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New Potrero TheaterCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Peter Linenthal'', Potrero Hill Archives Project, originally published as "An Unusual Past and Uncertain Future" in the [https://www.potreroview.net/an-unusual-past-and-uncertain-future/ February 2023 ''Potrero View'']. 800px '''New Potrero Theater at 312 Connecticut, circa 1929.''' ''Photo: Cour..."current
17:0917:09, 20 January 2024diffhist+2,234 N
1936 Soap Box DerbyCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Peter Linenthal'', Potrero Hill Archives Project, originally published in the [https://www.potreroview.net/1936-soap-box-derby/ December 2023 ''Potrero View'']. 800px '''Photo: John Gutmann'' The first All-American Soap Box Derby, advertised as ‘the greatest amateur racing event in the world’, was held in S..."current
22:5522:55, 16 January 2024diffhist+1,405 N
Dolores Street and 27th StreetCreated page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' The San Jose-San Francisco railroad ran across an elevated iron bridge at the intersection of Dolores and 27th Streets for decades, ending during WWII when the bridge was dismantled after the railroad stopped passenger service and the iron was needed for war materiel. 800px '''Nor..."
22:2822:28, 16 January 2024diffhist+8,429 N
Alexander Books ClosesCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>I was there. . .</font></font> </font>''' ''by Teresa Moore, originally published in the ''San Francisco Examiner'', April 26, 2023'' Image:Alexander-interior 20230428 213442339.MP.jpg '''The last day at Alexander Books at 50 2nd Street, just south of Market Street, April 28, 2023.''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' San Franciscans know microclimates. Live here long enough and you learn to pack a sweater, s..."current