Rain, Soil Contamination, Delay Bayfront Park Opening
Jessica Zimmer Bayfront Park, 5.4-acres located between the Chase Arena and the Bay, is likely to open by the end of the year. Construction was delayed by the need to remove contaminated…
June 2024
Community Garden Gives City Dwellers a Place to Grow
PV Staff Situated at the corner of 20th Street and San Bruno Avenue, alongside a quaint red bench and picnic table, are 53 highly sought after urban garden plots encircled by a…
Esprit Park Expected to Reopen in September
Esprit Park is scheduled to reopen in September, roughly eight months after the completion date identified in the original renovation plans. According to San Francisco Recreation and Parks (RPD), rain…
Short Cuts
Assault Last month, a Potrero Hill resident was attacked inside Kansas Food Market, located at the corner of 23rd and Kansas streets. Kate Ryken, 45, was buying a bag of…
OP-ED: Dedicate Unused Small Public Parcels to Compact Residences
Daniel Idziak Owning a single-family home is an iconic American aspiration. Yet acquiring a house is prohibitively expensive to all but the wealthy, those in line to inherit property, or someone able…
“Split Incentives,” Lack of Price Transparency, Slow Pace of Debarbonization
Vishakha Patel A host of state laws have been adopted to reduce climate-modifying air emissions, accelerating the need to shift away from petroleum and natural gas and expand access to electrical appliances…
Clinic Provides Hemodialysis on Potrero Hill
Rohit Prasanna For more than a decade, the clinic located at 626 Potrero Avenue, at 18th Street, has provided hemodialysis to patients with kidney failure. Previously operating as Renal Advantage Incorporated, it…
The Park Market Returns to Crane Cove Park
Last month, The Park Market, an open-air food, music, and maker sooq, re-launched at Crane Cove Park, to be held on the last Saturday of the month through October. The…
What’s in Your Closet?
Steven J. Moss These photographs surfaced from my sister’s, Elise’s, closet. Though the linage is uncertain, in 1918 my Jewish great-great grandparents, Israel Moskovitz and Elka Aspis, lived in Kelse, Poland with their…
Community Calendar: June 2024
Now through 6/9 SundayFilm: San Francisco Documentary Film FestivalThis year’s festival offers 90 new films from the Bay Area and around the world with options to stream or enjoy in-person.…
Bob Hayes at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project Bob Hayes served as the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House’s photography teacher, operating from a cramped darkroom with donated chemicals and paper from the early-1970s until his death in 2006. Tall…