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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
Yes and yes.
I have seen many periods when there seemed to be little major development happening. I can even recall when a few projects got shut down midway like 530 Mission. The biggest recent fallow periods were probably 2001-2003 (approximate) and 2008-2012 (approximate). I seems like there was a long period before the late 1990s when not much was going up.
We know of at least 1 building over 600 ft that is still on the planning boards: 550 Howard (aka Transbay Parcel F). But there will likely be others to follow, possibly at "The Hub" (although I believe the tallest building currently planned there is 1 S. Van Ness at 600 ft).
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That's if you don't count the high-rise boom of the late 70's to mid-80's -under mayor Dianne Feinstein. This was the period referred to as the "Manhattanization" of the downtown. That led to an opposition movement and the Downtown Plan in 1985 which put the kiabosh on growth. But it would probably have slowed way down anyway because of Black Monday (October of 1987 when the stock markets around the world crashed). That of course was followed two years later by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Even the dot-com boom of the late 1990s didn't produce much in way of tangible results.
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