Yes I love unique skyscrapers like I am obsessed with cities like I’m living in Houston but I wanna move downtown and I was gonna move to NYC but no cuz obvious reasons :/
@@JimmiAlli Give me the Transamerica Building any day over the Salesforce Tower (admittedly I haven't been back since 2014, when it was in construction)
Pretty much every large office use skyscraper is hated during the building and planning stage, but once its built the locals learn to love it. The same thing happened with the shard
San Francisco was the last place I got to visit in February right before the pandemic hit and ruined everything. I had no idea that I would be unable to go anywhere or do anything for the rest of the year, but it's a really beautiful city. Even in February the weather was pleasant and perfectly sunny every day that I was there. Seeing this building, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge were on my bucket list, and I'm glad I got to see them. I would love to go back eventually.
Arguably that neighborhood is one of the most expensive in the world, wikipedia says that the name derived from """ The English use of nabob was for a person who became rapidly wealthy in a foreign country, typically India, and returned home with considerable power and influence."""
My thoughts exactly. I used to work a couple of blocks away from the Pyramid and always liked seeing it as I crossed the Bay Bridge on the bus ride to work.
@@6falconsue Oh that's good. See, the San Francisco protests got the developers to improve the building's design. I wish more cities are more inclusive to different opinions on the skyscraper design.
@@RainierKine it was unnecessary to change its height. If it was built at its proposed height. It would be the tallest building in America outside of Chicago and New York. Also, you can’t really see the pyramid anymore amongst the skyline looking from the south to north because of the newly added skyscrapers. Ever since the 1,070 foot Salesforce Tower was built, it took its attention from the pyramid. It stands over 200 feet taller and offers a projection at night time. The pyramid has seen better days. But nonetheless, she’s still a beauty when seen from the north. Btw the pyramid is only 853 high. The under construction OceanWide Center will be 910’ feet, making the pyramid 3rd tallest by 2022.
This is why building construction and urban planning shouldn’t be based on public opinion alone. It can be helpful sometimes, yes. But it isn’t everything cause often the public is wrong.
The public becomes wrong because of media. If media take a stand, they can change public opinion - we've seen this more and more in today's times. Sadly, media can be swayed with money.
nyers tend to have a good nose (ie opposition topenn station demolitionbut San Franciscians just oppose everything because they want it to foever be the 60s
Before Covid, I worked 3 blocks away from this beautiful building. I miss seeing it daily as I took the train in to work. San Francisco is better off for having it. A masterpiece.
Short of actually building a phallus and scrotum shaped building, just about any skyscraper tall structure becomes normalized, part of the background that for residents signifies home. In Idaho, it's our mountains in the skyline for many cities and towns. Some places its both the surrounding mountains and skyscrapers and other buildings.
The B1M, something to add to this story: this building has the TransAmerica's name, the TransAmerica company was small in terms of the number of workers. In 1975 the TransAmerica company occupied two of the higher floors of the building, smaller floors when compared to the lower floors of the building and most of one of their floor had only really nice large offices for their executives. TransAmerica had around 113 employees in the building including the executives and their support personnel, the remainder of the employees were on the floor below, mostly CPA people and a few MBA positions. The building was built as a symbol for the company to lease the majority of the space to other companies. Car parking was limited when built and has gotten even more scarce over the years. This was a vanity project to make the CEO feel important.
Unfortunately there is nothing in Northern California besides Sacramento. Seriously once you get to that square section at the top of California all there is are small towns and trees. I should know as I was born there.
@@carbon5362 It sure sounds like you’ve never really explored NorCal. Northern California coast up to the Oregon border? Redwood National Park? Lake Tahoe Area? Lassen National Park? You may have been “born there” but have you really truly lived in Northern California?
I love this building. I saw in a lot TV shows and movies and finally I can see it with my own eyes last Christmas when I went to San Francisco for the first time. We were staying in a hotel in front of the building and we went to have breakfast in the Starbucks next to it and I took a lot of pictures of the building everyday.
