The Transamerica Pyramid, ... Overhead, banks of movie-set-like lights are ready to illuminate the spire at night, while flights of scissor-stairs zigzag toward the top, ...

Charlie Chaplin's movies and many of the first silent films were shot near San Francisco, along with parts of The Jazz Singer, the first "talkie" released in 1927.. Alfred Hitchcock loved shooting ...

But unlike City Hall, which has a public lighting calendar, the Transamerica Pyramid doesn’t commit to a schedule. “There’s nothing to say we will absolutely light it at any time,” a ...

The “Star Trek” universe of movies and TV shows set its 23rd century Starfleet Academy in San ... this 1,070-foot tall colossus replaced the Transamerica Pyramid as the Bay Area’s tallest ...

Oakland-based dance troupe Bandaloop rappel of the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, on Monday Nov. 13, 2023. Video courtesy of Fernando Toledo By Jillian D'Onfro , Local Editor Updated Nov ...

The much-ballyhooed “remastering” of the Transamerica Pyramid at a supposed cost of $1 billion does two things at once. It roots the skyline icon into San Francisco more thoroughly than ever ...

The Transamerica pyramid dominates the San Francisco skyline. The company is closing most of its California operations, eliminating 30 jobs in Folsom. Manny Crisostomo Sacramento Bee file ...

This ridiculous image from the 2015 San Andreas movie poster may have an ounce of truth to it, according to a recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey. The Transamerica Pyramid is among 39 San ...