Homeless Concentrating Near Freeways
Rebekah Moan “It’s not a lack of compassion, it’s a lack of action,” said San Bruno Avenue resident Gregg Stauffer, about the City’s homeless problem. Stauffer, along with other Hill residents, is…
March 2016
Mariposa Park Set to Open
Kayci Weaver When it opens this spring, a stroll around Mariposa Park will reveal a gorgeous new member of the Mission Bay Parks System – a linked walkable green space circuit –…
Water Taxis Want to Expand Fleets, Add Landing Sites
Jessica Zimmer The City’s two water taxi operators, which launched Port-sanctioned service in 2012, are profitable enough to want to increase the size of their fleets and number of landing sites this…
Southside SF Growth Continues with New Developments
Jacob Bourne Development activity continues in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill, with the modern style and amenities associated with new residential projects steadily eroding the industrial vibe of yesteryear. Adam Gould, Potrero Dogpatch…
Publisher’s View: Fairytales
Steven J. Moss Numerous tales told over many centuries tell of enchanting creatures that used to roam the earth. Ogres, faeries, and dwarfs continue to animate modern-day narratives, in such books and films…
Short Cuts
PV Staff Pier 70 Restored The high-end home furnishing retailer Restoration Hardware will move into Pier 70 next year, the sprawling redevelopment project that’s transforming 66 acres of waterfront land east of…
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Adopts Interim Design Controls
Alyse Dinapoli Last month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation that requires the San Francisco Planning Commission to ensure developers consider a number of design features before a large…
NextKids Closes; Urban Recess Remains
Claire Botsy Less than three years after it opened, earlier this winter Potrero Hill’s NextKids/NextSpace closed its doors. According to Diana Rothschild, NextSpaces’ chief executive officer and NextKids’ founder, the quasi-preschool was…
College of Culinary Arts to Close Amidst Financial Loss and Fraud Scandal
Hannah Rubin The Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, a San Francisco-based cooking school founded in 1977, announced late last year that it’ll no longer accept new students, and will shutter…
DigiPuppets Inhabit Potrero Hill
Guest Contributor It started when a whimsical gift from Peru encountered a serious academic challenge at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Dan Clay, enrolled in the masters of business administration program…
Nabe Continues to Struggle Financially
Bethany Edstrom As the View reported last October, the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House – known as the “Nabe” – has suffered from severe funding cuts over the past several years. At the…
“Monster Homes” Pit Neighbors Against One Another
With average square footage home prices hovering at $1,100 in Potrero Hill, property owners have a rich incentive to max-out expansions, extensions, and construction of new structures. High demand and…
One Block
Susan Eslick ONE BLOCK highlights the people and places of a particular block. Modest stipends are available to Dogpatch, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, Showplace Square, and South-of-Market residents who’d like to profile…
Playground Takes over Thick House
Jim Van Buskirk Thick House opened in 1996 in the Goodman 2 live-work building. In the two decades since, the 78-seat, simple, unadorned performance space, owned by the nonprofit Art Space Development Corporation…
Despite Rapid Change, Love for Community Lingers
Evan Rivera-Owings On a sunny day in Potrero Hill – a neighborhood with more than its share of sunshine in a more often foggy city – cafes and open spaces tend to…
The Changing Hill
Greg Roensch I’ve been a Potrero Hill resident for eleven years. Before that, I lived near Glen Park, and before that in the Sunset, where my grandparents owned a house with a…
Library News
Jenny Scholten Programs for Adults Holiday Harp Concert with TriskelaPaper and Light Tinkering: Make electrical circuits on a piece of paper. Sign up by calling 415.355.2822 or stop by the branch. This…
Potrero Hill Library Storytime: A Family Affair
A neighborhood mainstay for more than sixty years, the Potrero Branch Library has literally measured its popularity over the decades, celebrating its one millionth patron in January. One barometer of…
Carpet Chronicles III
Paul McDonald I had a morning call at a waterfront home in Tiburon. There were six cars parked in the driveway. Three were under covers – two vintage Ferraris and a BMW…
Community Calendar
Through April 8 Community: Free Tax Prep The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, in partnership with the San Francisco Housing Corporation and the United Way of the Bay Area, will provide…
Gold, Chapter Eight
“So, what have we here?” Pete exclaimed. Pete had encountered Justin, trailed by Nash, Stephanie, and Jordan, just inside The Connecticut Yankee’s short corridor entryway, next to a wooden shelving…
Crime and Safety Report
More than 30 years have passed since photographer Barbara Martz was robbed, raped and knifed to death in her home near 25th and Texas streets. In late-January a jury convicted…