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Columbus Tower

Columbus Tower, also known as the Sentinel Building, is a mixed-use building in , , completed in 1907. The distinctive copper-green Flatiron style structure is bounded by Columbus Avenue, Kearny Street, and Jackson Street; straddling the , , and neighborhoods of the city.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: building in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “Coppola’s Cupola” and “Sentinel Building”
  • Address: San Francisco, CA 94133

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Great Star Theater.

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The is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. is situated 820 feet southeast of Columbus Tower.

Theater building
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The , formerly known as Great China Theater, is a 410-seat theater located at 636 Jackson Street in . It was built in 1925 for the Chinese opera and is the last Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United States.

Historic building
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The , also known as the Fugazi Banca Popolare Operaia Italiana Building, and Old Transamerica Building, is a historic commercial building built in 1909, and located at 4 Columbus Avenue in the Jackson Square Historic District of San Francisco, California. is situated 430 feet southeast of Columbus Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown-North Beach and Chinatown.

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in combines two adjoining neighbors, both of which are among the city's most popular immigrant neighborhoods. Culturally and aesthetically, they could not be more different yet their streets mesh seamlessly together.

Quarter
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The , centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in , California, is the oldest in and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside .

Neighborhood
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is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in , California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic stands at the apex of .

Columbus Tower

Latitude
37.79656° or 37° 47′ 48″ north
Longitude
-122.40503° or 122° 24′ 18″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Levels
7
Height
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
849VQHWV+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 288485994
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Geo­Names ID
5338861
Wiki­data ID
Q5150141
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Columbus Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج كولومبوس (سان فرانسيسكو)”
  • Arabic: “برج كولومبوس”
  • German: “Columbus Tower”
  • German: “Sentinel Building”

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