suffering some needle loss.
Many of you have seen the devasta-
tion among the Monterey pines on the
Peninsula and along the Coast High-
way, which affects 30 to 40 percent of
these trees. No remedy has been sug-
gested. Other conifers seem not to be
affected.
To help avoid the problem, Short
says, pruning of all conifers should be
postponed if possible until after colder
weather comes in December. This will
minimize the spread of the beetles,
which are attracted by the smell of cuts
in the trees, because they are more dor-
mant in the winter.
The City has addressed the problem
along Bosworth Street, where the trees
are maintained by the Department of
Public Works. If you notice very brown
or dead Monterey pines, please contact
DPWʼs Department of Urban Forestry
via their excellent Website, www.sfgov/
site/sfdpw. To discuss tree removal with
Short you may call her at 641-2674; if
her voicemail box is full, call DPW Dis-
patch at 282-5326 and leave a message
for her.
DPW also recommends consulting
certified arborists for trees on private
property trees.
Dolan Eargle lives on Van Buren. Paula
Levine lives on Sussex.
Winter 06/07
Ryan Torno
Heʼs Glen Parkʼs
Personal Cleaner
Ryan Torno doesnʼt have the most
glamorous job in Glen Park, but it has
turned into one of the
by most visible.
Rachel And itʼs what you
Gordon donʼt see that is getting
the most attention.
Torno works for “com-
munity corridor partnership,” a clean-
streets program recently launched by
the Cityʼs Dpartment of Public Works.
Torno is assigned to the heart of the
Glen Park commercial corridor where,
five days a week, he sweeps sidewalks
and works with merchants, residents
and other City agencies to keep the
sidewalks and streets free of litter and
graffiti.
“A lot of what I do is try to educate
the public,” said Torno, 30.
His efforts canʼt be missed. There
is less litter on the sidewalks and in the
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Photo by Liz Mangelsdorgf
tree wells; when graffiti goes up it usu-
ally comes down within days, although
tags are still evident on numerous traffic
and parking signs in the area.
Torno said the biggest mess comes
in the late afternoon and early evening,
after school lets out and when thousands
of commuters pour out of Muni and
BART and onto the streets.
Torno doesnʼt have the authority
to issue citations, but he can call in a
supervisor who can write tickets if he
sees particularly egregious behavior.
Littering, dumping household trash in
public garbage cans and allowing graf-
fiti go unabated on private property all
constitute violations.
Torno, who earns about $11 an hour,
is stationed near the corner of Chenery
and Diamond streets. His “officeʼʼ is a
silver-colored locker on the sidewalk in
which he stows a broom, dustpan, work
Glen Park News
gloves and a handful of other items. One “State of the City” address in October
recent night his work station was tagged that he is going to focus on so-called
with graffiti, which he scrubbed off the quality of life initiatives in the coming
next morning. year—clean streets, more reliable bus
“I guess itʼs a problem everywhere,” service and stepped-up park mainte-
said Torno, easily identifiable in his nance among them. Itʼs a common
bright green safety vest. strategy for an incumbent mayor as he
Residents who spot a problem with or she prepares to ask voters for another
litter, graffiti, a makeshift garbage dump term. The political challenge, of course,
or a similar blight can alert Torno. Either is to move beyond rhetoric and actually
he will take care of it himself or report it deliver.
to DPW. The public also can call DPWʼs
customer service center directly at 28-
CLEAN (282-5326). Of course, thereʼs
nothing preventing passersby from pick- Rachel Gordon is the deputy editor of
ing up a discarded candy wrapper and the Glen Park News.
discarding it in a trash can themselves.
In all, DPW is targeting 100 blocks
in neighborhood commercial districts
throughout the city in the $1.7 million
program, which began in October and
is funded through June. In addition to
Torno, who holds the title “neighbor-
hood ambassador,” the epartment of
Public Works is sending in other work-
ers who focus on painting out graffiti,
repairing sidewalks and painting faded
curbs.
One demonstration project was set
up in each of San Franciscoʼs 11 super-
visorial districts; Glen Park got the
nod for District 8. “While Glen Park is
looking pretty good, it could use some
help,” said DPW spokeswoman Chris-
tine Falvey.
Two other busy commercial cor-
ridors in the district—24th Street in
Noe Valley and Castro Street—get
extra attention as part of the Cityʼs
“community benefit district” program
in which property owners decided to
pay an annual fee for enhanced street
cleaning and beautification projects.
While Glen Park property owners
donʼt have to pay a special fee for the
additional services under the commu-
nity corridor partnership program, there
is no guarantee that the program will
continue past June. Property owners in
the neighborhood may eventually opt
to form a community benefit district if
they decide that the regular tax-funded
services the City provides are inad-
equate.
Mayor Gavin Newsom said the goal
of the community corridor partnership
program is to elevate the areas to “a
higher standard of care and cleanliness.”
The idea is to get the people who live
and work in the targeted areas to pitch
in.
“This initiative, if it proves suc-
cessful—and I believe it will—will be
substantially expanded in the coming
year,” Newsom said.
Newsom, who is running for
reelection next year, signaled in his
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Check It Out at the Library!
The most frequently asked question at the
Glen Park library branch after, “Where
is your bathroom?” is,
by “When is the new branch
Sharon opening?” After giving
Dezurick you the best information
available at the time in
my last column, I need to
change our projected moving and reopening
from between May and July 2007 to the less
definite summer 2007.
The good news is escrow has closed
and the City and County of San Francisco
(that is, you the taxpayers) own the space
the new branch will occupy in the new
multi-use building on Diamond Street at
Wilder. Further good news: by the time
you read this, work on the interior will have
begun.
We have had meetings with the selected
artists, Reddy Lieb and Linda Raynsford,
who presented preliminary sketches of the
proposed metal and glass public art that
will grace the front wall of the lobby. I
am very happy with the research they have
conducted and believe that what they pro-
duce will be beautiful and appropriate for
the space.
More meetings about the furniture,
fixtures and equipment and necessary
supplies (all the stuff we will need) are
scheduled. Now I’d like to put in a plug
for the Friends of the Library, which is run-
ning a fundraising campaign to furnish the
library. The Glen Park Capital Campaign is
still alive and well.
If you have been intending to donate,
Marian Chatfield-Taylor at 626-7512
x103 is the Friends’ coordinator to call.
Her e-mail is marian.ctaylor@friends
sfpl.org. I also have brochures at the
branch.
By the time we move, both the West
Portal and Sunset branches will have
reopened in all their renovated glory.
Word has it that West Portal is beautiful.
I am eager to see it.
The Mission Branch is a short
BART ride from Glen Park and the
renovated Excelsior Branch is a short
drive or a healthy walk away. For those
of you who appreciate the convenience
of reserves, you will be able to desig-
nate where your materials are to go for
pickup while we are closed during our
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move. The closing date for renovation
for Bernal Heights is probably in the
late spring or early summer, but there
is no firm date yet.
I want to thank all the people in the
neighborhood who have offered their
help when the time comes to move. I
appreciate your willingness to be part
of the many hands that will be needed
to pack and unpack and help with the
myriad details involved in any reloca-
tion. Details of the move are neces-
sarily sketchy at this point, with more
discussions to come.
I also want to acknowledge Tor and
Forrest Tietz, our current landlords,
sons of Bill and Val, who have been
very patient as details of the transition
are worked out.
I hope your Thanksgiving was
bountiful and that the winter holidays
and New Year bring a lot of good books,
great music and the joy of friends and
family into your life.
Glen Park Branch
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
(415) 337-4740
Hours
Tuesday 10 – 6
Wednesday 12 – 8
Thursday 1 – 7
Friday 1 – 6
Saturday 1 – 6
Sharon Dezurick is the head librarian
at the Glen Park branch.
Winter 06/07
On Patrol in Glen Park
The Ingleside Police District is orga-
nized into six car sectors with Glen
Park, Fairmount
Heights, Diamond
by Heights, Upper Noe
Officer Valley to Cesar Chavez
Michael comprising what we
Walsh call “the 2 car”. A
few months ago, I
resigned my position as the districtʼs
school patrol officer and requested to
be permanently assigned to the 2-car
sector. Although I might be the only
police officer in San Francisco who
patrols his own neighborhood daily, I
am not the only officer who works in
your sector.
To give you some scope of the
district, the “1-carʼʼ is Bernal Heights
south to Crescent; the “3-carʼʼ is
essentially the Excelsior, St. Maryʼs
Park, McLaren Park and the Alemany
public housing complex; the “4-carʼʼ is
Mission and Richland west and south
including Sunnyside and Mt. David-
son; The “5-carʼʼ is the Outer Mission,
Southern Hills, Crocker Amazon and
Cayuga neighborhoods to Daly City;
and the “6-carʼʼ is Visitacion Valley,
Sunnydale and a portion of the Portola
district.
The old saying at Ingleside is “noth-
ing ever happens in the 2-car.ʼʼ Well,
we all know thatʼs not true, but it is
fair to say that in contrast to the other
sectors, the 2-car is a relative oasis of
calm. Although not untouched by crime,
sometimes violent and frightening, the
2-car sector is without question the
safest area to live in the Ingleside
Police District. Nevertheless, certain
crime patterns develop and a proactive
response is needed by both the police
and the residents.
It is certainly true that we have
entered the electronic age. A resi-
dent of Glen Park arrives home and
observes two scruffy-looking men,
whom he or she considers potential
drug dealers, sitting on the neighborʼs
stairs. The resident is cautious and
concerned while carefully entering
his home. He remembers reading
about the need to report things like
this, so he immediately sits down and
… e-mails his district supervisor??
The supervisor, or his staff, then reads
the hundreds of e-mails they receive
the next day and forwards the e-mail
to the district captain. As he reviews
dozens of daily e-mails, he assigns
the follow-up with the concerned
citizen to me and, if itʼs not my day
off, I will get right on it at least two
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The Glen Park Festival is Back!
