Regular people don't know or care how forumers characterize skyscrapers. It will be the city's fourth-tallest tower, so it will be especially tall and notable on our skyline. That's all regular people will notice or care about, so it's part of the mainstream media coverage.
In any case, here's a rendering of this tower on the skyline from the Curbed San Francisco
article on the proposal:
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