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Transamerica Pyramid



        The Transamerica Pyramid at 600 Montgomery Street between


        Clay and Washington Streets in the Financial District of San Fran-


        cisco, California, United States, is a 48-story postmodern building

        and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. Its


        height will be surpassed by Salesforce Tower, currently under con-

        struction. 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 853 feet (260 m), on completion in 1972 it was the eighth-tallest


        building in the world.





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