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Transamerica Pyramid

The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: noon—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: distinctive tower in San Francisco, California, USA
  • Also known as: “600 Montgomery Street” and “The Spire”
  • Address: 600 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fugazi Bank Building and Great Star Theater.

Historic building
Photo: Steve Ryan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 410 feet northwest of Transamerica Pyramid.

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. is situated 970 feet northwest of Transamerica Pyramid.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 840 feet southeast of Transamerica Pyramid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Financial District.

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 .

Quarter
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The is a neighborhood in , California, United States, that serves as its main central business district and had 372,829 jobs according to U.S. census tracts as of 2012–2016.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Transamerica Pyramid

Latitude
37.79517° or 37° 47′ 43″ north
Longitude
-122.40279° or 122° 24′ 10″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Inception
1972
Levels
48
Height
853 feet (260 metres)
Open location code
849VQHWW+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24222973
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5403275
Wiki­data ID
Q216865
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Transamerica Pyramid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الهرم الأميريكي”
  • Arabic: “ترانس-أمريكا بيراميد”
  • Basque: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Bosnian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида Трансамерика”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide transamèrica”
  • Chinese: “全美金字塔”
  • Chinese: “泛美金字塔”
  • Chinese: “環美金字塔中心”
  • Croatian: “Transamerica piramida”
  • Czech: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Danish: “Transamerica-pyramiden”
  • Dutch: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Dutch: “Transamerica Pyramide”
  • Dutch: “Transamerican pyramide”
  • Dutch: “Transamericapiramide”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترانس امريكا بيراميد”
  • Esperanto: “Transamerika Piramido”
  • Estonian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Finnish: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • French: “Pyramide de la Transamerica”
  • French: “Pyramide Transamerica”
  • French: “Tour de la Transamerica”
  • French: “Tour Transamerica”
  • French: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • French: “Transamerica Tower”
  • Georgian: “ტრანსამერიკის პირამიდა”
  • German: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת טרנסאמריקה”
  • Hungarian: “Transamerica piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Indonesian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Italian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Japanese: “トランスアメリカ・ピラミッド”
  • Kazakh: “Трансамерикалық пирамида”
  • Korean: “트랜스아메리카 피라미드”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transamerica-pyramiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transamericapyramiden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transamerikapyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Transamericapyramiden”
  • Persian: “ترانزامریکا پیرامید”
  • Polish: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Portuguese: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Russia Buriat: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Russian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Russian: “Пирамида”
  • Russian: “Трансамерика”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Slovak: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Spanish: “Piramide Transamerica”
  • Spanish: “Piramide Transamérica”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide Transamerica”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide Transamérica”
  • Spanish: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Swedish: “Transamerica Pyramid”
  • Swedish: “Transamerica-pyramiden”
  • Turkish: “Transamerica Piramidi”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Telegraph Hill and Union Square-Financial District.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Sky Bar and Pyramid Cafe.

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