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The Rack is back! 🛍️ Last week, @Nordstrom announced @NordstromRack’s return to Union Square with a new store at 2 Stockton St. coming fall next year. Nordstrom Rack is joining @UniqloUSA, @TheRealReal, @ATT, @Lids and @Zara in a wave of retailers returning to or growing in downtown San Francisco. Each opening brings more businesses, visitors and jobs to our streets, and gives people more reasons to come downtown to shop and stay. Read more in @SFStandard: sfstandard.com/2026/10/15/no… 📸: Jason Henry/@SFStandard

🏙️ Downtown Happenings | See what’s happening downtown! 🎭 Pilot Market Street Arts & Theater District announced 🛍️ @Nordstrom Rack returns to 2 Stockton St. next fall 🍸 Rooftop restaurant Alto88 is coming to 88 Spear St. 🛋️ Très Chic pops up at One Embarcadero Center Oct. 17 🎵 Market Street Arts & Theater Festival comes to UN Plaza Oct. 17 from 4-10 PM 🎶 Live Music at The Grove features My Dog Jack Oct. 16 from 6-9 PM 🌉 Quarter Century of Psycho Closing Party comes to 111 Minna Gallery Oct. 16 from 7-10 PM 🎤 Let Her Sing 2026 comes to @ybca Oct. 17 from 7-9 PM 🧹 Yerba Buena Cleanup returns Oct. 18 from 10-11:30 AM 🕷️ Family Tour: Spooky Art hosted by @SFMOMA Oct. 18 at 12 PM 🗳️ SF Politics 101 with Joel Engardio comes to @SPUR_Urbanist Oct. 19 from 5:30-6:45 PM 🪢 Pop-up Double Dutch Jump Rope comes to Mechanics Monument Plaza Oct. 20 from 12-2 PM 🎷 Jazz on the Plaz(a) features Jazz Mafia Oct. 21 from 12-2 PM ♟️ Chess on the Plaza returns Oct. 22 from 12-1 PM 🎶 Live Latin Jazz with Pepe Jacobs & Friends comes to The Jay Hotel Oct. 22 from 6-9 PM

Congratulations to our friends at the Mid-Market Business Association & Foundation on launching the Market Street Arts & Theater District! 🎭 We’re excited to support this initiative to bring people downtown alongside our partners, and to see live music, performances, and public art fill the corridor. Kick it all off this Saturday at the free Market Street Arts & Theater Festival at UN Plaza! Downtown’s energy keeps growing, and this is another exciting chapter. 🎶 Read more in @sfchronicle: sfchronicle.com/entertainmen… 📸: Gabrielle Lurie/@sfchronicle

Data Wednesdays 📊✨ This week’s number: 425 That’s how many ground-floor tenants are open in downtown San Francisco as of this month, according to @sf_downtown's Ground Floor data. Restaurants, offices, boutiques and more: downtown’s storefronts are filling back up with places to work, play and enjoy. DDC is excited to work with our community partners to keep bringing people downtown to support these businesses, and there’s more on the way. 👀 Explore the breakdown here⬇️ downtownsf.org/doing-busines… #SFDDC #DowntownSF #LetsGoSanFrancisco #DataWednesdays

Arts and culture bring downtown San Francisco to life. ✨ Saype’s Beyond Walls at Yerba Buena Gardens made that spirit visible as the community joined hands to create a human chain around the artwork. Thank you to the Yerba Buena Partnership and Yerba Buena Gardens for making space for moments like this and bringing people together downtown! Read more in @sfchronicle: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti… 📸: Weston Turtle Fudge/@sfchronicle

Last week, @UNIQLO reopened in Union Square and hosted a seven-hour block party featuring DJs, art displays, and local experiences! 🎉 The return of major retailers like UNIQLO is another encouraging sign of downtown San Francisco’s revival, bringing new energy to our streets and giving people more reasons to visit, shop, and stay. Read more in @sfstandard : sfstandard.com/2026/10/08/un… 📸: Morgan Ellis/@sfstandard

🏙️ Downtown Happenings | See what’s happening downtown! 🛍️ @UNIQLO opens at 801 Market St. Oct. 9 🍕 Italian café La Piazza is coming to @UnionSquareSF 🎨 Artist Saype brings Beyond Walls to @ybgardens 🎶 Fleet Week Yacht Rock Block Party comes to Front Street Oct. 9 from 4-10 PM 🎨 Saype speaks at @YBCA Oct. 9 from 6-7:30 PM 🌮 Dragons Love Tacos comes to the Children's Creativity Museum Oct. 10-11 🎵 Follow the Music returns to @ybgardens Oct. 10 from 2-4 PM 💃 @ybgardens Dance Day returns Oct. 11 starting at 10 AM 🌎 Indigenous Peoples' Day comes to @ybgardens Oct. 12 from 12-4 PM 🎤 Lunch & Rhyme returns Oct. 13 from 12-1 PM 🎷 Jazz on the Plaz(a) returns Oct. 14 from 12-2 PM ♟️ Chess on the Plaza returns Oct. 15 from 12-1 PM 🌊 @SF_Downtown + Big Art Loop presents Waterfront Walkabout Oct. 15 from 5-8 PM

Downtown San Francisco is open for business. 🎬 More than 500 businesses applied for Downtown Business Fund support to open or expand downtown. The first cohort is coming soon. Watch this space. 👀 A DDC production, in partnership with @SFNewDeal. #SFDDC #DowntownBusinessFund #LetsGoSanFrancisco #DowntownForEveryone #DowntownSF

