query: who designed the transamerica building in san francisco

pos: Transamerica Pyramid Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid at 600 Montgomery Street between Clay and Washington Streets in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, United States, is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. Its height is surpassed by Salesforce Tower. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which moved its U.S. headquarters to Baltimore, Maryland, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at , on completion in 1972 it was the

pos: Transamerica Pyramid the Church of Scientology of San Francisco. Although the tower is no longer Transamerica Corporation headquarters, it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. The building is evocative of San Francisco and has become one of the many symbols of the city. Designed by architect William Pereira, it faced opposition during planning and construction and was sometimes referred to by detractors as "Pereira's Prick". John King of the "San Francisco Chronicle" summed up the improved opinion of the building in 2009 as "an architectural icon of the best sort – one that fits its

pos: John R. Beckett architect William Pereira was intended to become the San Francisco's tallest building. The building of this pyramid created instant controversy, which helped create public awareness of Transamerica. The Transamerica Pyramid is located in the heart of the San Francisco Financial District at 600 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California. It is a part of Transamerica Center (a complex that includes Two Transamerica Center and Transamerica Redwood Park) and encompasses nearly one city block. He was named "Best Chief Executive Officer" of all U.S. financial organizations for the years 1977 and 1978 by "Financial World". He was married first to Dian

pos: San Francisco in the 1970s MUNI, the city subway, which has lines that run underground along Market Street, and then along surface streets through much of the city. The Transamerica Pyramid is one of the tallest skyscrapers on the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 260 m (850 ft), upon completion in 1972 it was among the five tallest buildings in the

pos: Rincon Center of the post office lobby as part of the Rincon Center development. In the 1980s the building was made available by the United States Postal Service for development acquisition. The property was eventually developed by a partnership headed by Perini Land & Development Company. The design of the late 1980s mixed-use Rincon Center was led by Scott Johnson of Pereira Associates, the firm founded by William Pereira, designer of the Transamerica Pyramid, the second-tallest building in San Francisco. A new 23-story mixed-use building was added on the south side of the block that contains a new post office, offices, and

pos: Clyde Butcher Yosemite National Park in 1963, he learned about the photography studies of Ansel Adams. During his senior year of college, Butcher married his college sweetheart Niki. During college, Butcher presented his architecture projects by creating and photographing miniature-scale models instead of making drawings. After graduation, Butcher began a career in architecture. He worked with architect William Pereira on such buildings as the Transamerica building in San Francisco and worked for architectural model companies. With the down turn in the economy Clyde lost his job and began showing his black and white images at local art festivals. He soon realized that

neg: John R. Beckett an aggressive advertising campaign that propelled the Transamerica brand name into a household name to the general public. He increased Transamerica's earnings by 20-fold during his tenure as president and chairman. It grew to be one of the 100 largest companies in the United States. He was instrumental in the purchases of motion picture distributor United Artists, Transamerica Airlines, Budget Rent-a-Car Co., De Laval Turbine and Occidental Life Insurance. He commissioned the building of the Transamerica Pyramid, a landmark building in the San Francisco Financial District. Construction of the Transamerica Pyramid began in 1969. The 853-foot pyramid-shaped skyscraper designed by

neg: Transamerica Pyramid the base of the building is a small private park called Transamerica Redwood Park. It is generally open to the public during the daytime. A number of redwood trees were transplanted from the local area to this park when the tower was built. Transamerica Pyramid The Transamerica Pyramid at 600 Montgomery Street between Clay and Washington Streets in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, United States, is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. Its height is surpassed by Salesforce Tower. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which

neg: Transamerica Pyramid eighth-tallest building in the world. 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 and has 48 floors of retail and office space. Construction began in 1969 and finished in 1972, and was overseen by San Francisco-based contractor Dinwiddie Construction, now Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company. Transamerica moved its headquarters to the new building from across the street, where it had been based in a flatiron-shaped building now occupied by

neg: Transamerica Tower (Baltimore) the completion of RBC Plaza in 2008. It was also the former home of Legg Mason investment and financial advisors who later relocated to newer quarters on the eastern side of the downtown in Harbor East. USF&G built the 35-story tower, selling it when they were purchased by the St. Paul Companies, which is now a unit of The Travelers Companies. The building was renamed the Transamerica Tower in November 2011 after it was purchased by Transamerica which moved there from its nationally known former headquarters in San Francisco, the iconic landmark Transamerica Pyramid which appears at the top of

neg: Fullerton Public Library directories, photographs, videotapes, microfilm, slides, posters, and memorabilia. The local history room has several projects in the works including digitizing two photograph collections which are available online: the Fullerton Building Survey as well as the Centennial Collection. In 2012, the library undertook an oral history project, interviewing almost 20 Fullerton residents who had lived in the city since the 1950s and in some cases since the 1920s. The second branch/location of the Fullerton Public Library is the Hunt Branch. The building was designed by renowned architect William L. Pereira, the architect of the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, CA. The

neg: Oceanwide Center, San Francisco Francisco's second-tallest building after Salesforce Tower, surpassing the long time record-holder, the Transamerica Pyramid. The shorter tower, along Mission Street, is planned to climb and will contain the 169-room Waldorf Astoria San Francisco hotel on the first 21 floors and approximately 154 residential units on the upper 33 floors. The parcels around 50 First Street were upzoned as part of the Transit Center District Plan approved in 2012 in conjunction with the new Transbay Transit Center. The parcels were originally assembled by developer David Choo and a plan was floated in 2007 for towers as tall as designed by Renzo

neg: Transamerica Corporation 1904, A.P. Giannini founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, which later became known as Bank of America. In 1928, Giannini put the banks into a holding company he named the Transamerica Corporation. In 1930, the company acquired Occidental Life Insurance Company, founded in 1906, and renamed it Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company. Gradually, the company became a more diversified conglomerate which included the film studio United Artists, Transamerica Airlines, and Budget Rent a Car. In 1972, the company completed construction of the Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco which served as its headquarters for many years. Although the

neg: Castaneda/reiman Landscape, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID 2001 Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA In Through the Outdoors, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2000 Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA It Can Change, Oakland, CA 1999-2000 Bay Area Now 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1999 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY Continuing California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Three Day Weekend, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA Structural Elements, Transamerica Building, San Francisco, CA Material

