Pera Celebrates A Decade of Dishes
Pera, a Mediterranean restaurant, is celebrating ten years on 18th Street. Irfan Yalcin and his younger brother, Metin, have been ‘serving the … Keep Reading
New Mural Installed Adjacent to Starr King Open Space
Starr King Open Space, a neighborhood park located at 1215 Carolina Street with sweeping vistas, has a new addition to the view. … Keep Reading
Meters Coming to 18th Street Commercial Strip
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will install parking meters along both sides of 18th Street between Connecticut and Texas streets … Keep Reading
Potrero Hill Recreation Center Basketball and Tennis Courts Up Their Games
In August, San Francisco Recreation and Parks completed extensive renovations to the Potrero Hill Recreation Center’s basketball and tennis courts, resurfacing roughly … Keep Reading
Better Bus Service, Fewer Parking Spots, Coming to Potrero Hill
The San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA) will alter its 22 Fillmore route and field the 55 Dogpatch next year, triggering significant … Keep Reading
Pianist Katrina Krimsky Makes the Hill Home
Texas Street resident, Katrina Krimsky, is a pianist who has engaged in San Francisco’s classical, jazz, and experimental music scenes for decades. … Keep Reading
Potrero Terrace Housing Complex Rebuilt
After years of political promises, 53 Potrero Terrace households moved into brand new apartments last month at recently constructed 1101 Connecticut Street. … Keep Reading
Joan Jeanrenaud, Cellist, Composer
Former Rhode Island Street resident, Joan Jeanrenaud, fondly remembers her days practicing and recording cello in what she called the “Darth Vader” … Keep Reading
Hill Entrepreneur Offers Convenient Custom-Fit Clothes
Potrero Hill entrepreneur, Meghan Litchfield, launched RedThread, a women’s apparel company, last October. Seven months into the startup’s debut, the business, which … Keep Reading
So much to be grateful for…
Art Agnos served as San Francisco’s 39th mayor from 1988 to 1992, and was the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s … Keep Reading
The Potrero Branch Library Offers More Than Books
Located at 1616 20th street, the Potrero Branch library offers books, films, and music – digital and compact discs – suitable for … Keep Reading
Potrero Hill Schools Engage Their Community
Last month, Starr King and Daniel Webster elementary schools, The New School San Francisco, and Live Oak School collaborated with PREFund, a … Keep Reading
DoReMi is the Sound of Art in Dogpatch, Potrero Hill
It’s a Saturday afternoon in late February. Art lovers and creatives are arriving for a pair of exhibit openings in the adjacent … Keep Reading
Pennsylvania Street Gardens Struggle with Urban Ails
Pennsylvania Garden is located at 249 Pennsylvania Avenue, underneath a John F. Foran Freeway off-ramp near 18th street. Pennsylvania Railroad Garden is … Keep Reading
Farley’s Celebrates 30 Years of Coffee Community
Farley’s, a cozy coffee shop located at 1315 18th Street, was founded by Roger Hillyard after he was unable to find a … Keep Reading
Parking Management Plan Proposed for Potrero Hill’s North Slope
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has floated a plan to deploy several types of parking management tools on Potrero Hill’s … Keep Reading
Jackson Park to Feature Community Center, Elevated Promenade
Earlier this fall, more than 100 people turned out to view a proposed new design for Jackson Park, which features an elevated … Keep Reading
Rebuild Potrero Progresses
Progress continues on Rebuild Potrero, a decade-long effort to revitalize the Potrero Annex-Terrace housing complexes through a partnership between BRIDGE Housing, San … Keep Reading
Potrero Hill Festival Makes Memories
The house I grew up in is right around the corner from The Good Life Grocery, across from where the annual Potrero … Keep Reading
PCH International Part of Hill’s Industrial Design Ecosystem
Over the past five years, PCH International, an engineering firm located at 135 Mississippi Street, has engaged in numerous industrial design collaborations … Keep Reading
Fire Activity in Potrero Hill on Par with Recent Years
In July a Potrero Hill resident posted to social networking site, Nextdoor, that he regularly heard the blaring sirens of fire trucks … Keep Reading
Filmmakers on the Hill
Last October, filming for Ant-man and the Wasp brought Marvel filmmakers to Potrero Hill. 298 Missouri Street became Ant-man’s home for exterior … Keep Reading
Sonic Disrupts Potrero Hill
Last spring, Sonic, a Santa Rosa-based internet service provider, launched service in several San Francisco neighborhoods, including Potrero Hill, advancing an internet … Keep Reading
Underground History
History buried for more than a century is regularly discovered during construction projects in San Francisco. Earlier this spring, foreman Mike Handyside … Keep Reading