Hill, Dogpatch Residents and Businesses Lend a Helping Hand
Anna Hochman San Francisco has been sheltering in place for almost six months. The full or partial closure of the tourism, restaurant, and retail sectors prompted the City’s unemployment rate to jump…
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Internet Service Provider Monkeybrains Born in Potrero Hill
Bettina Cohen When the Internet was young, Rudy Rucker and Alex Menendez liked to meet for coffee at Farley’s, on 18th Street. There, the aspiring technology entrepreneurs laid the groundwork for Monkeybrains,…
Poppy Path Planned for Potrero Hill
John William Law A group of Potrero Hill residents, with assistance from Hibiscus Studio, is creating a “Poppy Path” from Wisconsin and Coral streets to 23rd and Arkansas streets. The walkway will be…
Potrero Hill Democratic Club Struggles to Reach Voters
Michael Iacuessa Like many others, shelter-in-place orders and likely lingering constraints on large gatherings in the face of public health risks has forced the Potrero Hill Democratic Club (PHDC) to reorient its…
Flu Strikes ‘the Potrero’ as Part of 1918 Pandemic
Peter Linenthal, Potrero Hill Archives Project During World War I shipbuilding by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation was in such high demand that on July 4, 1918 four destroyers were launched from Pier 70. But there were reports…
Neighborhood Organizations Advocate for Residents; Local Businesses
Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman A handful of civic organizations track land use changes in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill, and advocate on behalf of residents at City Hall. Among the most prominent of these are…
Neighborhood Wants Stay Gold to Go
A proposal to open a cannabis dispensary at 667 Mississippi Street will be considered by the San Francisco Planning Commission on February 6 after a neighborhood group voiced concerns over…
Bicycling Memories of Potrero Hill
Howard Isaac Williams Cycling Potrero Hill can demand more than a strenuous climb or two…or three. It can be an adventure, intended or not. I first discovered the Hill as a bike messenger…
Potrero Stage Launches its 25th Season
Connor Fitzpatrick PlayGround, a resident company and founder of Potrero Stage, located on 18th Street, is in its twenty-fifth season. The theater group started 2020 with its third annual PlayGround Solo Performance…
Decathlon Opens Outlet at the Potrero Center
Judy West Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, opened an outlet at Potrero Center last fall. It’s the French merchants’ third Bay Area location, joining a large Emeryville store…
Pera Celebrates A Decade of Dishes
Patsy Creedy Pera, a Mediterranean restaurant, is celebrating ten years on 18th Street. Irfan Yalcin and his younger brother, Metin, have been ‘serving the Hill with love since 2009.’ To celebrate the…
New Mural Installed Adjacent to Starr King Open Space
J. Eric Miller Starr King Open Space, a neighborhood park located at 1215 Carolina Street with sweeping vistas, has a new addition to the view. The majestic sights from the public space haven’t…
Damon Guthrie 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 by the end of the year. The meters…
Potrero Hill Recreation Center Basketball and Tennis Courts Up Their Games
Jessica Zimmer In August, San Francisco Recreation and Parks completed extensive renovations to the Potrero Hill Recreation Center’s basketball and tennis courts, resurfacing roughly 7,100 square feet of space. New basketball backboards…
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 reductions in parking access on Potrero Hill. More…
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. Today, Krimsky can often be found practicing and…
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. Once dubbed Project X, the building reflects completion…
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” house. “It was an all-black house covered with…
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 offers four different personally-sized garments, is steadily growing,…
So much to be grateful for…
Potrero View Staff 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 Regional Head from 1993 to 2001. More importantly,…
The Potrero Branch Library Offers More Than Books
Brittany Vargas Located at 1616 20th street, the Potrero Branch library offers books, films, and music – digital and compact discs – suitable for all ages and sweeping views of San Francisco.…
Potrero Hill Schools Engage Their Community
Veronica Dolginko Last month, Starr King and Daniel Webster elementary schools, The New School San Francisco, and Live Oak School collaborated with PREFund, a nonprofit that encourages Potrero Hill families from a…
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 art galleries of Catharine Clark and Brian Gross,…
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 on the east side of the 100 block…