neg: Montgomery Block Evening Bulletin", James King of William, died in the Montgomery Block, having been shot by James P. Casey, a city supervisor who felt slighted by King's anti-corruption crusading journalism. The building survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Montgomery Block was demolished in 1959, even though a preservation movement had begun to emerge in San Francisco. It was replaced by a parking lot and later, the Transamerica Pyramid. The building is remembered for its historic importance as a bohemian center of the city. At his inauguration as Poet Laureate of San Francisco in 1998, Lawrence Ferlinghetti mentioned "the classic old

neg: Transamerica Pyramid of airplanes as part of the Bojinka plot, which was foiled in 1995. In 1999, Transamerica was acquired by Dutch insurance company Aegon. When the non-insurance operations of Transamerica were later sold to GE Capital, Aegon retained ownership of the building as an investment. The Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco from 1972 to 2017, when it was surpassed by the under-construction Salesforce Tower. The land use and zoning restrictions for the parcel limited the number of square feet of office that could be built upon the lot, which sits at the north boundary of the financial

neg: San Francisco in popular culture have been recreated, from the Ferry Building and the Transamerica Pyramid ("Big Pointy Building") to Lombard Street ("Windy Windy Windy Windy Windy Street"), and Scottish landmarks such as the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. There is a district known as "Garcia", a tribute to Grateful Dead frontman and San Francisco native Jerry Garcia, and San Fierro's City Hall closely resembles San Francisco's ornate City hall. In "Destroy All Humans! 2", the first level is in Bay City, a parody of San Francisco featuring the Coit Tower, Alcatraz (called 'The Rock') and Hashbury Street, as well as the Golden

neg: 345 California Center building are the Loews Regency San Francisco hotel, located in twin towers set at 45-degree angles to the rest of the building. Several glass skybridges offer views of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Loews Regency has the street address 222 Sansome, with a different entrance. The floors of the building are used as follows: 345 California Center 345 California Center is a 48-story office tower in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1986, the tower is the fifth tallest in the city after the Salesforce Tower, Transamerica Pyramid, 181 Fremont, and 555 California Street if the

neg: William Pereira out in the public mind: the master-planned cities of Irvine and Newport Beach, and the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. His most praised and criticized work was probably the Transamerica building, which was completed in 1972. It was first panned as an intrusion on the city's skyline, but has been accepted as having more character than the buildings around it and as being an oddly creative city symbol. Perhaps his greatest lasting legacy besides his buildings are the numerous respected architects of today who came out of both Pereira's firm and the classes he taught at USC, including Gin Wong,

neg: Transamerica Pyramid location and gets better with age." King also wrote in 2011 that it is "a uniquely memorable building, a triumph of the unexpected, unreal and engaging all at once. ... It is a presence and a persona, snapping into different focus with every fresh angle, every shift in light." The Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper west of Chicago when constructed, surpassing the then Bank of America Center, also in San Francisco. It was surpassed by the Aon Center, Los Angeles, in 1974. The building is thought to have been the intended target of a terrorist attack, involving the hijacking

neg: Craig Barron needed shots to establish the grittier San Francisco of that era. Barron shot digital images of existing city-building textures and then added painted period details in the computer. One such shot features the Embarcadero Freeway alongside the Ferry Building and San Francisco Bay. The freeway had been demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake so MWD digitally rebuilt the structure, viewed from an overhead computer-generated "helicopter-shot" to introduce the City and timeframe. CG lighting techniques were applied for an sped-up animated sequence showing the Transamerica Pyramid being built, establishing the passage of time. Barron researched archival photographs and architectural drawings

neg: Pisco punch Pisco punch Pisco punch was an alcoholic beverage made famous by Duncan Nicol at the Bank Exchange Saloon at the end of the 19th century, in San Francisco, California. The Bank Exchange Saloon was located in south-east corner of the intersection of the Montgomery and Washington streets, in the Montgomery Block building, where the Transamerica Pyramid now stands. Pisco is a late 16th-century brandy made from grapes that are originally from Peru. It was available in San Francisco since the 1830s when it was first brought from Paita, Peru via ship by rawhide and tallow traders trading with California towns.

neg: San Francisco Ballet Building San Francisco Ballet Building The San Francisco Ballet Building, located in San Francisco, California, was designed by architect Beverly Willis and completed in 1984. "The New York Times" identified it as "the first building in the United States to be designed and constructed exclusively for the use of a major ballet company." The San Francisco Ballet Building is located within the Civic Center, San Francisco. Beverly Willis’s design would later serve as a model for the design of future American ballet companies and schools. Upon completion, the San Francisco Ballet Building became a landmark achievement in the ballet world. "The

neg: Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (San Francisco) Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (San Francisco) The Old Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building, now known as the Bently Reserve, was the main headquarters building of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for nearly sixty years. The building is located at 400 Sansome Street, in the Financial District of San Francisco. Designed by George W. Kelham, the building has an Ionic colonnade that is pure Beaux-Arts, while the upper building is in the new Moderne fashion of 1924. The banking lobby at the Sansome Street entrance contains a mural by Jules Guerin, the artist who created the

neg: Culture of San Francisco Francisco cable car system, the abstract San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, the ruins of the once great Sutro Baths, Chinatown, and the Transamerica Pyramid. Culture of San Francisco The culture of San Francisco is major and diverse in terms of arts, music, cuisine, festivals, museums, and architecture. San Francisco's diversity of cultures along with its eccentricities are so great that they have greatly influenced the country and the world at large over the years. In 2012, "Bloomberg Businessweek" voted San Francisco as America's Best City. The Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) contains 20th Century

neg: San Francisco Ballet Building transparent layers that reveal the creative possibility, awaiting the birth of dance. San Francisco Ballet Building The San Francisco Ballet Building, located in San Francisco, California, was designed by architect Beverly Willis and completed in 1984. "The New York Times" identified it as "the first building in the United States to be designed and constructed exclusively for the use of a major ballet company." The San Francisco Ballet Building is located within the Civic Center, San Francisco. Beverly Willis’s design would later serve as a model for the design of future American ballet companies and schools. Upon completion, the San

