I Just realized, I have this Love for the TransAmerica Pyramid Building,(pic Heavy)

[yuiyoshida]

[Auggie]

1. I'll second that

Uniquely San Francisco

I've been in offices on the top floors … very odd feeling.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Yes there is a lovely view up there

of Columbus Avenue going to Fisherman's Wharf!

[antiquie]

3. It is especially impressive at night.

Thanks for the pictures.

The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, who moved their U.S. headquarters to Baltimore, Maryland, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 260 m (850 ft), on completion in 1972 it was the eighth tallest building in the world. fromWiki

[Laelth]

4. San Francisco is, quite simply, a gorgeous city. n/t

-Laelth

[yuiyoshida]

5. I love it here but....

During the Summer, its worse than Winter. The fog monster comes in.. AND ITS A MOIST COLD THAT hits you right to the bone. I am often sitting in my little room with the space heater on, trying to keep that chill away.

[Laelth]

6. It's definitely cool in San Francisco.

It's not ideal for those who get chilly easily, but it's still beautiful, even with the fog.

-Laelth

[Jamaal510]

8. It's pretty cool, but

the summers in coastal Humboldt make those in SF look like nothing. I checked the temperature daily last year, and it rarely got above 65 around Eureka in the summer.
If a person wants relief from hot weather, that's the place to be.

[haydukelives]

18. coldest winter I ever spent

Last edited Sat Mar 1, 2014, 06:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Was a summer in San Francisco.

edit to remove citation.

[yuiyoshida]

19. Heh..

Actually I read some where that Mark Twain, aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens, never really said that. I don't know how it got attributed to him, but it sure sounds like something he would have said.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/twain.asp

[haydukelives]

23. interesting, thanks

I bow to your snopes greatness.

[northoftheborder]

24. I'm going to plan a visit next summer when we are sweltering in 100+ heat here in Texas!

That is a beautifully designed building, by the way. Unique, simple, and interesting.

[kimbutgar]

7. I worked in this building for two years

The views from the building were also awesome.

[yuiyoshida]

9. wow!

lucky!

[Brother Buzz]

10. This old fart remembers Herb Caen having fun with it

[yuiyoshida]

11. Mister SAN FRANCISCO!

Had a street named after him!

[Brother Buzz]

12. The sign is way cool! I knew "The City" named a street after him, but I never saw the sign

We have a postcard typed on that Royal® typewriter. Everyone who fed him cool nuggets over the years received one; Sack-A-Tomato boys were taught proper manners.

[MNBrewer]

13. Anna Madrigal knows why you love the pyramid

[bluestateboomer]

14. Huel Howser went up to the top.

http://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2001/01/08/pyramid-californias-gold-3004/

[yuiyoshida]

16. O m...g!

I would have been vomiting by the top rung of that latter. It was cool to see what was inside of that top though. I have been to the top of the Statue of Liberty, the top of the St. Louis Arch, The CN Tower in Toronto, and the top of the Empire State Building...but it was nothing like that. Heights scare me, but if I am inside an enclosure, I will be okay. Just like I can go on airplanes, Jets etc, but I would not wish to be outside. Skydiving would probably kill me of fright!!

Thanks for showing that! Its something you never get to see!!

[AsahinaKimi]

21. Awesome Video...not sure that

I would want to go as high as they did....

[Stardust]

15. Thank you for the gorgeous pictures -- she is a lovely building, isn't she? Especially love

The piggy-back shuttle fly-by!!!

[yuiyoshida]

17. People here were excited about that...

I missed it, was inside doing something. I have seen the Blue Angels though!

[AsahinaKimi]

20. When I used live in the Haight Ashbury

I could see it each night out of my tiny Kitchenette window. I seemed to glow like a beacon in the night!

[randr]

22. I will never forget a helicopter ride around it one evening

Love it when Joan Walsh is on MSNBC with this building in view

[Eleanors38]

25. Beautiful building and city. Very nice pictures.

[proud patriot]

26. My Grandpa Worked there many moons ago

I got to go in it when I was a little kid.

[arcane1]

27. LOVE the one with the space shuttle :)

I used to work a block away from there, and I still miss it. They relocated us to Walnut Creek

[RandySF]

28. It's a shame there's no observation deck.

[yuiyoshida]

31. on the 45th floor

There is a public place where you can look out, facing towards Fisherman's wharf heading up Columbus Avenue. That is the highest I have been there. I don't think I would want to go much higher, as the gentleman did in that video posted above.

[CherokeeDem]

29. You are not alone!

First time I was in San Francisco, I fell in love the city and with this building. It's just so unique and majestic.

Thanks for the pics... like I said in another post about the rain in the city this week.... I need to get back there. Miss San Francisco.

[aquart]

30. Don't sit on it.

Thank God there are no more Hindenburgs.

[yuiyoshida]

32. There is a lightning rod at the very top..

Not something I would want to hang on to.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. ...

[MzNov]

34. San Fran Cisco... Open you golden gates....

My very first job in CA was in the Pyramid Bldg.

[yuiyoshida]

36. Wow...I think you are the third

person in this posting to have worked there. You guys should rent a space there for a party..on that top party floor and invite all the local DUers!

[ElboRuum]

35. It is a striking bit of architecture...

...really no other buildings I'm aware of that are quite like it.

[bayareaboy]

37. It is a beautiful building ...

My Sister used to work for Paladini Fish Co right where the middle of the building is now. later on I lived close to the building and every day walked down Columbus St going downtown.

[yuiyoshida]

38. I love that area...

Little Italy on one side, and Chinatown on the other. I can spend the entire day in Chinatown, and love having Spaghetti marinara for dinner that night.

[question everything]

39. Beautiful. And the clear skies! In San Francisco! (nt)

[yuiyoshida]

40. Today it is...oh my...look whats there!!

Its the Transamerica pyramid building!