The 4.5 acre park houses San Francisco’s largest skate park, a large event and performance space, and a community garden.
[2] Potrero del Sol Park hosts Phono del Sol music festival, organized by Noise Pop, every June[3] and the Día de los Muertos Festival of Altars every November.
[4] In 1974, Jack Wickert and Bonnie Sherk, along with many artists and community activists, converted an abandoned former milk factory[4] into a model farm and environmental school for children.
This farm was lost in a legal battle with landlords in 1987 but the community garden, one of the largest in the city, still remains on the grounds.
[5] On July 2nd, 2008, local professional skateboarder Jake Phelps and then mayor Gavin Newsom cut the ribbon Potrero del Sol Park's skate park, the largest in the city.