neg: Encinal Tower make this building a landmark for the city of Oakland. At in height, the proposed skyscraper would have far surpassed the -tall Ordway Building as the tallest building in Oakland and tallest in the Bay Area outside San Francisco. The building would have come in as the third-tallest in the Bay Area overall, after the -tall 555 California Street and the -tall Transamerica Pyramid. The developers, Wang and Encinal, first proposed this project as 1930 Broadway sometime in 2006 as the new headquarters of University of California system. He came up with three different designs for the all-office building, ranging

neg: Park Tower (Chicago) Park Tower (Chicago) Park Tower is a skyscraper located at 800 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Completed in 2000 and standing at tall with 70 floors — 67 floors for practical use, it is the twelfth-tallest building in Chicago, the 43rd-tallest building in the United States, and the 83rd-tallest in the world by architectural detail. It is one of the world's tallest buildings to be clad with architectural precast concrete (the Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco is taller). It is one of the tallest non-steel framed structures in the world—it is a cast-in-place concrete framed structure. This building

neg: San Francisco Federal Building The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) in the government category. GSA was recognized by the commercial real estate industry for quality in commercial buildings and excellence in building management and operations. San Francisco Federal Building The San Francisco Federal Building is an 18-story, building at 90 7th Street on the corner of Mission and 7th streets in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The building was designed by the Morphosis architectural firm, as a supplement to the Phillip Burton Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue. Thom Mayne of Morphosis designed the building using a juxtaposition

neg: San Francisco Federal Building San Francisco Federal Building The San Francisco Federal Building is an 18-story, building at 90 7th Street on the corner of Mission and 7th streets in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The building was designed by the Morphosis architectural firm, as a supplement to the Phillip Burton Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue. Thom Mayne of Morphosis designed the building using a juxtaposition of gray concrete walls, perforated metal panels, and custom, faceted wood ceilings. The building was expected to be completed in 2005, but construction issues and delays pushed the project completion to 2007.

neg: History of San Francisco the Transamerica Pyramid was also completed during that year. During the administration of Mayor Dianne Feinstein (1978–1988), San Francisco saw a development boom referred to as "Manhattanization." Many large skyscrapers were built—primarily in the Financial District—but the boom also included high-rise condominiums in some residential neighborhoods. An opposition movement gained traction among those who felt the skyscrapers ruined views and destroyed San Francisco's unique character. Similar to the freeway revolt in the city decades earlier, a "skyscraper revolt" forced the city to embed height restrictions in the planning code. For many years, the limits slowed construction of new skyscrapers. She

neg: San Francisco Deltas alphabet is Delta and the symbol is a triangle and has connections with both soccer (Cruyff and possession football) and SF (Twin Peaks, Transamerica Pyramid, the towers and cables of the bridges form triangles, etc.). In early 2016, it was announced that San Francisco Deltas would play their home games at Kezar Stadium. In December 2016, more than 3,800 Candlestick Park seats from the former home of the San Francisco 49ers were acquired by the San Francisco Deltas and installed at Kezar Stadium. This was part of $1 million in improvements The Deltas agreed to make to use Kezar Stadium,

neg: Park Tower (Chicago) on the prestigious Magnificent Mile, Park Tower is also home to the acclaimed restaurant NoMi. Park Tower (Chicago) Park Tower is a skyscraper located at 800 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Completed in 2000 and standing at tall with 70 floors — 67 floors for practical use, it is the twelfth-tallest building in Chicago, the 43rd-tallest building in the United States, and the 83rd-tallest in the world by architectural detail. It is one of the world's tallest buildings to be clad with architectural precast concrete (the Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco is taller). It is one of the

neg: Walter Danforth Bliss they designed the Mission of the Good Samaritan building of the Episcopal Community Center in San Francisco. In 1912-1915, they designed the James Leary Flood Mansion in Nob Hill, San Francisco. In 1916, they designed the Southern Pacific Building located at 1 Market Street in San Francisco. The same year, they designed the Metropolitan Club of San Francisco, a women's private member's club located at 640 Sutter Street. In 1918, they designed Guigné Court, a 16,000-square-foot Mediterranean Revival estate in Hillsborough, California. It was built for Christian de Guigne II, heir to the Stauffer Chemical, the Leslie Salt Company and

neg: Walter Danforth Bliss gold rush fortunes. In 1920, they designed the Hallidie Plaza branch of the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, California. In 1921, they designed the Matson Building and Annex located at 215 Market Street in San Francisco. It served as the headquarters of Matson, Inc. () from 1922 to 1947. It was sold to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company () in 1972. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco, California on November 29, 1995. In 1922, they designed a State of California Office Building in San Francisco. In 1924, they designed the

neg: John R. Beckett John R. Beckett John R. (Jack) Beckett (1918–2010), an American businessman, was president and chairman of the board of Transamerica Corp. from 1960 to 1983. He was born on February 26, 1918 in San Francisco, California, and died on June 17, 2010 in Atherton, California. He became president and chairman of the board of Transamerica Corporation in 1960 when it was a little-known holding company. He was CEO of Transamerica Corp. for 23 years, until 1983, he transformed it from an anonymous holding company into a major, diversified, operating company that became a household name. He embarked the company on

neg: 1978 Transamerica Open / Stan Smith 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 1978 Transamerica Open The 1978 Transamerica Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California in the United States. The event was part of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit and Barry MacKay was the tournament director. It was the 88th edition of the tournament and ran from September 25 through October 2, 1978. The singles event had a field of 64 players. Eighth-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title and $24,000 first prize money. John McEnroe defeated Dick Stockton 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 Peter Fleming

neg: 1978 Transamerica Open 1978 Transamerica Open The 1978 Transamerica Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California in the United States. The event was part of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit and Barry MacKay was the tournament director. It was the 88th edition of the tournament and ran from September 25 through October 2, 1978. The singles event had a field of 64 players. Eighth-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title and $24,000 first prize money. John McEnroe defeated Dick Stockton 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Bob Lutz

neg: Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco) Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco) The Hibernia Bank, headquartered in San Francisco, California, was founded in April 1859 as the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. In 1892, the company built a Beaux-Arts headquarters at 1 Jones Street at the corner of McAllister and Market Streets, designed by Albert Pissis. Slightly damaged in the 1906 earthquake and fire, it re-opened again just five weeks after the calamity; Pissis designed an addition to the building in 1908. The bank left the building in 1985, and, after a brief period in which it was used by the San Francisco Police Department, the building

