Native Plants Can be Found Throughout Potrero Hill
Lorraine Sawicki Spring can bring fresh feelings of joyful growth. Although allergies can be triggered, the season bursts with flowers and fruits of many shapes and sizes. Some plants have been in…
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The History Issue
PV Staff The Potrero View’s special History Issue in April features a cover showcasing Alison Pebworth’s map of the Phantom Coast and images of our neighborhood’s rich manufacturing and shipbuilding history. We…
Starring Potrero Hill
Jim Van Buskirk Potrero Hill has starred in dozens of feature films, television shows, and commercials over the last fifty plus years, capturing our photogenic corner of the City, as well as inadvertently…
Potrero Hill Resident Interested in Sounds
Mark Steensland Andrew Roth fell in love with sound more than four decades ago, when he was eight years old. His doctor dad would drive him from their North-of-Market neighborhood to Tower…
Historic Buildings and Their Stories
THE RICHARD’S HOUSE, 301 PENNSYLVANIA AND BETHLEHEM SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION. HOSPITAL, 331 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE The Italianate Victorian at 301 Pennsylvania, at 18th Street, is one of Potrero Hill’s oldest mansions, built…
Green Benefit District Holds Election
Jessica Zimmer The Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District (GBD) has its annual board elections this month, in advance of a year in which the organization will work to convince…
Farley’s: 35 Years of Brewing Community in Potrero Hill
Vishakha Patel In the heart of Potrero Hill, where the city’s pulse beats a little differently, Farley’s is celebrating a remarkable milestone; 35 years of serving up not just java, but a…
Intergenerational Makerspace Opens in Potrero Hill
Vivien Wang This month Sequoia Fabrica – featuring a wood and textile workshop, 3D printers and laser cutter, electronics, crafts and fine arts stations – opened at 1736 18th Street. Co-founders Max…
Daniel Webster Grapples with Educational Equity
Chaitanya Tondepu Founded in 1909 on a lot presently occupied by the Potrero Hill Public Library, for a time Daniel Webster (DW) Elementary School was one of the Hill’s three main schools,…
Three Generations of Community Activists
Edward Hatter has been the executive director of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, also known as “the Nabe,” since 2004. He recalls applying for an internship at the Nabe in…
New Buildings Attract New Residents to Area
Potrero Hill was mostly used as pastureland by European settlers during the 19th Century. The earthquake and fire of 1906 triggered mass migration into the community from adjacent neighborhoods, including…
Three Generations of Community Activists: the Maxwell and Hatter Families
Enola D. “Miz” Maxwell, Sophenia “Sophie” Maxwell, and Edward Hatter are part of a generational line of civic advocates, which began with Enola’s arrival to Potrero Hill. Enola was born…
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Offered on Mariposa Street
Danny Pham Three new eateries opened last fall in Potrero Hill. Restaurant and hospitality management company, Bacchus Management Group, is offering an upscale Italian trattoria, a classic counter-style burger joint, and a…
Popcorn
Rose Marie Ostler Almost every Sunday my mom, brother and I would go to the matinee at the New Potrero Theatre on 18th and Connecticut streets. We’d have our usual lunch of pasta,…
Map of Amenities
Thomas Hunter II I’ve always been fascinated with maps. In middle school I used to make driving direction maps that my school district printed on football flyers. They included major roads, school buildings,…
1936 Soap Box Derby
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project The first All-American Soap Box Derby, advertised as ‘the greatest amateur racing event in the world’, was held in San Francisco on July 31, 1936. The event drew thousands of…
AI Takes Root in Mishpot
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly getting smarter and steadily finding its way into mainstream businesses. According to the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, which tracks public data related to…
Affordable Housing Slated for Pennsylvania Avenue
Rebekah Moan Mayor London Breed’s Housing for All plan, announced earlier this year, has a goal of building 82,000 new homes over the next eight years, with roughly 60 percent, or 46,000,…
Starr King: One Campus, Two Schools
Mosaics on the wall, the sound of kids laughing and playing in the yard, a painted eagle, and a sign that says, “LOVE TO LEARN LEARN TOGETHER”. This is what’s…
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…
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,…
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…
