Yes I love unique skyscrapers like I am obsessed with cities like I’m living in Houston but I wanna move downtown and I was gonna move to NYC but no cuz obvious reasons :/
@@JimmiAlli Give me the Transamerica Building any day over the Salesforce Tower (admittedly I haven't been back since 2014, when it was in construction)
Pretty much every large office use skyscraper is hated during the building and planning stage, but once its built the locals learn to love it. The same thing happened with the shard
I thought it was "Transatlantic Pyramid" Lol. But I knew of it... When I think of San Francisco; a few things come to mind immediately... 1) Golden Gate Bridge 2) TransAmerica Pyramid 3) CHARMED 4) Salesforce Tower
Arguably that neighborhood is one of the most expensive in the world, wikipedia says that the name derived from """ The English use of nabob was for a person who became rapidly wealthy in a foreign country, typically India, and returned home with considerable power and influence."""
San Francisco was the last place I got to visit in February right before the pandemic hit and ruined everything. I had no idea that I would be unable to go anywhere or do anything for the rest of the year, but it's a really beautiful city. Even in February the weather was pleasant and perfectly sunny every day that I was there. Seeing this building, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge were on my bucket list, and I'm glad I got to see them. I would love to go back eventually.
As kids, my brother and I watched it going up back in '72. A passing man told us he thought it looked stupid and futuristic. My brother said "Oh, yes...that futuristic shape...the pyramid."
My thoughts exactly. I used to work a couple of blocks away from the Pyramid and always liked seeing it as I crossed the Bay Bridge on the bus ride to work.
@@6falconsue Oh that's good. See, the San Francisco protests got the developers to improve the building's design. I wish more cities are more inclusive to different opinions on the skyscraper design.
@@RainierKine it was unnecessary to change its height. If it was built at its proposed height. It would be the tallest building in America outside of Chicago and New York. Also, you can’t really see the pyramid anymore amongst the skyline looking from the south to north because of the newly added skyscrapers. Ever since the 1,070 foot Salesforce Tower was built, it took its attention from the pyramid. It stands over 200 feet taller and offers a projection at night time. The pyramid has seen better days. But nonetheless, she’s still a beauty when seen from the north. Btw the pyramid is only 853 high. The under construction OceanWide Center will be 910’ feet, making the pyramid 3rd tallest by 2022.
This is why building construction and urban planning shouldn’t be based on public opinion alone. It can be helpful sometimes, yes. But it isn’t everything cause often the public is wrong.
The public becomes wrong because of media. If media take a stand, they can change public opinion - we've seen this more and more in today's times. Sadly, media can be swayed with money.
nyers tend to have a good nose (ie opposition topenn station demolitionbut San Franciscians just oppose everything because they want it to foever be the 60s
You should do a video about the latinamerican tower in Mexico, it has amazing mechanics against earthquakes and even Von Terzaghi, the father of soil mechanics was a consultant in this project
It's such a figure when compared to salesforce. You can see salesforce from every angle of the city... from over at Fort Baker to the Richmond, and across to the East Bay (Alameda, Oakland). You can't escape it. I liked the affection Transamerica has to that of Coit Tower.
You're right about the Salesforce Tower. I think it was as disliked as the Trans America Tower when it was first built. In my neighbourhood, though, it was that crass rectangle next to the Bay Bridge that was most hated: Dolores Park used to have an unobstructed view of the Bay Bridge, and I still miss it.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar you clearly don’t know anything about skyscrapers. Back in your days I could just say “this Art Deco is ugly just like any other Art Deco” but I don’t. Because I learn to appreciate each and every art decos beauty. Salesforce Tower is nothing like any other “glass skyscraper” it’s design and Shape is unique and it’s phallic design catches my eyes during sunsets, or looking up from the ground. The lines that outline the tower give it that “super tall” look and feel that no other tower in San Francisco does.
Unfortunately there is nothing in Northern California besides Sacramento. Seriously once you get to that square section at the top of California all there is are small towns and trees. I should know as I was born there.