The 10th annual Glen Park Festival will The Festival Committee is
or three days after these scruffy dudes take place on Sunday, April 28, 2007, looking for sponsors, vendors and
are gone. Sometimes the resident e- returning to its traditional springtime donated raffle prizes, as well as
mails the captain directly, which slot after a few years of taking place volunteers who can work the day of
might shorten the response by a day in the Fall. the festival—so the biggest thing we
or two. When I meet these concerned The 2007 festival is being revived need going forward is MONEY from
people, they are angry because of the after a hiatus in 2006 due to lack of sponsors!
delay: ”Good lord, I sent that e-mail volunteers. But a new crew of workers Potential volunteers are welcome
two days ago!” (who still need help from people with to call the coordinator, Dan Gustavson,
Sound like Iʼm making this up? ideas and energy) have signed on to of Glen Park Dental at 585-1500, or
Believe me, I wish I were. It hap- assist the long-time stalwarts. email dan@glenparkdental.com. Ven-
pens all the time, virtually every day. Bands and sound folks are lined up dors who would like to rent booths can
Frankly, we are mystified by it. Even and raring to go. also e-mail to register.
the worst response time by the police
on any given day is better than this.
Some residents feel they need to
go right to the top, to the guys and gals
with the juice to make things happen.
defer that to my next column after
the beats have been implemented. I
SFPD Cracks
The problem is that you need me, or
someone like me, to respond and take
expect, now that the election is over,
that the political drumbeat may sub-
Down on
these guys on sooner rather than later.
They need to be identified and their rea-
side somewhat as the board finds other
ways to save us from ourselves. Vehicle
Scofflaws
son for being there known. The cop on
the street has the authority, experience
and training that your district supervisor
lacks, no matter his or her genuine care We know there are hundreds of unreg-
and concern. The sector car officers are SFPD Officer Michael Walsh istered vehicles on the
responsible for that sector and it is in lives and works in Glen Park. streets of the Ingleside
their best interest to know immediately He can be contacted by e-mail at by Police District. If you
when these situations arise, not after the mwalsh4719@sbcgobal.net. Captain see a vehicle parked on
captain has had a chance to read his e- Paul a public street that has
mails. (Editorʼs note: Ingleside Capt. Paul Chignell registration expired by
So: call “911ʼʼ for emergencies Chignell announced that foot patrols six months or more,
and 553-0123 for non-emergencies. commenced in the district Nov. 24. contact the Ingleside Station and give
E-chat with your supervisor and the For now, they wonʼt have regular us a description of the vehicle and its
captain all you wish, because many of shifts in Glen Park. Officers will be location. We will send an officer out
you have very valuable information to walking the beat on Mission Street and tow the vehicle, unless our com-
share and valid concerns that need to from Cesar Chavez to Geneva seven puter shows that the owner has already
be addressed, but call a cop if you need days a week. The hours are 4 p.m.–2 paid the fees and is pending proper
something done before next Tuesday. a.m. between Cesar Chavez and Rich- registration.
And, as always, Iʼm happy to discuss land, and 11 a.m.–9 p.m. from Silver For abandoned vehicles only, still
issues via e-mail that might need to Geneva.) call 781-JUNK.
planned responses to gain long-term
solutions.
Car boosting continues to be a
vexing and expensive problem. I
have one very simple suggestion:
Light. THIEVES HATE LIGHT!
When I travel through the neighbor-
hood at night, Iʼm always surprised at
how few people keep porch lights on.
Buy a low-watt fluorescent bulb and
keep that light on all night. Motion
sensor lights are fine as an addition to
those places that donʼt share the porch
beam, but a simple porch light or win-
dow lamp is an inexpensive deterrent
to an expensive crime.
Many people have asked my
thoughts on the current legislation
mandating foot beats which the Board
of Supervisors recently passed. I do
have my opinions (oh really?) as to
the prudence of politicians running
the Police Department, but I will
Glen Park News
In Glen Canyon Park
I enjoyed the fall bird walk led by David
Armstrong on November 5 in Glen Can-
yon Park. The canyon with its grassy
slopes and willow-lined stream attracts
a variety of birds, espe-
cially during the fall and
by spring migrations. The
Jean Townsendʼs warbler
Conner was the highlight of the
fall walk for me. The
brilliance of its yellow gold markings
on its head and breast canʼt be repro-
duced in a photo or painting.
Richard Craib and I observed
quite a differently colored bird a few
days later, when we sighted a brown
creeper. It is an inconspicuous, small
bird the color of tree bark. It moves in
a spiral up the trunk of a tree searching
for insects. Once it reaches the top it
flies down to the base of a nearby tree
and begins to work its way around and
up again.
A book I recommend for those
interested in birds seen in the canyon
and the neighborhood is Birds of San
Francisco and the Bay Area, by Chris C.
Fisher and Joseph Morlan. Joe Morlan
was my bird teacher when I first became
interested in San Francisco birds. He
has been teaching bird classes for City
College for more than 20 years. They
are excellent classes and include field
trips to various good birding spots in the
Bay Area. Each bird in the book has a
Street-Tree Planting in
January
Glen Park residents who are interested
in planting a tree in
front of their home may
by
soon do so as part of the
Tom
Ramirez Friends of the Urban
Forest Neighborhood
tree-planting program
scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007.
The cost for each new or replace-
ment tree is $100. The price includes
the tree, hardware and sidewalk prepara-
tion.
Neighbors may download both the
two required application forms—one
for the Friends of the Urban Forest, the
other for the Cityʼs Department of Pub-
lic Works—at www.FUF.net/tree_plant-
ings. You also can contact Tom Ramirez
at 239-1596 or tomascole@aol.com for
applications and/or further informa-
tion.
Please mail or deliver completed
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page to itself with a large illustration,
notes on its habits, a quick identifica-
tion section, and a feature I find most
helpful; a list of similar species. This is
a wonderful book to start the New Year
and an excellent gift for the holidays.
Bird and Beckett Bookstore on Dia-
mond Street had it in stock three days
after I recently ordered it as a gift.
While winter is a time of dormancy
for native plants in most of the country,
here in California plants go dormant
during the long dry summer. Trees
such as the buckeye and shrubs such
as the flowering currant in the canyon
have lost most of their leaves by the
end of summer. The herbaceous plants
have died back and dropped their seeds.
Springtime begins for the plants in the
canyon with the beginning of the winter
rains in November. Leaf buds and flow-
ers form on the trees and shrubs, ferns
send up new growth and seeds begin to
sprout.
This is the time to plant native Townsendʼs Warbler (male). Illustration by Gary Ross from Birds of San Francisco
plants in the canyon and in your gar- and the Bay Area.
den. The earth is soft for digging and
the rains for the next months will give
the plants the moisture they need for your mud boots and enjoy a quiet stroll a book of historical photographs of
growth. Every week for the next few in the canyon. Breathe the clean air and the natural areas of San Francisco. It
months, the canyon will be greener. greet the early spring flowers. includes some early photos of Islais
By February shrubs such as the pink By the way, another book I rec- Creek in Glen Canyon Park. I find
flowering currant and silk-tassel bush ommend for you and your friends is the photographs of the sand dunes in
will be blooming and the willows will San Francisco, a Natural History by what is now the Sunset District most
have catkins. Now is the time to put on Greg Garr and Ryder W. Miller. It is beautiful.
forms to Tom at 2711 Diamond St.,
near Surrey.
Tom Ramirez is the Glen Park Tree-
Planting Coordinator.
Winter 06/07
The Civil Grand Jury:
The Publicʼs Watchdog
If it didnʼt exist, San Francisco would
invent it—a citizensʼ group appointed
by the County Court
by with the charge to
Bill investigate any agency
Bowen of City or County
government for wrong-
doing, inefficiency or
ineffectiveness.
But it does exist, and itʼs called
a civil grand jury. By state law, each
county in California has such a group
which selects its own topics for inves-
tigation and enjoys the benefits of sub-
poena powers and a legal requirement
that government agencies respond to its
recommendations.
The 19 members of the civil grand
jury are drawn from a pool of qualified
citizens who are either nominated by a
Superior Court judge or apply directly
to the court. They serve for a year,
beginning in July. Members reflect the
beautiful diversity that is San Francisco
and bring a wide variety of experience
in government, business and academia.
Objectivity, confidentiality and team-
work are critical as the group selects
topics, forms research committees,
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interviews government workers and
citizens, and prepares detailed reports
with specific findings and recommenda-
tions.
Subjects chosen for investigation
reflect the experience and interests of
the jury members. Some reports are
intended to shed light on questionable
practices. Recent San Francisco Civil
Grand Jury reports have examined
prevalence of preferential treatment to a
favored few at the Department of Build-
ing Inspection (2003) and preference of
fire suppression over emergency medi-
cal services in personnel allocations as
well as allegations of drug and alcohol
abuse in the Fire Department (2004).
Other reports point out opportuni-
ties for greater efficiency or effective-
ness. Recent examples include: the
virtual non-existence of comprehensive
and coordinated planning for disaster
preparedness (2003) and the need for
more staff for the Ethics Commission to
fulfill its voter-mandated responsibili-
ties (2005).
City departments are required to
respond in detail to Civil Grand Jury
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Digging the Dirt:
News from the Garden Club
When was the last time you made a
visit to the Glen Park Village Garden
on Diamond Street between Chenery
and Surrey streets?
A lot of work has been done to
keep it beautiful for your enjoyment.
Nan Warren and Terry
Campbell, as well as
by the other members of
Carol the Glen Park Garden
Maerzke Club, have been prun-
ing, clearing, weeding,
planting and watering
when there is no rain. By observing the
