List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

Skyline of San Francisco, showing the Transamerica Pyramid on the left, 345 California Center in the center and 555 California Street on the right

San Francisco, California, in the United States, has at least 463 high-rises,^[1] 51 of which are taller than 400 feet (122 m). The tallest is the Transamerica Pyramid, which rises 853 ft (260 m) and as of October 2016 is the 39th-tallest building in the United States.^[2] The city's second tallest building is 555 California Street, formerly known as Bank of America Center.^[3]

San Francisco has 22 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m). Its skyline is ranked second in the Pacific coast region (after Los Angeles) and sixth in the United States, after New York City, Chicago, Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles.^{[note 1]}

History

The Chronicle Building, 690 Market Street, was San Francisco's first skyscraper upon completion in 1890.

San Francisco's first skyscraper was the 218-foot (66 m) Chronicle Building completed in 1890. M. H. de Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, commissioned Burnham and Root to design a signature tower to convey the power of his newspaper.^[4] Not to be outdone, de Young's rival, industrialist Claus Spreckels, purchased the San Francisco Call in 1895 and commissioned a tower of his own that would dwarf the Chronicle Building.^[5] The 315-foot (96 m) Call Building was completed in 1898 and stood across Market Street from the Chronicle Building. The Call Building (later named the Spreckels Building, and Central Tower today) would remain the city's tallest for nearly a quarter century.

The Call Building, 703 Market Street, was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River when constructed in 1898.

Both steel-framed structures survived the 1906 earthquake, demonstrating that tall buildings could be safely constructed in earthquake country.^[6][7] Other early twentieth-century skyscrapers above 200 feet (61 m) include the Merchants Exchange Building (1903), Humboldt Bank Building (1908), Hobart Building (1914), and Southern Pacific Building (1916). Another skyscraper boom took hold during the 1920s, when several Neo-Gothic and Art Deco high rises, reaching three to four hundred feet (90 to 120 m) in height, were constructed, including the Standard Oil Building (1922), Pacific Telephone Building (1925), Russ Building (1927), Hunter-Dulin Building (1927), 450 Sutter Medical Building (1929), Shell Building (1929), and McAllister Tower (1930).^[8]

The Great Depression and World War II halted any further skyscraper construction until the 1950s when the Equitable Life Building (1955) and Crown-Zellerbach Building (1959) were completed. Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscrapers,^[9] were completed in a building boom from the late 1960s until the late 1980s.^[10] During the 1960s, at least 40 new skyscrapers were built,^[11] and the Hartford Building (1965), 44 Montgomery (1967), Bank of America Center (1969), and Transamerica Pyramid (1972) each, in turn, took the title of tallest building in California upon completion. At 853 feet (260 m) tall, the Transamerica Pyramid was one of the most controversial, with critics suggesting that it be torn down even before it was completed.^[11]

This surge of construction was dubbed "Manhattanization" by opponents and led to local legislation that set some of the strictest building height limits and regulations in the country.^[12] In 1985, San Francisco adopted the Downtown Plan, which slowed development in the Financial District north of Market Street and directed it to the area South of Market around the Transbay Terminal.^[13] Over 250 historic buildings were protected from development and developers were required to set aside open space for new projects.^[14] To prevent excessive growth and smooth the boom-and-bust building cycle, the Plan included an annual limit of 950,000 square feet (88,000 m²) for new office development, although it grandfathered millions of square feet of proposals already in the development pipeline. In response, voters approved Proposition M in November 1986 that reduced the annual limit to 475,000 square feet (44,100 m²) until the grandfathered square footage was accounted for, which occurred in 1999.^[15][16]

Aerial photo of downtown San Francisco, 2015. The Transamerica Pyramid is visible on the right. The foundation of the Salesforce Tower is visible on the lower left.

These limits, combined with the early 1990s recession, led to a near halt of skyscraper construction during the late 1980s and 1990s. To guide new development, the city passed several neighborhood plans, such as the Rincon Hill Plan in 2005 and Transit Center District Plan in 2012, which allow taller skyscrapers in certain specific locations in the South of Market area.^[17] Since the early 2000s, the city has been undergoing another building boom, with numerous buildings over 400 feet (122 m) proposed, approved, or under construction; some, such as the two-towered One Rincon Hill, have been completed. Several taller buildings are under construction in connection with the new Transbay Transit Center, including Salesforce Tower, which broke ground in 2013 and is planned to rise to 1,070 feet (330 m).^[18] When completed this building will be the first supertall skyscraper in San Francisco and among the tallest in the United States.

