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Just southeast of the Hwy 101/Hwy 80 Junction, and above San Francisco's Interior Design galleria, is Potrero Hill, a knoll that has a great view of downtown, the bay, and Twin Peaks to the west. Named after an 1835 Mexican land grant for grazing on "potrero nuevo", many of the homes survived the 1906 earthquake and fire, and today there is also quite a bit gentrification progressing. On the west side of the hill, Vermont Street, just south of McKinley park has been argued by some to be more "crooked" than world famous Lombard Street. According to an online neighborhood profile, only O.J. Simpson was listed as a "well-known" resident here, but that was when he was still a football player at San Francisco City College. Simpson was a neighborhood star and his image is on area murals, the most notable still surviving at the Potrero Hill Recreation Center near the peak of the hill. By comparison to Twin Peaks, Mt. Davidson, and certainly Russian, Nob, and Telegraph Hills, for example, Potrero Hill is vacant tourist traffic. On reason is that the neighborhood is wedged between the James Lick (I-80/US 101) and the Southern Embarcadero (I-280) freeways, with the crime infamous Bayview-Hunter's point neighborhood to the south, the seedy low-rent Mission District to the west, and toxic waste contaminated bayside industry to the east. Also, while there are some renovated and reconstructed residences of worthy of admiration, particularly north of the Potrero Hill park, the homes here never were housing of the affluent, and many are still wanting for some TLC. For those house hunting for a spectacular view, Potrero Hill may indeed provide something of a bargain in what is otherwise a wildly expensive market. In any case, Potrero Hill is an excellent place to view over the city, with plenty of low rent appearing homes--a great set for a police detective film or television show. When we were driving around looking for vista, we found the film crew shown in these images. Below is a link for finding Potrero Hill. Leave a Comment Website: http://www.sfarmls.com/docs/central%20east.htm Other Contact: http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/g
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I took these photos on two different occasions to show you what the views are like if you drive along the waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf. You will go through Crissy Field, which was owned by the military, now has been vacated. You can stop all along the way, picnic, walk the dog, fish or just walk and enjoy the water scenes. The road goes almost all the way to the bridge, but if you want to visit the bridge observation area and Fort Point, you will have to go up the hill and get onto highway 101. Take the last exit before the bridge and you will find a parking lot with meters (quarters needed). Don't forget to look back towards the city, and Alcatraz. Tour buses won't go here, so you will get special photo ops that your friends missed out on. If you want to see photos from across the bridge and get directions on getting there, go to my 5 Star View (new) tips. Happy Trails.....
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