SFGATE scanned through 70 years of sign permit records for 2020 ... quietly closing out an era for San Francisco’s skyline. Some creatures, like the Pinta Island tortoise, die out.

The GT-R first appeared in Japan as the top-spec performance Skyline back in 1969. It faded away in the early ’70s before returning in 1989. The GT-R finally hit U.S. dealerships as a 2009 model ...