neg: Encinal Tower Encinal Tower The Encinal Tower was a skyscraper proposed for construction in Downtown Oakland, California. The mixed-use tower was planned to rise and contain 56 floors for office and residential use. The project design consisted of a glass and X-bracing-covered cylindrical building with one side that resembles a roll of fabric unraveling. If built, the skyscraper would have been the tallest building in Oakland and third-tallest in the Bay Area after 555 California Street and the Transamerica Pyramid, both located in San Francisco. The project had undergone several design and name changes since it was first proposed in 2006. The

neg: John R. Beckett Calkin Beckett (who died before him) and then to Marjorie Beckett, his wife of 41 years. He had two daughters Brenda Beckett of Friday Harbor, Washington; and, Belinda Beckett of Sacramento, California. He also had two stepsons: Ted of Los Angeles; and Donald Abenheim of Menlo Park. Two granddaughters: Diana Beckett-Hile of Mill Valley and Sarah Beckett-Hile of San Francisco. John R. Beckett John R. (Jack) Beckett (1918–2010), an American businessman, was president and chairman of the board of Transamerica Corp. from 1960 to 1983. He was born on February 26, 1918 in San Francisco, California, and died on June

neg: Mills Building and Tower Mills Building and Tower The Mills Building and Tower is a two-building complex following the Chicago school with Romanesque design elements in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The structures were declared San Francisco Designated Landmark #76, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The original 10-story, structure was designed by Burnham and Root/D.H. Burnham & Company completed 1892; and after surviving the 1906 earthquake, was restored by Willis Polk in 1908, who oversaw subsequent additions in 1914 and 1918. Named for early San Francisco financial tycoon, Darius Ogden Mills, it is regarded as

neg: San Francisco Ferry Building San Francisco Ferry Building The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a food hall and an office building. It is located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. On top of the building is a clock tower with four clock dials, each in diameter, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city. Designed in 1892 by American architect A. Page Brown in the Beaux Arts style, the ferry building was completed in 1898. At its opening, it was the largest project undertaken in the city

neg: San Francisco Ferry Building the last ferry to Vallejo. San Francisco Ferry Building The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a food hall and an office building. It is located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. On top of the building is a clock tower with four clock dials, each in diameter, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city. Designed in 1892 by American architect A. Page Brown in the Beaux Arts style, the ferry building was completed in 1898. At its opening, it was the largest

neg: Salesforce Tower Salesforce Tower Salesforce Tower, formerly known as the Transbay Tower, is a office skyscraper in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisco. It is located at 415 Mission Street between First and Fremont Streets, next to the Transbay Transit Center site. Salesforce Tower is the centerpiece of the San Francisco Transbay redevelopment plan. The plan contains a mix of office, transportation, retail, and residential uses. Upon its completion in 2018 it became the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline, with a top roof height of and overall height of , surpassing the Transamerica Pyramid. It is also

neg: 181 Fremont city after the Transamerica Pyramid and the Salesforce Tower. 181 Fremont joins several other buildings designed to catalyze the San Francisco Transbay development area. In 2007, SKS originally proposed 181 Fremont Street as a 66 floor, tall mixed-use skyscraper, with 140 residential units and of office space. However, the developers reduced the height of the project to comply with the parcel's height limit, as detailed in the Transbay Center District Plan approved in 2012. Still, this height limit is twice as high as the previous restriction. The tower's design was approved in December 2012, and the development site was subsequently

neg: Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (San Francisco) the Apollo and the Niantic, that were scuttled during the California Gold Rush, still lie beneath the foundations of the Reserve. Two of the building's meeting rooms are named after these vessels. Notes Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (San Francisco) The Old Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Building, now known as the Bently Reserve, was the main headquarters building of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for nearly sixty years. The building is located at 400 Sansome Street, in the Financial District of San Francisco. Designed by George W. Kelham, the building has an Ionic colonnade that is

neg: 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building (San Francisco) 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building (San Francisco) The 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building is a United States federal building located on United Nations Plaza between Hyde and McAllister Streets in San Francisco, California. The 1936 Neoclassical style building, designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a contributing property to the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is a National Historic Landmark. In 1906, a major earthquake decimated San Francisco and destroyed more than 28,000 buildings, many as a result of subsequent fires. As the city rebuilt,

neg: Levison Brothers / California Jewelry Co. San Francisco Co. San Francisco was for many years located at 132, 134, and 136 Sutter Street, San Francisco California, and was designed and built by the firm partners. Per an article in the Daily Alta California, the building was a 3 story plus basement structure built at a cost of $130,000 (1871 U.S. dollars), and included full lapidary machinery for gem cutting, with Mr. Cullen the in-house head of jewelry design. Importations that year were $500,000 per annum, and manufactures $300,000 per annum. First floor tenants of the Sutter Street building included W.K. Vanderslice & Co. silversmiths who were well-known San

neg: Walter Danforth Bliss Francisco earthquake. In 1906, they built a third San Francis Hotel. It became the largest hotel on the Pacific Coast in the early twentieth century. In 1905, they designed the Magee Building in San Francisco. In 1907, they designed the second Columbia Theater in San Francisco. From 1909 to 1910, they designed the Geary Theater, located at 415 Geary Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco, California since May 27, 1975. It now houses the American Conservatory Theater. In 1910 and 1911, they designed the Banker's Hotel in Oakland, California. In 1911,

neg: Abner Phelps House lawyer Downtown on Montgomery Street. He rode a horse to his office, which stood where the Transamerica Pyramid currently is located. By 1854, the San Francisco city borders extended to the property. The architecture style of the house is a reference to Gothic Revival with Colonial features. The building has moved three times; once in 1890 for the road grading on Divisadero Street and then repositioned in the same place, secondly in 1904 to reposition the house so that stores could be built along Divisadero and in the 1970s it was repositioned on the lot to allow for a front

neg: Ah Pah Dam Ah Pah Dam Ah Pah Dam was a proposed dam on the Klamath River in the U.S. state of California proposed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as part of its United Western Investigation study in 1951. It was to have been high and was to be located upstream of the river's mouth. It would stand almost as tall as the Transamerica Pyramid building in San Francisco, but would be much more massive. It would flood of the Trinity River, including the Yurok, Karuk and Hupa Indian Reservations, the lower Salmon River, and of the Klamath River, creating a