village garden you can tell what plants
you can buy that will do well in your
own garden and what tasks are needed
to maintain it seasonally.
Herbs are fun to plant this time of
year. It doesnʼt matter how much space
you have because you can fit them in
anywhere. Design an herb garden in a
box, basket, pot or among other plant-
ings to add texture and ground cover.
A planted container, dried herbs or
something made out of herbs is also a
wonderful gift for the holidays. There
are many varieties, but at a recent meet-
ing of the garden club, Riley OʼNeal
shared some that grow well in Glen
Park, need very little attention and can
be used in everyday recipes to add spice
to our lives.
There is English, French and Span-
ish lavender. It is a perennial that needs
full sun, and well-drained soil. For dry-
ing, cut when the flowers have begun to
turn lavender. It can be used for cookies
as well as filling small bags to scent
Friends Event is a
Big Success
Come for the birds, stay for the food was
the theme at the Silver
Tree building in Glen
by
Canyon Park Novem-
Richard
ber 5. A beautiful day
Craib
followed an early season
rain storm, which only
succeeded in settling the dust for the
bird walk and pancake breakfast.
David Armstrong, Glen Parkʼs
resident birder, conducted a 9 a.m. bird
walk followed by a full breakfast. Plenty
of fresh coffee, bacon, sausage, orange
juice and of course pancakes.
The Friends of Glen Canyon Park
Glen Park News
your dresser drawers and closets.
Mint comes in peppermint, spear-
mint, Corsican, pineapple and choco-
late. Most mints spread aggressively so
it is best planted in a container.
The two different kinds of rose-
mary are common and creeping. It will
grow in poor soil and does not need too
much care once it is established. It can
be added to sea salt, heated, put into jars
with airtight lids, garnished with fresh
sprigs and then used in place of ordinary
salt in any dish. Riley says it tastes great
on popcorn.
Garden, pineapple and variegated
sage are perennials that need full sun
to dappled shade.
Savory comes in both summer
savory, an annual, and winter savory,
which is hardier and a perennial. It is
an excellent way to add flavor to foods
if you are a vegetarian.
Thyme makes a good ground cover.
The types are common or English,
lemon and wooly thyme.
Then there is always parsley, both
flat and curly. It is a pleasure to pop out
the back door to pick it fresh for recipes
or as a garnish.
Refresh your life by planting an
herb garden, and take a few minutes to
visit the Village Garden for a stroll, to
sit and rest, or to meditate on the Bob
Marshall Memorial Bench. See you
there!
Carol Maerzke is a member of the Glen
Park Garden Club.
have been hosting this biannual event
for several years, with participants com-
ing from Noe Valley and the Sunset, in
addition to regulars from the immedi-
ate community, Glen Park and Diamond
Heights.
Sandi Craib grilled bacon and sau-
sage, and Pierre Capeder demonstrated
his skill with a spatula and the popular
batter dispenser.
Our next bird walk and event will be
on May 7. Hopefully, in addition to the
many song birds, the baby owls (owlets)
will be fledging then. Mark the date on
your new 2007 calendar.
Glen Park News
Busy Bus Bench is
Yanked as Nuisance
A Glen Park News investigation shows
there is no mystery to the
mystery of the missing bus
by
Elizabeth bench. It was removed by
Weise its owner, Ric López, after
he obtained permission
from the Cityʼs Depart-
ment of Public Works.
The bench sat in front of the former
Red Rock tavern at 699 Chenery St. at
the corner of Diamond. López, who
owns the property, had a crew remove
it the morning of Nov. 7 because it was
a public nuisance.
López described it as a “feces-
infested bench with vomit everywhere
that we have to clean every day.” He
also said he frequently found used
syringes and excrement around the
bench.
The bus bench was one of dozens of
a similar design installed by the Munici-
pal Railway in the 1970s, said DPWʼs
Nick Elsner. Thereʼs still another one
across the street from the one that was
removed. The benches, though installed
by the City, are the responsibility of the
property owners on whose land they are
situated.
“I got a call from Mr. López stating
that this bench was presenting a problem
for him and his property. I explained to
him that there is no process for removal
of these benches, the property owner is
responsible for the maintenance,” Elsner
said. “He asked if he could unbolt it and
I said, ʻGo for it.ʼ”
Michael Rice, president of the Glen
Park Association, said the loss of the
bench at the stop, frequented by passen-
gers who have to wait for the relatively
infrequent 26-Valencia and 52-Exclesior
bus lines, elicited many calls to the Glen
Park Association, Muni and Supervisor
Bevan Duftyʼs office.
A neighbor, concerned over
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Lópezʼs action, asked police to inves-
tigate. SFPD Officer Mike Walsh said
López was within his legal rights, and
concluded “that no criminal act was
committed.”
López is a prominent Glen Park
businessman. In addition to owning the
building at 699 Chenery, which is slated
to become the Le Pʼtit Laurent French
restaurant, he also owns the building
next door, which houses the Higher
Grounds Coffee Shop. In addition, he
owns Modern Past, the ʻmid-centuryʼ
furniture store. López is also one of
the developers behind the coming sushi
restaurant on the site of the old Village
Wine store at 678 Chenery.
López, former president of the
Glen Park Merchants Association, had
earlier asked the City to relocate the bus
stop itself from its longtime location in
front of the former Red Rock, between
Chenery and Wilder, to in front of the
new Canyon Market/library complex in
the next block. He circulated a petition
asking for the stop to be moved, which
he says garnered 200 signatures. Muni
declined to move the stop, but officials
say they plan to do a traffic study three
months after the new market opens to
see if such a move is warranted by a
return to the traffic and pedestrian pat-
terns of pre-1998 when the old Diamond
Super occupied the market site.
In other traffic news, on Friday,
Nov. 17 the Department of Parking and
Traffic voted to designate a 30-minute
zone on Diamond Street in front of the
new Canyon Market and library, and a
yellow loading zone on Wilder Street,
to serve customers and visitors to the
building.
Report From the Glen Park
Advisory Board
The Glen Park Advisory Board contin-
ues to work on projects
by
that help beautify Glen
Park. We have completed
Miriam
Moss a new mural inside the
childrenʼs playground. We
worked with the Latchkey
Program kids to sketch out different
types of active recreation and do some
of the painting. The mural was finished
with the help of adult volunteers and
an artist. Everyone is very happy with
the results.
We are still working to get the
decorative railings for the area near the
picnic tables but it has been slow going.
Approvals have been finalized; now we
are waiting for the money to show up.
We hope to have them installed by
spring.
Next we would like to replace the
three trees that were destroyed by van-
dals, on the grassy area by the picnic
tables. We are working on a grant to
purchase tree guards that will discour-
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age damage to new trees. We would
like to hear from anyone interested in
purchasing a tree for us to plant in honor
or memory of someone.
In January we plan to set a date and
start planning for our annual Family Fun
Fest. Not only has the Fest provided a
great day for neighbors to get together,
but also money from the raffle has
allowed us to purchase badly needed
materials for childrenʼs programming
in Glen Park. We wish to thank the
community for your continued sup-
port. For anyone interested in working
on the Family Fun Fest, or who wishes
to make a donation, I can be reached at
moss3x@earthlink.net.
The Recreation and Park Department
will start a new round of programming in
January. Their new schedule is not quite
ready yet, so watch for its posting at the
Rec. Center come January. Any ques-
tions regarding programming should be
directed to Gil Rocha, recreation supervi-
sor for Glen Park, at 337-4747.
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Glen Park News
Merchants Forum
With fun-filled seasonal events, a fes-
tive billboard in the heart of the village
trumpeting our neigh-
by borhood businesses,
Vanessa extended store hours, an
Viray array of new merchants
and an expected visit
from Santa, the Glen
Park Merchants Association is primed
to ring in this holiday season.
Stop by Crowning Glory, Caroline
Quetheraʼs new gift haven, which car-
ries well-selected items such as sweet-
smelling Voluspa candles, vibrant
wallets made from Indian saris, and
triple-milled soaps from Earthworks.
At Bug, youʼll find a great variety
of stylish childrenʼs clothing—new and
used—at amazing prices. To keep that
shopping energy up, stop by Eggettes.
There, you will find a wide array of
wonderful fresh fruit smoothies, pearl
drinks and yummy snacks.
Need a little pampering? Five Star
Nail Salon also just opened, enticing
patrons with great deals on mani-
pedis. And of course, the long wait for
the opening of “urban hybrid” grocer
Canyon Market, featuring gourmet
foods, prepared foods and a café, finally
ended.
Your patronage by these and all the
other Glen Park businesses is extremely
appreciated and greatly valued for the
continued success of Glen Park. Happy
Holidays!
Caption
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Bug
648 Chenery, 239-9534.
Hours*: Tues. 10:30 a.m.–7 p.m.;
Wed.-Fri. 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat.
11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun. 11a.m.–5 p.m.
Canyon Market
2815 Diamond, 586-9999.
Hours: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., seven days a
week; the coffee bar opens at 7 a.m.
Crowning Glory Salon & Gifts
74 Wilder, 333-1500.
Gift shop hours*: Wed.-Fri. 11 a.m.–
7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.;
Sun. noon–6 p.m.
Eggettes
2810 Diamond, 839-5282.
Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m.–10 p.m.;
Fri.-Sat. 10am–midnight.
Five Star Nails and Spa
2920 Diamond, 333-6920.
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.;
Sat. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. to
7 p.m.
*Extended store hours through the
holiday season.
Vanessa Viray owns Paragraph, a
clothing boutique and gift shop at 654
Chenery, and is vice president of the
Glen Park Merchants Association.
Photo by ?
Behind the Scenes at
Canyon Market
I grew up two blocks from the Canyon
Market. Our family shopped at the old
Diamond Super. So after
by
graduating from Santa
Cruz and working on
Kaela
an organic lettuce farm
Waldstein
in Hawaii for a year, I
hired on in early Octo-
ber as employee No. 4 at the Canyon
Market.
I liked the idea of helping a new
business establish itself in the neighbor-
hood and perhaps of becoming more
involved in time. But in the beginning,