@@carbon5362 It sure sounds like you’ve never really explored NorCal. Northern California coast up to the Oregon border? Redwood National Park? Lake Tahoe Area? Lassen National Park? You may have been “born there” but have you really truly lived in Northern California?
I love this building. I saw in a lot TV shows and movies and finally I can see it with my own eyes last Christmas when I went to San Francisco for the first time. We were staying in a hotel in front of the building and we went to have breakfast in the Starbucks next to it and I took a lot of pictures of the building everyday.
The building is amazing to look at. I remember how direct view from one of the piers at dusk. Beautifully lit from the sunset. It is a striking tower to see.
Before Covid, I worked 3 blocks away from this beautiful building. I miss seeing it daily as I took the train in to work. San Francisco is better off for having it. A masterpiece.
Short of actually building a phallus and scrotum shaped building, just about any skyscraper tall structure becomes normalized, part of the background that for residents signifies home. In Idaho, it's our mountains in the skyline for many cities and towns. Some places its both the surrounding mountains and skyscrapers and other buildings.
You are right the Transamerica Building is Beautiful. I worked on many buildings in San Francisco. It the best looking one in the city. Local 377 SF Ironworkers. Thank You for showing this one to the World.
San Francisco. Being a Kiwi who lives in Auckland, Aotearoa San Fransisco is one American city I have visited and which I love the look of and enjoyed meeting its myriad denizens. Thanks for this upload *B1M* . You guys are *awesome* too 💙
The B1M, something to add to this story: this building has the TransAmerica's name, the TransAmerica company was small in terms of the number of workers. In 1975 the TransAmerica company occupied two of the higher floors of the building, smaller floors when compared to the lower floors of the building and most of one of their floor had only really nice large offices for their executives. TransAmerica had around 113 employees in the building including the executives and their support personnel, the remainder of the employees were on the floor below, mostly CPA people and a few MBA positions. The building was built as a symbol for the company to lease the majority of the space to other companies. Car parking was limited when built and has gotten even more scarce over the years. This was a vanity project to make the CEO feel important.
I've always been in awe of this buildings design! As a kid I was instantly drawn to it visually and it's unique shape. I'm surprised it hasn't been used in more films than it has. The Space Needle in Seattle also inspires me.
I’ve always been a San Franciscan and watched the Transamerica Building go up. Many of us loved it then, as now. It’s difficult to imagine the skyline without it.
From your spelling, it looks like you're both from the US, but I'm curious how old you are. I'm pretty much the same age as that building, and it's high up on the list of US landmarks in my mind. Then again, I wouldn't've recognised the Brooklyn Bridge before the first time I visited New York as an adult… I think New Yorkers overestimate the fame of that structure.
Are you being serious here? What buildings come to mind when you think of the San Fransisco skyline? The Golden Gate bridge, the Transamerica Pyramid, and the Coit Tower.
I worked in the Financial District for years, and that park was amongst my favourite oases. Walking to Coit Tower was better exercise, though. 🙂 (Yes, that's what it's really called, and its history is… interesting, too. 🤭)
For an Englishman, you are very thorough in this video. It’s excellent! As a fellow #californian, I can’t get enough of SF. It’s picturesque but so damn expensive. The history of the building and the City’s notorious opposition for planning is well documented. You couldn’t be more correct.
It's amazing to watch this. I used to live across the street from the Transamerica Building and bought my lattes at the Starbucks across the street from the redwood park in the video. You start to take those things for granted when you see them every day.
So weird watching this video from inside the Transamerica tower. Just pulled up this video on my lunch break wanted to learn more about the building where I spend most of my days 😁.
I live in San Francisco and remember the controversy in which the anti-pyramid forces had an almost religious fervor. But by the mid-70's people started loving it.
Again, an astonishingly high quality video from The B1M! Beautiful footage, excellent narration and a captivating story. Thank you for your work, you deserve all them views! :D
I lived in the Bay Area when the pyramid was being proposed and built. Lots of hubub about it, for sure. Glad it succeeded and is standing strong today. Thanks.
Don't forget that San Fran also tried to block the Golden Gate Bridge and anything over six floors outside of downtown. Some residents just have an entitlement problem.
The Transamerica is a little shorter. Comparison of approximate profiles of the Transamerica Pyramid with some notable pyramidal or near-pyramidal buildings. Dotted lines indicate original heights, where data are available. In its SVG file, hover over a pyramid to highlight and click for its article. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparison_of_pyramids_SMIL.svg
What a great show! B1M simply rocks! Some of the aerial photography of the city reminds me why I love it so. You flew over many of the hotels that I have spent much professional time doing various shows within. The HARDEST loading docks on the west coast to back a truck into. From a 30° street... Unfortunately, San Francisco has some of the original NIMBYs. That is why the freeways stop at the edges of town giving us horrendous traffic [now that the end of the central freeway has been pulled down]. We need some highway tunnels! A 1/ US 101 north/south tunnel from the I-280 to the GG bridge on the west side and a connector to the Bay Bridge, I-80. Underground is the only way it would ever pass the NIMBYs.
At an inflation-adjusted $22 billion for Boston's Big Dig, I'm sure the NIMBYs will launch a legal/political fight against the underground construction and expense.
I had no idea of the resistance to build this iconic structure. It reminds me of a documentary on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, and many were opposed as they thought it would ruin the view. Now, it IS the view.
@@bababababababa6124 It's never been uncommon for building projects to be delayed. I hope patience and prudence leads to sound buildings that Lagos can be proud of.
I think among most locals, the most iconic structure on the skyline is Sutro Tower. You find people selling t-shirts and such with Sutro Tower on it in non-touristy neighborhoods.
Good pyramid design, because it allows sunlight to the rest of the people on the ground. Should be a standard for tall buildings that block the sunshine !
Umm, what?? The sun causes skin cancer. It would be better if more cities had tight skyscrapers so that more areas on the ground would be shaded and cool. Then maybe biking and walking to work would become even more popular.
@@jeffw8218 Maybe in really hot cities, but not in San Francisco. I live near San Francisco, and I don’t know a single person who has skin cancer because of the sun.
It happened here in Austin, TX. The Frost Bank Tower used to be hated at first, but now it’s an Austin icon. The design is amazing, some say it looks like an owl.
Always been one of my favorite skyscrapers. As much I love seeing any cities skyline evolve and grow adding newer taller buildings, I kinda wish the Trans Pyramid had remained the cities tallest building.
I think I agree with you. Here in Sydney we have Sydney observation tower that was built not long after the Trans Pyramid building. It is also quite distinctive but not as attractive or elegant and personally Im happy to see the city finally allowing skyscrapers to be built taller than it
Grandmother lived in Daly City. Coming across the Bay Bridge often at night meant seeing the Transamerica coming out of the fog in the dark and knowing we were almost to our destination.
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There is always something so satisfying about unique skyscrapers.
And skyscrapers with unique histories. Like the Chrysler building's battle for height against 40th wall street.
@@bubtrucker yea
Yes I love unique skyscrapers like I am obsessed with cities like I’m living in Houston but I wanna move downtown and I was gonna move to NYC but no cuz obvious reasons :/
Iconic
@@JimmiAlli Give me the Transamerica Building any day over the Salesforce Tower (admittedly I haven't been back since 2014, when it was in construction)
Pretty much every large office use skyscraper is hated during the building and planning stage, but once its built the locals learn to love it. The same thing happened with the shard
Well the walkie talkie looks ugly tho.
@@fjellyo3261 really you think, I quite like it, it's not the best skyscraper in london but i wouldn't call it ugly
@@benardo01 yeh I totally agree. At first I was like ugh what, but I’ve learnt to like it. I like leadenhall, the scalpel and bishopgate as well.
Pretty much the same thing with the CN Tower. A lot of “different “ things need time to “grow on you”. . .
Not the Salesforce tower...
A B1M video is like a massage for your soul
Haha, what a compliment! Thanks!!
right
Seriously, how have some people NOT heard of this building?! 🤯
I had not heard of this building. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Never heard of it. No one could drag me to that democratic heaven they have in that city.
I love buildings and construction... but I never heard of this one to be honest...
I always loved how it was featured (albeit with altered background) on the cover of the Doobie Brothers' 1977 album 'Livin' on The Fault Line'
I thought it was "Transatlantic Pyramid" Lol. But I knew of it... When I think of San Francisco; a few things come to mind immediately...
1) Golden Gate Bridge
2) TransAmerica Pyramid
3) CHARMED
4) Salesforce Tower
This happened to Eiffel when he built his tower in Paris.
It also happened to Wren when he built his Cathedral in London.
They thought he was real smart Alec. He thought big they called it a phallic. They didn't know he was panoramic.
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This happened to Sydney when he built his Opera House
This happened to china when they built the corona virus
"Prestigious Nob Hill neighbourhood" is hilarious as a Briton lol
We call it Snob Hill.
In the words of Cinemasins. It's like being called "Dick Mountain"
funny for Australians & New Zealanders too. lmao
@@Relinquicide and Canadians I imagine, as Bob and Doug McKenzie would sometimes say to each other "you knob!"
Arguably that neighborhood is one of the most expensive in the world, wikipedia says that the name derived from """ The English use of nabob was for a person who became rapidly wealthy in a foreign country, typically India, and returned home with considerable power and influence."""
The argument that it looks terrible is blown out the window when there’s a huge black office block next door
just classic idiot being idiots
black buildings matter?
It’s brown not black
@@californiamade5608 brown buildings matter?
They’re all ugly?
San Francisco was the last place I got to visit in February right before the pandemic hit and ruined everything. I had no idea that I would be unable to go anywhere or do anything for the rest of the year, but it's a really beautiful city. Even in February the weather was pleasant and perfectly sunny every day that I was there. Seeing this building, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge were on my bucket list, and I'm glad I got to see them. I would love to go back eventually.
As kids, my brother and I watched it going up back in '72. A passing man told us he thought it looked stupid and futuristic. My brother said "Oh, yes...that futuristic shape...the pyramid."
This was just like when Paris hated the Eiffel Tower when it was designed and built, before it became their city's and nation's icon.
My thoughts exactly. I used to work a couple of blocks away from the Pyramid and always liked seeing it as I crossed the Bay Bridge on the bus ride to work.
@@6falconsue In your opinion, was reducing the Pyramid's height from 350m to 260m a good idea or was it unnecessary?
@@RainierKine I think it's the right height. It stands out among the other buildings without towering over them.
@@6falconsue Oh that's good. See, the San Francisco protests got the developers to improve the building's design. I wish more cities are more inclusive to different opinions on the skyscraper design.
@@RainierKine it was unnecessary to change its height. If it was built at its proposed height. It would be the tallest building in America outside of Chicago and New York. Also, you can’t really see the pyramid anymore amongst the skyline looking from the south to north because of the newly added skyscrapers. Ever since the 1,070 foot Salesforce Tower was built, it took its attention from the pyramid. It stands over 200 feet taller and offers a projection at night time. The pyramid has seen better days. But nonetheless, she’s still a beauty when seen from the north. Btw the pyramid is only 853 high. The under construction OceanWide Center will be 910’ feet, making the pyramid 3rd tallest by 2022.
As a San Francisco resident who had to move due to the pandemic.. This warms my heart to see
SF native here - grew up loving this building. Thanks for covering its history!
This is why building construction and urban planning shouldn’t be based on public opinion alone. It can be helpful sometimes, yes. But it isn’t everything cause often the public is wrong.
This is true in so many different ways
The public becomes wrong because of media. If media take a stand, they can change public opinion - we've seen this more and more in today's times. Sadly, media can be swayed with money.
The problem with beauty is, that everyone likes a different style.
nyers tend to have a good nose (ie opposition topenn station demolitionbut San Franciscians just oppose everything because they want it to foever be the 60s
@@Masood1810 , So I guess what you're implying is that the public was never wrong back when there was no such thing as the media.
You should do a video about the latinamerican tower in Mexico, it has amazing mechanics against earthquakes and even Von Terzaghi, the father of soil mechanics was a consultant in this project
Gabriel González Fernández great idea.
It’s basically on top of a swamp and has resisted the worst earthquakes of Mexico City while being like 70 years old. It deserves attention.
And also was the first skyscraper in the world ,built with glass panels
Papi Terzaghi
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It's such a figure when compared to salesforce. You can see salesforce from every angle of the city... from over at Fort Baker to the Richmond, and across to the East Bay (Alameda, Oakland). You can't escape it.
I liked the affection Transamerica has to that of Coit Tower.
You're right about the Salesforce Tower. I think it was as disliked as the Trans America Tower when it was first built. In my neighbourhood, though, it was that crass rectangle next to the Bay Bridge that was most hated: Dolores Park used to have an unobstructed view of the Bay Bridge, and I still miss it.
I can't stand SalesForce tower, just another glass copy building like the others being built in recent
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar you clearly don’t know anything about skyscrapers. Back in your days I could just say “this Art Deco is ugly just like any other Art Deco” but I don’t. Because I learn to appreciate each and every art decos beauty. Salesforce Tower is nothing like any other “glass skyscraper” it’s design and
Shape is unique and it’s phallic design catches my eyes during sunsets, or looking up from the ground. The lines that outline the tower give it that “super tall” look and feel that no other tower in San Francisco does.
The pyramid definitely stood out from the rest of the skyline, could easily make it out from across the bay in San Pablo/Richmond
SalesForce tower is a blight. The other contenders were amazing; why this design was approved is beyond me. It is just to bulky...
Ooh as someone from Northern California, I'm excited to see another video on the region!
Unfortunately there is nothing in Northern California besides Sacramento. Seriously once you get to that square section at the top of California all there is are small towns and trees. I should know as I was born there.
@@carbon5362 Let's hope it stays that way.
@@carbon5362 napa?
@@carbon5362 It sure sounds like you’ve never really explored NorCal. Northern California coast up to the Oregon border? Redwood National Park? Lake Tahoe Area? Lassen National Park? You may have been “born there” but have you really truly lived in Northern California?
@@carbon5362 San Francisco and the Bay Area is the southern part of Northern California..
I love this building. I saw in a lot TV shows and movies and finally I can see it with my own eyes last Christmas when I went to San Francisco for the first time. We were staying in a hotel in front of the building and we went to have breakfast in the Starbucks next to it and I took a lot of pictures of the building everyday.
Lucky
lmao travelling to SF to just have a breakfast at Starbucks haha
@@TuanNguyen-uq8gz well is the only place where you can have good coffee in all USA.
The building is amazing to look at. I remember how direct view from one of the piers at dusk. Beautifully lit from the sunset. It is a striking tower to see.
@@agushll74 I think it's the worst coffee place in USA lmao
Sad to know it could have been taller, I love tall buildings, this has always been one of my favorite tho
Ikr.
That’s what I was thinking! Shame it wasn’t.
Before Covid, I worked 3 blocks away from this beautiful building. I miss seeing it daily as I took the train in to work. San Francisco is better off for having it. A masterpiece.
Short of actually building a phallus and scrotum shaped building, just about any skyscraper tall structure becomes normalized, part of the background that for residents signifies home. In Idaho, it's our mountains in the skyline for many cities and towns. Some places its both the surrounding mountains and skyscrapers and other buildings.
You sound like a techie that moved here from Michigan. Go back.
