View Hopes to Make it to 50 — and Beyond
Steven J. Moss Forty-eight years ago, a group of Potrero Hill residents – artists, labor union activists, peaceniks – published Hills and Dales, a fledgling newsletter to inform neighbors about goings-on, and possibly…
March 2018
Leno Says He’ll Follow a Collaborative Approach to a Better San Francisco
Jacob Bourne In the wake of Mayor Ed Lee’s unexpected passing in December, a special mayoral election will be held on June 5, with the winner occupying the post until 2020. One…
Green Benefit District Holds Election for Board of Directors Seats
Green Benefit District is a quasi-government organization directed by a board of elected Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill residents to help maintain and expand the area’s parks and greenery. The…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff Editorial Food The San Francisco Police Department is fielding foot patrols at Jackson Playground… The proprietors of Pera Restaurant are now running the eatery located just around the corner, Papito, as…
Letters to the Editor – March 2018
Potrero View Staff Editor, The February piece the View ran in its Short Cuts section about Tacolicious’s new no-straw initiative was great, but it didn’t tell the whole story. You state that we’ve…
San Diego Appears to Shelter More Homeless Faster, and at Lower Cost, than San Francisco
Chris Block and Steven J. Moss Last fall, the late Mayor Ed Lee announced that this winter San Francisco would help an additional 1,000 homeless people secure shelter. However, according to Jeff Kositsky, head of the…
City Finalizes Central Waterfront Plan
Michael Iacuessa Last month, the San Francisco Planning Department released a final version of the Central Waterfront Public Realm Plan, reflecting an 18-month effort to synthesize municipal and neighborhood land use aspirations…
22nd Street Green Connection Project Underway
Jessica Zimmer In January, Bauman Landscape and Construction, Inc., a contractor for the Department of Public Works (DPW), began work on the “22nd Street Green Connection” project, a collection of improvements intended…
Islais Creek Being Studied for Climate Change Resilience
Enlarging Islais Creek by 300 acres, moving the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant to the waterfront, and turning Interstate-280 into a pedestrian sky park are among the ideas being considered by…
Proposal to Redevelop Kansas Street PDR Building
A showroom and retail building located at 300 Kansas Street, on Potrero Hill’s northern end, may be transformed into a modern structure, if a preliminary proposal moves forward. Developer Group…
No Self-Service Laundry Facilities on Potrero Hill
Potrero Hill Coin Laundry went out of business last fall, ending 18 years of laundromat service. Its departure from a central location in the neighborhood, at 1310 18th Street, leaves…
La Fleur Hair & Nail Spa Flowers on Potrero Hill
“I make people beautiful. When they’re happy, I’m happy,” said Teresa Do, owner of La Fleur Hair & Nail Spa, on 20th Street. Do, who immigrated from Ho Chi Minh…
Love Dogpatch
Last month’s “Love Dogpatch” event showcased the neighborhood’s many homegrown attractions. Photos: Laura ODonovan.
Education Scholarships Available from Neighborhood House
Last year, the View reported on a Honey’s of the Hill calendar fundraiser spearheaded by Lorys Crisafulli, Dorene Cotter and Sally Taylor, Potrero Hill Neighborhood House Senior Lunch program participants.…
Why Us?
“Why humanity? Not whence we nor whither we, but why we?” asks the back cover of The Harmonics of Unity, a new book by Harold Terry Lindahl. The volume deploys…
Library News: March 2018
PV Staff From Potrero Branch Manager, Genevieve Feldman Family Programs Movie and a Meal In partnership with the Potrero Hill Family Support Center (PHFSC), we’ll present a family-friendly film, and PHFSC will…
Community Calendar: March 2018
Now through 3/3 — Fashion: Goorin Brothers Sample Sale Goorin Bros., a fourth-generation, family-owned San Francisco-based company of bold hat makers, hosts a three-day sample sale at the company’s Howard…
Dancing the Tango in Dogpatch
Rebekah Moan Perhaps Dogpatch’s best-kept secret is the Thursday night Argentine Tango class, taught at Christy Coté’s 701 Minnesota Street home studio. For the last four years, Coté has facilitated what some…
View Kids’ Photo Contest – March 2018
This month's winner of the View's Kids' Photography Contest is De Haro Street resident, Daphne Coplon, 11. Daphne took this photograph in Lake Tahoe on February 18, 2018. She’s a…