Comments on: Icer Air 2005

by: Icer Air 2006 lands in Potrero Hill … almost at Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:02:52 +0000

[…] Last year we rallied to bring Icer Air to Potrero Hill, after the original date in Pac Heights got canned, but failed in our attempt. […]

by: San Francisco Click

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:52:00 +0000

To illustrate your blog,
here is the Virtual Tour of San Francisco

With Alcatraz, Muir Woods, Golden Gate Bridge, and SBC Park ( this one is STEREO ! ) tours.

But no Potrero Hill! Can you help me to find the best points at Potrero Hill to make a tour?

by: Greg A

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:17:00 +0000

From the SF Gate — now let’s get this on the sunny Hills of Potrero!

“Newsom said he would be meeting with the competition organizers to determine whether they can try again later this year after more details are nailed down. The contest could be held in Pacific Heights or another hilly neighborhood, such as Potrero Hill. “

by: oakpalm

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:43:00 +0000

The Red Bull event was OK and the organizers were really responsible about doing what they said and cleaning up afterwards. But, they only had bales of hay, not tons of snow. If the organizers want to have their snow event, they need to come to the community first and tell us exactly what they want, where they want it, what they’ll do to police the event and clean up promptly after it, what insurance coverage they’ll have and what steps they’ll take to assure that their tons of snow doesn’t turn into water that will flood our homes. And, the neighborhood needs to get some of the money involved. After all, the event is only being put on to make money for somebody and there is no way they should be able to use our hill and our streets and our neighborhood to make money to put in their pockets without putting some in ours, too. For example, perhaps people who live on the street where the event is held should be paid something for the loss of access to their parking and to the inconvenience of having thousands of people milling about for two days. I can tell you from the Red Bull event that access is severely limited to those living on the street (it was DeHaro for Red Bull) that is used. Or, there are plenty of good and needy causes right on our Hill that could use some money - the Neighborhood House comes immediately to mind, but there are tons of other needs, all of which can be helped with money. Let’s make this more of a partnership, with the neighborhood being a partner who is entitled to a good share of the profits from providing the venue without which the event could not occur. And, I’m not talking about $500 or $1000 “contributions.” I’m talking about a real participation in the profits, 20% or 30% to be distributed as we in the neighborhood decide. If the organizers says it’s too expensive to pay for the venue, then either make it up by charging higher rates to their advertisers or do what the rest of us do when we can’t afford to attend an event: go somewhere cheaper or forget about it altogether. These events are big big business and they can’t do it without the neighborhood’s cooperation. So, let’s hang tough and get some benefit for Portero Hill.

by: mike // potrero hill sf

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:58:00 +0000

I actually borrowed the free tape ‘Potrero Hill in the Movies’ from Four Star Video for KRON4, which is where they grabbed the Magnum Force footage from.

The video (put together by the Potrero Hill Archives Project) runs 40 minutes long, and has scenes from Burglar and Bullitt in addition to other movies shot on the hill.

KRON 4 did grab footage from both those movies, but ended up with Magnum Force.

by: tecgirl

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:49:00 +0000

they should have also aired footage from Burglar and Bullit…both have chase scenes on the hill.