neg: Malloch Building six-page writeup about the building appeared in "Architect and Engineer" in December 1937. The article listed the owners and the structural engineer, but did not name the architect. In the early 1980s, geologist and architectural historian Gray Brechin discovered that Irvin Goldstine had designed the building; Brechin subsequently interviewed Goldstine regarding his career. An article about the discovery was printed in "Metro Magazine", a defunct San Francisco magazine. Until that time, the building was thought to be designed by the Mallochs. Malloch Building The Malloch Building is a private residential apartment building on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco designed in

neg: Joseph Alioto Panther marches, The Zebra murders and Zodiac killings. He ran on a platform of reducing taxes and fighting crime. Alioto put his energy behind the development of three major building projects: the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART); the Transamerica Pyramid; and the Embarcadero Center. These efforts engendered opposition in the development stage but were eventually built, transforming the quality of life and skyline of San Francisco. Alioto helped to bring more minorities into city politics, launched a reform of the city charter, and mediated protracted police and fire department strikes in 1975. Alioto's tenure began with a citywide newspaper

neg: 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building (San Francisco) to the building looked like a patchwork quilt to Jones, and he was inspired to start the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt with several collaborators. Notes Sources 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building (San Francisco) The 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building is a United States federal building located on United Nations Plaza between Hyde and McAllister Streets in San Francisco, California. The 1936 Neoclassical style building, designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a contributing property to the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is a National

neg: NEMA (San Francisco) 2016, NEMA sponsored an interactive art project entitled "Wall of Good Looks" along Market Street. Designed by Handel Architects, NEMA’s four linked apartment building towers range from 10 to 37 stories high. NEMA was designed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. In 2014, NEMA won Best New Development of the Year by the San Francisco Apartment Association, the IBcon Digie Award for Most Intelligent Building, Market Rate Rental Project of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times. In 2015, NEMA won the Alliant Build America award and the

neg: The Montgomery (San Francisco) The Montgomery (San Francisco) The Montgomery is a residential highrise located at 74 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California. The building was designed by the Reid Brothers architects in 1914 and served as headquarters and the offices of newspaper, "The San Francisco Call" after its building The Call Building was damaged in the great fire. The site was selected for its central location, which quickly became a regional media hub during that time period. From 1914 to 1950 The Montgomery was the home to "The San Francisco Call" and at times the offices of rival publications as well. From

neg: San Francisco Public Library The first three branches opened from 1888 to 1889, in the Mission, in North Beach, and in Potrero Hill. In 1889 the Library became a Federal depository by nomination of Senator George Hearst. In 1905, architect Daniel Burnham presented his plans for a new Civic Center for San Francisco, including a new library building. These plans were put on hold after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which destroyed about 140,000 volumes, nearly 80% of its holdings. The library moved to temporary quarters while a new building was designed and built. In 1917, the new main library building, designed by George

neg: A. Page Brown academic sphere," incorporating historical styles. He hired Willis Polk, Bernard Maybeck and A. C. Schweinfurth for his office; they became recognized as among four of the most notable architects in the city shortly after the turn of the century. In 1892 Brown designed the San Francisco Ferry Building, a terminal for ferry service for commuters who traveled across San Francisco Bay. When completed in 1898, the Ferry Building was the largest single project undertaken in the city up to that time. Located on the Embarcadero, it was a prominent landmark across the city. Its 245-foot clocktower, which he designed after

neg: Planning of the September 11 attacks and West coasts, and for eleven of them to be crashed into the World Trade Center and the Empire State Building in New York City; The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; the Prudential Tower in Boston, Massachusetts; the White House and the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.; the Willis Tower (then Sears Tower) in Chicago, Illinois; the U.S. Bank Tower (then Library Tower) in Los Angeles, California; the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California; and the Columbia Center in Seattle, Washington. In December 1998, the Director of Central Intelligence Counterterrorist Center reported to President Bill Clinton that al-Qaeda was preparing

neg: Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco) Pissis in the Beaux-Arts style, and was referred to by San Franciscans as "The Paragon". In a poll of 20 artists made by the "San Francisco Call" shortly after the building was completed, 14 of the artists voted for the new building as the "best" in San Francisco; the next building (the Mills Building) received only 4 votes. Pissis also designed an expansion of the building, which was completed in 1908. The building largely survived the 1906 earthquake and fire, taking some damage from the fire. It was one of the first buildings to be restored afterwards, re-opening on May

neg: Walter Newman (civic figure) Walter Newman (civic figure) Walter Simon Newman (September 1921 – December 8, 2012) was a civic figure in San Francisco, responsible in part for a number of important civic and cultural events in the City's history. Newman was an Infantry Officer during World War II where he was injured soon after D-Day. In 2009 the French government made him a Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour. He was involved in the development of the Transamerica Building, Mission Bay, the showing of the King Tut artifacts in the 1970s, and the construction of University High School and

neg: Financial District, San Francisco their headquarters in the Financial District. There are several shopping malls in the area, including the Crocker Galleria, the Embarcadero Center, the Ferry Building Marketplace, and the Rincon Center complex. Parks and plazas located there include Sue Biermann Park; Justin Herman Plaza, which is the current location of the city's New Year's festivities, and Transamerica Redwood Park. St. Mary's Square and Portsmouth Square are near the borders of the district, but are usually considered as part of Chinatown. Several consulates are located in the financial district. Countries with consulates in the Financial District include France, Brazil, Guatemala, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico,Ireland,

neg: 345 California Center 345 California Center 345 California Center is a 48-story office tower in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1986, the tower is the fifth tallest in the city after the Salesforce Tower, Transamerica Pyramid, 181 Fremont, and 555 California Street if the spires are included. It was originally proposed to be taller. The building was developed by Norland Properties, a private real estate investment firm led by Hany Ben-Halim. 345 California is in the middle of a block with historic buildings on each of the four corners. Initially planned as condominiums, the top 11 floors of the

