The B man and I walked around the city and did some exploring in our area. We walked past the Transamerica Pyramid building and I just had to stop and take some pictures! As the tallest building in SF,its pretty easy to spot!
According to Wikipedia:
The Transamerica building was commissioned by Transamerica CEO John (Jack) R. Beckett, with the claim that he wished to allow light in the street below. Built on the site of the historic Montgomery Block, it has a structural height of 853 ft (260 m) and has 48 floors of retail and office space. Here are some interesting facts about it:
- The building's façade is covered in crushed quartz, giving the building its light color.
- The four-story base contains 16,000 cu yd (12,000 m3) of concrete and over 300 mi (480 km) of steel rebar.
- It has 3,678 windows.
- The building's foundation is 9 feet (2.7 m) thick, the result of a 3 day, 24-hour continuous concrete pour. Several thousand dollars in quarters and change were thrown into the pit by observers surrounding the site at street level during the pouring, for good luck.
- Only two of the building's 18 elevators reach the top floor.
- The original proposal was for a 1,150 ft (350 m) building, which for a year would have been the second-tallest completed building in the world. The proposal was rejected by the city planning commission, saying it would interfere with views of San Francisco Bay from Nob Hill.
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