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The Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco from 1972 to 2017, when it was surpassed by the under-construction Salesforce Tower. [16] It is one of 39 San Francisco high rises reported by the U.S. Geological Survey as potentially vulnerable to a large earthquake, due to a flawed welding technique.
The city's second-tallest building is the Transamerica Pyramid, which rises 853 ft (260 m), and was previously the city's tallest for 45 years, from 1972 to 2017. [3] The city's third-tallest building is 181 Fremont, rising to 802 ft (244 m). San Francisco has 27 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m).
Transamerica Pyramid: San Francisco: 853 ft (260 m) 48 1972 2nd-tallest building in San Francisco. Tallest in San Francisco from 1972 until 2017; [134] tallest building in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River from 1972 until 1974 [135] [136]
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With the Transamerica Pyramid, 555 California Street shows the direction San Francisco's downtown was moving during the 1960s before campaigns against high-rise buildings in the 1970s and 1980s forced development to move south of Market Street. With its top spire, the Transamerica Pyramid is taller, but 555 California has the higher habitable ...
Transamerica Pyramid: San Francisco United States: 260 m (850 ft) 48 1972 Second-tallest building in San Francisco; [107] tallest building in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River from 1972 until 1974 [108] [109] 80= Rainier Square Tower: Seattle United States: 260 m (850 ft) 58 2020 82 30 Rockefeller Plaza: New York City United States: 259 m ...
Owners of Television City scale back plans for a $1.25-billion upgrade of the legendary studio lot in response to neighbors' concerns.
The Transamerica Pyramid, not a Designated Landmark, is in the background This is a list of San Francisco Designated Landmarks . In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California , adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations.