Talk:Transamerica Pyramid

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I did a bit of copyediting, and added a bit of info about the location. I also removed the "cleanup" template; the article looks good to me, and the person who left the "cleanup" tempalte didn't offer any specific complains. If anyone believes this article needs further cleanup, please leave a note here about the details. -- Mikeblas 20:45, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Transamerica Pyramid.JPG (close-up)

My personal opinion is that this new picture doesn't add anything to the article, and really isn't a good image in its own right. Is it really needed therefore? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodge500 (talk • contribs) July 13, 2006 18:17:40 (UTC)

I agree. If it were at least a photograph of the exterior of the entrance, that would be more interesting. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 18:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Transamerica Pyramid height

Actually it is not the tallest building in SF; that goes to the BofA building just up the street on Montgomery. The BofA building was the considered Al Qaeda target (and likely rejected because it doesn't stand much above other surrounding buldings). --enm 23:00, 27 Dec 2006 (UTC)

The BofA building is the second highest building in San Francisco, standing at 779 feet.--999mal 07:13, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Here is a source stating that the transamerica pyramid is the largest: http://www.sfgov.org/site/visitor_index.asp?id=8088 williameis 13:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

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Ministry of Truth

A boon companion of my bohemian youth, and a failed architect of anti-modernist inclinations, used to joke repeatedly that the Transamerica Pyramid bore an uncanny resemblance to the headquarters of the Ministry of Truth, as described in George Orwell's novel 1984.123.255.62.132 (talk) 20:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

SF attractions

There's no way that this builing is an attraction, because you can't even visit it. You've only got the lobby on the first floor which is open for visitors. The tower is just a famous landmark, no attraction | CartoonistHenning (talk) 13:42, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Building's slope?

What is the building's slope in degrees? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reddwarf2956 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Two Countries, Two Pyramids

There are actually two TransAmerica Pyramids: one was built in Los Angeles and the other was built in San Francisco. Seattle felt slighted that one was not built there. New York also felt slighted.Gnostics (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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Transamerica Virtual Observation Deck?

The article mentions a "Transamerica Virtual Observation Deck". I can't find any evidence this exists. https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/secret-room-top-transamerica-pyramid-pictures-13709329.php has pictures of the top the building. If the building has cameras they are much lower down than the "top of this spire" claimed in the Wikipedia article as the cameras are not visible in either of these pictures.[1][2].

https://pyramidcenter.com/ seems to be the official web site for the building.

• The word "virtual" is used once at that web site on https://pyramidcenter.com/tourism/ which is the "Virtual Visitor Center." There are no live camera images available on that page.
• The word "observation" is used once at that web site on https://pyramidcenter.com/tourism/history/ which mentions the 27th floor observation deck being closed in 2001 and has a single photo which seems to be from 2001.
• The web site's photo gallery https://pyramidcenter.com/tourism/photo-gallery/ has photos of the building. There are none from the inside.

--Marc Kupper|talk 16:42, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Also, I can't find evidence that the "Transamericam" exists. It's mentioned in this article:

The video signal from the "Transamericam" was used for years by a local TV news station for live views of traffic and weather in downtown San Francisco.

• Google News for "Transamericam" gets zero hits.
• Google for "Transamericam" finds pages about things other than the Transamerica Pyramid building.

--Marc Kupper|talk 17:54, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Futurist, Modernist, or ...?

The lead describes the building as "futurist" in the lowercase, presumably to differentiate from Futurism proper, which refers to the early 20th century movement. The page is, however, included in the category for modernist architecture in California. I am curious as to the source for describing the building as "futurist" since a simple Google search doesn't appear to bring up any reliable sources for this, only pages that replicate the Wikipedia article or are blogs and such, while "modernist" seems to bring up some decent sources. The article for William Pereira describes his work as "futuristic" in the lead, linking to the article on Futurist architecture, specifically a section entitled "Post-modern futurism" which no longer exists and appears to have been renamed "Neo-Futurism". What is the scholarly consensus among architectural historians in this regard? Laval (talk) 16:56, 7 December 2020 (UTC)