Annex-Terrace Redevelopment Problems Persist
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)…
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)…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
A brief overview of the last 55 years.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Photos: Alex Mangot
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…