Moshi Moshi Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
Jacob Bourne An anniversary celebration was held in July commemorating Moshi Moshi’s 30 years of serving Japanese cuisine at 2092 Third Street. Phil Atkinson, front house manager, said that staff from the…
September 2017
De Haro Street Home Expansion Concerns Neighbors
Last year, Ronaldo Cianciarulo distributed letters informing his neighbors about plans to expand the rear of his 825 De Haro Street residence, and invited them to his home to discuss…
Fire Station 37, Ready to Respond
Brett Yates San Francisco Fire Department’s Station 37 was built in 1914 at the corner of 22nd and Wisconsin streets, near the top of Potrero Hill. According to a local historian quoted…
Short Cuts
PV Staff Anchor’s Away! Anchor Brewing, which first launched 121 years ago, is being sold to Japan’s Sapporo Holdings Ltd. Anchor Distilling, which produces spirits, such as Junipero Gin and Old Potrero…
Letters to the Editor
Potrero View Staff Editor, Regarding the August “Publisher’s View,” please look up the words epitaph and epithet before you attempt to use one or the other! Mary Wasserman Former English teacher, Missouri Street
Publisher’s View: Fringe
Steven J. Moss In August my wife, Debbie, and I followed our daughter, Sara, to the Edinburgh Fringe, which by all accounts is the “world’s largest arts festival.” Sara was performing in Alice…
Potrero Hill’s Real Estate Market Remains Hot
Sam Arneson It’ll come as no surprise to San Franciscans that Potrero Hill’s real estate prices are as high as the community’s legendary hills. According to Claudia Siegel, of Zephyr Real Estate,…
Former Potrero Power Plant Site to Reemerge as Mixed-Use Development
The Potrero Power Plant, located on the Central Waterfront, and its predecessors supplied San Francisco with electricity from 1890 until the facility’s 2011 closure. Since then, the site has been…
Planning Commission Approves Carolina Street Project
At a discretionary review hearing held this past summer, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved renovation and expansion of a single-family residence, owned by Bill Canihan Jr., at 891 Carolina…
Pier 70 Shipyard Primed for a New Tenant
Rebekah Moan Pier 70’s shipyard, which shutdown last spring after 150 years of continuous operation, could have a new tenant by the end of the year. “Port Commission selection, award, and lease…
Pizza, Pancakes and Hot Chocolate Available on the Hill
Every time my Dad took me to Potrero Hill – to develop View articles, or hangout with friends – he wanted coffee. The deal between us was that before he…
Catholic Sisters Reflect on Work in 1980s Sanctuary Movement
Twentieth Street residents, Sister Kathleen Healy, 91, and Sister Lucia Lodolo, 78, who taught at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church starting in the mid-1960s, are spending their retirement years…
Missouri Street Resident Cares for Community Cats
When Maggie McCain, a University of California, San Francisco, operating room nurse, moved to Potrero Hill in 1993, she found a feral mother cat and four kittens living in the…
Jon W. Smith on his 65 years in the neighborhood at Potrero Hill History Night 2017
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project Jon W. Smith has most likely lived in the Potrero Annex-Terrace housing complex longer than anyone else. In 1952, he and his family landed at the Channel Projects, on Iowa…
Sanctioned Encampments a Success in Seattle
Chris Block and Steven J. Moss Faced with a similar emergence of widespread homeless encampments as San Francisco, the City of Seattle responded, in part, by allowing – “sanctioning” – a number of camps, so long…
Damon Guthrie Community Calendar: September 2017
9/1 through 9/29 – Family: New Parents Group Meet parents of up to one-year-olds, and learn about San Francisco’s baby-friendly assets. Enjoy a monthly expert talk or guest speaker. Snacks…
A Day in Dogpatch and Environs: September 2017
Parker Café, at 1399 18th Street, opened only a couple months ago, but already feels like it was supposed to be in the community all along. Its unassumingly trendy, modestly…
Obituary: Marie Aliena Goldman
Potrero View Staff Editorial Marie Aliena Goldman March 29, 2011 – July 22, 2017 Marie Aliena Goldman passed away on July 22, 2017, unable to overcome the injuries she sustained in an accident in…