Is The Transamerica Pyramid the tallest building in California?
Although it once was the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River (1972-1974), The Pyramid was surpassed by the Aon Center in Los Angeles in 1974, later by the JP Morgan Chase Tower in Houston, and finally by the Library Tower in Los Angeles. The Transamerica Pyramid is currently the tallest building in Northern California, although it is one of the most recognizable high-rise buildings in the world. As a point of trivia, Transamerica Corp. initially wanted to build an even taller building (1,150 feet, or 350.5 meters, which would have been the second tallest building in the world at the time), but the San Francisco Planning Commission would not approve the project because it would have interfered with precious views of San Francisco Bay from Nob Hill.
