SEPTEMBER 2012 Serving the Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, Mission Bay and SOMA Neighborhoods Since 1970 FREE Hill Residents Concerned About Proposed Changes to 22-Fillmore
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Southside inside — Enhanced coverage of San Francisco’s southern communities SEPTEMBER 2012 Serving the Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, Mission Bay and SOMA Neighborhoods Since 1970 FREE Hill Residents Concerned About Proposed Changes to 22-Fillmore By BriAn rinker of the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP), a joint effort by the transpor- Many Potrero Hill residents and tation agency and City Controller business owners are skeptical of a San which aims to improve Muni services, Francisco Municipal Transportation making transit more reliable, faster Agency (SFMTA) proposal to reroute and efficient. the 22-Fillmore bus line from the According to SFMTA, the bus 18th Street commercial district to route change would increase transit 16th Street, from which it would efficiency, and help connect the grow- travel north on Third Street toward ing Mission Bay — an area with in- creasing transportation needs — with the rest of the City. Under the plan, the 33-Stanyan bus line would replace the 22-Fillmore’s coverage of Con- necticut and 18th streets. But average wait times for the 33 are ve minutes Pier 0 Set or Maor Renoation longer than for the 22. How often the 33 will come under its revised route STry And PhTrAPhS By Pier 0s two dry docs are 0 feet and 28 feet is unknown. “Replacing the 22 with MrAne BylS long. The smaller doc lifts ships weighing up to the 33 would result in a signicant cut 14000 tons. The larger one can lift a 600 ton in service to the Hill, a neighborhood After a century and a half of in- ship maing it the Pacic oasts largest dry doc. with a growing population that is ex- dustrial and ship building and repair pected to boom in the coming years,” activities, Pier 70 is on the verge of “Replacing the 22 with the 33 will said Tony Kelly, Potrero Boosters major change. Following a ve year gross revenue. They took over shipyard result in a signicant cut in service Neighborhood Association president. planning process that involved ship operations in 2006; their current lease to the Hill, a neighborhood with a On 16th Street from Church to repair company BAE Systems San agreement extends through 2017. Over growing population that is expected Third streets the 22-Fillmore aver- Francisco Ship Repair, City officials, the years BAE Systems has repaired to boom in the coming years” ages seven miles per hour, and carries and community members, the Port of hundreds of ships, including barges, TONY KELLY, POTRERO BOOSTERS 8,000 passengers a day. If SFMTA’s San Francisco will break ground on tug boats, U.S. Coast Guard Cutters, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. proposal is adopted, the agency the rst phase of what’s expected to container ships, tankers, bulk carriers Mission Bay. “Bus service in general expects to increase the speed to 8.7 be a 20-year redevelopment project and cruise ships. is inadequate in our area,” said Jim miles an hour, which will shave off next year. Under the plan, ship repair “We repair several dozen ships, Wilkins, Hill resident and Eastern six minutes in each direction, a 28 work will continue, but be steadily barges and tug boats, both in the yard Neighborhoods United Front (ENUF) percent reduction, according to Paul surrounded by commercial, cultural and at anchor or other facilities around member. “The move of the 22 bus will Rose, SFMTA spokesman. “That and recreational activities. the bay [every year],” said Joe Chopek, further diminish that service.” The could potentially allow us to save on BAE Systems leases the shipyard BAE Systems Ship Repair communi- plan to reroute the 22-Fillmore is part and additional acreage at Pier 70 from ILLUSTRATION BY PETER LILENTHAL 22-FLLMORE page the Port, with payments linked to their PER 0 page 1 Potrero Hill an (Unpaid) Television and Film Star By elizABeTh MelChr to be a view magnet for location agents,” month, Woody Allen’s was shooting his said Lortz. yet untitled feature lm around San After 27 years at the corner of 19th Susannah Robinson, the San Fran- Francisco. Major lms and television and Texas streets, Ed Lortz has seen cisco Film Commission’s executive shows that’ve been lmed on Potrero his share of movie shoots. He even got director, conrmed that Potrero Hill is Hill include Bullitt and Nash Bridges. a piece of the action once: $300 from a popular location to lm movies, televi- “The message we try to get across Pacic Heights’ production staff to plug