The building is amazing to look at. I remember how direct view from one of the piers at dusk. Beautifully lit from the sunset. It is a striking tower to see.
You are right the Transamerica Building is Beautiful. I worked on many buildings in San Francisco. It the best looking one in the city. Local 377 SF Ironworkers. Thank You for showing this one to the World.
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I worked in the Financial District for years, and that park was amongst my favourite oases. Walking to Coit Tower was better exercise, though. 🙂 (Yes, that's what it's really called, and its history is… interesting, too. 🤭)
Don't forget that San Fran also tried to block the Golden Gate Bridge and anything over six floors outside of downtown. Some residents just have an entitlement problem.
It's amazing to watch this. I used to live across the street from the Transamerica Building and bought my lattes at the Starbucks across the street from the redwood park in the video. You start to take those things for granted when you see them every day.
I live in San Francisco and remember the controversy in which the anti-pyramid forces had an almost religious fervor. But by the mid-70's people started loving it.
So weird watching this video from inside the Transamerica tower. Just pulled up this video on my lunch break wanted to learn more about the building where I spend most of my days 😁.
I think among most locals, the most iconic structure on the skyline is Sutro Tower. You find people selling t-shirts and such with Sutro Tower on it in non-touristy neighborhoods.
I lived in the Bay Area when the pyramid was being proposed and built. Lots of hubub about it, for sure. Glad it succeeded and is standing strong today. Thanks.
It happened here in Austin, TX. The Frost Bank Tower used to be hated at first, but now it’s an Austin icon. The design is amazing, some say it looks like an owl.
The Transamerica is a little shorter. Comparison of approximate profiles of the Transamerica Pyramid with some notable pyramidal or near-pyramidal buildings. Dotted lines indicate original heights, where data are available. In its SVG file, hover over a pyramid to highlight and click for its article. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparison_of_pyramids_SMIL.svg
Love this channel, always great videos. Are you planning on doing one on the World Islands, Dubai now that the construction of Europe is almost complete and the floating houses in place?
@@bababababababa6124 It's never been uncommon for building projects to be delayed. I hope patience and prudence leads to sound buildings that Lagos can be proud of.
Grandmother lived in Daly City. Coming across the Bay Bridge often at night meant seeing the Transamerica coming out of the fog in the dark and knowing we were almost to our destination.
Always been one of my favorite skyscrapers. As much I love seeing any cities skyline evolve and grow adding newer taller buildings, I kinda wish the Trans Pyramid had remained the cities tallest building.
I think I agree with you. Here in Sydney we have Sydney observation tower that was built not long after the Trans Pyramid building. It is also quite distinctive but not as attractive or elegant and personally Im happy to see the city finally allowing skyscrapers to be built taller than it
Huell Howser of PBS once climbed to the inner top of the spire from within the building, climbing interior ladders to the apex he was able to look out over the city, breathtaking.
Mmm, public opinion is of course important (cities are for everyone) but should perhaps be more informed at times. This is why I love this channel because it aims to engage the general public with construction, using inclusive language whilst not being patronising. Thank you @B1M !
would be interesting for you to look at the more recent San Francisco tower...The Millennium tower with its infamous lean. Actually comparing those towers that have done poorly would be an interest line to point out the contrasts to those that do well.
San francisco's first high rise was built in the same spot, it was called the Montgomery block, built in 1853 and torn down in 1959. As they were digging for the foundation, they found what they thought was a ship. I was a boy at the time, but I knew my history. I knew right away that was the foundation for the Montgomery block, where the block sat was the waters edge. No more was said about it. Piles, cement, steel plates, ball bearings, more steel plates on top of the bearings. Then the building went up with shock absorbers on all four corners.
It’s one of my favorite skyscraper in the World with the Empire State Building, One WTC, U.S Bank Tower, the Eiffel Tower, The Shard and the future Hermitage twin Towers soon under construction in Paris !!