Isnt transamerica a mlm company
You are right the Transamerica Building is Beautiful. I worked on many buildings in San Francisco. It the best looking one in the city. Local 377 SF Ironworkers. Thank You for showing this one to the World.
San Francisco. Being a Kiwi who lives in Auckland, Aotearoa San Fransisco is one American city I have visited and which I love the look of and enjoyed meeting its myriad denizens.
Thanks for this upload *B1M* . You guys are *awesome* too 💙
The B1M, something to add to this story: this building has the TransAmerica's name, the TransAmerica company was small in terms of the number of workers. In 1975 the TransAmerica company occupied two of the higher floors of the building, smaller floors when compared to the lower floors of the building and most of one of their floor had only really nice large offices for their executives. TransAmerica had around 113 employees in the building including the executives and their support personnel, the remainder of the employees were on the floor below, mostly CPA people and a few MBA positions. The building was built as a symbol for the company to lease the majority of the space to other companies. Car parking was limited when built and has gotten even more scarce over the years. This was a vanity project to make the CEO feel important.
*vanity
@@dlwatib Thank you, sincerely. Updated.
I've always been in awe of this buildings design! As a kid I was instantly drawn to it visually and it's unique shape. I'm surprised it hasn't been used in more films than it has. The Space Needle in Seattle also inspires me.
I’ve always been a San Franciscan and watched the Transamerica Building go up. Many of us loved it then, as now. It’s difficult to imagine the skyline without it.
This is Fred’s personal Favorite Skyscraper, so I’m sure he enjoyed making this video
Amazing as always. One of the many constant in my life. Keep up the work and stay safe. 😀😀😀
Can't say I've ever heard of it and I certainly don't recognise it. Another great video any way.
Glad I wasn't the only one thinking I didn't recognize it! But you are right, brilliant video as always form B1M!
From your spelling, it looks like you're both from the US, but I'm curious how old you are. I'm pretty much the same age as that building, and it's high up on the list of US landmarks in my mind. Then again, I wouldn't've recognised the Brooklyn Bridge before the first time I visited New York as an adult… I think New Yorkers overestimate the fame of that structure.
I'm fro France and I know it, probably because I spent too much time watching Charmed.
Are you being serious here? What buildings come to mind when you think of the San Fransisco skyline? The Golden Gate bridge, the Transamerica Pyramid, and the Coit Tower.
@@HiAdrian San Francisco isn’t as world famous as you ppl desire it to be.
I worked in the Financial District for years, and that park was amongst my favourite oases. Walking to Coit Tower was better exercise, though. 🙂 (Yes, that's what it's really called, and its history is… interesting, too. 🤭)
the redwood park has unfortunately been closed since covid happened ): too bad, considering all public governed parks in the city have remained open.
This is such a marvelous channel; whether I’m watching something from years ago or from 15 minutes ago.
I never before took a closer look and apreciated this fantastic building
For an Englishman, you are very thorough in this video. It’s excellent!
As a fellow #californian, I can’t get enough of SF. It’s picturesque but so damn expensive.
The history of the building and the City’s notorious opposition for planning is well documented.
You couldn’t be more correct.
Was that really meant to be an insult?…”For an Englishman”
Since when are the English known not to be thorough???
The average rent in San Francisco for a one-bedroom apartment is the highest _in the world_ .
@@RaymondHng Hong Kong, London, Paris: You think we're a joke?
Fantastic tower, I love San Francisco.
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If you’re going through rough times, please don’t give up.
Better times are coming ❤️
San Francisco is really a beautiful town. But, aside the tower, San Francisco has the best economy in the US.
I think the state with the best economy in the US is Colorado.
Followed by Utah, Washington, California,Oregon
Really?
Yeah. Colorado is . And, the US economy entirely had been good before the pandemic in March.
@@pjdaniels8738 yeah. The economy of the US entirely was good under Donald Trump
i live 3 blocks north of that thing and it seeing it as a part of my daily routine never gets old.