neg: Alamo Square, San Francisco park is bordered by Hayes Street to the south, Steiner Street to the east, Fulton Street to the north, and Scott Street to the west. Named after the lone cottonwood tree ("alamo" in Spanish), Alamo Hill, was a watering hole on the horseback trail from Mission Dolores to the Presidio in the 1800s. In 1856, Mayor James Van Ness created a park surrounding the watering hole, creating "Alamo Square". Alamo Square Park includes a playground and a tennis court, and is frequented by neighbors, tourists, and dog owners. On a clear day, the Transamerica Pyramid building and the tops of

neg: Montgomery Street Montgomery landed when he came to hoist the U.S. flag after the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. In 1853 the Montgomery Block, a center of early San Francisco law and literature, was built at 600 Montgomery, on land currently occupied by the Transamerica Pyramid. Many banks and financial-services companies have had offices in the buildings on or near Montgomery Street, especially between Market Street and Sacramento Street: Notable high-rises and skyscrapers along Montgomery Street in the Financial District: A building bearing the name of One Montgomery Tower is located at the intersection of Post and Kearny streets, behind the Wells

neg: Transamerica Tower (Baltimore) In spring 2011, the building also became home to Baltimore-based law firm Ober|Kaler. The firm occupies 6 floors of the building. In November 2011, after it was purchased by Transamerica, about 800 workers from Transamerica were located in the building. In April 2013, the building added the headquarters and became the home of the Mid-Atlantic law firm and well known in Baltimore, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. Transamerica Tower (Baltimore) Transamerica Tower (colloquially occasionally still called by its most recent former label, the "Legg Mason Building") and originally built as the "USF&G Building", serving as headquarters of the United States Fidelity

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Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark is decided in favor of Wong Kim Ark "(pictured, left)", who is thus considered a U.S. citizen
 The San Francisco Ferry Building "(pictured, right)", designed by A. Page Brown, opens
 A columbarium "(pictured, right)" is built at Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco by Bernard J. S. Cahill, to complement an earlier columbarium built by him
 The Baldwin Hotel "(pictured, right)" in San Francisco, built in 1876, burns down
 Francis K. Shattuck dies after being knocked down by a man exiting from a train

neg: Transamerica Pyramid the public in 2001, while the New York Times reported that it has been closed "[s]ince the late 1990s". It was replaced by the virtual observation deck a few years later. The video signal from the "Transamericam" was used for years by a local TV news station for live views of traffic and weather in downtown San Francisco. The top of the Transamerica Pyramid is covered with aluminum panels. During the Christmas holiday season, on Independence Day, and during the anniversary of 9/11, a brightly twinkling beacon called the "Crown Jewel" is lit at the top of the pyramid. At

neg: Hallidie Building Hallidie Building The Hallidie Building is an office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, at 130 Sutter Street, between Montgomery Street and Kearny Street. It was built around 1917-1918 and though credited as the first American building to feature glass curtain walls, it was in fact predated by Louis Curtiss's Boley Clothing Company building in Kansas City, Missouri, completed in 1909. The building was designed by architect Willis Polk and is named in honor of San Francisco cable car pioneer Andrew Smith Hallidie. Currently, it houses the San Francisco chapters of the American Institute of Architects, AIGA,

neg: 555 California Street with the characters played by Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. The rooftop setting of the building used in "Dirty Harry" was also used a decade later in the Chuck Norris film "An Eye for an Eye" (1981). The southeast corner of California and Kearny is about above sea level, so the top of the building is over . With the Transamerica Pyramid, 555 California Street shows the direction San Francisco's downtown was moving during the 1960s before campaigns against high-rise buildings in the 1970s and 1980s forced development to move south of Market Street. The Transamerica Pyramid is

neg: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California) Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California) The former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, now known as the Internet Archive, is a historic Christian Science church building located at 300 Funston Avenue, corner of Clement Street, in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California. Built in 1923, it was designed by noted San Francisco architect Carl Werner in the Classical Revival style of architecture. Due to the dwindling size of its congregation and the increased cost of maintaining such a large building, the building was sold in 2009 to the Internet Archive. The organization chose the church based on

neg: San Francisco Armory San Francisco Armory The San Francisco Armory, also known as the San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal or simply The Armory, is a historic building in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. As of 2018, it is owned by SF Armory LLC, an affiliate of AJ Capital Partners. The building was constructed as an armory and arsenal for the United States National Guard in 1912–1914 and designed with a castle-like appearance in a Moorish Revival style. The Armory was built on part of the site of Woodward's Gardens (1866–1891), a zoo, aquarium, art museum, and amusement park which

neg: Flood Building Flood Building The Flood Building is a 12-story highrise located at 870 Market Street on the corner of Powell Street in the downtown shopping district of San Francisco, California completed in 1904 and designed by Albert Pissis. Situated on Powell and Market streets, next to the Powell Street cable car turntable, Hallidie Plaza and the Powell Street BART Station entrance, it is one of the few structures that survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The site formerly housed Baldwin's Hotel and Theatre, which was destroyed by fire in 1898. It was later purchased by James L. Flood, who constructed the

neg: Bay Area Council Bay Area Council The Bay Area Council is a business association in San Francisco, founded in 1945, and dedicated to economic development in the San Francisco Bay Area. At its inception in the post WWII years, members included Wells Fargo, Bank of America, the Transamerica Corporation, Standard Oil of California, Pacific Gas and Electric, Bechtel, Kaiser Industries, Clorox and others. By the late 1940s, the Council was an early environmental watchdog. In the 1950s, the Council promoted a regional mass transit system that eventually became BART. In 1965, the Council sponsored legislation creating the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. In

neg: San Francisco in 1969 and the Transamerica Pyramid was completed in 1972, igniting a wave of "Manhattanization" that lasted until the late 1980s, a period of extensive high-rise development downtown. The 1980s also saw a dramatic increase in the number of homeless people in the city, an issue that remains today, despite many attempts to address it. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused destruction and loss of life throughout the Bay Area. In San Francisco, the quake severely damaged structures in the Marina and South of Market districts and precipitated the demolition of the damaged Embarcadero Freeway and much of the damaged