I was in San Francisco Christmas of 2016. I actually watch a video in Verizon trying to get a phone and it showed the Transamerica Primid. I was like where is that. I stayed at the Omi hotel on California st. I did everything except go see the Transamerica Primid. It was literally down the street. I have to go back just to see this.
Imagine if people weren't nostalgic idiots and allowed the tower to be its original intended size, or bigger. The general public is rarely right about construction projects. Here in Portland Oregon, interstate highway 5 runs through the city and narrows down to only 2 lanes downtown. 2 lanes for all through state travel and much inner city commuting, but communities keep protesting its expansion citing increased pollution, ignoring that we're going to be moving to low/zero emission vehicles.
For any project, there are always NIMBY's that will protect any project for a variety of reasons. Most of them are not for any reason other than it blocks the view from certain locations. In this case, it was the view of some rich people and they leveraged their wealth and local influence to kill the oroginal project. Happens all the time.
So it was very similar in in appreciation like the Eiffel tower at first. Seems all great buildings we see as iconic and worldwide known started as something that the locals could not stand.
I always loved this building is diferent from others it has style and it just so majestic from the rest,is like the one in Dubai is not just the tallest but it has grace just like the Transamerica
If it were built to it's original 350m height, it would've still be an icon today, but now it's overshadowed (literaly) by a neighboring black (555 California St). At least Columbia tower (in Seattle) still stands as an icon despite it's reduction in height.
I didn’t really know about the Columbia tower. Either way the pyramid is still more iconic and the Salesforce Tower is taller than both. And is already becoming an icon.
This is great architecture. Yet, i cannot understand the initial backlash and disent to the building of it when you have a giant black block skyscraper just blocks away from the iconic TransAmerica tower..?!
That brown building is the former Bank of America headquarters and it was the city's tallest building before completion of the Transamerica Pyramid. It is now 555 California Street and 30% of it is owned by the Trump Organization.
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There is always something so satisfying about unique skyscrapers.
And skyscrapers with unique histories. Like the Chrysler building's battle for height against 40th wall street.
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Yes I love unique skyscrapers like I am obsessed with cities like I’m living in Houston but I wanna move downtown and I was gonna move to NYC but no cuz obvious reasons :/
Iconic
@@JimmiAlli Give me the Transamerica Building any day over the Salesforce Tower (admittedly I haven't been back since 2014, when it was in construction)
Pretty much every large office use skyscraper is hated during the building and planning stage, but once its built the locals learn to love it. The same thing happened with the shard
Well the walkie talkie looks ugly tho.
@@fjellyo3261 really you think, I quite like it, it's not the best skyscraper in london but i wouldn't call it ugly
@@benardo01 yeh I totally agree. At first I was like ugh what, but I’ve learnt to like it. I like leadenhall, the scalpel and bishopgate as well.
Pretty much the same thing with the CN Tower. A lot of “different “ things need time to “grow on you”. . .
Not the Salesforce tower...
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San Francisco was the last place I got to visit in February right before the pandemic hit and ruined everything. I had no idea that I would be unable to go anywhere or do anything for the rest of the year, but it's a really beautiful city. Even in February the weather was pleasant and perfectly sunny every day that I was there. Seeing this building, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge were on my bucket list, and I'm glad I got to see them. I would love to go back eventually.
"Prestigious Nob Hill neighbourhood" is hilarious as a Briton lol
We call it Snob Hill.
In the words of Cinemasins. It's like being called "Dick Mountain"
funny for Australians & New Zealanders too. lmao
@@Relinquicide and Canadians I imagine, as Bob and Doug McKenzie would sometimes say to each other "you knob!"
Arguably that neighborhood is one of the most expensive in the world, wikipedia says that the name derived from """ The English use of nabob was for a person who became rapidly wealthy in a foreign country, typically India, and returned home with considerable power and influence."""
