PruCalVoices

Sunnyside…a little neighborhood in San Francisco
April 9, 2009 ·  

montereyphoto1I share with you all a quaint little place in San Francisco called Sunnyside. It is nestled alongside Glen Park and highway 280. The story is that the name Sunnyside came about when the developers were marketing this area. They wanted to attract buyers to this (kinda) foggy part of town so they came up with the clever name of Sunnyside.  It has a gorgeous view of the Brisbane Mountains.  It is a small neighborhood, but conveniently located and easily accessible to all parts of San Francisco.  The commercial strip if you will,  is mainly along Monterey Blvd where there are several restaurants and a small but convenient Safeway grocery store. The Glen Park neighborhood is also so close that Sunnyside residents can easily walk to the great restaurants like, Chenery Park or Sangha among others for a nice dinner. The recent opening of  Canyon grocery store has also been a great addition. The Glen Park BART station is conveniently a quick walk away as well.

There are several small parks, but Sunnyside is widely known for this particular park called the Sunnyside Conservatory. It was originally built as some one’s private conservatory. The Sunnyside Conservatory is located on Monterey Blvd. between Congo & Baden. The Conservatory is presently undergoing a (3.5 million) complete renovation and this is precisely why I wanted to share  where Sunnyside is located. It is slated to reopen in October of this year. The structure will also be renovated, but will maintain its original design. When it reopens it will be available for private parties and events for a fee thru San Francisco Park & Recreation. The San Francisco Arts Commission were involved in selecting several artist to create  site specific interactive art pieces. The Conservatory has several beautiful palms included is a rare Chilean Palm that is part of its attraction. Lastly,  I invite you all to the reopening of the Sunnyside Conservatory in October of 2009.

If you enjoyed this post, subscribe to the Author's RSS feed or the Blog's RSS Feed!

Filed Under Marketing Your Home, Neighborhood News

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Print Print    |    Email Email

Comments

6 Responses to “Sunnyside…a little neighborhood in San Francisco”

  1. Karin C on April 9th, 2009 2:05 pm

    Francis! That was a great tidbit of information! You are officially our new Sunnyside real estate specialist!

  2. Kathy Wall on April 9th, 2009 8:01 pm

    What a nice article, Francis! Sunnyside truly is a hidden gem, although it has been discovered a bit more over the last few years. The weather is pretty good and many of the homes have terrific views.

  3. Brian Boisson on April 10th, 2009 8:47 am

    Francis,

    I am very familiar with Sunnyside having had transactions there, and I noticed in the past few weeks while I was on Monterey Blvd. (after having a meal at Lucky River on Monterey-great chinese food), that the work was being done at the Conservatory.

    What a jewel it will be again!

    Brian

  4. Larry Franzella on April 10th, 2009 8:49 am

    Francis,

    Thanks for the background on San Francisco’s Sunnyside Neighborhood. It is great to see the conservatory being redone; it had fallen into very poor condition. When I was in High School I worked for a company and we would harvest palms at the conservatory (it was under private ownership then) for churches to use on Palm Sunday. The neighborhood has remained a solid neighborhood with easy access to tansportation, shopping and other parts of the City.

    Larry

  5. michael monozon on April 10th, 2009 10:06 am

    Francis,what a nice story, I was born and have lived my whole life here in the bay area and knew nothing about Sunnyside. I wonder how many other people would say the same thing.
    Maybe an opportunity for more of us to share a little inside information about our favorite neighborhoods. Thank you for opening up that potential
    (have a HB)

  6. Adam Chinn on April 17th, 2009 4:23 pm

    Hi Francis,
    What a great story about Sunnyside neighborhood. I was unaware of the neighborhood but now I’m going to have to take a visit. Thanks for sharing.

Leave a Reply