it was hard to tell that my new job was
at a grocery store at all.
Until my arrival there had been only
one staffer, Mary, whoʼd been working
for two weeks by herself, without water
(it had not yet been turned on).
The place was a mess. Stainless
steel shelves were piled against the
walls, waiting to be cleaned and either
constructed into units or placed in
their appropriate coolers. Tables
were stacked on top of one another,
surrounded by scraps of wood and
pieces of metal, styrofoam and other
miscellaneous objects. The majority
of the equipment in the store was from
a closed Andronicoʼs market that had
auctioned off its merchandising units
to the fortunate Canyon owners, Rich-
ard and Janet Tarlov.
Above me, sheet metal was
being cut, sending out a monstrous
sound—like a sentient T-Rex skel-
eton shrieking as it was ground up in
a garbage disposal. Later we would
all have to deal with the fire alarms
going off as they were tested; they
emitted a vibration that pulsated my
eardrum to the point that I could feel
it hum. The store smelled of sawdust
and, occasionally, fiberglass and tur-
pentine.
My first day on the job, I walked
up to what would become the produce
cooler. There, Mary and Edmundo,
who was scheduled to become the
head chef once there was something
to cook, were trying to put a freshly
cleaned shelf into the case. When I
walked out from behind the cooler,
they welcomed me with open arms
and put me to work. It was as if we
were members of a lost tribe reunited
in a devastated land.
The next four weeks involved lots
of basic physical labor. The crew gradu-
ally increased as we got closer to the
grand-opening date, from our tiny band
of three to nearly a dozen.
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The tasks I was assigned were
various, ranging from hand-clean-
ing dozens of screws, to reorganizing
shelves of equipment and spare parts, to
programming the item menus that would
later appear on the computer screen at
checkout.
In addition, just about every day
included scraping, scrubbing, wip-
ing and polishing in some form or
another, whether it was the various
refrigerated and frozen cases and
their shelves, deconstructing and
putting back together the salad bar,
or cleaning the walk-in refrigerators
from top to bottom, inside and out.
Not to mention building shelves and
arranging them into aisles.
The staff is multilingual and
we shared words for useful items
like cuchios (scrapers) and cobetos
(buckets).
Occupied with instructing the
electricians and plumbers on what
needed to be done, attending to
intermittent visits from inspectors,
consultants and prospective vendors,
hiring new employees and working
hands-on in the construction of the
store, my new bosses Richard and
Janet seemed to have their hands and
heads full each and every day.
I always had to ask my questions
when they were in the middle of some-
thing else or on their way to another
task. But unlike past jobs Iʼve had, they
stayed calm, shifting gears to answer
without getting annoyed. I was also
impressed with their ability to work as
a functional team. Unlike past “dynamic
duos” Iʼve worked with, I never got
conflicting information from either of
them. Their division of labor seemed to
be clear, and they each got the job done,
simple as that.
But when I found out that they had
two little boys, my jaw hit the floor.
How did they do it? How did they stay
so balanced?
Itʼs probably the yoga. One day as
she answered another of the constant
questions we posed, Janet moved into
a partial yoga posture, clasping her
hands, stretching them above her head,
and pointing her fingers toward the sky
as she thought and took a deep breath.
After a month, I was assigned to be
the “second in command” in the produce
section, which involved a trip to a local
produce warehouse on the edge of town,
the Veritable Vegetable. I got a tour of
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Winter 06/07
Caption
Walking Tours of
Glen Park
Among the walking tours offered free
by San Francisco City Guides, youʼll
find Nob Hill, China-
by town, North Beach,
Bonnee Pacific Heights—and
Waldstein Glen Park. On two
consecutive Sundays
in October, a dozen or
so people traipsed first through down-
town Glen Park, or “Little Switzerland,”
and then the Fairmount district. (Note:
Some dates and event were confirmed
by referring to writings by local archi-
tectural historian Christopher Ver
Planck.)
Our first volunteer guide was Dawn
Murayama, a Glen Park resident of 40
years. She combined a history of Glen
Park with her own personal recollec-
tions of a neighborhood we wished we
had known. She traced Glen Park from
Behind the Scenes
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
the facility, run completely by women,
from the dispatch offices to the handling
of the forklifts, and saw the most beau-
tiful boxed produce I have ever seen
(except perhaps for the gourmet baby
lettuce that I used to harvest on a South
Kona lettuce farm on the Big Island, just
months ago. I used to munch on it while
I cut it).
All the while, the concrete,
cacophonous, empty space was start-
ing to look a little more like a store.
One day we received our first ship-
ment of groceries and new employees
arrived to stock the empty shelves.
In the kitchen, recipes were being
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Photo by ?
its beginnings when the Ohlone Indians
inhabited what is now Glen Canyon
Park; through the Mexican land grants
of the 1820s, when Jose de Jesus Noe,
the last Mexican alcalde (mayor), had
dominion over Rancho San Miguel,
comprising one square league or 44,000
acres including Noe Valley, Glen Park,
Sunnyside, Excelsior, Bernal, down to
Daly City.
This lasted for 27 years, until the
U.S. declared war on Mexico. There-
after, Glen Park became a rural area
of country estates, stables and small
dairy, chicken, vegetable and hog farms
of 15 or so acres, and was known as
part of the “Outsidelands.” Another
nickname, Little Switzerland, comes
from the early Swiss-owned dairies.
(“Glen” is a Celtic word meaning nar-
row valley.) In 1912 the Good Brothers
chosen and/or created.
The drone of the Hansel-and-Gre-
tel-size mixer in the back could be
heard as dough rotated in its massive
bowl. Loaves were formed by hand
on the flour-dusted work tables.
Suddenly one day, the scent of fresh-
baked bread wafted throughout the
store, delighting our senses.
The refrigerated cases were
finally turned on and it became so
cold we almost needed to wear ear-
muffs and mittens. The staff bustled.
Canyon Market was coming to life.
Still, the wooden barricade
remained, as if we were engaged in a
covert operation that could not disclose
its details to anyone outside. Neighbors
Dairy was established in Glen Canyon
and remained until it was condemned
in1960s.
After the earthquake, in 1908,
the Crocker subdivision of Glen Park
brought an influx of German-Swiss,
Italian and Irish families who bought
land as part of homestead associations
that sprang up throughout the city. They
bought parcels of land and developed
small groups of lots; thus the appearance
in the neighborhood of sets of houses in
twoʼs, threeʼs and up to around a half-
dozen. Among the most recognizable
is the row of six Victorians on Surrey
Street. The first paved roads appeared
in 1922.
In The Old Days
As the tour group stood on the cor-
ner of Bosworth and Diamond streets
with traffic whizzing by in all direc-
tions and people rushing past, Dawn
conjured up images of the pastoral
Glen Park of bygone days. The oldest
residence in Glen Park belonged to the
Tietz family at 657 Chenery St., next to
the library. It was built in 1872. Until
the 1960s Glen Park still had dirt roads
and open spaces. The lifeblood of the
neighborhood was the indispensable
corner stores among the residential
streets, and the ubiquitous bars that
dominated the downtown area. Diss-
meyers (now Tygerʼs) competed with
Straub (now Glen Park Cleaners) for
the imbibing clientele. The oldest
commercial building is the current
Glen Park Cleaners at Diamond and
Chenery. The 2700 block of Diamond
had a Nickelodeon. The Chenery Park
restaurant site was Vogel Brothersʼ
CONTINUED ON PAGE 23
and friends asked me when the big day
would finally arrive. But there was no
way to know. The City inspectors would
fit us into their busy schedule in due
time, but that did not satisfy the anxious
would-be customers.
Yet we all knew that when the
doors finally open, the store will suc-
ceed. Richard and Janet are not only
committed to providing quality food,
but intend to carry on the tradition
they brought from Oakville Gro-
cery (their previous establishment)
of treating customers with genuine
kindness when offering their ser-
vices. Each of the people they have
hired reflects this goal, and I think
it will be a pleasure to be a part of
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In the meantime, each day I
smell new scents in the kitchen, see
new creations cooling on the racks,
and continue to cut open boxes of
grocery items I have never before
encountered. We have washed our
first shipment of vibrant, crisp pro-
duce, and have filled the once-bare
refrigerated and frozen cases with
a colorful array of products. I feel
lucky to have been able to witness
the storeʼs transformation.
Kaela Waldstein is the daughter of Bon-
nee and Michael Waldstein. She grew up
on Chenery Street.
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Grand Jury
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 Real Estate in Glen Park
recommendations, explaining plans
for adoption or specific reasons for not Real estate prices in Glen Park are holding firm, but sales volume
adopting them. Some recommenda- is down. Consistent with the trends we saw in Glen Park earlier
by
tions are implemented without fanfare. this year, sales from May 15 through Sept. 5 have decreased com-
Vince
Others enter the civic discourse about pared with the same period in 2005. However, selling prices are
Beaudet
good government through hearings of remaining firm—almost all the sales listed below were higher than
the Board of Supervisors and media the list price—with no “crash” expected!
attention. Although some results may
take years, jurors who have devoted
500 to 1,000 hours to their year-long NUMBER OF PROPERTIES SOLD, MAY 16-SEPT. 5:
effort generally find the experience to
be highly educational and rewarding. 2006 2005
San Francisco Civil Grand
Jury reports for past years can be Single-family homes: 19 24
found at www.sfgov.org/site/courts_ Condoʼs/TICʼs 1 3
page.asp?id=3680. The site also 2-4 units 2 4
includes a form for citizens to submit
complaints for potential investigation,
and an application form for potential MEDIAN PRICE
jurors for the 2007–2008 year. The
deadline for submitting applications is 2006 2005
April 9, 2007. Please call Gary Giub-
bini, administrative staff to the jury, at Single-family homes $890,000 $1,032,000
551-3605 if you have any questions Condoʼs/TICʼs $750,000 $685,000
about the jury or the selection process. 2-4 Units $1,247,000 $1,035,000

