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"Look up. That pyramid. Forty-eight stories, eight hundred and fifty-three feet, the most recognizable building on the San Francisco skyline. When they announced it in nineteen sixty-nine, the city's own planner called it an inhumane creation. Dozens of Telegraph Hill residents protested wearing dunce caps. They served pyramid-shaped cake. Somebody printed Stop the Shaft bumper stickers."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at Transamerica Pyramid
This is just one of 9 stops on the The Barbary Coast tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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