On a quiet stretch of Missouri Street in early October, families at Daniel Webster (DW) Elementary attended a community meeting led by San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) communications team…
Hospitals are typically filled with sick adults, crying babies, anxious families murmuring amongst themselves, and nurses and doctors hurrying between patients. Yet, amongst humans, a visitor to Zuckerberg San Francisco…
The Dogpatch and Northwest (NW) Potrero Hill Green Benefit District (GBD) was founded in 2015 by residents who wanted more communal spaces in an area previously dominated by industrial uses.…
If you’re lucky, or work at it, the regularity of life is occasionally marked by transformative moments that create a bridge between dispirited endings and promising beginnings. Anna Hennessey’s immersive…
Aruna Lee launched Volcano Kimchi in 2014 after years of experimenting with vegan kimchi recipes, alongside other influences, including her Korean upbringing, PBS cooking shows, and YouTube videos. “When I…
For months Potrero Terrace-Annex tenants have been complaining about leaky roofs, broken radiators, and surging piles of trash and feces left unremedied by Eugene Burger Management Company (EBMC) – responsible…
Padel, a racquet game popularized in Mexico, is described as a mix of tennis and squash. The sport is sufficiently prevalent in South America that when Matias “Mati” Gandulfo arrived…
Founded in 1909 on a lot presently occupied by the Potrero Hill Public Library, for a time Daniel Webster (DW) Elementary School was one of the Hill’s three main schools,…
Potrero Hill was mostly used as pastureland by European settlers during the 19th Century. The earthquake and fire of 1906 triggered mass migration into the community from adjacent neighborhoods, including…
Mosaics on the wall, the sound of kids laughing and playing in the yard, a painted eagle, and a sign that says, “LOVE TO LEARN LEARN TOGETHER”. This is what’s…
Sirens and castaways, drag and modern dance, a shipwreck in a nightclub. We Build Houses Here, performed last May at Oasis, showcased each of these elements intermingling like tidal forces.…
Chaitanya Tondepu