William G. Bowen is Outreach Chair- ADDRESSES AND SELLING PRICES OF PROPERTIES SOLD:
man of the San Francisco Chapter of the
California Grand Jurorsʼ Association.
Single-family homes:

424 Arlington $778,000

277 Arlington $750,000
486 Arlington $815,000
210 Beacon $2 million
138 Chenery $958,000
111 Conrad $975,000
527 Congo $859,000
112 Chenery $1.05 million
120 Farnum $880,000
129 Laidley $1.01 million
37 Mizpah $869,000
56 Mizpah $905,000
119 Mateo $965,000
121 Mateo $1.065 million
221 Randall $779,000
261 Sussex $845,000
311 Surrey $912,000
1730 Sanchez $890,000
43 Whitney $814,000

Condos

418 Arlington #1 $750,000

2-4 Units

181-183 Laidley $1.1 million

275-277 Randall $1.394 million

Realtor Vince Beaudet works for Herth Real Estate. He can be reached at 861-
5222 x333 or vincebeaudet@herth.com.
Winter 06/07 Page 21
Islais Creek
The Probable Primeval People of Islais Creek
One of a series of unusual things about Glen Park
Islais is from the Ohlone Indian word Street/I-280 overpass—in a giant sewer
islay, “wild cherry tree.” Look care- pipe 20 feet below the surface. At quiet
fully for the notch on the south slope times you can hear the creek gurgling
of Candlestick Hill. It is packed with under the sewer manholes on Cayuga
a dense forest of wild cherry trees—up Street, and on Paradise Street in Glen
close they look like hollies. Park.
So where is the creek now? Most of
Islais Creek has a slender dendritic the North Fork is out of sight in 2-, 3-,
(tree-like) shape and is about four or 4-foot drain pipes. Old photographs
miles long, from Islais Creek Chan- in our Glen Park branch library show it
nel (crossed by the 3rd still above ground and under a bridge on
by Street drawbridge near Diamond Street between Chenery and
Dolan Evans Avenue) up to Bosworth. Today, its one remaining
Eargle about the neighborhood stretch of open water sees sunlight for
of Balboa Park. It fol- almost a mile down the center of Glen
lows roughly the length Canyon Park, from springs beside the
of Alemany Boulevard to Sickles Ave- high school, a big clear spring along
nue, carrying off water (and other stuff) the trail below the Miraloma Com-
from Glen Park, Sunnyside, Excelsior, munity Center, and below Christopher
Miraloma Park and parts of the Outer Playground behind Diamond Heights
Mission, Bayview and the area of San Safeway. The everyday surface run-
Bruno Avenue. off of our creek would be greater, but
The watershed drains some slopes the City decreed that some springs be
of 936-foot Mt. Davidson as well as undergrounded to accommodate certain
McLaren Park, Twin Peaks, Glen Can- street storm runoffs. The water enters
yon, Bernal Heights and the flats of the a culvert near the Recreation Center;
Produce District. The South Fork (main eventually it oozes from a huge pipe into
branch) of the creek joins the North Fork murky tidewater of Islais Creek Channel
(from Glen Park) just under the Mission at junk-strewn Selby Street—an igno-
Photo by Dolan Eargle
minious end.
Are there any indications of habita-
tion or use of Glen Canyon Park by the
earliest people along our little stretch
of the creek? What to look for would
be such things as bedrock mortars for
grinding acorns—but there are almost
no oaks around here. Also, abalone,
other shell parts or animal bones would
have been used for food, ornamentation,
and tools—none found at all. Scattered
California buckeye trees would have
been used as backup when acorns were
scarce—but none exist here. Both Rich-
ard Craib of Friends of Glen Canyon
Park and Lisa Wayne, a Recreation and
Park Department supervisor, have pretty
well combed the park and report no such
findings.
They also remind us that the Canyon
has a long history of being (mis)used
for many purposes—a dynamite storage
facility, a zoo, a horse corral and Adolph
Sutroʼs eucalyptus tree-planting experi-
ment intended to supply mine-shaft sup-
ports in Virginia City, Nevada. These
activities have left cavities and vestiges
of roadways carved into the hillsides,
going nowhere, but no artifacts. In a
Glen Park News
cursory search of likely work areas, I
discovered only three brightly-colored
discarded brassieres. Today we have
flattened areas for the Silver Tree build-
ing, the high school, the Recreation
Center, tennis courts and playing fields.
Little wonder there are (probably) no
remnants.
Does this mean there were no
Indian inhabitants? No way! In 1908,
University of California archaeolo-
gist Nels Nelson ran across one of the
largest shellmounds in the entire Bay
Area, near the end of Selby Street He
supervised the excavation of this 3-
meter-deep mound in 1910, reportedly
finding some 23 burials and dozens of
artifacts. I believe they now reside in
the Hearst Museum at UC Berkeley.
Nelsonʼs discovery is proof enough
that Islais Creek was a very important
site of the earliest Ohlone Indians. By
the way, shellmounds are not garbage
dumps. They are repositories where
objects touched or enlivened by human
hands were deposited after use.
The Ohlone people in our part
of the Peninsula were known as the
Muwekma; the band in our section of
San Francisco was the Yelamu. Three
Ohlone village sites are known near
here. One, a temporary camp, was
Chutchui, at the Mission lake, now
Dolores Park. Our local Maya Indians
hold their New Year sunrise ceremony
at this site—the month varies according
to their calendar. Mission lake is now
filled in and is only a dark green seep
near the center of the park. The Maya
revere and honor sacred water sources,
as do we all.
The wide marsh where Islais Creek
met tidewater was the village site of
“our” Glen Park band, named Amuctac
(the site of the shellmound). Tubsinte
was the next village south, at Visitacion
Valley. As was the custom of Califor-
niaʼs Indian bands, each village would
claim and make use of the ecology of
an entire creek watershed, including the
tidal marsh, for its livelihood. Judg-
ing from the present-day year-round
water supply and abundant vegetation
of the North Fork, Glen Park Canyon
had to have been especially valuable
to the Indian band. Although no vil-
lage remnants have been found in Glen
Park, without doubt the streams and flat
spaces were used for worksites. After
a dayʼs work, the village itself wasnʼt
very far away.
In the 1770s, the Yelamu were
rounded up into Mission Dolores.
Some fled eastward. The band passed
away—many were buried at the Mis-
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Ohlone
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21
sion in unmarked graves. The bountiful
marsh was filled in, and 100 years ago
the last of Mission Bay was filled with
earthquake rubble. Today, Highways
101 and I280, and train tracks pass
overhead, and the ugly blocked-off tail
end of Selby St. covers Amuctac.
In the late 1990s, several enthu-
siastic citizens bravely attempted to
reclaim a corner of the devastated land
east of the 3rd Street bridge for a city
park, naming it Muwekma Ohlone Park.
The City had other plans for the land,
chewing it up for the new 2006 railroad
and truck bridge and for a replacement
drawbridge for traffic and Muniʼs new
streetcar line on 3rd Street. Check out
the bridge between Cesar Chavez Street
and Cargo Way—its design could have
been taken from the paintings of draw-
bridges by van Gogh.
On a little triangle of land and boat
dock at Quint and 3rd, just on the south
bank of this new drawbridge crossing
Islais Channel, is a special fading monu-
ment to Islais Creek, its earliest inhabit-
ants and its later industries—the Cityʼs
pathetic expiation.
Three places to explore; visit and
muse:
=High on the eastern slope of Glen
Canyon, just below Christopher Play-
ground, is a seep that furnishes habitat
for an endangered species of mayfly.
=There once was a pond on Islais
Creek called Lake Geneva, at Geneva
