High-rise developments are increasing across the country, refuting many critics who predicted the end of the high rise after September 11, 2001. In San Francisco, many planners and developers want to go up in a big way, despite the terror threat.
"There's a high-rise boom in cities across the nation, including San Francisco, where planners want to allow new towers that would climb beyond the Transamerica Pyramid, now the city's tallest building."
"In Chicago, for instance, a 2,000-foot tower was recently approved. Even in Boston, a traditionally height-wary city, developers are competing for the right to build a 1,000-foot tower in the historic financial district."
"In San Francisco, five towers that will exceed 30 stories now are under construction, more than at any time since the early 1980s."
Not completely ignoring the possibility of terrorist attacks, many of the city's high rise buildings are being fortified near the base to decrease their susceptibility.
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