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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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