Lessons from the School of Hard Knox
Akash Ghosal “Hi neighbors. I’m John…I have lived in Dogpatch since 1959. I attended the Elementary School which is now closed at 1060 Tennessee Street. You may see me walking every day…
Community Calendar: August 2021
PV Staff Now through Saturday 12/4Art: Maia Cruz PalileoCurated by Kim Nguyen, this exhibition features paintings and sculptures from multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist, Maia Cruz Palileo, inspired by historic Filipiniana stories, portraits, and…
Open Field at Catharine Clark Gallery
Max Blue Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 based on the belief that the study of art was central to education. Over the years notable faculty and students included textile artist…
STEM Saturday Festival 2021
The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House hosted “STEM Saturday Festival” on Southern Heights Avenue last month. A dozen companies and nonprofits participated, with an appearance by Mayor London Breed.
Hill Residents Unhappy with Planned 300 De Haro Street Residential Complex
Jessica Zimmer A 450-unit residential development proposed to replace a commercial building at 300 De Haro Street has attracted significant opposition. Potrero Hill residents are upset that the apartments would be microunits,…
School Board Recall Effort Gains Traction
Recall SF School Board has gathered more than 20,000 signatures to recall two San Francisco School Board members, board president Gabriela López and Alison Collins, and in excess of 18,500…
Mission Creek Senior Community Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Bettina Cohen Mission Creek Senior Community’s residents are celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of their Fourth and Berry streets home. Mercy Housing owns and manages the 139 rental units, affordable for very low-income…
Publisher’s View: Power
Steven J. Moss Until last year the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) was run by Harlan L. Kelly, Jr., a civil engineer appointed by Mayor Ed Lee. Lee, who died in 2017,…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff #MeToo Peskin News that District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin is an alcoholic bully, as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area 7, and elsewhere shocked pretty much nobody. Peskin…
Letters to the Editor: July 2021
Editor, Regarding the loss of hilltop on Kansas Street – not Rhode Island, as reported in the May View – doesn’t the dirt belong in a Potrero Hill museum, where…
Op-Ed: Let’s Stop Families from Leaving San Francisco
Margaret Timbrell I’ve spent my entire life in San Francisco, am raising my family in the Western Addition, with an art studio located at the Pacific Felt Factory on 20th Street. I…
Ordinance Would Pave Way for Affordable Housing Development in Mishpot
Rachel Davis Over more than three decades Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP) has helped thousands of unhoused pregnant women and families, offering health, job training and child development services. The nonprofit may soon…
Live Music Makes a Come Back
Rebekah Moan Live music is returning to Potrero Hill, with Thee Parkside and Bottom of the Hill planning shows for this summer. Thee Parkside doesn’t have an official “welcome back to live…
Sextant is Smelling the Coffee
Zoe Tribur Starting last month, visitors to Sextant Coffee, located on Folsom and 10th streets, had their beverage of choice prepared by someone other than owner Kinani Ahmed. After performing every task…
Neighborhood Pizza Joints Deliver
Vivien Wang Four local pizzerias not only survived, but thrived, during the ebbing COVID-19 crisis, adapting their businesses to shifting consumer habits. Launched more than 45 years ago, Goat Hill Pizza, located…
Community Calendar: July 2021
VirtualAnytimeArt: Imagining DataData has become a precious commodity; what’s divulged online can be valuable. Preferences and characteristics — related to the personal, societal, political, environmental — can be described through…
Lost Photos & Movies of Potrero Hill
The windows above Christopher’s Books at Missouri and 18th streets come alive from 8:30 to 10 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through July 18. Family photographs taken between 1880…
Permaculture Garden Flourished During COVID
Michael Iacuessa At least one corner of Potrero Hill blossomed during the pandemic: the permaculture agriculture plot at Rhode Island and 18th streets. Founded in 2008, the holistic garden had fallen into…
Moving to the Rhythm
KADIST, an arts organization founded in Paris, France, that promotes interdisciplinary work, is exhibiting Seeing Sound, a blend of sound and video art, at its 20th Street gallery. Curated by…
Effort Launched to Appoint, Rather than Elect, Board of Education
Three months ago, San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education member Alison Collins was stripped of her leadership position in a five to two vote amidst calls for her…
Planning Asks Amazon to Repackage Development Proposal
The San Francisco Planning Department issued a 55-page response in April that calls for changes to a proposal Amazon submitted to develop a last-mile parcel delivery facility in Showplace Square.…
Potrero Hill Mural Fading Away
The once iconic Potrero Hill mural at the corner of 17th and Connecticut streets is steadily fading, the wall on which it is painted in disrepair. “The cost to restore…
Publisher’s View: Climate
The federal government has finally joined the State of California in a spirited effort to vastly reduce anthropogenic discharges that are fostering a hotter, drier, planet. The state and fed…
Short Cuts
Shootings Two men were shot to death, a third critically injured, in separate Potrero Hill incidents last month. The first occurred near 25th and Connecticut streets. After a 10:08 a.m.…