This was just like when Paris hated the Eiffel Tower when it was designed and built, before it became their city's and nation's icon.
My thoughts exactly. I used to work a couple of blocks away from the Pyramid and always liked seeing it as I crossed the Bay Bridge on the bus ride to work.
@@6falconsue In your opinion, was reducing the Pyramid's height from 350m to 260m a good idea or was it unnecessary?
@@RainierKine I think it's the right height. It stands out among the other buildings without towering over them.
@@6falconsue Oh that's good. See, the San Francisco protests got the developers to improve the building's design. I wish more cities are more inclusive to different opinions on the skyscraper design.
@@RainierKine it was unnecessary to change its height. If it was built at its proposed height. It would be the tallest building in America outside of Chicago and New York. Also, you can’t really see the pyramid anymore amongst the skyline looking from the south to north because of the newly added skyscrapers. Ever since the 1,070 foot Salesforce Tower was built, it took its attention from the pyramid. It stands over 200 feet taller and offers a projection at night time. The pyramid has seen better days. But nonetheless, she’s still a beauty when seen from the north. Btw the pyramid is only 853 high. The under construction OceanWide Center will be 910’ feet, making the pyramid 3rd tallest by 2022.
This is why building construction and urban planning shouldn’t be based on public opinion alone. It can be helpful sometimes, yes. But it isn’t everything cause often the public is wrong.
This is true in so many different ways
The public becomes wrong because of media. If media take a stand, they can change public opinion - we've seen this more and more in today's times. Sadly, media can be swayed with money.
The problem with beauty is, that everyone likes a different style.
nyers tend to have a good nose (ie opposition topenn station demolitionbut San Franciscians just oppose everything because they want it to foever be the 60s
@@Masood1810 , So I guess what you're implying is that the public was never wrong back when there was no such thing as the media.
SF native here - grew up loving this building. Thanks for covering its history!
This happened to Eiffel when he built his tower in Paris.
It also happened to Wren when he built his Cathedral in London.
They thought he was real smart Alec. He thought big they called it a phallic. They didn't know he was panoramic.
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This happened to Sydney when he built his Opera House
This happened to china when they built the corona virus
Before Covid, I worked 3 blocks away from this beautiful building. I miss seeing it daily as I took the train in to work. San Francisco is better off for having it. A masterpiece.
Short of actually building a phallus and scrotum shaped building, just about any skyscraper tall structure becomes normalized, part of the background that for residents signifies home. In Idaho, it's our mountains in the skyline for many cities and towns. Some places its both the surrounding mountains and skyscrapers and other buildings.
You sound like a techie that moved here from Michigan. Go back.
Isnt transamerica a mlm company
The B1M, something to add to this story: this building has the TransAmerica's name, the TransAmerica company was small in terms of the number of workers. In 1975 the TransAmerica company occupied two of the higher floors of the building, smaller floors when compared to the lower floors of the building and most of one of their floor had only really nice large offices for their executives. TransAmerica had around 113 employees in the building including the executives and their support personnel, the remainder of the employees were on the floor below, mostly CPA people and a few MBA positions. The building was built as a symbol for the company to lease the majority of the space to other companies. Car parking was limited when built and has gotten even more scarce over the years. This was a vanity project to make the CEO feel important.
*vanity
@@dlwatib Thank you, sincerely. Updated.
Ooh as someone from Northern California, I'm excited to see another video on the region!
Unfortunately there is nothing in Northern California besides Sacramento. Seriously once you get to that square section at the top of California all there is are small towns and trees. I should know as I was born there.
@@carbon5362 Let's hope it stays that way.
@@carbon5362 napa?
@@carbon5362 It sure sounds like you’ve never really explored NorCal. Northern California coast up to the Oregon border? Redwood National Park? Lake Tahoe Area? Lassen National Park? You may have been “born there” but have you really truly lived in Northern California?
