development in downtown San Francisco will continue to expand, to the dismay of many. “We’re experiencing, maybe for the first time, a real urban revival,” says Evans. “The skyline is ...

This year, Safeway will swap the sign’s glass tubes for hassle-free LEDs, quietly closing out an era for San Francisco’s skyline. Some creatures, like the Pinta Island tortoise, die out.

San Francisco’s skyline is on the verge of a transformation, but how much it actually changes remains to be seen. More than a dozen ambitious high-rise proposals, turbocharged by new state ...