Cityscape

A panoramic view of the San Francisco skyline from Twin Peaks at dusk in December 2009.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks San Francisco skyscrapers that stand at least 400 feet (122 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Use	Year	Coordinates	Notes
1	Transamerica Pyramid		853 (260)	48	Office	1972	37°47′42.72″N 122°24′10.08″W / 37.7952000°N 122.4028000°W	37th-tallest building in the United States 3rd-tallest building in California Tallest building in San Francisco since 1972 Tallest building on the West Coast from 1972 until 1974 Tallest building constructed in San Francisco in the 1970s[2][19][20]
2	555 California Street		779 (237)	52	Office	1969	37°47′30.84″N 122°24′13.68″W / 37.7919000°N 122.4038000°W	61st-tallest building in the United States 4th-tallest building in California Tallest building on the West Coast from 1969 to 1972 Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s Formerly known as Bank of America Center[3][21][22]
3	345 California Center		695 (212)	48	Hotel, Office	1986	37°47′33.00″N 122°24′1.80″W / 37.7925000°N 122.4005000°W	Tallest mid-block skyscraper in San Francisco Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s[23][24] The height shown includes flagpoles.
4	Millennium Tower		645 (197)	58	Hotel, Residential	2009	37°47′25.44″N 122°23′45.96″W / 37.7904000°N 122.3961000°W	Tallest mixed-use residential building west of the Mississippi River.[25] Tallest building constructed in the city in the 2000s[26]
5	One Rincon Hill South Tower		641 (195)	60	Residential	2008	37°47′8.8″N 122°23′31.7″W / 37.785778°N 122.392139°W	Tallest all-residential building in the city.[27][28][29][30]
6	50 Fremont Center		600 (183)	43	Office	1985	37°47′25.7″N 122°23′50.1″W / 37.790472°N 122.397250°W	[31][32]
	101 California Street		600 (183)	48	Office	1982	37°47′34.26″N 122°23′52.55″W / 37.7928500°N 122.3979306°W	[33][34]
8	Market Center		573 (175)	40	Office	1975	37°47′22.38″N 122°24′1.08″W / 37.7895500°N 122.4003000°W	Also known as Chevron Tower[35][36]
9	Four Embarcadero Center		570 (174)	45	Office	1982	37°47′42.72″N 122°23′45.96″W / 37.7952000°N 122.3961000°W	[37][38]
10	One Embarcadero Center		569 (173)	45	Office	1971	37°47′40.2″N 122°23′58.92″W / 37.794500°N 122.3997000°W	[39][40]
11	44 Montgomery Street		565 (172)	43	Office	1967	37°47′23.28″N 122°24′6.48″W / 37.7898000°N 122.4018000°W	Tallest building in California from 1967 to 1969[41][42]
12	Spear Tower		564 (172)	43	Office	1976	37°47′35.84″N 122°23′40.27″W / 37.7932889°N 122.3945194°W	[43][44]
13	One Sansome Street		550 (168)	41	Office	1984	37°47′25.5″N 122°24′4.6″W / 37.790417°N 122.401278°W	Also known as the Citigroup Center[45][46]
14	One Rincon Hill North Tower		541 (165)	49	Residential	2014	37°47′11.04″N 122°23′31.44″W / 37.7864000°N 122.3920667°W	[47]
15	One Front Street		538 (164)	38	Office	1979	37°47′30.5″N 122°23′55.7″W / 37.791806°N 122.398806°W	Also known as Shaklee Terraces and 444 Market Street[48][49]
16	First Market Tower		529 (161)	39	Office	1973	37°47′25.80″N 122°23′56.76″W / 37.7905000°N 122.3991000°W	[50][51]
	McKesson Plaza		529 (161)	38	Office	1969	37°47′19.32″N 122°24′9.36″W / 37.7887000°N 122.4026000°W	[52][53]
18	425 Market Street		525 (160)	38	Office	1973	37°47′27.96″N 122°23′53.16″W / 37.7911000°N 122.3981000°W	[54][55]
19	Montgomery Tower		500 (152)	38	Office	1982	37°47′20.76″N 122°24′11.88″W / 37.7891000°N 122.4033000°W	[56][57]
20	333 Bush Street		495 (151)	43	Office, Residential	1986	37°47′26.16″N 122°24′10.80″W / 37.7906000°N 122.4030000°W	[58][59]
21	Hilton San Francisco Tower I		493 (150)	46	Hotel	1971	37°47′7.08″N 122°24′39.24″W / 37.7853000°N 122.4109000°W	Tallest building used exclusively as a hotel in the city[60][61]
22	Pacific Gas & Electric Building		492 (150)	34	Office	1971	37°47′29.76″N 122°23′44.88″W / 37.7916000°N 122.3958000°W	[62][63]
