For the Bay Area, two immediately come to mind:
In Emeryville, est. 2019 population 12,068, there's Pacific Park Plaza, a residential tower of 318 ft. and 30 stories that definitely sticks out like a sore thumb despite a smattering of mid-rises on the nearby bay shore:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/I-80_Eastshore_Fwy.jpg/1200px-I-80_Eastshore_Fwy.jpg)
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pacific_Park_Plaza_from_Christie_Park.jpg/675px-Pacific_Park_Plaza_from_Christie_Park.jpg)
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And in Campbell, est. 2019 population 41,793, there's the rather curiously-scaled Pruneyard towers, the tallest of which is 256 ft. tall with 18 stories. The tallest tower in Silicon Valley until 1996, it really stands out in such a suburban environment:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Pruneyard_towers.jpg/1200px-Pruneyard_towers.jpg)
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