My Gym’s Dogpatch Location Shuts Down
J. Eric Miller My Gym’s Dogpatch location, which offered fitness classes for children from six months to six years-old, permanently closed at the end of last year. Part of a franchise that has…
January 2020
Decathlon Opens Outlet at the Potrero Center
Judy West Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, opened an outlet at Potrero Center last fall. It’s the French merchants’ third Bay Area location, joining a large Emeryville store…
San Francisco Flower Mart May be Planted Southside
Steven J. Moss Proposals to relocate the 115,000 square foot San Francisco Flower Mart to 901 16th Street and 1200 17th Street, known as the “Corovan” site, or to Indiana Street between Cesar…
Publisher’s View: Affordability Trap
My wife, Debbie, and I often marvel at the steady stream of airline mileage points we collect just because we purchase items through our credit cards. The freebie enables us…
Related California Builds Affordable Housing Alongside Market-Rate Units
Emily Hall Over the past decade and a half Potrero Hill has become denser and more lux. The latest development wave may have started in 2007, when Whole Foods moved into a…
San Francisco’s Only Scuba Diving Shop to Relocate
Rebekah Moan Al Giddings first opened Bamboo Reef, a scuba diving shop located at Fourth and Brannan streets, in 1961. Ten years later Sal Zammitti bought the store. In 2016 father and…
Community Calendar – January 2020
PV Staff 1/4/20 Saturday through 1/19/20 SundayFamily: Complimentary Ice Skating LessonsLearn from professional skate instructors, offered to those over three years-old, skate rental included. Reservations required, available one week in advance. Limited…
Not a Canine, Though Perhaps a Patch, Definitely a Neighborhood
Steven Herraiz Dogpatch, once thought of as Potrero Hill’s ugly stepsister, not long ago emerged as San Francisco’s up-and-coming neighborhood. The area is in the midst of a growth spurt the likes…
Letters to the Editor
Potrero View Staff Editorial Editor, I live at 19th and Mississippi streets. Ganim’s is at 18th and Mississippi. Don’t let Damon Guthrie write any other comic strips without proofreading them. In the December issue…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff Murder One woman is dead, another in custody, after a stabbing last month that occurred on the 1400 block of Kansas Street, according to the San Francisco Police Department. The…