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345 California Center is a 48-story office tower in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1986, the 211.8 m (695 ft) tower is the fifth tallest in the city after the Salesforce Tower, Transamerica Pyramid, 181 Fremont, and 555 California Street if the spires are included. It was originally proposed to be 30 m (98 ft ...
San Francisco's Civic Center is one of the nation's most successful examples of the City Beautiful movement. [3] In 1927, the government allocated $2.5 million for the Federal Building's design and construction, although final costs reached a total of $3 million. San Francisco city officials donated a site in 1930.
555 California Street, formerly Bank of America Center, is a 52-story 779 ft (237 m) skyscraper in San Francisco, California. It is the fourth tallest building in the city as of February 2021, [ 6 ] and in 2013 was the largest by floor area. [ 7 ]
Two Embarcadero Center is an office skyscraper located off The Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. [4] The 126 m (413 ft), 30- story tower, completed in 1974 is part of the Embarcadero Center, a complex of seven towers, of which two are hotels. [5] Twin-tower Three Embarcadero Center is the same height, but has ...
February 27, 1987 [ 6 ] The Civic Center in San Francisco, California, is an area located a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the city's largest government and cultural institutions. It has two large plazas (Civic Center Plaza and United Nations Plaza) and a number of buildings in ...
Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero (with a gap on Telegraph Hill). Most of Lombard Street's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101.
San Francisco, California, in the United States, has at least 482 high-rises, [1] 58 of which are at least 400 feet (122 m) tall. The tallest building is Salesforce Tower, which rises 1,070 ft (330 m) and as of April 2023 is the 17th-tallest building in the United States. [2] The city's second-tallest building is the Transamerica Pyramid, which ...
US 101 north / Lombard Street. North end. Aquatic Park Pier. Van Ness Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. Originally named Marlette Street, the street was renamed [when?] in honor of the city's sixth mayor, James Van Ness. [2][3] The main part of Van Ness Avenue runs from Market Street near the Civic Center ...