Architecture has come full circle: It reminds me of this, built many years ago (about the same time as the Sequoias):
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=501571
For those interested in how residents of Cathedral Hill feel about it, BTinSF and I evaluate its contribution to our neighborhood in the following local San Francisco thread:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...114324&page=31