Noonan Building Artists Fishing for a Place at the Pier
Ben Taylor The Noonan Building, located on Pier 70, has served as an affordable work space, with inspiring surroundings, for San Francisco artists for more than 35 years. For most of that…
April 2015
High School Application Process Stressful
Ryan Bergmann Ask any parent of a teenager who was notified of what public or private high school in San Francisco offered them a spot last month about the application process. You’ll…
Lawsuit Halts Work on Mission Bay Loop
Keith Burbank Last month a California Appeals Court halted work on the Mission Bay Loop project, a Third Street T-line turnaround that’s planned for 18th, 19th and Illinois streets. The Loop would…
Publisher’s View: Art
PV Staff The Potrero View is San Francisco’s longest-running neighborhood newspaper. We’ll celebrate our 45th anniversary this August. Throughout its years, the View has had an ongoing commitment to and engagement with…
Short Cuts
Commercial Crime Last month four businesses in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill – Invention Hub, Poquito’s, Papito’s, and Chat’s Roasting Company – were burglarized, in Chat’s case for the seventh time…
Tall Tales about Military Bravery Disrespects the Troops
David Matsuda I did my best to avoid journalists like Brian Williams and Bill O’Reilly, as well as politicians such as U.S. Senator John McCain and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, when…
California College of the Arts Expanding its Canvas
Nikolas Zelinski California College of the Arts (CCA) students will soon get a respite from San Francisco’s high-priced housing market. The Panoramic, located at 1321 Mission Street, is set to open in…
Gurdjieff Society Mounts Exhibitions on Harmonics
Rebekah Moan The “Harmonics of Unity” exhibition by the San Francisco Gurdjieff Society, held this month at two Potrero Hill locations, presents an overview of the interactions of art, science, and religion…
Project Artaud: An Artists’ Village in San Francisco
Project Artaud – pronounced Ar-toe – on 499 Alabama Street is an artists’ village/cooperative/collective. Technically, the project is a nonprofit, but “nonprofit” doesn’t capture the undertaking’s essence, which is hard…
Workshop Cooperates to Make Prints
Sasha Lekach Behind a set of bright yellow doors on the third floor of the American Industrial Center (AIC) is a room filled with printmaking equipment: four etching presses, two litho presses,…
Creativity Explored in Potrero Hill
Kimberly Gomes In a neighborhood known for its concentration of artists Creativity Explored fits right in. The fine art studio, located on Arkansas and 16th streets, works with artists who have developmental…
Fused Space Shows Designed Art
Occupying fuseproject’s lobby, the Fused Space gallery, now in its second year, hosts new art shows every two to four months, with a focus on exploring the overlap between art…
Curiosity Drives Artist Wanxin Zhang
Wanxin Zhang considers his art to be a question, not an answer. That quiet curiosity is evident not only in his sculptures, but his demeanor. Zhang’s personality and artist sensibility…
Artist Robert Bechtle Makes the Hill his Home
Jessica Nemire Born in San Francisco in 1932, raised in Alameda, artist Robert Bechtle has lived most of his 82 years in the Bay Area. He received his Bachelor and Master of…
Art Part of Healing, Design at UCSF Medical Center
With the opening of the $1.5 billion UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay earlier this year came hundreds of art installations throughout and outside the facility’s three buildings. Complementing the…
Hill Collector Curates Provocative Art
Steven J. Moss You never know what might be behind a front door or garden gate in Potrero Hill. Indoor swimming pools, high-tech lighting arrays, lavish tropical gardens, elevators, dungeons, and hand-hewn homes…
Hill Fosters Generations of Artists
Jan Padover grew-up in the Potero Hill of the 1960’s, a close-knit, creative community. The neighborhood was a magnet for bohemians and artists drawn by its affordability. Padover was raised…
Sailor and Mermaid: A Siren Song Silenced
Carol Peterson The perplexing question of what happened to sculptor Henri Marie-Rose’s infamous public statue, Sailor and Mermaid, remains unanswered after 44 years. Marie-Rose, a 58 year Potrero Hill resident who died…
Common Soldiers: 1976
Janet Richards Ten years ago Charles and I bought a house on Potrero Hill, not far from Ferlinghetti’s. We were led here by a need we didn’t know we had for seclusion,…
Library News
Jenny Scholten Programs for Adults Digital Drop In: Have questions about how to download eBooks to your device or how to use the library’s databases to read magazines, research genealogy, and more?…
Potrero Hill Exhibit Marks 60 Years of Art
Jim Van Buskirk This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition, reputedly the oldest annual art show in San Francisco. Various news accounts suggest that the show emerged sometime…
Community Calendar
Saturdays in April, Family: Drop In Activities at Randall Museum The Randall’s exhibitions are open all day, with special hours for the Golden Gate Model Railroad exhibit, from 10 a.m.…
Homeless Man’s Attorneys Demand More Deputies Be Prosecuted in Beating Case
A legal team for a homeless man allegedly beaten at San Francisco General Hospital by a San Francisco Sheriff’s deputy is demanding that three more deputies be prosecuted for the…
Ruth Goldhammer March 25, 1944 to January 19, 2014
On her way to becoming a spectacular educator Ruth Goldhammer took to heart a mentor’s advice: paint your life in vivid colors, laugh mostly at yourself, and always keep learning.…
Susan Bruce O’Malley, 1976 to 2015
Susan Bruce O’Malley passed away on February 25th. She was just 38 years old. The Berkeley resident was nine months pregnant with baby girls, Lucy and Reyna, when she died.…