sion, and, increasingly, commercials. to all the neighbors is that this industry in an extension cord. His house ashes According to Robinson, the Hill visually benets locals because they hire local across the screen in one scene. “I’ve seen offers it all, with great views, Victorian crew and actors. It is keeping this in- dozens, most likely over 50 shoots, in the architecture, and San Francisco’s iconic dustry alive,” said Robinson. There’s no vicinity of 19th and Texas, which seems steep hills. legal requirement that productions hire This summer, the Hill served as locally. Unions encourage it, and most Stunning views lie this one of downtown backdrop for the oft-played AT&T/ commercial shoots are done so quickly from Aransas and 20th streets mae Potrero Samsung commercial of a man running that bringing in people from outside San Hill attractive to llmmaers and a favorite for through San Francisco, and appeared in Francisco doesn’t make sense. While wedding portraits. PHTAPH AI IHIAA. the DC Shoes viral video of a car racing PECKISH IN POTRERO by KID BEYOND 1 234 5678 9 10 11 12 13 and skidding around City corners. Last FLMSTAR Southside page 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 neting 20 21 22 Pera et a prey Job23 24 25 26 retarant p.21 p. 23 INSIDE p. p. 1 Southside 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 p. p. p. 17 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 © 2012 Kid Beyond © 2012 ACROSS DOWN 1 Brunch mecca on 42 Hip-hop clothier Karl 1 Promote 29 Fare served at 18th & Texas 43 Bedroom 2 The Swoosh, e.g. 39-Across 5 Turkish delight on community, briefly 3 Swanky Thai on 19th 31 Seoul Patch on 18th 18th & Connecticut 44 Coeur d’____, Idaho & Valencia & Connecticut, e.g. 9 Jagger & Fleetwood 45 Abbr. at the bottom 4 Kanye and Mae 32 Anastasia's ancestors 14 Misplace of a letter 5 Mexican bistro on 33 Trainspotting, e.g. 15 Mucho 46 Emulate Milli Vanilli 18th & Connecticut 36 Israeli gun 16 Wear ____ and tie 48 Latvia, once: Abbr. 6 It flies to Tel Aviv 38 Georgia airport code 17 Sounds of dismay 49 Fix a shoe 7 Bike shop next to 40 Schoolhouse Rock’s 18 ____ Alto 51 One day ____ time Dos Piñas Taquería "I'm Just ____” 19 Big brass 53 Community in a cup 8 Straddling 41 Cali capital, for short instruments on 18th & Texas 9 Passover fare at Wise 46 Loewe’s lyricist 20 Potrero's oldest 60 Squirrel’s snack Sons, 24th+Shotwell 47 Dish at Dos Piñas on restaurant 62 With 68-Across, 10 12-Down rival 15th & Rhode Island 23 Lush monster hunter's 11 Drink orders at 50 Country rocker Steve 24 French seaport near mecca 5-Down 52 Spokesduck co. Marseilles 63 Old Italian bread? 12 Sephia maker 54 Brio 27 Playboy founder, 64 Intact 13 De Haro, 19th, etc. 55 Harness an ox informally 65 Sony co-founder 21 Pharaoh's suffix 56 Bio., chem., etc. 30 Daredevil's dare Morita 22 "Who goes there?" 57 Prix ____ , like one 34 Shiba ____ (dog 66 Cafe / gallery on response menu at Aperto on breed) 8th & Irwin 25 They’re in the soup 18th & Connecticut 35 Based on ____ story 67 Feast featuring at 39-Across 58 Brockovich, e.g. 37 Bears, in Baja 9-Down 26 Half of a Nabisco 59 Sunset-to-Potrero 38 15-Across’ opposite 68 See 62-Across cookie direction 39 Provençal palace on 69 Small change 27 Computer intruder 60 Puppies elicit them 18th & Missouri 28 Odorless gas 61 Fidel comrade 2 THE POTRERO VIEW September 2012 strange accumulations of white on screen in the last ten years. Its powder underneath every other street appearance is a perfect antidote to SHORT CUTS tree and against a couple of buildings. America’s ever intensifying obsession Not just a pinch of powder; more like with fame and money. Don’t read noisy. Although Torelli’s Connecticut a half-cup. Rat poison? Alarmed, her anything about it, just go see it. And Enouh Street neighbors don’t mind the noise, husband carefully scooped up the then check-out Bimbo’s 365 Club for Concerned about San Francisco a couple of Arkansas Street residents material under their tree and watered an after-party, but not until you’ve Municipal Transportation Agency are crowing foul about the sounds and the rest away. After more consider- seen the film! If you think this is plans to place meters throughout smells. Feathers are ying between ation, Adams decided to call for help. obscure, it’s on purpose, and for your Southside San Francisco, East- the chicken owners, their landlord, Within minutes a patrol car and re own good. Follow these directions; ern Neighborhoods United Front and their irate neighbors. The birds truck arrived. The cops thought the you won’t be sorry…If you’re annoyed (ENUF) is surveying residents and themselves — up to three of which are white droppings were weird.