It's amazing to watch this. I used to live across the street from the Transamerica Building and bought my lattes at the Starbucks across the street from the redwood park in the video. You start to take those things for granted when you see them every day.
So weird watching this video from inside the Transamerica tower. Just pulled up this video on my lunch break wanted to learn more about the building where I spend most of my days 😁.
I see new B1M video, I abandon all other UA-cam tabs and watch.
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Agreed
I've always wondered what the wings were for. Thats why I love this channel, so informative.
Great video as usual, you know they are good when they create an interest in a subject you have never heard of as in this video!
The same architect built the library at University of California San Diego, very eye catching design, bet it would make a great video!
Great content mate 👍 Your reply a while ago really inspired me to grow my channel
I live in San Francisco and remember the controversy in which the anti-pyramid forces had an almost religious fervor. But by the mid-70's people started loving it.
Great video, I was a kid when they built this. Never really knew this, Tks. 👍
Again, an astonishingly high quality video from The B1M! Beautiful footage, excellent narration and a captivating story. Thank you for your work, you deserve all them views! :D
I lived in the Bay Area when the pyramid was being proposed and built.
Lots of hubub about it, for sure.
Glad it succeeded and is standing strong today.
Thanks.
First time i saw this building was in gta san andreas, even in that game its iconic
Eye embellishes watching iconic skyscrapers!!!.John
Don't forget that San Fran also tried to block the Golden Gate Bridge and anything over six floors outside of downtown. Some residents just have an entitlement problem.
San Francisco residents were also instrumental in blocking the construction of freeways that would have segregated the city.
@@RaymondHng yeah now the main streets are traffic clogged with big pol holes 🕳
San Francisco is such a beautiful city
The B1m is such a good channel love it 👍🏻
I lived in San Francisco for a short time and remember this striking structure on the skyline, but I did not know the history of it. Thanks.
A new upload is the best feeling ever
This is precisely what happened with the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and more recently, with the Vessel at Hudson Yards in New York City.
The vessel is ugly not gonna lie.
Good job again. I feel so proud I found this great channel.
Another top shelf video. Never let's you down this channel.
Ps - Get this on your 4k TV.
Thank you so much for this well timed upload! 🙏
Thanks for the History lesson on the Transamerica Building.
This is actually an ingenious design.
I love this skyscraper 🏙 the London Shard looks similar shape.
The Transamerica is a little shorter. Comparison of approximate profiles of the Transamerica Pyramid with some notable pyramidal or near-pyramidal buildings. Dotted lines indicate original heights, where data are available. In its SVG file, hover over a pyramid to highlight and click for its article. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparison_of_pyramids_SMIL.svg
All I hear in my dreams is Fred from the B1M saying “Infrastructure” and “Engineering challenges”
Hahaha! Sounds more like a nightmare!
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Here in NY, everyone hated the original Trade Center. Now they're gone and sorely missed.
What a great show! B1M simply rocks!
Some of the aerial photography of the city reminds me why I love it so. You flew over many of the hotels that I have spent much professional time doing various shows within. The HARDEST loading docks on the west coast to back a truck into. From a 30° street...
Unfortunately, San Francisco has some of the original NIMBYs. That is why the freeways stop at the edges of town giving us horrendous traffic [now that the end of the central freeway has been pulled down]. We need some highway tunnels! A 1/ US 101 north/south tunnel from the I-280 to the GG bridge on the west side and a connector to the Bay Bridge, I-80. Underground is the only way it would ever pass the NIMBYs.
At an inflation-adjusted $22 billion for Boston's Big Dig, I'm sure the NIMBYs will launch a legal/political fight against the underground construction and expense.
Yet another great video. Thanks! Love these construction and engineering videos.
I had no idea of the resistance to build this iconic structure. It reminds me of a documentary on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, and many were opposed as they thought it would ruin the view.
Now, it IS the view.
AMAZING STRUCTURE.
PLEASE DO MORE LIKE THIS ARTICLE.