@@carbon5362 San Francisco and the Bay Area is the southern part of Northern California..
I love this building. I saw in a lot TV shows and movies and finally I can see it with my own eyes last Christmas when I went to San Francisco for the first time. We were staying in a hotel in front of the building and we went to have breakfast in the Starbucks next to it and I took a lot of pictures of the building everyday.
Lucky
lmao travelling to SF to just have a breakfast at Starbucks haha
@@TuanNguyen-uq8gz well is the only place where you can have good coffee in all USA.
The building is amazing to look at. I remember how direct view from one of the piers at dusk. Beautifully lit from the sunset. It is a striking tower to see.
@@agushll74 I think it's the worst coffee place in USA lmao
You are right the Transamerica Building is Beautiful. I worked on many buildings in San Francisco. It the best looking one in the city. Local 377 SF Ironworkers. Thank You for showing this one to the World.
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Agreed
Amazing as always. One of the many constant in my life. Keep up the work and stay safe. 😀😀😀
This is Fred’s personal Favorite Skyscraper, so I’m sure he enjoyed making this video
Again, an astonishingly high quality video from The B1M! Beautiful footage, excellent narration and a captivating story. Thank you for your work, you deserve all them views! :D
This is such a marvelous channel; whether I’m watching something from years ago or from 15 minutes ago.
I never before took a closer look and apreciated this fantastic building
I worked in the Financial District for years, and that park was amongst my favourite oases. Walking to Coit Tower was better exercise, though. 🙂 (Yes, that's what it's really called, and its history is… interesting, too. 🤭)
the redwood park has unfortunately been closed since covid happened ): too bad, considering all public governed parks in the city have remained open.
This is precisely what happened with the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and more recently, with the Vessel at Hudson Yards in New York City.
The vessel is ugly not gonna lie.
Don't forget that San Fran also tried to block the Golden Gate Bridge and anything over six floors outside of downtown. Some residents just have an entitlement problem.
San Francisco residents were also instrumental in blocking the construction of freeways that would have segregated the city.
@@RaymondHng yeah now the main streets are traffic clogged with big pol holes 🕳
It's amazing to watch this. I used to live across the street from the Transamerica Building and bought my lattes at the Starbucks across the street from the redwood park in the video. You start to take those things for granted when you see them every day.
I live in San Francisco and remember the controversy in which the anti-pyramid forces had an almost religious fervor. But by the mid-70's people started loving it.
I've always wondered what the wings were for. Thats why I love this channel, so informative.
Great video as usual, you know they are good when they create an interest in a subject you have never heard of as in this video!
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First time i saw this building was in gta san andreas, even in that game its iconic
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Fantastic tower, I love San Francisco.
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Hahaha! Sounds more like a nightmare!
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So weird watching this video from inside the Transamerica tower. Just pulled up this video on my lunch break wanted to learn more about the building where I spend most of my days 😁.
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Here in NY, everyone hated the original Trade Center. Now they're gone and sorely missed.
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I think among most locals, the most iconic structure on the skyline is Sutro Tower. You find people selling t-shirts and such with Sutro Tower on it in non-touristy neighborhoods.
I lived in San Francisco for a short time and remember this striking structure on the skyline, but I did not know the history of it. Thanks.
I lived in the Bay Area when the pyramid was being proposed and built.
Lots of hubub about it, for sure.
Glad it succeeded and is standing strong today.
Thanks.
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I've always wondered if this was an inspiration to the weird buildings in London being that the weird shapes always serve a specific purpose.
It happened here in Austin, TX. The Frost Bank Tower used to be hated at first, but now it’s an Austin icon. The design is amazing, some say it looks like an owl.
Austin doesn’t have a lot of towers lol.
I love this skyscraper 🏙 the London Shard looks similar shape.
