potrero view

July 2008

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

The suggestion, which has been mentioned in several issues of the View, that 16th Street be designated as a university-oriented zone, focusing on student housing and services, should be given more thought before taking any action.  Housing for students is a “come and go” situation.  Students don’t stay long enough to have an interest in the neighborhood.  College students changed the atmosphere of Berkeley and Santa Cruz with their life style.

With the best weather in town, Potrero Hill is ideal for a family-oriented community, with plenty of open space not shaded by high rises.  Potrero Hill has more than its share of subsidized housing; other neighborhoods should do their share.

It would be a mistake to form a college area, while our elementary and middle schools go lacking.  A community the size of Potrero Hill should have schools for all age groups:  pre-schools, elementary, middle, high school, college, and adult education.  Potrero has the buildings, but the City chooses to use them for students from other areas.

I have seen what the medical profession has done to Parnassus Heights and I would not like to see it happen on Potrero Hill.  Some of you many have forgotten the destruction college students can cause when they do not get their own way.

Babette Drefke

Kansas Street

 

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