For immediate release: May 3, 2016

Contact: Greg Crump, 415-423-4260

Anti-vandalism advocates gathering to fight the blight

City leaders, residents, artists, neighborhood businesses host free conference to address effective methods to prevent and abate graffiti

For immediate release: April 26, 2016

Contact: Rachel Gordon, 415-554-6045

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS INTRODUCES REDESIGNED WEBSITE

First major overhaul in eight years improves navigation and visual content

The Ocean Avenue Streetscape Improvements Project extends from Manor Drive to Brighton Avenue on Ocean Avenue in the Westwood Park and Ingleside neighborhood of District 7. Work will consist of sidewalk demolition, unit paver installations, plating area expansions, potted planter installations, palm tree planting infills, irrigation systems, traffic routing and all associated work.

For immediate release: April 15, 2016

Contact: Rachel Gordon, 415-554-6045

COMMUNITY CLEAN TEAM CELEBRATES EARTH DAY ON SATURDAY

Volunteers to Beautify City Parks, Streets and Community Centers in District 5

What was once a blighted alley in the Dogpatch neighborhood has been transformed into a public park thanks to a unique approach to creating and preserving public spaces in San Francisco.

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Spiral of Gratitude is a permanent memorial installation located in the main lobby of the new 243,000 sf San Francisco Public Safety Building. A memorial to honor police officers who have fallen in the line of duty, Spiral of Gratitude encompasses a large glass cylinder, 17 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter, forming an oculus/skylight that frames the sky above. It is inscribed with written expressions of gratitude and loss, gathered from surviving family members and crafted into a seamless, evocative poem.

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Hundreds of volunteers shoveled soil, scrubbed graffiti and rounded up litter Saturday in an effort to beautify San Francisco’s North Beach and Chinatown neighborhoods, which got 32 new trees along the way.