THANK YOU.
Great channel and crisp video B1M. It really inspires me to grow my channel.
If only my country Nigeria had buildings like these :-(
build some
@@KingSlimjeezy They are, there's a new downtown area being constructed in our largest city, Lagos. They're just taking too damn long lmao
@@bababababababa6124 It's never been uncommon for building projects to be delayed. I hope patience and prudence leads to sound buildings that Lagos can be proud of.
With the economic trajectory Lagos could find itself on, you may well see awesome skyscrapers rise in your country in your lifetime.
I agree only low rises and very outdated duplexes. But some new skyscraper are coming up in alaro city, Victoria island and Eko Atlantic
I was so waiting for this video, since i saw this building at LinkedIn post.
Unique and marvellous video as always..
I think among most locals, the most iconic structure on the skyline is Sutro Tower. You find people selling t-shirts and such with Sutro Tower on it in non-touristy neighborhoods.
This tower is so iconic in SF
I've always wondered if this was an inspiration to the weird buildings in London being that the weird shapes always serve a specific purpose.
I honestly couldn't imagine growing up in the city without that thing lol. GREAT VIDEO!
Good pyramid design, because it allows sunlight to the rest of the people on the ground.
Should be a standard for tall buildings that block the sunshine !
Umm, what?? The sun causes skin cancer. It would be better if more cities had tight skyscrapers so that more areas on the ground would be shaded and cool. Then maybe biking and walking to work would become even more popular.
@@jeffw8218 Maybe in really hot cities, but not in San Francisco. I live near San Francisco, and I don’t know a single person who has skin cancer because of the sun.
@@jeffw8218 sunlight also prevents depression. It's a cost-benefit analysis.
Interesting.
I had not heard about this building before. If I ever visit San Francisco I will be aware of it and know something about it.
This building when I seen it as a child inspired me to like buildings, architecture and urban planning
Very interesting 👌🏼, never heard of or seen this building before 🧱👍🏼
I'd never heard of it, or noticed it, before. Hardly iconic I'd say.
Love SFO, hope to come again 🙏🏻🎉
I had a 3D puzzle of this when I was younger. Came in a two pack set with the Citi bank tower
It happened here in Austin, TX. The Frost Bank Tower used to be hated at first, but now it’s an Austin icon. The design is amazing, some say it looks like an owl.
Austin doesn’t have a lot of towers lol.
Oooh id love to see a video like this about Bostons iconic skyscraper
To me, you couldn't ask for a better urban gesture to terminate the angled Columbus Avenue.
My favorite skyscraper on Earth. It’s simply gorgeous
Interesting and it’s a nice looking building I think. I went up to the viewing area back in ‘91 when I visited the city.
Absolutely love the Transamerica pyramid, it's my favorite skyscraper in the US
You never fail to impress with your content. Thumps up.
I’ve this building in person last few days ago!.!.
Always been one of my favorite skyscrapers. As much I love seeing any cities skyline evolve and grow adding newer taller buildings, I kinda wish the Trans Pyramid had remained the cities tallest building.
Agreed!
I think I agree with you. Here in Sydney we have Sydney observation tower that was built not long after the Trans Pyramid building. It is also quite distinctive but not as attractive or elegant and personally Im happy to see the city finally allowing skyscrapers to be built taller than it
Grandmother lived in Daly City. Coming across the Bay Bridge often at night meant seeing the Transamerica coming out of the fog in the dark and knowing we were almost to our destination.
I love how it got approved as soon as it wasn't going to block the neighborhoods views, regardless of all the other opposition.
Satisfaction is my greatest asset and architecture is a key element in our success
As always, this video is a feast for the eyes
I think this is the *Best* Channel ever.
You think?
@@mrbizzaros well yeah
Iv always liked the design.. it’s one of my favourite skyscrapers…
Remember seeing the cool time-lapse construction in the movie Zodiac
Great video make more of these about diffrent unique buildings!
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