The Pyramid on Friday--Freed, De Piramide

A few shots of our most iconic building. The Transamerica Pyramid was built in 1972, designed by William Pereira and stands 260 meters, or 848 feet tall. The building was universally hated by San Franciscans when it was completed, but it is hard to imagine the city without it. At the base is a small park of Calfornia Coast Redwoods(sequoia sempervirens). The pyramid is owned by the Dutch insurance firm AEGON.









The base from across the steet



Play of shadows at the base of the building



The entrance



Fountain in the adjoining park



Redwoods planted when the Pyramid was built. They can grow to over 300 feet if unmolested, and live to over 2,000 years. Once they covered the entire coast of the California, but about 95% of their habitat has been lost to logging and development



Embarcadeo Center, John Portman's very 1970s design which resembles sugar wafers on edge



The brick expanse of Justin Herman Plaza with Vaillancourt Fountain in the foreground. Water spews from the brutalist sculpture as the pre-earthquake Ferry Building and the WPA era Bay Bridge stand guard



At the foot of Market St looking toward Twin Peaks in the distance

---for Gabriel---