neg: Bay Area Council 1970, they helped to create the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Bay Area Council The Bay Area Council is a business association in San Francisco, founded in 1945, and dedicated to economic development in the San Francisco Bay Area. At its inception in the post WWII years, members included Wells Fargo, Bank of America, the Transamerica Corporation, Standard Oil of California, Pacific Gas and Electric, Bechtel, Kaiser Industries, Clorox and others. By the late 1940s, the Council was an early environmental watchdog. In the 1950s, the Council promoted a regional mass transit system that eventually became BART. In 1965, the Council sponsored

neg: Malloch Building Malloch Building The Malloch Building is a private residential apartment building on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco designed in the Streamline Moderne style and built in 1937. The building, one of the best examples of its type in San Francisco, is also known as Malloch Apartments, Malloch Apartment Building, and simply by its address: 1360 Montgomery Street. Some have called it the "Ocean-Liner House", though other Moderne buildings have also been known by that nickname. Designed by Irvin Goldstine for father/son architects John "Jack" S. Malloch and John Rolph Malloch, the building was used as a filming location in 1947's

neg: Vaillancourt Fountain built to bring people to an expansive public space, as "San Francisco Chronicle" architecture critic John King calls it "an act of defiant distraction until the freeway came down in 1991". "Vaillancourt Fountain" was a product of the redevelopment of San Francisco that took place in the 1950s and 1960s. The Transamerica Pyramid was constructed from 1969-1972 and BART was also being constructed, the Embarcadero Station would eventually open in 1976. Justin Herman, for whom the plaza was named, was a leading figure in this process and the executive director of the redevelopment agency in charge. Modernist landscape architect Lawrence

neg: Alhambra Theatre (San Francisco) #217 on February 21, 1996. The building is now occupied by Crunch Fitness. The conversion to the gym has retained most of the interior detail, and movies are shown on the still-present big screen. The balcony retains the aisles, which have been widened, although there are only four. They accommodate about 80 cardio machines facing the screen. Alhambra Theatre (San Francisco) The Alhambra Theatre is a Moorish Revival movie theater building at 2330 Polk Street in San Francisco, California, that opened on November 5, 1926. The theater was designed by Miller & Pflueger (architect Timothy L. Pflueger also designed the

neg: Tiffany Building (San Francisco) 1972 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill completed the construction of the building which had been destined for Qantas. The building followed a height limit established for Union Square by the San Francisco Planning Commission. It was designed to be a background building between two Classical buildings. A guide to the local architecture said that it "looms blandly over the stripped[sic] palazzo that is Saks." Kenneth Halpern said that in relation to the Fitzhugh Building, the Qantas Building matched the color and height and roughly matched the proportions. At one time the Consulate-General of Australia in San Francisco was located in the

neg: Pier 70, San Francisco for landmarking for their architectural and historic merit. Worthy of historical landmark status are the 1917 Frederick Meyer Renaissance Revival Bethlehem office building, the Charles P. Weeks designed 1912 Power House#1, the 1896 Union Iron Works office designed by Percy & Hamilton and the huge 1885 Machine shops. Pier 70, San Francisco Pier 70 in San Francisco, California, is a historic pier in San Francisco's Potrero Point neighborhood, home to the Union Iron Works and later to Bethlehem Shipbuilding. It was one of the largest industrial sites in San Francisco during the two World Wars. Today, it is regarded as

neg: JPMorgan Chase Building (San Francisco) a parklet containing a water feature with seating, a bamboo grove and the kinetic sculpture "Annular Eclipse" by George Rickey. Landscape design for the parklet was done by Christian Lemon at the firm Hart Howerton. JPMorgan Chase Building (San Francisco) The JPMorgan Chase Building is an office building in San Francisco, California, 560-584 Mission Street, on the border between South of Market and the Financial District. Designed by architect César Pelli, the building stands and has about of office space. It also has two levels of underground parking and a large plaza. About of the building is leased to the

neg: JPMorgan Chase Building (San Francisco) JPMorgan Chase Building (San Francisco) The JPMorgan Chase Building is an office building in San Francisco, California, 560-584 Mission Street, on the border between South of Market and the Financial District. Designed by architect César Pelli, the building stands and has about of office space. It also has two levels of underground parking and a large plaza. About of the building is leased to the major tenant JPMorgan Chase. This is one of many new highrise projects completed or under construction on Mission Street since 2000. The Privately Owned Public Open Space at the foot of the tower consists of

neg: Alhambra Theatre (San Francisco) Alhambra Theatre (San Francisco) The Alhambra Theatre is a Moorish Revival movie theater building at 2330 Polk Street in San Francisco, California, that opened on November 5, 1926. The theater was designed by Miller & Pflueger (architect Timothy L. Pflueger also designed the Castro Theater and the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California). The Alhambra Theatre once had 1,625 seats when it opened and cost $500,000. It was later converted to twin theaters in 1976. It reopened as a single screen in 1988 and finally closed as a movie theater on February 22, 1998. It was designated official San Francisco landmark

neg: The Women's Building (San Francisco) multi-cultural, multi-generation collaboration of seven women artists, and a colorful work of art that sings to our community." Many of the original artists returned to the building for an update in 2000, an expansion to the inside of the building in 2010, and a major $130,000 restoration in 2012. That last restoration included a treatment process designed to preserve the colors of the mural for another 100 years. The Women's Building (San Francisco) The Women's Building is a women-led non-profit arts and education community center located in San Francisco, California, United States, which advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice.

neg: American Bank Building Transamerica then sold it to SKB Portland Office Investments LLC in 2002 for $22.3 million, who then sold the tower in 2008 for $35.2 million to LaeRoc Partners. In July 2014, the building was sold for $45 million to Independencia S.A., a Chilean company. American Bank Building The American Bank Building is a 15-floor building in Portland, Oregon, U.S. It stands tall, and was built in 1913. It replaced the Marquam Building. The building was the tallest in the city for 14 years until surpassed by the Public Service Building in 1927. Designed by A. E. Doyle, it is located

neg: Hibernia Bank Building (San Francisco) was vacant for decades, until it was restored and renovated in 2016. As of 2017, the building, re-branded as "One Jones", is being subdivided for leasing to tenants who need less than the building's overall of space. The Hibernia Bank Building is a designated San Francisco landmark. The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society was founded in a small office at the corner of Jackson and Montgomery Streets, although it soon moved to larger offices nearby In 1892, the bank's new headquarters at 1 Jones Street, on the corner of McAllister and Market Streets, was completed; it was designed by Albert

