Annex-Terrace Redevelopment Problems Persist
Mark Steensland The plan to rebuild the Potrero Annex and Terrace houseing complex began in 2005, as part of HOPE-SF, a collaboration between the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD)…
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Hill Resident Sews Gifts
Stephanie Lam Barbara Zerbe’s Potrero Hill garage is packed with embroidery machines. Zerbe owns Barbara’s Embroidery, which she operates from her Arkansas Street home. The 62-year-old relies on her Tajima machines to…
History Night at Pier 70
PV Staff The 26th annual Potrero Hill & Dogpatch History Night brought more than 350 attendees, the most ever, to the handsomely repurposed Building 12 at Pier 70 last month. At the…
Housing at Pier 70 Yet to Materialize
Jessica Zimmer New York City-based Brookfield Properties, which has a four-decade presence in the Bay Area, partnered with the Port of San Francisco to redevelop Pier 70 in 2017. In 2022 the…
Christopher’s Books A Neighborhood Bestseller
Alina Ferguson Christopher’s Books occupies a first-floor space in a gracious Victorian building on 18th Street that one hundred years ago housed a pharmacy called Wilsons. Traces of this past are imprinted…
Power Station Coming to Life
Over the past year, Associate Capital has installed elevators, painted interiors, and finished the exterior façade of the Sophie Maxwell building, aka “The Maxwell.” The 105-unit housing complex, located at…
The View Turns 55!
Damon Guthrie A brief overview of the last 55 years.
SF Parks Alliance’s Financial Malfeasance Wilts Greening Efforts
San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), a 53-year-old nonprofit that acted as a fiscal sponsor for roughly 90 neighborhood organizations devoted to parks and open spaces, ceased operations in June, amid…
SF Funeral Home Offers Cremation by Fire or Water
Rebekah Moan Pacific Interment Service, on Folsom Street, was founded by Francisco “Frank” Rivero in 1992, the year San Francisco experienced a peak in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related deaths, 1,641. “He cremated AIDS…
Sabine Strauch Makes Wearable Art
Mission Bay resident Sabine Strauch didn’t intend to get into jewelry-making. The 27-year-old started oil painting as a teenager. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University in…
“Grizzly” Goings-On at Mission Creek Park
In 2021, the San Francisco Arts Commission invited proposals to create pieces for the Mission Creek Park Extension Public Art Project. The idea was to suggest a focal sculpture, or…
Islais Creek Bridge to be Replaced
At 75 years old, the Islais Creek Bridge is overdue to be replaced. Located on Third Street between Cargo Way and Marin Street, the link connects the Dogpatch and Bayview…
Brewery Still at Anchor
Matthew Dobner More than a year after Anchor Brewing’s purchase by Hamdi Ulukaya – originator of Chobani and behind expansion of La Colombe Coffee – the 495 De Haro Street facility remains…
Multiple Resources Available to Improve Literacy
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) wants at least 70 percent of third grade students to read at grade level by the beginning of the 2027 academic year. Three…
Caltrain Railyard Transformation Project Planned
The plan for a 20-acre development, called “San Francisco Railyards” at Fourth and King streets, is steadily taking shape. The current concept features an 850-foot mixed-use tower. If constructed it’d…
Rec and Park Fined for Felling Community Trees
Tamala Motta A small crabapple and abundantly fruiting fig tree that bordered the Potrero Hill Community Garden – and served as a gathering place for Hill residents – were cut down last…
Parking Meters to be Installed at Indiana and Cesar Chavez Streets
Kamesh Darisipudi Parking pressures in Dogpatch continue to mount, especially during workdays. Over the past few years, the neighborhood has experienced traffic increases, largely due to travel associated with new multi-unit residences,…
Darlene Martin Retires as Starr King Elementary Principal
This month Darlene Martin retires as Starr King Elementary School principal, a position she held since 2016. From 2015 to 2016 Martin served as principal at International Studies Academy, a…
San Francisco Protest
The Trump Administration’s attacks on the federal government, immigrants, the national economy, and much else ratcheted up last month. In response, more than a half-million people gathered in St. Augustine,…
Twenty-Second Street Trail Stair Needs Additional Funds
Julie Christensen After a decade of effort, Potrero Hill resident Jennifer Serwer’s quest to build a trail stair on a rocky hillside on the Potrero Hill Recreation Center’s north edge has gained…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules for San Francisco in Water Quality Case
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled five to four in favor of the City in San Francisco v. EPA, holding that when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues…
Curbside Electric Vehicle Charging Pilot Proposed for Dogpatch
Municipal officials are asking Dogpatch and Duboce Triangle residents and businesses for advice about the best locations to mount curbside electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The installations would be part…
Critics Unhappy with Short Term Rentals at Project Artaud
When Project Artaud was founded in 1971 with the purchase of a 100,000 square foot building at 499 Alabama Street, it was envisioned as a community, a physical space where…
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Switching from Gas to Electricity Key Strategy to Reduce Carbon Emissions
It took a half-dozen years and tens of thousands of dollars, but Connecticut Street resident Lisa Ryers can now boast a fully electric, partially grid-independent home that costs less to…