 September 2008Potrero Hill: Then and NowSan Francisco spent an intense nine years rebuilding itself after the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire. In 1915 it was ready to show the world that it was “the City that knows how” when it played host to the spectacularly popular Pan-Pacific International Exposition. Shortly thereafter the City turned its attention to other infrastructure tasks, such as grading and paving streets in “outlying” neighborhoods, Potrero Hill being one of them. This month’s photo shows a steam shovel snarling and grinding as it crunched its way along 20th Street between De Haro and Carolina streets in November 1915. The campanion photograph shows the same stretch of street today, looking serene and tidy. Last month Peter Linenthal and I delivered our second book about Potrero Hill to our publisher, Arcadia. The title is Then & Now: Potrero Hill and, if all goes well, it should be in your favorite book or grocery store before the end of the year. – Abigail Johnston, The Potrero Hill Archives Project. |
This Month's StoriesResidential Areas Exempt from Parking Meter Plan, According to MTA Official City Hopes America’s Cup Runneth Over Starr King Elementary Leads SF Schools in Improved Test Scores Southside a Center for Metal Harvesting History Lives on Wisconsin Street San Francisco Breweries Chug Water Dogpatch Hosts Design Residency Project Monte Cristo Club Serves-Up Salty Fish UCSF - Mission Bay’s Scientist Dave Morgan Studies Segregation Foreclosure Crises Lingers in Bayview Black Population Continues to Dwindle Bayview Foreclosure Fighters Take a Stand Radio Africa & Kitchen Puts Down Roots in Bayview Downtown High School Teaches Environmental Lessons San Francisco Firefighters Distribute Toys, Just Not Through Chimneys Hill Resident Publishes Book About Apple’s Post-Jobs Future Henry Joseph Judnick 1927 ~ 2011 On-going FeaturesCrime & Safety Report: Potrero Hill Resident Works Cases at District Attorney’s Office
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