and Cayuga avenues; a short stroll south
on Cayuga is Cayuga Playground, an
unusual park (just below I280) at the
Islais Creek upstream extremity.
=At the Mission Dolores burial
ground is a newly constructed Ohlone
tipi (tule and sapling), an exact replica
of the type that was at Amuctac.
Sources: Ohlone tribal historian Al Lev-
enthal (CSU San Jose); Mission Dolores
Ohlone guide Andrew Galvan; historian
Lee Davis (San Francisco State U); UC
Berkeley Archaeological Collections
online; www.islaiscreek.org/ohlonehis
torybackground.html and links on the
Muwekma Ohlone Park.
Glen Park resident Dolan Eargle
recently visited the tiny beach at the
Islais Landing at low tide. There he
found bits of clam shells and colored
pottery (the latter not Indian, maybe
Chinese; the shells possibly Indian).
Clams donʼt live in this kind of water,
and the seagulls wouldnʼt have dumped
them here, either, he says.
Architecture Board
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would be harder to demolish, explains
Bonacker. “But in terms of changing the
appearance of a building identified as
a resource,” he says, “that can happen
relatively easily, as long as it is done
in a way that is not detrimental to its
architectural quality.”
VerPlanck says that while very
few homes within Glen Park might
merit landmark status, whatʼs unique
about the neighborhood is “the narrow
streets that conform to the topography
of the mountains and valleys in the area.
The urban design is probably the most
significant thing overall—this sort of
Marin hillside village feel, which is
pretty rare.” (VerPlanck says the house
he rents in the neighborhood may in fact
be an “earthquake shack,” built as tem-
porary housing after the 1906 quake.)
Bonacker says he is of the opinion
that there are “plenty of buildings in
Glen Park that need protection. Whether
thereʼs a historic district—a confluence
of both history and architecture—is an
open question that the surveys will
address.”
Bonacker says he is not sure how
much the Association survey would
cost; Rodgers says the Planning Depart-
ment survey would be part of the Glen
Park Community Planʼs $400,000 envi-
ronmental impact review.
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in Glen Park.

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Walking Tours
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butcher shop. Canyon Market used
to be a Safeway and next to that was
a Hancock gas station. The volunteer
fire department was at 2400 Diamond
St.
Transportation, or the lack thereof,
was a major factor in the develop-
ment of Glen Park. The Joost Broth-
ers brought an electric streetcar line
through in 1892, connecting Glen Park
with the Embarcadero and the San
Mateo County line. Its route brought
it west along Chenery Street; then
south on Diamond, where it crossed
a 50-foot high timber trestle span-
ning Islais Creek, long since under-
grounded. The Bernal Cut along San
Jose Avenue was widened in 1928,
making Glen Park more accessible to
downtown.
These improvements brought a
wave of real estate development into
the area around the 1890s. Two tracts,
Fairmount Terrace and Glen Park Ter-
race, were developed. After the 1906
earthquake, refugees purchased lots
for $500; many newcomers were
Irish and German laborers from the
Mission district. Construction peaked
in the 1920s, then declined during the
depression and World War II.
The 1950s through the 1970s were
a time of traumatic change for Glen
Park. Bosworth Street was widened
to become a major thoroughfare.
BART turned the neighborhood into a
busy transit hub. In both cases, houses
were either demolished or moved by
eminent domain. Contiguous areas
were isolated from each other and
streets were cut off abruptly, creat-
ing awkward dead-ends. Diamond
Heights, originally part of the Crocker
Estate, was developed beginning in
1967, swallowing up over 200 acres
of natural land.
Feisty residents successfully
fought some of the more outrageous
plans, such as one unveiled in 1958 to
run a highway through Glen Canyon
Park in order to link Interstate 280
with the Golden Gate Bridge. This
precursor to the Nimby movement
became known, in several areas of
the city, as the Freeway Revolt.
Fairmount History
A week after the Glen Park tour,
which brought Glen Parkʼs social his-
tory to life, City Guides led a walking
tour of the Fairmount District. Patricia
Duff, the guide, focused on the varied
architectural styles that predominated
in each era of neighborhood develop-
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ment. Although records were destroyed
in 1906 and many owners of old houses
cannot date them precisely, the San-
born maps drawn for the fire insurance
companies in many cases come clos-
est.
The group got the obligatory
shaggy dog story of the Teresa Bell
mansion on Laidley Street (worthy of
a story all its own in a future issue,)
and details about the outrageous Pri-
tikin estate on Chenery, which boasts Renée Gonsalves & Peggy McIntyre
a heated, second floor pool and private
discothèque. The Glen Park Real Estate Team
But, in addition, Patricia pointed
to groups of houses built by the same
builder, and also showed the buildersʼ
houses, in a fascinating bit time travel.
For example, builder August Klahnʼs
house, at 29 Chenery, is an imposing,
graceful structure with a striking vari-
ety of shingles and trim, causing the
speculation that the house was a liv-
ing catalog of options for prospective
homeowners. A group of four homes he
built are at 140 – 152 Chenery; each
has an upper window which juts out
almost precariously, a unique detail
of dubious architectural importance.
Vernacular homes, such as the former
farmhouse at 220 Arlington, were built
to resemble and remind people of their
homeland.
Most rewarding, at several stops,
proud homeowners came out, offer-
ing their own found “micro-history”
of their houses or their block. One of In today’s market, expertise and reputation count.
them explained that the house next
door to his house, at Harper and Ran- Peggy and Renee bring over 32 years of combined real estate
dall streets, used to be an egg shop experience and always look after our clients’ best interest first. We
belonging to Michael, the Big Finn and don’t just sell homes, we sell your neighborhood.
the opposite one was a recruiting sta-
tion in World War II. Another resident, If you’re thinking of making a move, call us! We would be happy to
Robert Ingraham of the “Eyebrow” give you a free evaluation of your home’s value, share our effective
house on Laidley Street, chatted and marketing strategies and answer your real estate questions.
also led the group into his secluded
back garden overlooking a panoramic We assisted Glen Park buyers/sellers in the following homes:
downtown view.
Today Glen Park is a busy transit 353 Arlington St 128 Laidley St 201 Sussex St
hub with many of the problems that 319 Bosworth St 554 Laidley St 1713 Sanchez St
beset a neighborhood in a dense urban 1313 Bosworth St 51 Lippard St 166 Stillings St
landscape. The walking tours were 357-359 Chenery St 130 Monterey Bl 21 Whitney St
about a time before planning depart- 948 Chenery St 249 Randall St 35 Whitney St
ments, environmental reviews and 1749 Dolores St 253 Randall St #2 61 Whitney St
public hearings and protests. Indeed, 5122 Diamond St 10 Roanoke St 126 Whitney St
the absence of these social and political 25 Elk St 16 Roanoke St 159-161 Whitney St
structures is arguably what led to the 49 Elk St 114 Rousseau St 218 Whitney St
quirky charms of Glen Park. Ironically, 123 Laidley St 267 Surrey St 53 Wilder St #304
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Bonnee Waldstein has lived with her
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Glen Park Recreation Center

