Potrero Hill, San Francisco

The San Francisco Bay Guardian (based in Potrero Hill) announced the winners of their 2nd annual Small Business Awards, and Potrero Hill’s Anchor Brewing was the winner of the ‘1906 Earthquake Survivor’ category.
In the intro, Bruce Brugmann speaks of the importance of supporting small businesses:
A long list of studies shows that small businesses keep more […]

20th St. bridge under construction, tents for 1906 earthquake survivors in background, looking south, 1906
Potrero Hill SF is now hosting over 50+ historical photos of Potrero Hill thanks to Peter Linenthal who directs the Potrero Hill Archives Project (PHAP). The PHAP is a collection of photographs, oral histories, and ephemera relating to the neighborhood.
Peter is […]

The clubhouse of the San Francisco chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club is located on Tennessee Street in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of Dogpatch.
This past Thursday, FBI agents broke down doors of the house and arrested the club’s president, Joseph “Joey” Wilson, 35, and the club’s sergeant at arms, Jason “JB” Peterson, 32. Authorities […]

The Helipad debate seems to be escalating on Potrero Hill. There has been a rash of new flyers supporting the helipad, although I suspect that the flyers are the act of a single individual rather than a group.
The ‘Stop Helipad’ folks on the other hand seem to be gaining momentum, and it appears that other […]

This past Wednesday, the Trust for Public Land held the second of three workshop for community members to help shape the design of new improvements to the playground, lawn, and picnic areas in the lower playground (near the tennis courts).
TPL’s consultant, Design Community & Environment, presented three concept plan alternatives (see Plans) created to address […]