23	50 California Street		487 (148)	37	Office	1972	37°47′38.40″N 122°23′50.64″W / 37.7940000°N 122.3974000°W	[64][65]
	555 Mission Street		487 (148)	33	Office	2008	37°47′18.60″N 122°23′54.96″W / 37.7885000°N 122.3986000°W	Tallest office building constructed in the 2000s[66][67][68][69][70][71]
25	St. Regis Museum Tower		484 (148)	42	Hotel, Residential	2005	37°47′10.68″N 122°24′4.68″W / 37.7863000°N 122.4013000°W	[72][73]
26	100 Pine Center		476 (145)	33	Office	1972	37°47′33.32″N 122°23′56.21″W / 37.7925889°N 122.3989472°W	[74][75]
	45 Fremont Street		476 (145)	34	Office	1978	37°47′28.32″N 122°23′49.56″W / 37.7912000°N 122.3971000°W	Also known as the Bechtel Building[76][77]
28	333 Market Street		472 (144)	33	Office	1979	37°47′30.98″N 122°23′51.00″W / 37.7919389°N 122.3975000°W	[78][79]
29	650 California Street		466 (142)	34	Office	1964	37°47′34.2″N 122°24′18.7″W / 37.792833°N 122.405194°W	Tallest building in California from 1965 to 1967 Also known as the Hartford Building[80][81]
30	LUMINA I		450 (137)	43	Residential	2015	37°47′19.30″N 122°23′31.99″W / 37.7886944°N 122.3922194°W	[82][83]
31	100 First Plaza		447 (136)	27	Office	1988	37°47′21.0″N 122°23′51.0″W / 37.789167°N 122.397500°W	[84][85]
32	340 Fremont Street		440 (134)	40	Residential	2016	37°47′13.23″N 122°23′33.86″W / 37.7870083°N 122.3927389°W	[86]
	399 Fremont Street		440 (134)	42	Residential	2016	37°47′13.94″N 122°23′31.34″W / 37.7872056°N 122.3920389°W	[87][88]
34	One California		438 (134)	32	Office	1969	37°47′35.52″N 122°23′49.92″W / 37.7932000°N 122.3972000°W	[89][90]
35	San Francisco Marriott Marquis		436 (133)	39	Hotel	1989	37°47′5.64″N 122°24′15.48″W / 37.7849000°N 122.4043000°W	[91][92]
36	Russ Building		435 (133)	32	Office	1927	37°47′28.32″N 122°24′10.08″W / 37.7912000°N 122.4028000°W	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s[93][94]
	140 New Montgomery		435 (133)	26	Office	1925	37°47′13.20″N 122°24′0.00″W / 37.7870000°N 122.4000000°W	Tied as the tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s Originally called the Pacific Telephone Building upon completion[95][96]
38	Jasper		430 (131)	39	Residential	2015	37°47′9.19″N 122°23′37.61″W / 37.7858861°N 122.3937806°W	[97][98]
39	The Infinity II		420 (128)	41	Residential	2009	37°47′21.76″N 122°23′26.39″W / 37.7893778°N 122.3906639°W	[99]
	JPMorgan Chase Building		420 (128)	31	Office	2002	37°47′19.6″N 122°23′58.0″W / 37.788778°N 122.399444°W	[100][101]
	The Paramount		420 (128)	40	Residential	2002	37°47′12.0″N 122°24′7.0″W / 37.786667°N 122.401944°W	[102][103]
42	Providian Financial Building		417 (127)	30	Office	1981	37°47′28.40″N 122°23′42.16″W / 37.7912222°N 122.3950444°W	[104][105]
43	Three Embarcadero Center		413 (126)	31	Office	1977	37°47′42.5″N 122°23′50.5″W / 37.795139°N 122.397361°W	[106][107]
	Two Embarcadero Center		413 (126)	30	Office	1974	37°47′41.8″N 122°23′54.5″W / 37.794944°N 122.398472°W	[108][109]
	350 Mission Street		413 (126)	27	Office	2015	37°47′27.31″N 122°23′48.25″W / 37.7909194°N 122.3967361°W	[110][111]
46	595 Market Street		410 (125)	30	Office	1979	37°47′21.31″N 122°24′2.92″W / 37.7892528°N 122.4008111°W	[112][113]
47	123 Mission Street		407 (124)	29	Office	1986	37°47′30.84″N 122°23′40.20″W / 37.7919000°N 122.3945000°W	[114][115]
48	101 Montgomery		404 (123)	28	Office	1984	37°47′25.44″N 122°24′8.64″W / 37.7904000°N 122.4024000°W	[116][117]
	Embarcadero West		404 (123)	34	Office	1989	37°47′37.9″N 122°24′1.6″W / 37.793861°N 122.400444°W	[118][119]
50	100 Van Ness Avenue		400 (122)	29	Residential	1974	37°46′36.2″N 122°25′09.1″W / 37.776722°N 122.419194°W	Originally completed as an office tower in 1974 before residential conversion in 2014 Also known as the California Automobile Association Building[120][121][122]
	LUMINA II		400 (122)	38	Residential	2015	37°47′19.47″N 122°23′29.41″W / 37.7887417°N 122.3915028°W	[123]

