Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences

The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences is a 312-foot (95 m) luxury residential skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California.

In 1888, M. H. de Young, owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, commissioned Burnham and Root to design a signature building to house his newspaper.

The Chronicle Building survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake but was badly damaged by the ensuing fire, which gutted the interior.

[4] The building was rebuilt by architect Willis Polk, who ran the San Francisco office of Burnham and Root.

By 2004, new owners received approval to restore the original facade, convert the building to residential use, and add eight stories to the existing structure.