San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia

Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Potrero Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, located on the east side of
the city, east of the Mission District and south of the South of Market area. It is roughly
bordered by 16th Street to the north, Potrero Avenue or U.S. Route 101 to the west and
Cesar Chavez Street to the south. There are many docks located on the eastern edge of
the neighborhood, which are mainly built atop landfill.
Notable features of Potrero Hill include a powder blue water tower, located near 22nd
Street and Wisconsin Street, the Anchor Steam Brewery located on Mariposa Street,
between Carolina and DeHaro Streets and owned by the washing machine heir Fritz
Maytag, and a section of Vermont Street between 20th Street and 22nd Street that has
many switchbacks, similar to Lombard Street.
Notable Residents
OJ Simpson, the star football player who played for Galileo High School, San Francisco
City College, University of Southern California, and the Buffalo Bills grew up on Potrero
Hill, Wayne Thiebaud, the famous, skillful and prolific painter lived on and painted
Potrero Hill for years, and Robert Bechtle, the photorealist painter has also used the hill
for both a home and subject matter for his art. Peter Orlovsky, poet Allen Ginsberg's
partner, lived at 5 Turner Terrace, one of several Potrero Hill public housing projects, in
the 1950s. Ginsberg probably worked on Howl, a poem that changed the world's
expectations of poetry, in that apartment. Lawrence Ferlinghetti bought a house at 706
Wisconsin St. for $9,995 in 1957. He is a poet and co-founder of City Lights, America's
first all-paperback bookstore.
Transportation
Two freeways run through Potrero Hill, U.S. Route 101 on the western side Interstate 280
on the eastern side.
Public transportation is provided by Muni along several bus lines, including lines 10, 15,
19, 22, 48, and 53. In mid-2006, the Third Street Light Rail Project will be completed and
bus service by the 15 Third line on Third Street will be replaced by a Muni Metro line.
Additionally, there is a Caltrain station located at 22nd Street, near Pennsylvania Avenue.