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Tag: Transamerica Pyramid

  • PreCast Concretes’ Role in San Francisco

    The Tulip at Embarcadero Center Four Concrete began as a structural component of architecture. A mixture of cement, aggregate and water, concrete has been used as a building material for over a millennia. It was only in the 1920s, however, that technical innovation allowed for precast concrete to become an acceptable substitute for stone in…

  • Mark Twain and his Jumping Frogs

    Foot of the Transamerica Pyramid 600 Montgomery Financial District * Frog Pond by Richard Clopton Bronze 1996 Redwood Park Transplanted from the Santa Cruz Mountains 60 miles to the south, magnificent redwoods dominate this park designed by Tom Galli. The fountain designed by Anthony Guzzardo is decorated with the jumping frog sculptures, in a fond remembrance of…

  • Icons of San Francisco – Transamerica Pyramid

    ,  An iconic image for San Francisco, the Transamerica Pyramid.  It was designed by architect William Pereira, and when it was first built it engendered considerable argument.  You either hated it or loved it, there seemed to be no in between.    Forty Eight stories or 850 feet tall, it was among the five tallest buildings…