Fall Schedule (Begins 9/18/06)
Monday
Senior Club 10AM – 1PM Bridge and Card Games 1st & 3rd Mondays
Adult tennis 10:30AM – 1PM Advanced Tennis Class
Latchkey 2PM – 6PM Homework, Snacks, Arts & Crafts - Fee $94.50
Girls Volleyball 4PM – 5:30PM For Girls 6th to 8th grade
Adult Basketball 6PM – 8PM Half/Full Court Basketball Games

Tuesday
Adult Volleyball 10AM – 1PM Open drop-in games
Adult Tennis 10:30AM – 1PM Class for Beginners
Latchkey 2PM – 6PM
Youth Basketball 4PM – 6PM Skills and Conditioning Camp
Adult Tennis 6:30PM - 8:30PM Class for Beginners
Badminton 6:45 - 9:45PM Open drop-in games
Teen Club 7:30 – 9PM Teen Meeting and Activities

Wednesday
Badminton 9:30 – 12N Open drop-in games
Tiny Tot Class 10AM- 12N Ages 2-5: Activities and Games - Fee $30
Adult Tennis 10:30 – 1PM Class for Advanced Players
U.N. Seniorʼs 10AM –3PM Bingo, table games and social activities
Latchkey 2PM – 6PM
Girls Volleyball 3 - 5:30PM Volleyball for Girls 3rd-5th gr. at St Maryʼs

Thursday
Adult Volleyball 10AM – 1PM Open drop-in games
Mom & Toddler 10AM – 12N Arts/ Crafts, Music, Storytelling - Fee $30
Latchkey 2PM – 6PM
Youth Basketball 4PM - 6PM Skills and Conditioning Camp
Adult Basketball 6PM-8PM Half/Full court games
Womenʼs Volleyball 7PM-9PM Citywide League(Call 831-6311) Oct.-Dec
Adult Tennis 6:30PM-8:30PM Class for Advanced Players.
Teen Club 7:30-9:00PM Meeting and Activities

Friday
Tiny Tot Class 10AM – 12N Arts/Crafts, Music, Storytelling - Fee $30
Latchkey 2PM- 6PM
Youth Tennis 3:15- 4:45PM Class for Beginners
Youth Basketball 4:30-6:30PM Practice for Citywide League
Youth basketball 7PM-9PM Games for Citywide League
Cub Scouts 7PM-9PM Meets twice a month
Boy Scouts 7PM-9PM Meets twice a month

Saturday
Youth Basketball 11AM-1PM Skills and Conditioning Camp
Youth Basketball 12N-3PM League Play for away games
Teen Club 2PM-4:30PM Meeting and Activities

Closed on Sundays
Winter 06/07
Jack-oʼ-lanterns Galore in Glen Park
Some neighborhoods in San Francisco
see nary a child come Halloween night.
But on Chenery Street and environs the
sidewalks are bustling with tiny prin-
cesses, ninjas, pumpkins and Super-
men.
But itʼs not only the kids who get
into the spirit.
This year David Dalere at 840
Chenery St. carved
by 32 Jack-oʼ-lanterns
Elizabeth in myriad styles and
Weise images.
Dalere (pronounced De
Larry, from the French)
began carving his pumpkins a few years
ago. At first he did four, then 6, then 10.
“The next thing you know it was 16 last
year and this year 32.” All are carved
free hand using a steak knife.
“Whatever comes to my mind, I
start doing variations,” Dalere says.
Although Dalereʼs an artist when
it comes to squash, in his day job he
manages the warehouse of Safety Max
Corp. in San Francisco. Though he took
architectural drawing in high school, he
doesnʼt do any art beyond this yearly
creative explosion.
“They called it the pumpkin house.
So this year everybody was asking me,
ʻAre you doing pumpkins?ʼ”
Dalere doesnʼt start until the day
before Halloween. He cuts the tops
off, scoops out the pumpkinsʼ innards
and then starts carving. He doesnʼt put
his pumpkins out until just before Hal-
loween begins.
Several people asked if they could
hire him to carve their pumpkins, some-
thing Dalere declined to do this year.
“I just do it for fun, to have a great
time.”
After Halloween is over, Dalereʼs
mom, Glory, who has owned Dalereʼs
Beauty Salon at 660 Chenery St. since
1968, roasts the pumpkin seeds for
snacks. A friend of his sister Marian,
who co-owns the salon, asked for the
pumpkin leftovers to compost.
“She loaded them up in her car and
took them away,” says Dalere. “Thirty-
two pumpkins will make a lot of soil.”
Just a few blocks up the hill, at 340
Sussex, Charlie Vella and his daughter
Maya put on a show that brings people
from all parts of the city. This year their
presentation was featured in both the
San Francisco Chronicle and the UC
Davis newspaper, The Aggie. The duo
carved 53 Jack-oʼ-lanterns.
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They began carving their intricate
pumpkins about eight or nine years ago,
Vella says. Maya, now a sophomore at
UC Davis, still comes home at Hallow-
een to carve.
They buy their pumpkins at Safe-
way, where theyʼre cheapest. Theyʼve
found that they canʼt start carving more
than four days before All Hallows Eve
or they lose the lanterns to mold,
although Vella says an Internet tip he
picked up—spraying the inside of the
pumpkins with anti-mold bathroom tile Islais Creek
spray—does keep them fresh longer.
Maya uses stencils while Vella
himself prefers to do freehand draw-
ings directly onto the pumpkin. Then
they use Pumpkin Master carving tools,
usually sold in stores just before Hal-
loween, to carve out the designs.
“Weʼll sit in the front room, watch
old, classic horror movies and carve,”
says Vella.
Vellaʼs day job is as director of the
neurophyschology service at Kaiser,
testing patients with strokes and other
types of brain injuries. “Iʼm definitely
not an artist,” he says.
A friend of the family takes a
garbage bag of pumpkin guts away
and brings them back a bag of roasted
pumpkin seeds, but the rest go to the
cityʼs composting works. The day after
Halloween the Vellas took their quickly
disintegrating Jack-oʼ-lanterns to the
dump, where they weighed in at a total
of 850 pounds.
Do you know of a house that is espe-
cially wonderful at Halloween, or
any other holiday? Weʼre collecting
names and addresses for upcoming
issues, so if thereʼs a house everyone
should see, please drop us a line at
weise@well.com
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PHOTO the Friends. backyard hive.

