Climbing the Walls, on Third Street
Jenna Duncan Next door to the Museum of Craft & Design, on Third Street, Dogpatch Boulders offers a 20,500 square feet climbing gym, with 17-foot-high walls. The facility is inside an adapted…
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Long-time Hill Resident Matt Chanoff Publishes Book About Innovation
Rebekah Moan A Missouri Street resident for 31 years, Matt Chanoff describes himself as inquisitive, happy, and optimistic. He trained as an economist at Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C., and worked…
Building a Growth Mindset in Children: Three Strategies for Parents to Foster Resilience
Carrisa Romero I’m a parent of two children living in Dogpatch. A decade ago, I got my doctorate at Stanford University, under the guidance of Professor Carol Dweck, focusing on “growth mindset,”…
New Speed Bumps on Wisconsin Street
Terence Jones Last August signs were erected on Wisconsin Street that indicated parking would be prohibited for four days, with a permit reference to Yerba Buena Engineering. Residents were irritated by disruption…
Hill Resident Lucho Ramirez Nurtures Latino Film Festival
Lisa Ryers In 2008 Lucho Ramirez founded Cine+Mas SF, showcasing 15 independent films from the Spanish-speaking world. Today, the festival screens about 70 features a year, including eight short programs. Most of…
Two Days in Dogpatch
Dogpatch is a fun place to wander around and explore, with its numerous parks, green spaces, and clearly identified slow streets and walking paths. One place worth visiting, the Museum…
Ice Cream Returns to the Hill
Mike Lin Last month the awning at the former location of Dave’s Food Store on 20th and Connecticut streets sported new signage: Loard’s Ice Cream. The impending arrival of the parlor signaled…
Dogpatch, Mishpot, Mission Bay, and Potrero Hill Have Younger Populations, Newer Housing, More Renters
Potrero View Staff Dogpatch and Mission Bay are amongst the last neighborhoods to be settled in San Francisco. More than 50 percent of these communities’ housing stock was built in the 21st Century,…
Cafe Da Fonk!
Danny Pham Rising expenses, labor shortages, equipment failures, COVID hardships, and the impending sale of the 300 De Haro Street complex in which her bakery was located prompted Yasmin Points to close…
Port, Rec and Parks Assume Responsibility for 18 Mission Bay Parks
Jessica Zimmer Last month, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) and Port of San Francisco assumed maintenance and operation responsibilities for 18 Mission Bay parks. The more than 24 acres…
Day on the Green returns to Potrero Hill Recreation Center Park
The 2023 Day on the Green neighborhood celebration will be held on August 26 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Potrero Hill Recreation Center Park, 801 Arkansas Street.…
The Good Life Grocery Feeds Bernal Heights, Potrero Hill
Potrero Hill residents Kayren Hudiburgh and Lester Zeidman have long nurtured The Good Life Grocery, a natural foods store located at 1524 20th Street. Together, the duo weathered the COVID…
Neighborhood Leaders Nurture Civic Engagement
The View canvassed its readers to identify residents who volunteer to improve their community. Below we describe the efforts of some of these individuals; the paper welcomes nominations of others.…
Shipwrecked in San Francisco
Chaitanya Tondepu Sirens and castaways, drag and modern dance, a shipwreck in a nightclub. We Build Houses Here, performed last May at Oasis, showcased each of these elements intermingling like tidal forces.…
Bert Hsu Academy to Offer Kindergarten to Eighth Grade Classes in Potrero Hill
Vivien Wang Opening this fall, the Bertrand D. Hsu American & Chinese Bicultural Academy will offer “quality, rigorous, affordable and bicultural education” to kindergarten to eighth grade students. The school will be…
Starr King Elementary School Receives Mixed Reviews from Students
Laura Quiroga Starr King Elementary, located adjacent to Starr King Open Space, offers a Mandarin Dual Immersion (MI) program, two classes for each grade, and a General Education (GE) track. Roughly 360…
Institute of Contemporary Art Works to Interpret Cultural Moments
According to The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco’s (ICA SF) founding director, Ali Gass, the always-free, non-collecting museum was conceived amidst the depths of the pandemic and racial reckonings…
San Francisco’s Sexually Transmitted Infection Rates Lower than Southern Cities
Eric Welch While many cities have seen escalating numbers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) over the past few years, San Francisco has experienced only modest increases. According to Centers for Disease Control…
ACTCM Struggles to Do Right by Remaining Students
The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) was first established in 1980. In 2024 it’ll cease to exist. Acquired by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in 2015,…
Activist Works to Improve Dogpatch
Kai Zheng Donovan Lacy has lived in lots of places. Hailing from Lexington, Kentucky, he found Montreal too cold, Florida too warm. San Francisco was just right. He can’t imagine residing anywhere…
The Oldest Homes on the Hill
Odin Thien-An Marin According to the California Environmental Quality Act, buildings constructed more than 50 years ago that have architectural or historical significance may be considered potential historic resources. However, while many Potrero…
The Dogpatch Hub to Open this Year
Most any neighborhood would want a place like the Dogpatch Hub, “a communal space with no barriers to entry,” according to Friends of the Dogpatch Hub’s (FoDH) mission statement. Yet…
The Dogpatch Hub to Open this Year
Sara Powell Most any neighborhood would want a place like the Dogpatch Hub, “a communal space with no barriers to entry,” according to Friends of the Dogpatch Hub’s (FoDH) mission statement. Yet…
San Bruno Avenue Project Reconsidered as Affordable Housing
The proposed development of 1458 San Bruno Avenue has been paused while an undisclosed group in the Mission is determining whether they want to turn the project into a 100…
Art History on 18th Street
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project Many Potrero Hill and Dogpatch apartment complexes are products of a 1990s building boom. Between 1988 and 2000, 3000 live-work lofts, intended to provide artists with housing and workspace, were…