Building on Our Mistakes: Sinking Sidewalks in Mission Bay
Julie Zigoris Mission Bay sidewalks continue to sink, a challenge that could point to greater problems than twisted ankles and scraped knees. “People fall a lot,” said Brian L. who has worked…
January 2022
Potrero Annex-Terrace Residents Concerned About Break-Ins, Other Issues
Jessica Zimmer Potrero Annex-Terrace residents are concerned that Bridge Housing and the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) aren’t responding to problems plaguing the public housing complex. Among the identified issues are empty…
Progress Made with Esprit Park Redo Planning, with Lingering Concerns About Dogs
The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s (RPD’s) renovation of 1.8-acre Esprit Park, located at 19th and Minnesota streets, includes controversial plans to create a partially fenced, partly artificially turfed,…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff 10 Townsend At a December 2021 San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency meeting the #10 Townsend bus was tentatively approved to partially return this Spring. The revised route will run from…
OP-ED: Hidden Hazards at 300 De Haro Street
Alison Heath Last year DM Development invoked Senate Bill (SB) 35 to request streamlined review of its 11-story, 450-unit project proposed at 300 De Haro Street. Last month it was quietly entitled…
Well-Educated Candidates Vie for Assembly Seat
Lee Stuart Last fall, Mayor London Breed appointed then State Assemblymember David Chiu to be San Francisco City Attorney, filling the seat vacated by Dennis Herrera, who Breed selected to head the…
La Scuola Sites New Campus in the Mission
Rebekah Moan According to Head of School Valentina Imbeni, PhD., Italian-immersion La Scuola is delighted with its new campus in the Mission, but would’ve preferred to have stayed in Dogpatch, where its…
SFPUC Commissioner Sophie Maxwell Encourages More Activism
Michael Feliciano Former District 10 Supervisor, Sophie Maxwell, spends most mornings at Lake Merced, enjoying the scenic views and natural landscape that surrounds it. The lake, which now serves as an emergency…
FINDING JOY AROUND POTRERO HILL December 2021
Odin Thien-An Marin Members of the Bay Area group, The Towns Band, unload gear for an evening performance at Bottom of the Hill, which reopened in mid-August 2021 Skaters outside Deluxe on Mississippi…
Community Calendar: January 2022
PV Staff In-personNow through Tues 2/1Art: “Entwined” “Entwined,” an illuminated forest created by Charles Gadeken, is a whimsical wonderland where visitors can explore twisting paths, colorful trees to sit under, large flowering…
Obituraries
Chris PuccinelliAugust 15, 1948 – December 2, 2021 Chris Puccinelli was born August 15, 1948. She was a native San Franciscan and spent her entire life in the City. She…