The Battle to Build the Transamerica Pyramid

San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid overcame public opinion, economics and the extreme challenges of its location to become one of the world’s most famous buildings. For more by The B1M subscribe now - Full story here - Go Behind The B1M. Click “JOIN“ here - The B1M Merch store - Narrated by Fred Mills. Additional footage and images courtesy of H.G. Wilshire, United States Geological Survey, SkyscraperPage, Tony Webster, Frank Schulenburg, OpenSFHistory, Google Earth, United States National Archives, Francesco Bini, Tristan Suretel, C.E. Meyer, Transamerica Corporation, The West End and Wally Gobetz. View this video and more at - Follow us on Twitter - Like us on Facebook - Follow us on LinkedIn - Follow us on Instagram - #construction #architecture #skyscraper We welcome you sharing our content to inspire others, but please be nice and play by our rules: Our content may only be embedded onto third party websites by arrangement. We have established partnerships with domains to share our content and help it reach a wider audience. If you are interested in partnering with us please contact Enquiries@. Ripping and/or editing this video is illegal and will result in legal action. © 2020 The B1M Limited