The Transamerica is a little shorter. Comparison of approximate profiles of the Transamerica Pyramid with some notable pyramidal or near-pyramidal buildings. Dotted lines indicate original heights, where data are available. In its SVG file, hover over a pyramid to highlight and click for its article. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparison_of_pyramids_SMIL.svg
This is actually an ingenious design.
Great video, I was a kid when they built this. Never really knew this, Tks. 👍
Love this channel, always great videos. Are you planning on doing one on the World Islands, Dubai now that the construction of Europe is almost complete and the floating houses in place?
If only my country Nigeria had buildings like these :-(
build some
@@KingSlimjeezy They are, there's a new downtown area being constructed in our largest city, Lagos. They're just taking too damn long lmao
@@bababababababa6124 It's never been uncommon for building projects to be delayed. I hope patience and prudence leads to sound buildings that Lagos can be proud of.
With the economic trajectory Lagos could find itself on, you may well see awesome skyscrapers rise in your country in your lifetime.
I agree only low rises and very outdated duplexes. But some new skyscraper are coming up in alaro city, Victoria island and Eko Atlantic
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To me, you couldn't ask for a better urban gesture to terminate the angled Columbus Avenue.
I think this is the *Best* Channel ever.
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This building when I seen it as a child inspired me to like buildings, architecture and urban planning
This building is a character in the drama of being an agent of insurance . lol
Grandmother lived in Daly City. Coming across the Bay Bridge often at night meant seeing the Transamerica coming out of the fog in the dark and knowing we were almost to our destination.
San Francisco has a beautiful skyline. Much better than LA in my opinion. It will only keep growing.
Yet another great video. Thanks! Love these construction and engineering videos.
They should reopen the observation deck.
I had a 3D puzzle of this when I was younger. Came in a two pack set with the Citi bank tower
I love how it got approved as soon as it wasn't going to block the neighborhoods views, regardless of all the other opposition.
I honestly couldn't imagine growing up in the city without that thing lol. GREAT VIDEO!
I'd never heard of it, or noticed it, before. Hardly iconic I'd say.
I’ve this building in person last few days ago!.!.
0:07 "And one the worlds recognizable buildings" Never seen or heard of in my life
Always been one of my favorite skyscrapers. As much I love seeing any cities skyline evolve and grow adding newer taller buildings, I kinda wish the Trans Pyramid had remained the cities tallest building.
Agreed!
I think I agree with you. Here in Sydney we have Sydney observation tower that was built not long after the Trans Pyramid building. It is also quite distinctive but not as attractive or elegant and personally Im happy to see the city finally allowing skyscrapers to be built taller than it
Huell Howser of PBS once climbed to the inner top of the spire from within the building, climbing interior ladders to the apex he was able to look out over the city, breathtaking.
Mmm, public opinion is of course important (cities are for everyone) but should perhaps be more informed at times.
This is why I love this channel because it aims to engage the general public with construction, using inclusive language whilst not being patronising. Thank you @B1M !
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Remember seeing the cool time-lapse construction in the movie Zodiac
I have always said that if it didn't already exist, the Golden Gate bridge could never be built today.
would be interesting for you to look at the more recent San Francisco tower...The Millennium tower with its infamous lean. Actually comparing those towers that have done poorly would be an interest line to point out the contrasts to those that do well.
The millennium tower is 11 years old. Nothing recent about it.
It's in the news. th-cam.com/video/o77BhQWktn8/w-d-xo.html
Absolutely love the Transamerica pyramid, it's my favorite skyscraper in the US
I hate that they now have a taller building than the Transamerica in SF. It ruins the skyline for me. I feel the same with L.A. now.
Interesting.
I had not heard about this building before. If I ever visit San Francisco I will be aware of it and know something about it.
I live in Montreal, Quebec his has some tall skyscrapers too.
_hallelujah!_ for Mt Ryl 🍸
you do know that CN tried *t h r i c e* to build Rotton-Ø's glorious trash here on the island, dontcha?
