Farnsworth Building
Farnsworth Building is a building in San Francisco, Bay Area, California. Farnsworth Building is situated nearby to the neighborhood Telegraph Hill, as well as near the historic site Northeast Waterfront Historic District.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coit Tower and Transamerica Pyramid.
Coit Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coit Tower is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco. Coit Tower is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Farnsworth Building.
Transamerica Pyramid
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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. Transamerica Pyramid is situated 1,900 feet south of Farnsworth Building.
Exploratorium
Museum
Photo: Dacreep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront. Exploratorium is situated 1,300 feet east of Farnsworth Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Telegraph Hill and Chinatown-North Beach.
Telegraph Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Matt314, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic Coit Tower stands at the apex of Telegraph Hill.
Chinatown-North Beach
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown-North Beach in San Francisco combines two adjoining neighborhoods that are culturally, politically, and aesthetically distinct, while geographically blending into each other.
North Beach
Quarter
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy.
Farnsworth Building
- Type: Commercial building
- Also known as: “Farnsworth’s Green Street Lab”
- Categories: building, historic site, and office
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.80049° or 37° 48′ 2″ northLongitude
-122.40296° or 122° 24′ 11″ westLevels
2Height
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
849VRH2W+5ROpenStreetMap ID
way 32947729OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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