History Night at Pier 70

The 26th annual Potrero Hill & Dogpatch History Night brought more than 350 attendees, the most ever, to the handsomely repurposed Building 12 at Pier 70 last month. 

At the start of the event Potrero Hill Archives Project director, Peter Linenthal, and Bethlehem Shipyard Museum director, Bill Perez, announced a collaboration to create the Pier 70 Time Machine, a 4,000 square foot neighborhood history museum, made possible by a below-market lease from Brookfield Properties. The gallery will feature exhibits, children’s activities, film shows, and trivia nights. 

Goat Hill Pizza co-founder, Philip DeAndrade, a seminary drop-out, spoke about the restaurant’s emergence as a community hub over the past 50 years. DeAndrade, who helped launch U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi’s political career, was joined by the Speaker Emiritus, who arrived to a standing ovation. 

“There’s nothing more optimistic than starting a small business,” said Pelosi “…perhaps getting married”. 

Beaver Bauer conveyed her artistic journey. In the 1970s, she performed as part of Angels of Light. She went on to design dazzling costumes for local theaters, and is now working on The Bus Queen’s Gazette, a series of portraits of people seen on the 22-Fillmore. Her work will be featured at the Main Library next Fall. 

Potrero Hill Neighborhood House director Edward Hatter brought the evening to a close with a video on the history and mission of “The Nabe,” which is housed in a Julia Morgan-designed landmark building on De Haro Street at Southern Heights, 

“Come to the Nabe and see what we’re doing,” Hatter said.

^{Photo, top: Keith Goldstein warmed up the History Night audience. Photo: Potrero View Staff}