Annex Demolished
Mark Steensland Potrero Annex’s demolition is finally underway, a major turning point in the site’s slow crawl toward the rebirth promised by HOPE SF when it was launched nearly 20 years ago.…
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Vacant Pennsylvania Avenue Lot to Become Affordable Housing
Alice Finno A 249 Pennsylvania Avenue lot may soon be developed into affordable housing, accommodated within a structure rising nine stories that features 124 units, including 38 studios, 15 one-, 36 two-,…
Tired of ‘Entitled’ Dog Owners, Neighbor Launches Dog-Tracking Website
Rebekah Moan Dogs are beloved companions for many people. But there are places where they aren’t allowed under San Francisco Park Code and Health Code, such as Jackson Playground’s athletic fields. Despite…
Big Art Loop
Taylor Snowberger The Big Art Loop, a 34-mile trail encircling San Francisco that links more than 100 artworks, was launched by the Siljbrandij Foundation two years ago. The route includes the eastern…
District 10 Supervisor Q&A
PV Staff The View asked three top contenders running for District 10 Supervisor to respond to a series of questions. Their answers are being published in the April, May, and July issues.…
Landsharks on Goat Hill
Jesse Dee If you’re driving on Potrero Hill this summer and a kid passes you by like they just got shot out of a cannon, you’re not hallucinating. The world’s fastest skateboarders…
SF Public Utilities Commission Operations Center Being Constructed on Marin Street
Jessica Zimmer The large steel infrastructure taking shape at 2000 Marin Street, between Evans Avenue and Interstate 280, will ultimately host San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Water Divisions’ Operations Center, replacing the…
Potrero Terrace and Annex Needs New Master Developer
After nearly two decades serving as lead developer of Potrero Terrace and Annex reconstruction, BRIDGE Housing Corporation (BHC) wants a new master developer to manage future phases. According to Anne…
Cruise Ship Visits Limited by Emissions Requirements, Market Demand
The biggest factor determining whether a cruise ship stops in San Francisco isn’t its size or passenger capacity, but its emissions. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) requires vessels to…
District 10 Supervisor Q&A
The View asked three top contenders running for District 10 Supervisor to respond to a series of questions. Their answers are being published in the April, May, and July issues.…
Dolores Park and Silver Terrace Playground Beset with Afterhours Noise
Steven J. Moss An analysis of 2025 calls to 311, San Francisco Police Department, and Department of Parks and Recreation revealed that Dolores Park, in the Mission, and Silver Terrace Playground, in the…
Martin de Porres House of Hospitality
Tamala Motta Martin de Porres House of Hospitality, referred to simply as Martin’s by many, serves free lunch Monday through Saturday between noon and 2 p.m., and offers shower facilities. The nonprofit…
Potrero Center Isn’t Pretty, But Seems to Work
S Anne Steinberg Potrero Center may be one of San Francisco’s least Instagram-worthy sites. The shopping center, the architecture of which appears to have been teleported straight from a 1990s-era suburb, features seven…
Number of Electric Vehicle Chargers in San Francisco Exceeds Number of Gasoline Pumps
Rohit Prasanna There are about 30,000 plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) registered in San Francisco, roughly seven percent of the automobile population. The switch from gasoline- to electricity-powered cars has increased demand for…
Magazines Served Alongside Coffee, Ceramics
Once ubiquitous, particularly Downtown, the number of newsstands in San Francisco has decreased precipitously with the onset of the internet age. But a handful of magazine sellers have refused to…
Crowded Starting Line in Race for District 10 Supervisor
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is comprised of 11 seats, each representing a geographical slice of the City. Supervisors serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered. This year voters will…
Man Creates Bloody Mess on Potrero Hill
Thomas Hunter II On Thursday, December 18, at around 2 p.m., a woman parked her sports utility vehicle on Connecticut Street, just south of 17th Street, to take laundry out of the trunk.…
Work to Begin on 22nd Street Staircase
Lanier Construction will begin building a long-planned-for 22nd Street staircase this month, replacing a steep dirt trail on a hillside between Missouri and Connecticut streets, north of Potrero Hill Recreation…
Props 2C: “Your Imagination is What We Carry in Stock”
Tony Rivera, owner and operator of Props 2C, has been in the custom art business, creating larger than life props for special events, for almost three decades. “Your imagination is…
Minnesota Street Grove Reopens as Urban Oasis
Danny Pham A renovated Minnesota Street Grove reopened last summer. The green space, tucked between 24th and 25th streets, is largely the creation of community efforts. “This redevelopment and reopening has been…
Pier 68 to be Used to Dock Recreational Vehicles
District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton’s condemnation of a municipal plan to store towed recreational vehicles (RVs) at Pier 68 was the first time many Dogpatch residents heard about the idea.…
Daniel Webster to Continue General Education Track, for Now
Chaitanya Tondepu 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…
Goat Hill Pizza Turns 50, the Pizza Remains Fresh
On November 16, 2025, Goat Hill Pizza turns a half-century old. When five friends – Joel and Loris Lipski, Karen Clark (Monely), Ruthann Dickinson, and Philip (Phil) DeAndrade – first…
Y Combinator Draws Techies to Dogpatch
Dogpatch, Mission Bay, Mission Creek, and Potrero Hill have emerged as San Francisco’s latest technology node. Uber re-located to Mission Bay in 2021. OpenAI, situated in Mission Creek since 2015,…
More than $20 Million Spent Annually to Maintain Street Trees, Fix Sidewalks
Prior to 2016, property owners shouldered most of the responsibility for caring for San Francisco’s 125,000 street trees; plants growing in “basins” cut-out from the sidewalk. That changed with passage…