The pyramid would be the tallest tower in Montreal today and it’s not even the tallest in San Francisco anymore.
@@bramble6584 that's not true the montreal biosphere and habitat 67 are pretty iconic.
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Unique and marvellous video as always..
San francisco's first high rise was built in the same spot, it was called the Montgomery block, built in 1853 and torn down in 1959. As they were digging for the foundation, they found what they thought was a ship. I was a boy at the time, but I knew my history. I knew right away that was the foundation for the Montgomery block, where the block sat was the waters edge. No more was said about it.
Piles, cement, steel plates, ball bearings, more steel plates on top of the bearings. Then the building went up with shock absorbers on all four corners.
I think Herb Caen hated the pyramid - at first, at least. He used in his column masthead with toe top bent over.
But I think he grew to love it.
My favorite skyscraper on Earth. It’s simply gorgeous
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Of course the residents of the "prestigeous Nob" neighbourhood wanted its height reduced.
My all time favorite building in America
As always, this video is a feast for the eyes
It’s one of my favorite skyscraper in the World with the Empire State Building, One WTC, U.S Bank Tower, the Eiffel Tower, The Shard and the future Hermitage twin Towers soon under construction in Paris !!
Iv always liked the design.. it’s one of my favourite skyscrapers…
I was in San Francisco Christmas of 2016. I actually watch a video in Verizon trying to get a phone and it showed the Transamerica Primid. I was like where is that. I stayed at the Omi hotel on California st. I did everything except go see the Transamerica Primid. It was literally down the street. I have to go back just to see this.
Imagine if people weren't nostalgic idiots and allowed the tower to be its original intended size, or bigger. The general public is rarely right about construction projects.
Here in Portland Oregon, interstate highway 5 runs through the city and narrows down to only 2 lanes downtown. 2 lanes for all through state travel and much inner city commuting, but communities keep protesting its expansion citing increased pollution, ignoring that we're going to be moving to low/zero emission vehicles.
For any project, there are always NIMBY's that will protect any project for a variety of reasons. Most of them are not for any reason other than it blocks the view from certain locations. In this case, it was the view of some rich people and they leveraged their wealth and local influence to kill the oroginal project. Happens all the time.
I’ve always liked this building.
Awesome video 😎👌🏼 do the us bank tower in Los Angeles
Always looking forward to your videos!
like so many things before it was vehemently hated at first and now all those who hated it pretends they've always loved it from the start
Can you please make something about the BER Airport in Berlin?
So it was very similar in in appreciation like the Eiffel tower at first. Seems all great buildings we see as iconic and worldwide known started as something that the locals could not stand.
I always loved this building is diferent from others it has style and it just so majestic from the rest,is like the one in Dubai is not just the tallest but it has grace just like the Transamerica
If it were built to it's original 350m height, it would've still be an icon today, but now it's overshadowed (literaly) by a neighboring black (555 California St).
At least Columbia tower (in Seattle) still stands as an icon despite it's reduction in height.
I didn’t really know about the Columbia tower. Either way the pyramid is still more iconic and the Salesforce Tower is taller than both. And is already becoming an icon.
Please a video of torre reforma in Mexico City,the best designed building in 2018.and one of the strongest earthquakes resistant building in the world
We did do a video on that - it's on the channel!
Done four years ago. th-cam.com/video/MjKXuaPPK24/w-d-xo.html
You should look into SF's Millennium Tower. 🤔🧐
Why? It’s already undergoing construction to fix the sinking. Not much of a story left.
This is great architecture. Yet, i cannot understand the initial backlash and disent to the building of it when you have a giant black block skyscraper just blocks away from the iconic TransAmerica tower..?!
That brown building is the former Bank of America headquarters and it was the city's tallest building before completion of the Transamerica Pyramid. It is now 555 California Street and 30% of it is owned by the Trump Organization.
It’s not even as tall as the pyramid. But both those went up around the same time.