CAPTION Information
- COWBOY about Friends (#C2136) After
WITH T- of Glen Canyon the bees have
SHIRT (NO Park is in the done their work
SEPARATE Community in her backyard,
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outside Glen Park Beekeeper the millions of kind of neighbor-
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Test Kitchen on
hood favorite backyard hive.
PBS or read Cooks
Cheyenne, 96, a Illustrated maga-
Chenery Street (#C2127) Glen zine, editor Chris
resident since Park Beekeeper Kimball, with his
1957. Friends’ Karen Peteros bow tie, suspenders
and Yankee lanki-
benefactors applies smoke
ness, is a familiar
Susan and Hal to settle her face. Local resi-
at the store bees while dents got a closer
have the green, opening her look at that face
preshrunk, all- backyard hive. on Friday, Nov.
7 when Kimball,
cotton shirts
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in sizes small (#C2129 or area food reporter,
to extra large. 30) Glen Park had breakfast at
The entire $12 Beekeeper Tygers. He gave
price (cash or checks for the food an “A,”
pronounced the
checks only, honey in her
pancakes “great”
please) benefits
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Glen Park Association
Quarterly meetings are held on the
second Tuesday in January, April, July
and October at 7:30 pm. Everyone is
welcome, members and non-members
alike.
Next meeting: Tue. Oct. 10, 7:30 pm.,
Friends of Glen Canyon Park
Meetings and Plant Restoration
Work Parties: Third Saturday of each
month, 9 am–noon. Next dates: Oct. 21,
Nov. 18, Dec. 16, Jan. 20. Meet behind
the Recreation Center. Tools, gloves and
instruction are provided.
Weekly Work Parties: Every
Wednesday, 9 am–noon. For the current
weekʼs meeting place contact Richard
Craib, 648-0862.
Bird Walk: Sunday, Nov. 5, 9 am:
Let David Armstrong introduce you to
the birds in the canyon on another of his
fascinating, free walks.
Pancakes in the Park: Sunday,
Nov. 5, 10:30 am, following the Bird
Walk. A pancake breakfast with bacon,
orange juice, coffee and tea at the Silver-
tree picnic tables. Please RSVP to Rich-
ard Craib at 648-0862. $5 suggested
donation for the pancake breakfast.
To join Friends of Glen Canyon
Park or learn more about their activi-
ties, please contact Richard Craib at
648-0862 or Jean Conner at 584-8576.
Glen Park Advisory Board
The Advisory Board works hand in
hand with the Recreation and Park
Department to make our park the
best in the city. Everyone concerned
with issues concerning Glen Canyon
Park is urged to attend their meetings
and participate in their activities. The
Advisory Board welcomes neighbor-
hood input: contact Miriam Moss at
moss3x@earthlink.net.
Next Meeting: Wed., Oct., 18 at 6:
30 pm in the Rec Center auditorium.
SFPD Community Forums
Third Tuesday of each month, 7
pm: All residents are encouraged to
participate in the informative monthly
Community Relations Forum at SFPDʼs
Ingleside Police Station, hosted by Capt.
Paul Chignell. There are refreshments,
guest speakers, and the opportunity to
ask questions and air your concerns.
Drop in and get acquainted with some of
the dedicated people whose job is keep-
ing our neighborhood safe. The main
station number is 404-4000, or send
e-mail to Paul.Chignell@sfgov.org.
Next dates: Sept.19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21.
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Community Calendar
Glen Park Branch Library
As our neighborhood librarians pre-
pare for the move to their new quarters
in the Marketplace building, they are
still conducting regular activities. Stop
by the library for information about
story times and other events.
Glen Park NERT
Our Neighborhood Emergency
Response Team is an essential element
of disaster preparedness. Free training
is given all year, in various locations.
Youʼll learn to be self-sufficient in a
disaster, and learn basic skills to help
your neighbors. In a major disaster, Glen
Park NERT volunteers meet at the Glen
Park Recreation Center.
You can register for the training at
www.sfgov.org/sffdnert.
Fall Schedule:
Oct. 6 and Oct. 18: 2-day intensive
class at the State Building, 350 McAl-
lister St., Milton Marks Conference
Auditorium (Civic Center BART).
Oct. 19 and 26 and Nov. 2, 9 am–4
pm, with lunch breaks (no lunch),
Federal Reserve Bank, 101 Market St.
(Embarcadero BART). Bring a State-
issued ID for entry.
Oct. 2, 9, 16, 30 and Nov. 6, Mon-
days, 6:30 pm–9:30 pm, Golden Gate
Yacht Club, Lyon Street north of Marina
Boulevard.
Yoga Classes
After three years at the Glen Park
Rec Center auditorium, low attendance
caused Christine Trost to end her eve-
ning Yoga classes there. She still teaches
in Glen Park on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm, at
Kiki Yo, 605B Chenery St. Contact her
at 846-8481 or CATyoga@gmail.com.
On Wednesdays, 12:15–1:30 pm,
Donna Rubin holds Vinyasa Yoga
classes at Kiki Yo. All levels are wel-
come. Vinyasa Yoga utilizes a series of
poses linking breath with movement,
to enhance endurance and flexibility.
Donnaʼs classes are free; donations are
welcomed.
For soon-to-be-moms and parents,
Kiki Yo is introducing a series of new
classes for the Fall Season. Pre-Natal
Yoga, “Mommy and Me” and “KIKI
for Kids” classes are all starting in
September. Visit kiki-yo.com or call
587-5454.
Bird & Beckett
Bird & Beckett Books & Records,
2788 Diamond St., presents free com-
munity literary and musical events
(donations are encouraged to help the
artists and keep our neighborhood
bookstore open). Book club meetings
and jazz sessions are listed at www.bird-
beckett.com, or call 586-3733 for more
information.
Coming Events:
Every Friday, 5:30–8 pm: Jazz in
the Bookshop:
First & third Fridays each month:
The Seabop Ensemble, under the direc-
tion of bassist Don Prell, with various
lineups including Chuck Peterson, Jim
Grantham, Jerry Logas, saxes; Al
Molina, Frank Phipps, horns; Scott
Foster, guitar; Chris Bjorkbom, drums.
Second Friday: The Jimmy Ryan/
Rick Elmore Quartet with Scott Foster,
guitar; Bishu Chatterjee, bass; Art Lewis,
drums.
Fourth Friday: Henry Irvin Quartet
with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits and rotat-
ing musicians including Barbara Hunter,
soprano sax and flute; Bishop Norman
Williams, sax, and drummers Jimmy
Ryan and Rhoyale Baibe Foston
Friday, Sept. 22, 5:30–8 pm:: The
John Calloway Quartet (jazz) plays;
the Henry Irvin Quartet returns Sept.
29 (the 5th Friday this month.
First Sunday, 4:30 pm: Sunday Jazz:
Henry Irvin Quartet with Dorothy
Lefkovits. In October only, theyʼll play
on the second Sunday, Oct. 8.
First and third Mondays, 7:30 pm:
Open mic poetry series with featured
readers, hosted by Jerry Ferraz. Scottish
poet Leonard Irving says Bird & Beckett
is the best poetry venue in town!
Second Tuesday, 7:30 pm: The
Eminent Authors Birthday Reading
features an open reading from the works
of favorite authors whose birthdays fall
during the month. Bring a libation and
a literary bit to share with the group.
First Wednesday, 7 pm: Bird &
Beckett Book Club discusses a book
every month. Participants choose the
next monthʼs selection. Oct. 4: The His-
tory of Love by Nicole Krauss. Nov. 1:
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck. Please
e-mail Marcy at vacumkitty@aol.com
to get on the e-mail distribution list for
Book Club notices. She has links for you
to learn more about the book selection,
and will let you know about our monthly
Political Book Discussion Group.
Second Thursday, 7:30 pm: Political
Book Discussion Group. Oct. 12: The
Federalist Papers. Nov. 9: The Perils
of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and
the Road to War in Vietnam by Gareth
Porter.
Sunday, Sept. 24, 4:30 pm: “Blood,
Gold & Water:” Walker Brents riffs on
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the myths of the American west.
Monday, Sept. 25, 7:30 pm: Nel-
lie Wong, an Oakland native who lives
on Chenery Street, is a hugely impor-
tant poet from many perspectives: her
workʼs content, her skill in shaping her
poems and her commitment to human-
ity, social justice, commemoration of
past struggles, and hope for a decent
future. Weʼll celebrate her birthday by
having her share some of her poems.
Honor her by attending this reading.
Modern Times Bookstore on Valencia
at 20th has supported her political work
for years, giving her much in the way of
context and information; you can show
them your appreciation by buying a book
from them, as well.
Sunday, Oct. 22, 4:30 pm: Book-
store Benefit Reading by David Melt-
zer and Diane di Prima. Buy one of the
limited number of tickets in advance to
ensure your space in the small venue:
Fifteen $25 tickets will guarantee seats.
Another 20 standing-room tickets will be
sold at $20. The room will be crowded.
The poetry will be great. No advance
reservations. Eric will notify his e-mail
list before tickets go on sale shortly after
Oct. 1.
Art in the Bookshop: Works on
paper by Marlene Aron are hanging
in the store until mid-October. Theyʼll
be followed by the art of longtime Glen
Park resident Jean Conner.
Diamond Street residents Chris
Neumann and Michele Bulen are
among the neighborhood graffiti-
removal volunteers who have taken on
the regular Saturday-morning job of
erasing vandalsʼ tags on Chenery and
Diamond streets. Chris is familiar to
many neighbors as one of the smiling
faces at Chenery Park; Micheleʼs activi-
ties include work with the erstwhile
Glen Park Festival. Photo by Denis
Wade.