What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self?
Sara Moss Be silly and creative! Don’t let other people dim your light!Teresa, 55, on 20th Street To try harder in school; expose yourself when you’re younger and not to hold grudges.Steven,…
Editorial
War Interrupts an Internship
Like many of my generation, after I graduated from college I returned home to live with my parents. For the ensuing year and a half, I worked part-time at Grattan…
OP-ED: Television Ads
Paul McDonald My Dad hated to watch ads on TV. In the 1970’s he got a device called “Blab-Off,” a cord connected to the television that had an “on/off” toggle switch one…
Op-Ed: The Scales are Tipping in the Software Engineering Industry
Thomas Hunter II Employers and employees have always existed in a delicate equilibrium influenced by forces like supply and demand of the available workforce as well as societal factors. This equilibrium affects things…
What Dogpatch Can Teach Potrero Hill
PV Staff Late last year three families on my Potrero Hill block departed San Francisco. This exodus, part of a regular pulse of partings, isn’t just a matter of statistics; it’s a…
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…
A Study Abroad that Disrupted My Sense of Self
I knew going into the SIT Study Abroad program in South Africa last fall that I’d be one of two white undergraduates in a group of less than a dozen…
Popcorn
Rose Marie Ostler Almost every Sunday my mom, brother and I would go to the matinee at the New Potrero Theatre on 18th and Connecticut streets. We’d have our usual lunch of pasta,…
Letters to the Editor: December 2022
Editor, I saw “Proposed Bike Lane on 17th Street Hits Speed Bumps” in the October issue and wanted to write as a Potrero Hill resident to say that I strongly…
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…
Op-Ed: Let’s Stop Families from Leaving San Francisco
Margaret Timbrell I’ve spent my entire life in San Francisco, am raising my family in the Western Addition, with an art studio located at the Pacific Felt Factory on 20th Street. I…
Op-Ed: Git ‘R Done, Mr. President
While helping a friend build a retaining wall in his backyard to prevent water from seeping into the basement, Donald J. Trump’s slogans began to make sense. “Build the Wall!”…
OP-ED: Systematic Racism Goes Well Beyond Police Brutality
Kimberly Camp The Black Lives Matter movement may be the largest in American history. As many as 26 million people of all colors participated in marches sparked by the murders of George…
Bicycling Memories of Potrero Hill
Howard Isaac Williams Cycling Potrero Hill can demand more than a strenuous climb or two…or three. It can be an adventure, intended or not. I first discovered the Hill as a bike messenger…
Mobility Challenges Are Degrading San Francisco
Emily Hall I’ve come to terms with the loss of Dr. Video and The Daily Scoop, 18th Street stalwarts of yesteryear. But the way San Francisco has changed more recently reveals a…
Letters to the Editor
Lenny Anderson Editor, I just pulled up the View on the web as I was recounting my involvement in founding it in 1970 and there was an obituary for Ruth Passen. What…
More gratitude…
Potrero View Staff Editorial Forty-four years ago, Goat Hill Pizza opened its outpost in our then working-class, diverse, neighborhood, quickly becoming a beacon for good food, friends, and family. Since its launch it’s grown…
Letters to the Editor – April 2019
Editor, Your March article (“Other Neighborhoods Less Enthusiastic About Adopting Green Benefit District Model”), which stated that the San Francisco Department of Public Works provided $60,000 in funding for Inner…
OP-ED: Potrero Power Station Should be Developed as a Neighborhood Asset
Development of the 29-acre Potrero Power Station could bring much needed public services and shoreline access to our waterfront. And yet, no firm commitment to any specific community benefits that…
OP-ED: 2018 Election Thoughts
Kim Christensen I’m excited to see the A-Team of powerful women – London Breed, Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein, and Nancy Pelosi – representing San Francisco on the national stage. These experienced leaders,…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Apropos of “View Hopes to Make it to 50, and Beyond,” in the March issue, 48 years ago two women, Babette Drefky and Emma Fleming, were instrumental in writing…
View Article on Jackson Park Merits Corrections
Jason Barton Friends of Jackson Park appreciates the View’s coverage of efforts to improve our neighborhood park. Our design continues to evolve as we work hard to incorporate the many needs and…
Op-Ed: Golden State Warriors Should Have Shown Oakland More Respect
Allen Jones Golden State Warriors fans can claim bragging rights as supporting the “best team in the United States” for another year, after the squad’s takedown of the Cleveland Cavaliers for the…
OP-ED: Pier 70 Will Contribute to the Community
Susan Eslick In the more than 20 years I’ve lived and worked in Dogpatch I’ve seen a lot of housing, transportation and demographic changes. Through it alls the neighborhood has had a…
Letters to the Editor
Fred Raker I’m not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I know what that term means. But I’ve become increasingly aware that letters to the editor in liberal, East Coast newspapers are predominantly…