neg: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon to San Francisco she designed the monthly program guides for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In the short period of its existence from 1970 until 1971 she was art director of Scanlan's Magazine. Solomon was an instructor at Harvard and Yale, where she was invited by Charles Moore to lead a studio on supergraphics in 1968. Stauffacher had previously worked with Moore at Sea Ranch, where she designed the architectural scale paintings for the building interiors. She later set up an office as a graphic designer in San Francisco. In 1995, she designed a large outdoor art installation

neg: 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Office Building (San Francisco) Bakewell, Jr. designed City Hall, a 1915 Beaux Arts architectural masterpiece. Also located within the Civic Center, the City Hall commission established the partners' careers. In 1975, construction commenced on United Nations Plaza, designed by noted landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and located next to the Federal Building. The one-acre pedestrian area was named to honor the establishment of the U.N., which occurred in the Veterans Building on June 26, 1945. The Federal Building is a contributing element to the San Francisco Civic Center, which the Secretary of the Interior designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The building was vacated

neg: Niantic (whaling vessel) Niantic (whaling vessel) Niantic was a whaleship that brought fortune-seekers to Yerba Buena (later renamed San Francisco) during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Run aground and converted into a storeship and hotel, she was a prominent landmark in the booming city for several years. The site of "Niantic" beside the Transamerica Pyramid is now a California Historical Landmark. Artifacts excavated in 1978 and the ship's log from her last voyage are on display in the San Francisco Maritime Museum. The "Niantic" was built in 1832 in Connecticut; it was originally intended for trade with China. The owners in 1840

neg: Bummer and Lazarus Redwood Park, a small park adjacent to the base of the Transamerica Pyramid. Bummer and Lazarus Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1860s. Recognized for their unique bond and their prodigious rat-killing ability, they became a fixture of city newspapers, were exempted from local ordinances, and immortalized in cartoons. San Francisco, in common with other cities in the United States at the time, had a problem with free-ranging dogs. In Los Angeles in the 1840s, dogs outnumbered people by nearly two to one, and while the

neg: Financial District, San Francisco including all six San Francisco Fortune 500 companies—McKesson Corporation, Wells Fargo, PG&E, Gap, Charles Schwab, and Salesforce.com— as well as Bechtel, the Union Bank of California, Levi Strauss & Co., Blue Shield, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, URS Corporation, and Bank of the West among others; and formerly Bank of America, Pacific Bell, Crocker Bank, Transamerica Corporation, Chevron Corporation, and Visa among others. The headquarters of the 12th district of the United States Federal Reserve is located in the area as well. Prior to their disestablishment, AirTouch, South Pacific Air Lines, Pegasus Aviation Finance Company, and the Pacific Exchange all had

neg: 140 New Montgomery its second acquisition in San Francisco. According to property records, Pembroke paid million for the property, at around per square foot. 140 New Montgomery 140 New Montgomery Street, also known as The Pacific Telephone Building, and, after 1984, as The Pacific Bell Building or The PacBell Building, in San Francisco′s South of Market district, is an Art Deco mixed-use office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor building was designed to consolidate numerous smaller buildings and outdated offices into a modern headquarters for The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph

neg: 181 Fremont Company announced that the building would cost US$500 million to construct and is scheduled to open in early 2017. On September 20, 2017, it was reported that Facebook would lease the entire office portion of the building to form a new San Francisco office. 181 Fremont 181 Fremont is an mixed-use skyscraper in the South of Market District of San Francisco, California. The building, designed by Heller Manus Architects, is located adjacent to the Transbay Transit Center and 199 Fremont Street developments. The entire office portion of the building has been rented by Facebook to house its San Francisco office

neg: Aaron Peskin was designed to “protect all patients, especially those who are too intimidated by protesters to confront them and ask them to go away." Peskin has been known to make potentially inappropriate late night phone calls to fellow public officials regarding state business, for example calling staff at the Port of San Francisco about cutting their funding over disagreements concerning waterfront building height limits. Mayor Newsom told the San Francisco Chronicle that people around city hall had been complaining about Peskin's behavior for years, however former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos has said Peskin's alleged behavior falls "well within the boundaries

neg: Mark Hopkins Hotel the building and grounds to the San Francisco Art Association (now San Francisco Art Institute), for use as a school and museum. It was called the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art and valued at $600,000 at the time. The Mark Hopkins mansion survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; however, it was destroyed in the three-day fire that followed the earthquake. Mining engineer and hotel investor George D. Smith purchased the Nob Hill site, removed the Art Association building, and began construction of a luxury hotel. The San Francisco architectural firm Weeks and Day designed the 19-story hotel, a combination of

neg: San Francisco Center for the Book Currently, SFCB offers over 300 workshops and 44 free events a year. In addition to workshops and events, they have a thriving exhibition program, Small Plates program, and collaborate with many local nonprofits, museums, and libraries. They also host special visits and hands-on demonstrations for students of all ages, teachers, librarians, corporate team building, collectors, visiting printers, artists, writers, and designers. The San Francisco Center for the Book was co-founded by Mary Austin and Kathleen Burch, who recognized a growing need in San Francisco and the Bay Area for a facility specifically designed and equipped for the book arts. The

neg: Building 101 (San Francisco) Building 101 (San Francisco) Building 101 is a neoclassical building located in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, designed by Frederick H. Meyer. The building was built in 1917 for Bethlehem Steel, which used it as an administrative building while it owned the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation operations on adjacent Pier 70. The building was originally intended to house offices for 350 people, including executives, draftsmen, and naval architects, and included blueprint facilities. By 1945, it also included a Navy cafeteria and a private branch exchange for telephone service. The building has 56,268 square feet of space, but has not been in use

neg: Building 101 (San Francisco) since 1992. Building 101 (San Francisco) Building 101 is a neoclassical building located in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, designed by Frederick H. Meyer. The building was built in 1917 for Bethlehem Steel, which used it as an administrative building while it owned the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation operations on adjacent Pier 70. The building was originally intended to house offices for 350 people, including executives, draftsmen, and naval architects, and included blueprint facilities. By 1945, it also included a Navy cafeteria and a private branch exchange for telephone service. The building has 56,268 square feet of space, but has not been