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

Under construction

This lists buildings that are under construction in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 100 meters (328 ft). Under construction buildings that have already been topped out are also included.

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Use	Year (est.)	Coordinates	Notes
Salesforce Tower	1,070 (326)	61	Office	2018	37°47′23.12″N 122°23′49.46″W / 37.7897556°N 122.3970722°W	This building is under construction as part of the San Francisco Transbay development. It will be the tallest building in San Francisco once completed.[18][124][125]
181 Fremont Street	802 (245)	54	Office, Residential	2017	37°47′22.98″N 122°23′43.04″W / 37.7897167°N 122.3952889°W	Mixed-use building with 33 floors of office space and 68 residential units on the upper 15 floors.[126][127][128]
Park Tower at Transbay	605 (184)	43	Office	2018	37°47′25.5″N 122°23′39.0″W / 37.790417°N 122.394167°W	Project will be commercial office tower at Transbay Block 5.[129][130] Project broke ground in October 2015.[131]
Transbay Block 8	575 (175)	56	Residential	2019	37°47′16.6″N 122°23′39.6″W / 37.787944°N 122.394333°W	This project contains approximately 740 units from developer Related California and architecture firm OMA.[132][133][134]
706 Mission Street	510 (155)	43	Museum, Residential	2019	37°47′10.19″N 122°24′9.44″W / 37.7861639°N 122.4026222°W	This project will contain 190 condominiums and an expanded Mexican Museum. Construction began in February 2016.[135][136]
Transbay Block 9	440 (134)	43	Residential	2019	37°47′13.92″N 122°23′42.79″W / 37.7872000°N 122.3952194°W	This project will contain 563 residential units on Folsom Street between First and Essex streets.[137] Construction started in March 2016.[138][139] It is also known as 500 Folsom Street.[140][141]
41 Tehama Street	380 (116)	35	Residential	2017	37°47′14.16″N 122°23′46.43″W / 37.7872667°N 122.3962306°W	This building is entitled for 403 dwelling units.[142][143]

Approved

This lists buildings that are approved for construction in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 100 meters (328 ft).

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year (est.)	Coordinates	Notes
Oceanwide Center, Tower 1	905 (276)	75	2020	37°47′23.75″N 122°23′53.34″W / 37.7899306°N 122.3981500°W	[144][145]
Oceanwide Center, Tower 2	625 (191)	54	2020	37°47′22.24″N 122°23′53.71″W / 37.7895111°N 122.3982528°W	[144][145]
5M Project Residential Tower	470 (143)	40	—	37°46′52.34″N 122°24′25.23″W / 37.7812056°N 122.4070083°W	This project contains office and residential on 4 acres (1.6 ha) at Fifth and Mission.[146][147][148]
Folsom Bay Tower	400 (122)	40	2019	37°47′23.9″N 122°23′30.0″W / 37.789972°N 122.391667°W	This project contains 390 condominiums from developer Tishman Speyer and Studio Gang Architects.[149][150][151] It is also known as 160 Folsom Street and Transbay Block 1.[152]
5M Project Office Tower	395 (120)	23	—	37°46′52.34″N 122°24′25.23″W / 37.7812056°N 122.4070083°W	This project contains office and residential on 4 acres (1.6 ha) at Fifth and Mission.[146][153][148]

Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed in San Francisco and are planned to rise at least 100 meters (328 ft).

