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Glen Park, which we have always thought was adorable and near [Update] where SFist Deborah resides, has been experiencing quite a growth spurt recently. New restaurants and businesses have been steadily opening up, renters get more for their money there, and it has its own BART Station. But getting to and from the BART Station has always been a bit of a pain.
Plans to improve traffic and make the area more transit-friendly, which were first proposed in 2003, are finally moving forward. Pedestrian amenities and new street-parking rules will be implemented, and Muni lines in the area will be beefed up, including improved access between the BART Station and the J Church line and the addition of new Muni stops and times that better coordinate with BART arrivals and departures.
A few gripes by people in the area are in regards to the addition of roundabouts and the proposed construction of 65 new housing units in place of a portion of the BART parking lot. Roundabouts might improve traffic flow, but they pose as a danger to bicyclists and pedestrians, and the existing BART parking lot is already full seven days a week.
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Oh no, I always thought Deborah lived in Sunnyside and would stick up for her neighborhood. But now I see we have been absorbed into Glen Park. I suppose even bloggers (who all live in the Mission) have heard of the BART station.
She's in Sunnyside, which is part of GP, no?
Also, we don't all live in the Mission. I sure don't. Leanne and Jay? Non-Mission residents as well.
Yep, I live in the Tendernob, which is neither Nob Hill, the Tenderloin, nor Union Square, but within two blocks of each neighborhood.
I used to live at Hayes and Fillmore, which was neither Hayes Valley, Alamo Square, nor Lower Haight.
And before that, I was lived somewhere on the border of Cole Valley and Upper Haight.
I've always considered myself a "hybrid."
(I will admit that I lived in the Mission for three years prior to moving to the 'Nob, but that was before my blogging days.)
With all due respect: there is no Tendernob. South of Tenderloin you're in the TL, north of it you're on Lower Nob Hill. East of Mason you're in Union Square, when you reach Polk Gulch to the west, you've left the Tenderloin.
*see Lower Nob Hill Hotel and SRO Historic Preservation District.
No, Sunnyside is not part of GP. That's why it has its own name :-)
sunnyside is not glen park.
I live in (the) Sunnyside with pride. What's funny is, on my one block, depending on which side of the street you're on, you can be in Sunnyside, Glen Park, or Miraloma Park. Sometimes it is just easier to say you're from Glen Park because people usually have never heard of Sunnyside. But, since I'm a native New Yorker, that's kind of like saying you're from New York City when you live in Hoboken, so I try to avoid it.
I say I live in Glen Park but it's technically Sunnyside (according to the SF realtors' map), mostly because people usually know where Glen Park BART is but nobody knows where Sunnyside is. Sunnyside is technically south of Bosworth/O'Shaughenessy and Glen Park is north. I think most people would just call that whole general area in the vicinity of the BART station Glen Park though.
Check out what everyone thinks their neighborhood is called: http://www.sfgate.com/maps/sfneighborhoods/yourhood/
I love that. One person said they live in Anza Hollow, otherwise known to overlap with the google maps label for "central richmond" or smack dab in the middle of the widely accepted Richmond District.
At least the Alamo Square peeps have their tight cluster going on.
Lone Mountain is my favorite invented neighborhood.
what kind of roundabouts are you referring to? the ones i'm thinking of have a traffic-calming effect that makes it safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
Unfortunately the Planning Dept's PDF doesn't specify which kind of roundabouts they intend to use, but I was referring to a commenter on the Examiner's post who brought up his concerns:
I haven't really experienced any roundabouts in the Bay Area, but my Midwestern suburban hometown is plagued with them. They do slow traffic, but they seem very chaotic and confusing for pedestrians. It's not exactly a pedestrian/bike friendly place though either...Glen Park is a nice neighborhood, and the Glen Park BART station can serve as a great transit hub for people on the westside.
If you live in the Inner Sunset, as I do, you can take the 44 to Glen Park to get on BART. It's faster than taking a MUNI metro or bus downtown to civic center, in most cases. For people coming to say, the museum or the park from points elsewhere (peninsula, etc) this can be a real time saver.
It's also nice for going to the outer mission, as you can get on with your monthly pass, then get off at 24th street station and take the bus to Bernal Heights or wherever is out that way, too.