Potrero Hill Archives Project

The Oct 17 Potrero Hill Festival is on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UomTlcJCYlE

Our 21st annual Potrero Hill History Night will take place Saturday, Nov 7, 7-9 pm on Zoom. Go to: http://potrero-history.com/2020 and enter your name & email address. The program will look at the history & future of the Potrero Power Station site at 23rd & Illinois St.

The 31st Annual Potrero Hill Festival will take place ONLINE on Saturday, October 17 at 5:30 pm. Tune in at potrerofestival.com to celebrate the Potrero community with magic, music, homegrown entertainment and so much more! The Potrero Hill Festival is a benefit for The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, our local community center providing essential services to Potrero’s most in need.... You will enjoy music by The Klipptones, Dan Lebo Lebowitz (of ALO), and Frances England. Be dazzled and amazed by tricks from Magical Katrina, street dance by TURF Inc., a special goat appearance, and more. Join us for this one-of-a-kind community event for all ages!

Please sign & share our new petition to save this historic building in Dogpatch! http://chng.it/5rFB5JWcc8

Historic Brick Building Needs a Home ! This 100 year old building on 23rd St was the gatehouse for the Potrero Power Station. It's likely to be torn down in the Spring unless a home for it and funds to move it are found. It would make a great cafe if, as shown here, it was moved to Warm Water Cove Park nearby on 24th St. The park badly needs to be redeveloped and will become an even more valuable asset when homes & offices are built at the Power Station. Another possible home for the gatehouse would be the parking lot on the water across 23rd St from its present location. It's 27' wide X 20' deep X 17' 8" high. Do you have other ideas for a home in Dogpatch, SF, for this historic building?

Photographer Jo Babcock talks about Potrero Hill & Dogpatch photos he took in the late 70s - early 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDs0uzQ4amY

Rose Marie Ostler vividly remembers growing up on Potrero Hill in the 40s & 50s at our 20th annual Potrero Hill History Night. Video by Martin Spencer-Davies. 54 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNcUX4zND4

20TH Annual History Night Saturday Nov 2!!!

Steve Fotter built the perfect dolly, making it possible to roll this 1920s Estate stove (from a Carolina St cottage) up the hill for the Oct 19 Potrero Hill Festival this Saturday, 11am-4pm @ 20th & Connecticut St. Come see us, and the stove, at the Potrero Hill Archives Project's table!

The annual Potrero Hill Festival is Saturday Oct 19 on 20th & Connecticut St. Come by the Potrero Hill Archives Project's table to say Hi! The festival includes live music, great food, children's activities, craftspeople, community groups, and benefits the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House. See you there!

Save the date! Saturday, Nov 2 is our 20th annual Potrero Hill History Night. We'll be back at the former Enola Maxwell School, now SF International High School, 655 De Haro at 18th St. Pizza on the patio 5:30-7pm, FREE program 7-9pm.

Please sign our petition asking the developer to restore or adaptively reuse several historic brick buildings at the Potrero Power Station site, 23rd St and the bay. They are all that's left of what was once an impressive cluster of industrial buildings. They may be destroyed. Pier 70 nearby has brilliantly repurposed its historic buildings; the Potrero Power Station should do the same. https://www.change.org/p/sf-planning-dept-save-the-historic

Last weekend brought crowds, rain or shine, to the Old Mint at 5th & Mission for History Days: history groups from all over coming together to show their stuff. We met many folks with Potrero Hill roots, memories or interests. Can't wait for History Days 2020!

The Potrero Hill Festival is tomorrow, Saturday Oct 20 on 20th St west of Missouri St, 11am-4pm. Food, live music, stuff for kids, and much more. Come by the Potrero Hill Archives Project's table, sign our 'Save the Historic Brick Buildings at the Potrero Power Station' petition and say HI to Peter Linenthal and Abby Johnston! And take a flyer for Potrero Hill History Night, Nov 3!