Sailor and Mermaid: A Siren Song Silenced
Carol Peterson The perplexing question of what happened to sculptor Henri Marie-Rose’s infamous public statue, Sailor and Mermaid, remains unanswered after 44 years. Marie-Rose, a 58 year Potrero Hill resident who died…
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Common Soldiers: 1976
Janet Richards Ten years ago Charles and I bought a house on Potrero Hill, not far from Ferlinghetti’s. We were led here by a need we didn’t know we had for seclusion,…
Potrero Hill Exhibit Marks 60 Years of Art
Jim Van Buskirk This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition, reputedly the oldest annual art show in San Francisco. Various news accounts suggest that the show emerged sometime…
Ruth Goldhammer March 25, 1944 to January 19, 2014
PV Staff On her way to becoming a spectacular educator Ruth Goldhammer took to heart a mentor’s advice: paint your life in vivid colors, laugh mostly at yourself, and always keep learning.…
Susan Bruce O’Malley, 1976 to 2015
Susan Bruce O’Malley passed away on February 25th. She was just 38 years old. The Berkeley resident was nine months pregnant with baby girls, Lucy and Reyna, when she died.…
M. Joseph Schaller February 2, 1944 to March 15, 2015
Joseph was an iconoclast who loved Potrero Hill, where he lived since 1988. He was actively involved in the Potrero Hill Garden Club, and showed his photography at the Potrero…
University of California, San Francisco-Mission Bay Medical Center Opens
Sasha Lekach Just as the huge lettering on the glass tower at the end of 16th Street had promised for months, the University of California San Francisco-Mission Bay’s newest Medical Center opened…
Metal Workers on Strike at Trayer Engineering
Jessica Zimmer Since January 19, 2015, 22 members of Sheet Metal Workers’ (SMW) Local 104 have been on strike, forming a picket line outside Trayer Engineer-ing Corporation’s shop and offices at 898…
Car Sharing Programs Need to Share Public Parking Spaces, Say Merchants
As car sharing programs experi-ence an increase in demand, Potrero Hill and Dogpatch merchants are concerned that the public parking spots set aside for the services are negatively impacting their…
Transportation Agency to Paint 16th Street Red
Dan Shurley The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) wants to roll out more red paint for transit-only lanes, this time along 16th Street between Church and Third streets, carving out a…
Community Advocates Hope that 1601 Mariposa Development is Downsized
Nikolas Zelinski Related-California’s proposed 316-unit housing development at 1601 Mariposa Street has been subject to intense scrutiny by Grow Potrero Responsibly. Members of the Potrero Hill-based civic advocacy group are concerned about…
Community Group Proposes Alternative Design for Cor-O-Van Site
Keith Burbank Save the Hill continues to press for the Cor-o-Van site to be developed as an adaptive reuse project, with more of the existing buildings retained and repurposed. The community advocacy…
District 10 Supervisor Concerned About Public Safety
Ben Taylor Since winning her second term as District 10 Supervisor last November, Malia Cohen has pursued the same policy priority she initially put for-ward four years ago: public safety. She pointed…
Goat Hill Pizza Celebrates 40 Years of Pies
Kimberly Gomes Goat Hill Pizza has been satisfying Potrero Hill residents’ cravings for peperoni, cheese, and a myriad of other pizzas since 1975. But more than pro-viding lunch and dinner, patrons and…
New Website Makes Scheduling Children’s Activities Easy
Presidio Heights resident Su-zanne Felson wants to change the way parents book activities for their kids. Last month, the entrepreneur-ial mother of three launched Reso, a startup that aims to…
Website is a Digital Ally for Students with Learning Differences
Approx i mately 4.6 m i l l ion Americans, 2.25 million of whom are children, have a learning issue. Yet, one-third of parents of children with learning challenges don’t…
Taxi Driver Impressions, Potrero Hill Style
Enrique Martinez I drive a cab, and pass through Potrero Hill often. As a cabbie I’ve seen a lot: where people shop, their outbursts and frustrations, excitements, joys. I had one ride…
Thrillpeddlers Latest a French Jewel
On March 19 Thrillpeddlers opens its 2015 season with Jewels of Paris: A New Original Parisian Revue. According to the company, “Inspired by the artistic revolution erupting in Paris nearly…
The Hill is Alive with Beverages
When it comes to getting a drink on or around Potrero Hill there are many water holes to investigate. In Dogpatch, several bars are sprinkled around Third Street. On the…
Ricardo Perez 1973 – 2015
The Ramp restaurant lost a beloved bartender earlier this year. Ricardo Perez died January 17, 2015. He was 42. Born January 1, 1973 to Emilio Perez and Remedios Estevez in…