50-story S.F. condo tower: Drawings reveal new details of what Sunset skyscraper would look like

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New, detailed plans and renderings have been filed with the city for a proposed 50-story residential tower overlooking Ocean Beach in San Francisco’s Sunset District — a project that has prompted backlash from city officials and debate among residents.

The 680-unit building, proposed for a site across from the San Francisco Zoo, would rise more than 580 feet in a neighborhood currently defined largely by low-rise buildings and single-family homes. City officials have said that, while they encourage density and residential development in the area, the proposed project is several times taller than what regulations allow in the neighborhood.

The latest details come as the city is faced with carrying out its state-mandated plan to build 82,000 new units over the next eight years. Some housing advocates have pointed to this requirement as a reason to approve the project.

The new plans, submitted by architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz, show a thin, tall tower wrapped in glass, with floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies on each floor, surrounded by mostly two- and three-story buildings, with the beach a few blocks away.

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Count on lawsuits up the wazoo. This 50-story tower will never be built.