{"id":495831,"date":"2026-10-14T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495831\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:18:10","slug":"san-franciscos-skyline-could-get-a-lot-taller-should-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495831\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco&#8217;s skyline could get a lot taller. Should it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Francisco&#8217;s <a data-ylk=\"slk:skyline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2022\/san-francisco-skyline-timeline\/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">skyline<\/a> is one of the city&#8217;s most defining features, but it could look <a data-ylk=\"slk:completely different;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/realestate\/article\/sf-skyscraper-mission-22474241.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">completely different<\/a> in the years ahead. This year, the city approved <a data-ylk=\"slk:Mayor Daniel Lurie&#039;s &quot;Family Zoning&quot; plan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/housing-family-zoning-22378281.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Daniel Lurie&#8217;s &#8220;Family Zoning&#8221; plan<\/a>, which allows <a data-ylk=\"slk:taller buildings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/realestate\/article\/sf-housing-west-side-condo-real-estate-22359206.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">taller buildings<\/a> in places well-served by jobs, transit, retail and other amenities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To help illustrate what that could look like, the Chronicle created a <a data-ylk=\"slk:3D model;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2026\/family-zoning-san-francisco?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">3D model<\/a> comparing the city as it looks today with the new maximum building heights allowed under the plan. Tell us what you think about the changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Francisco&#8217;s skyline, rezoned: <a data-ylk=\"slk:What it could look like if new height limits are maxed out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2026\/family-zoning-san-francisco?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">What it could look like if new height limits are maxed out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:There&#039;s more to San Francisco with the Chronicle. Subscribe today for just 25\u00a2.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/subscription.sfchronicle.com\/checkout\/2018\/4062?siteID=SFC&amp;origin=acquisition&amp;ipid=article&amp;variant=yahoo2026\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">There&#8217;s more to San Francisco with the Chronicle. Subscribe today for just 25\u00a2.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco&#039;s skyline could get a lot taller. Should it?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/family-zoning-survey-22475922.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco&#8217;s skyline could get a lot taller. Should it?<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco&#8217;s skyline is one of the city&#8217;s most defining features, but it could look completely different in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-495831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}