Data Wednesdays 📊✨ This week’s number: 84 That’s how many hours @MidMarketCBD's Clean Team spends each week keeping our streets clean. DDC is proud to support their work with a new pressure washer, helping the team more easily navigate and clean sidewalks throughout Mid-Market. Thank you to all of our partners working every day to make downtown safer, cleaner and more welcoming for everyone. 📸: @MidMarketCBD / Mid-Market Community Benefit District #SFDDC #DowntownSF #LetsGoSanFrancisco #DataWednesdays

🏙️ Downtown Is Buzzing! Here’s What’s Happening: 🎉 R-Evolution | One Last Celebration comes to Embarcadero Plaza Oct. 2 from 2-8 PM 🛍️ Pop-Ups on the Plaza celebrates Latine Makers at the Ferry Building Oct. 3 from 9 AM-2 PM 🎤 SF Comedy Showcase comes to the @punchlinecomedy Club Oct. 4 from 7 PM ☕ SF @Techweek_ 's Coffee Rave brings live music and free coffee to Mechanics Monument Plaza Oct. 5 from 9-11 AM ♟️ Chess on the Plaza comes to Mechanics Monument Plaza Oct. 8 from 12-1 PM 🎶 Live Music at The Grove features Good Friends Oct. 2 from 6-9 PM 🎭 African Arts Festival comes to Yerba Buena Gardens Oct. 3 from 11 AM-4 PM 📚 The Litquake Out Loud + Book Fair comes to Yerba Buena Gardens Oct. 4 from 11 AM-4 PM 🗳️ Ballots & Brews comes to @SPUR_Urbanist Oct. 6 from 6-7:30 PM 🏺 Free Clay Vessel Sculpture workshop comes to @ybca Oct. 7 from 2-4 PM

More San Franciscans are coming downtown and for more reasons… @sfgov's new resident survey shows growth from 2023 to 2026 across every category: 🛍️ Shopping: 44% ➡️ 60% 🍽️ Dining and nightlife: 35% ➡️ 52% 🖼️ Museums and arts: 21% ➡️ 32% 🎭 Live entertainment: 20% ➡️ 30% Every category is up, and DDC is working with our partners to give people even more reasons to come downtown, day and night, to experience the best of San Francisco. More to come soon! 📈🏙️ Read the full findings ⬇️ sf.gov/reports--september-20… 📸: @sfgov / City and County of San Francisco

Downtown First Thursdays returns TODAY with Mr. Carmack! 🪩🎶 Head downtown for a nautical-themed San Francisco takeover, happy hour, dance parties, culture, community, and so much more.🪼🎉💃 📅 Thursday, October 1 ⏰ 5–10 PM 📍 2nd Street between Market and Howard Plus: 🎨 Shop ArtU! by @academy_of_art ✨ @SanFranpsycho Art Exhibit, DJs + live music at @111MinnaGallery with @KALW 🎤 Karaoke at Zoe Cocktail Bar 🍷 Wine Down Happiest Hours at @WinedownSF 🖼️ Celebrate SF/Bay Area Black Art Week with @MoADsf at @ybca 💿 Vinyl Nights at Living Room Bar 🌙 Afterparties at Hawthorne, Madarae Bar, and @houseofshields RSVP and learn more: eventbrite.com/e/downtown-fi… Made possible with support from @CivicJoyFund, Into the Streets, Yerba Buena Partnership, and contributions from the DDC, @Ripple, Bob and Randi Fisher of the Pisces Foundation, and @Salesforce.

Data Wednesdays 📊✨ This week’s number: 602,262 That’s the number of recorded exits at Embarcadero Station in August 2026, up 17.1% from 514,128 in August 2025, according to @SFBART data from @sf_downtown. As #BayAreaTransitMonth comes to a close, this growth reflects more workers, residents, and visitors traveling through downtown. DDC is helping welcome them with cleaner streets, hospitality and safety ambassadors, thriving businesses, inviting public spaces, and vibrant arts and culture. Together with a thriving transit system, these efforts are helping build a more accessible, connected, and lively downtown. 🚆 Explore the data ⬇️ downtownsf.org/doing-busines… 📸: @SFBART / Bay Area Rapid Transit #SFDDC #DowntownSF #LetsGoSanFrancisco #DataWednesdays

Last Thursday, DDC CEO Shola Olatoye, who also serves as Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California Board President, introduced @DanielLurie at the 47th Annual NPH Affordable Housing Conference at @MosconeCenter. Shola underscored the importance of bringing community, labor, government, advocates, policymakers, and housing practitioners together to tackle our region’s housing challenges. Thank you, NPH, for bringing this incredible community of labor, government, advocates, and housing leaders together! 🤝

🏙️ Downtown Happenings | See what’s happening downtown! 🛍️ @UniqloUSA opens at 4th & Market Oct. 9 🏢 SF office leasing reaches its highest level since 2018 💖 Dolly Day comes to Union Square TODAY from 12-3 PM 🎉 Downtown First Thursdays returns Oct. 1 from 5-10 PM with Mr. Carmack 🎬 The Conversation screens in Union Square Sept. 26 at 7:15 PM 🎬 Sundown Cinema brings School of Rock to the Ferry Building Sept. 25 📚 Trinity Alley $5 Book Fair returns Sept. 25-26 🎭 Antony and Cleopatra comes to Sue Bierman Park Sept. 26-27 🎬 Yourself and Yours screens at @YBCA Sept. 26 from 2-4 PM 🧶 Crochet Jam comes to @SFMOMA Sept. 27 from 10 AM-1 PM 🍦 Ice Cream Social returns Sept. 29 from 3:30-5:30 PM 🎨 3D Paper Flowers comes to @YBCA Sept. 30 from 2-4 PM

✨ It’s official! @shopmcmullen is open on Maiden Lane. One of the first businesses we’re supporting through the Downtown Business Fund opened downtown today. More than 500 applied to be part of a 24/7 mixed-use downtown where people live, work, play and learn. Congrats to the team! More to come 👀