In June, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released a revised proposal for a 17th Street Quick-Build Project, which’d rely on non-permanent materials, thereby shortening construction times and cutting costs. The new plan calls for a protected bike lane, buffered from the roadway by offset parking paths from the curb known as “floating parking”,…
The View canvassed its readers to identify individuals who volunteer their time to make a positive difference in their community, some of whom are described in this article. The paper welcomes nominations of others. Katherine Doumani serves as the Dogpatch Neighborhood Association (DNA) executive committee president, elected to the role in 2019 and 2022. She’s…
Amidst the pandemic numerous curbside parklets appeared along 18th Street, providing restaurants with a vital lifeline and customers the ability to dine al fresco. The emergency Shared Spaces program enabled eateries to occupy sidewalks and parking spaces, allowing them to remain open. Last April, Shared Spaces became a permanent municipal program. Under new guidelines, some…
Eugene Burger Management Corporation (EBMC) is mismanaging the Potrero Annex-Terrace and Sunnydale housing complexes, according to a San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) report. Located around 26th and Connecticut streets, the Annex-Terrace complex encompasses roughly 600 housing units with nearly 1,300 residents, 43 percent of whom are Black. Mostly consisting of standalone three-story rectangular structures…
Vermont Cleaners, located at 600 Vermont Street, has been in Benson Xu’s family since 1986. The business has survived an earthquake, recessions, and multiple robberies. Now as the building in which it’s housed is being seismically retrofitted, the venture faces an uncertain future. Built in 1917, the almost 10,000 square feet multi-family building is being…
Fewer animals are being adopted from San Francisco Animal Care & Control (SFACC) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 and 2022, 1,354 and 1,248 found a home, compared to 1,761 in 2019. The number of animals brought to SFACC has also declined, to 4,391 in 2021, 5,257 in 2022, compared with 5,608…
Two new members were elected to the Starr King Open Space board of directors last month. Justin Briggs and Daniel Rozynski will each serve three-year terms, with the opportunity to run for a second time. Drew Patterson was reelected for a second period. Briggs is from Massachusetts. He moved to Potrero Hill in 2012, where…
Located at 1409 Minnesota Street, Impulse Labs launched last fall with an ambitious mission: to make it easier to electrify homes with better appliances. The goal originated as part of Chief Executive Officer Sam D’Amico’s quest to build the perfect indoor pizza oven. “I was fixated with making an insane pizza oven; one that could…
At the end of March, Deanna Borbon and René Felbermayr packed a U-Haul to move to Los Angeles with their two small children and left it parked on Texas Street between 19th and 20th streets. In the early hours the next night, thieves stole the vehicle, which contained all the family’s belongings, as well as…
Amateur and professional artists alike will have a chance to showcase their work at the Annual Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition hosted by the Potrero branch library. First launched in 1955, this year’s show will feature roughly 50 pieces from artists associated with the neighborhood through work, worship, residency, or education. Each piece is no more…
Residents of southeastern neighborhoods are frustrated by chronic municipal neglect of unaccepted streets, public right-of-ways also known as “dirt” or “paper” roads. These pathways may be narrow, have rough surfaces, and lack sidewalks or curbs. Unaccepted streets were created in the 19th Century when San Francisco was first occupied by European-Americans. Property owners would submit…
Downtown High School’s four-year graduation rates compare favorably to the San Francisco Unified District’s (SFUSD) average rates for the 2021-2022 cohort, while San Francisco International High School’s fell short. However, San Francisco International High School’s grads received more recognitions related to multilingualism and command of multiple subject areas than Downtown High School. The schools are…
For almost a decade, residents have advocated for development of staircases from the point where 22nd Street turns onto Texas Street, next to The Landing at 1395 22nd Street, past the Potrero Hill Recreation Center, ending at the park entrance on 801 Arkansas Street. An abbreviated stairway at 22nd and Texas streets currently runs past…
Late last year, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) awarded a $33.7 million grant to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to renovate space at The Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFGH) for new inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care facilities catering to pediatric patients up…
Located near the corner of Fourth and Berry streets, Mission Bay library—which opened on July 8, 2006—is the San Francisco Public Library’s (SFPL) youngest branch. With almost 36,000 visits last year, it issues the most new library cards in the system, averaging about 300 passes a month, compared to roughly 50 at other branches. Patrons…
The Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District (GBD) holds board elections this month. There are five open seats, all for three-year terms. Three are set aside for Dogpatch property owners, one for a Dogpatch tenant, one for a green space advocate. None of the seats are in the GBD’s NW Potrero Hill section. …
Last year, three public schools located on Potrero Hill grappled with distressing levels of chronic student absenteeism. In 2022, 39 percent of students at Daniel Webster Elementary School, 29 percent of Starr King Elementary School students, and 32 percent of San Francisco International High School students missed at least 18 days of school. Starr King…
The brick building with black columns at 312 Connecticut Street, just up the slope from Goat Hill Pizza, has an unusual history and an uncertain future. For the last 30 years it’s been home to the San Francisco Gurdjieff Society, which bought it in 1993 for $280,000, and has been making extensive renovations ever since.…
Late last year, the Financial District’s office occupancy was at 42 percent of pre-pandemic levels, according to data from Kastle Systems, with a 26 percent vacancy rate. The cratering of the once vibrant economic node has spurred municipal agencies – the Office of Economic Workforce and Development (OWED) and Planning Department – to float possible…
Early this year, Friends of Jackson Park (FoJP) and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) will seek RPD Commission approval of a proposed park redesign. The step follows San Francisco Planning Department endorsement of the plan to restore and relocate the historic clubhouse based on California Environmental Quality Act review. FoJP will launch…
The San Francisco Bay Area continues to host a steadily growing hive of dispersed diesel generators; those low buzzing big boxes located at internet server farms, hospitals, police stations, and, during festivals, Golden Gate Park. In 2019, roughly 6,500 backup generators, known as “BUGs,” were littered across the region, able to produce a collective 3.8…
By 2100, sea levels are expected to rise by four to seven feet along the stretch of Bay from Fisherman’s Wharf to Heron’s Head Park. If left unchecked, the rising waves will pollute drinking water with salt and other contaminants, flood buildings, homes, and infrastructure, and inundate roads, parks, and open space. The Port of…
Therapists in Potrero Hill and Dogpatch are helping their clients cope with a new set of issues after a rocky few years of COVID. In addition to perennial problems of holiday stress, depression, and generalized anxiety, patients are nervous about social situations and worried that they’ll be laid off, given downsizing in the tech industry…
The San Francisco Wholesale Flower Market will reopen in Potrero Hill “well before the end of 2023,” according to Mike Grisso of Kilroy Realty Corporation, which owns both the Market’s existing and new sites. “They had the option of remaining at Sixth and Brannan in a new facility but chose instead to move to Potrero…