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors*	Year* (est.)	Coordinates	Notes
Transbay Parcel F	750 (229)	60	—		[154]
Palace Hotel Residential Tower	669 (204)	60	—	37°47′15.93″N 122°24′6.08″W / 37.7877583°N 122.4016889°W	This project is also known as Two New Montgomery.[155][156]
One Montgomery Street	500 (152)	33	—	37°47′21″N 122°24′09″W / 37.789203°N 122.402618°W	[157]
Sun Tower[note 2]	450 (137)	—	—	37°49′10.66″N 122°22′19.20″W / 37.8196278°N 122.3720000°W	This project is also referred to as Treasure Island Tower. It would stand as the tallest building on Treasure Island.[158][159][160][161][162]
524 Howard Street	450 (137)	44	—	37°47′17.67″N 122°23′49.33″W / 37.7882417°N 122.3970361°W	This project contains 285 residential units from developer Crescent Heights.[163][164][165]
1481 Post Street	410 (125)	36	—	37°47′8.65″N 122°25′34.08″W / 37.7857361°N 122.4261333°W	This project is also referred to as Cathedral Hill Plaza II and Post Street Tower.[166][167][168]
30 Van Ness	400 (122)	42	—		[169]
655 4th Street	400 (122)	40	—		[170]
10 South Van Ness	400 (122)	38	—	37°46′27.45″N 122°25′10.46″W / 37.7742917°N 122.4195722°W	[171]
10 South Van Ness Tower B	400 (122)	38	—		[172]
One Van Ness	400 (122)	37	—	37°46′30.37″N 122°25′12.04″W / 37.7751028°N 122.4200111°W	This project would contain 308 condominiums.[173]
1500 Mission Street	379 (116)	36	—		[174]
48 Tehama Street	366 (112)	30	—		[175]
Central SOMA Tower	350 (107)	37	—		This project is also known as 636-648 4th Street.[176][177][178]

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building floor counts or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in San Francisco as well as the current titleholder, the currently under construction Salesforce Tower.

The original Palace Hotel stood as San Francisco's tallest building from 1875 until 1890.

Name	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors	Notes / Reference
Montgomery Block	628 Montgomery Street	1853–1854	~50 (15)	4	[179][180][181]
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral	660 California Street	1854–1875	90 (27)	1	[182][183][184][185]
Palace Hotel	2 New Montgomery Street	1875–1890	120 (37)	7	[note 3][186][187]
Chronicle Building	690 Market Street	1890–1898	218 (66)	10	[188]
Call Building	703 Market Street	1898–1922	315 (96)	15	[note 4][189]
Standard Oil Building	225 Bush Street	1922–1925	328 (100)	22	[190]
Pacific Telephone Building	140 New Montgomery Street	1925–1965	435 (133)	26	[note 5][95]
Russ Building	235 Montgomery Street	1927–1965	435 (133)	31	[note 5][93]
Hartford Building	650 California Street	1965–1967	466 (142)	33	[note 6][80]
44 Montgomery Street	44 Montgomery Street	1967–1969	565 (172)	43	[41]
Bank of America Center	555 California Street	1969–1972	779 (237)	52	[note 7][21]
Transamerica Pyramid	600 Montgomery Street	1972–2016	853 (260)	48	[19]
Salesforce Tower	415 Mission Street	2016–Present	1,070 (326)	61	.[191]

Notes

1. Based on existing and under construction buildings over 150 meters tall. New York has 296 existing and under construction buildings at least 492 feet (150 m); Chicago has 124; Miami has 54; Houston has 36; Los Angeles has 30; Dallas has 20; San Francisco has 24. Source of Skyline ranking information: SkyscraperPage.com diagrams: New York City, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco (as of July 2014).
2. Building is said to be somewhere between 450 feet (137 m) and 650 feet (198 m).
3. The original Palace Hotel burned down in 1906.
4. The Call Building was renamed the Spreckels Building in 1913 and was heavily modified in 1938, lowering its height to 299 feet (91 m).
5. The Russ Building, completed in 1927, tied the height of the Pacific Telephone Building. The city therefore had two tallest buildings for a period of 38 years, until the Hartford Building was completed in 1965.
6. This building was constructed as the Hartford Building, but is now more commonly known as 650 California Street.
7. This building was constructed as the Bank of America Center, but was renamed to 555 California Street in 2005.

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External links

• Diagram of San Francisco skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage
• The skyscrapers of San Francisco Video detailing the San Francisco skyline.