Press Releases
The Mission District Celebrates The Completion Of The 24th ST Bart Plaza Mural Restoration On Friday September 8th!
September 8th, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA | Contact: TODCO Group, todcoplanning@todco.org, 415.896.1880
The 24th St BART Plaza Mural has officially been restored by Michael Rios, Carlos Kookie Gonzalez, Lucia Gonzalez Ippolito, and Suaro Cervantes. The restoration work on this iconic San Francisco mural, located in the Mission District, was completed during the month of August 2023 and now the community looks to celebrate this monumental project on Friday September 8th, 2023…
Secret San Francisco Reveals The City Between Dusk and Dawn - “Looking for that single photo to tell the story of the night.”
July 28th, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA | Contact: TODCO Group, todcoplanning@todco.org, 415.896.1880; S. Reneé Jones, srenee@todco.org, 415.680.8855
“We met on Minna for the Thursday night journey, venturing into unknown streets and alleys. Looking for that single photo to tell the story of the night. Do you click the shutter, or silently walk away from what you saw in the shadow?” – Jerry Johnson…
Restoration of Landmark Mission District 24th Street BART Plaza Mural Starts Work
July 19th, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA | Contact: TODCO Group, todcoplanning@todco.org, 415.896.1880
The “modern” BART Bay Area mass transit system was the pivotal post-WWII infrastructure necessary to transform San Francisco into a corporate and finance headquarters of the Pacific, generating…
Raising a family on the job: Stories From The TODCO Family
July 17th, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA | Contact: TODCO Group, todcoplanning@todco.org, 415.896.1880
As a boy of twelve children growing up in the Philippines, Willie Abasta, the South of Market TODCO Group’s Senior Property Manager, overheard many stories about the United States from friends and family. They described a life that seemed idyllic compared to his own. And he determined that he too would one day live in America…
SAN FRANCISCO’S DOWNTOWN NEEDS “REDEVELOPMENT 3.0”
July 13th, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA | Contact: TODCO Group, todcoplanning@todco.org, 415.896.1880
When Governor Jerry Brown erased all possible future redevelopment projects statewide in 2010 he threw the baby out with the bathwater. Rather than just reforming the historic abuses of redevelopment he made it impossible for cities to ever undertake and finance comprehensive planned urban revitalization programs…