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Transamerica Pyramid After Dark

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
2785158178 ca45c3d8b1 Transamerica Pyramid After Dark

Transamerica Pyramid

This is a vertical panoramic photo of the Transamerica Pyramid, the most prominent skyscraper in downtown San Francisco. The city is famous for this distinctive building in it’s skyline, the pyramid shape can easily be spotted from even a great distance away.

The building is 853 ft high which, according to Wikipedia, makes it the 100th tallest building in the world. I took this photo one night this week from Telegraph Hill, looking across from just below Coit Tower.

Apparently there used to be an observation deck for visitors high up in the building providing magnificent views of San Francisco and the bay. Unfortunately this was closed after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks but there are now cameras installed where the observation deck used to be and visitors can view and control the cameras from the building lobby to look around from up high.

I created this image by stitching together three separate full size photos. This created an extremely large file with lots of detail suitable for creating a large printout, but was far too large to display on the web so I had to scale it down to display here.

To get a better look, click on the image to view the photo in the gallery. From there you may scroll down to see a larger version of the photo with more detail. You may also view this and other photos in my flickr gallery.

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North Beach (Little Italy), San Francisco

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

2758538542 93783efaba North Beach (Little Italy), San Francisco

This is another photo from my trip into San Francisco last Friday evening. It shows the skyline of North Beach, also known as “Little Italy”, in San Francisco. The large pyramid-shaped building is the Transamerica Building, the tallest building in San Francisco and a key recognizible feature in the San Francisco skyline. The building is 260 meters (853 ft) high and is ranked as the 98th tallest building in the world. You can find out more about the Transamerica building at Wikipedia.

I had to wander in traffic to get this shot looking directly down the street. The resulting perspective really emphasizes the height of the Transamerica building and shows it dominating over the rest of the skyline. You can view a larger version of the photo here. It’s also one of those funny times of year when you can clearly see the moon out in the daylight sky, it’s easier to see in the large version.

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