SF News Sunday Links: Last Night For Those Lasers Shooting Out of the Transamerica Pyramid A small vegetation fire breaks out amid a Red Flag Warning in Sonoma County; a new Swatch collection drew a massive crowd to the San Jose Swatch store; and Illuminate's latest laser cannon display downtown ends tonight.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Restaurants at Transamerica Complex, Ama and Cafe Sebastian, Abruptly Close as Developer Gets Pushed Out After just seven months in business, Miami chef Brad Kilgore's showy Italian-Japanese fusion restaurant Ama has closed at the Transamerica complex, along with the more casual daytime spot Cafe Sebastian.
Business & Tech Transamerica Pyramid Reportedly Being Sold For Second Time In Six Years Whatever drama has been ongoing at the Transamerica complex between its owner and developer/operator Michael Shvo may get wiped away with a reported deal to sell the tower.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Cyclist Fatally Struck By SMART Train In Santa Rosa A cyclist was fatally struck by a SMART train in Santa Rosa this morning; Steve Kerr makes comments about the Minneapolis ICE shooting that go viral; and Minneapolis is now suing the Trump administration over the "federal invasion."
SF News Saturday Links: California Has Zero Droughts For the First Time in 25 Years Two protestors were detained and two pepper sprayed Friday afternoon outside ICE's field office in SF; Guy Fieri is on the mend from “exploding” his leg muscle; and the state of California is drought-free for the first time since 2000.
Business & Tech Legal Dispute Continues Between Transamerica Building Owner and High-End Private Club That Was Set to Be a Tenant A legal battle that's been ongoing for about 18 months between upscale membership club CORE and SHVO, the developer behind the revamp of the Transamerica Building, appeared to escalate this week.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Transamerica Pyramid Opens Time Capsule That’s Been Secretly Hiding There for 50 Years The Transamerica Pyramid just opened a time capsule of historical SF antiquities from its early days in 1974, including relics showing how much people hated it at the time, and you can check out these artifacts for yourself starting Sunday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Transamerica Pyramid Will Be Rocking Another Light Show Tonight People are talking about a Geary Boulevard subway again; the former Westfield Mall is switching its name once more; and the Transamerica Pyramid will host another light show Tuesday night to ring in this week’s TED AI San Francisco conference.
SF News Shards of Glass Fell From the Transamerica Pyramid Thursday Night, So That’s a Concern Is San Francisco back in the phase of window glass flying off buildings? We may have just seen something similar, as the DBI has confirmed that shattered glass fell from on high at the Transamerica Pyramid on Thursday night.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Laser Show Lights Up Transamerica Pyramid Lasers light up the Transamerica Pyramid; Newsom signs bill making penalties harsher for smash-and-grab thieves; and Trump comes to California looking for campaign funds.
Arts & Entertainment Update: Big Thursday Night Light Show to Celebrate Transamerica Pyramid’s Public Reopening A Thursday night light show celebrating the public reopening of the Transamerica Pyramid will cover the east-facing side of the tower with an array of precision laser graphics.
Arts & Entertainment Sculpture Garden Comes to Transamerica Pyramid, Featuring Famous French Sculptors When the Transamerica Pyramid reopens to the public next week after a renovation, it will have some new, publicly accessible, outdoor art from a pair of renowned French sculptors.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Two New Restaurants From Chef Brad Kilgore Get Fleshed Out at the Transamerica Complex Things appear to be full steam ahead at the ongoing renovation of the Transameria Pyramid and an adjacent building that is being called Transamerica Three. And it's in that building that Miami-based chef Brad Kilgore is planning two new restaurants, with one being more of a daytime cafe.
SF News Legal Dispute Could Impact Opening of Ultra-Luxe Private Club at Transamerica Pyramid A potential legal battle between the developer and owner of the Transamerica Pyramid and the high-end private club that was supposed to become a main tenant there makes it sound like all is not well with this partnership.
SF News Transamerica Pyramid Set for Public Reopening In September, Lands TED's AI Conference The $400 million makeover of the Transamerica Pyramid is nearly complete, and while we don't know too much about the new restaurants on the way, we've got some new details about the renovation.
Arts & Entertainment Three Members of Oakland-Based Aerial Dance Troupe Rappel, Dance Down Transamerica Pyramid Three members of the Oakland-based dance troupe Bandaloop did a performance at noon Monday, rappelling and dancing down one side of the Transamerica Pyramid.
SF News Update: Lightning Strikes Transamerica Pyramid, Sutro Tower Lightning strikes in San Francisco were caught on video people on Twitter on Tuesday, and bolts appears to strike the tip top of the Transamerica Pyramid — which is not unheard of — as well as Sutro Tower.
SF News New Owner of Transamerica Pyramid Says It Is Around 80% Leased, Promises New City Park at Its Base At some point in 2023, the iconic Transamerica Pyramid is set to emerge from a $250 million renovation, with new public amenities at its base, including restaurants and a revamped redwood park.
SF News The Transamerica Pyramid Is Getting a $250 Million Renovation The new owner of the Transamerica Pyramid has no interest in playing second banana to the taller and shinier Salesforce Tower, so they’re renovating the building and adding features to attract people who do not work there.
SF News Just What Downtown SF Needs: A New Private Club For the Ultra-rich A New York-based private club for the mega-wealthy — which also has a location in Milan — catering to those who prefer only to mingle, dine, and work out with each other and avoid the hoi polloi, has just leased a huge amount of space in the Transamerica Pyramid.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Transamerica Pyramid Beacon To Light Up For Healthcare Workers The Moscone Center homeless shelter will pivot to become smaller, BART is decreasing weekday service further to every 30 minutes, and a North Bay congressman has come to the defense of the Santa Rosa-born Navy captain who's been dismissed for publicizing the COVID situation on his aircraft carrier.
SF News Transamerica Pyramid Sells For A Dizzying $700M Arguably our city’s most iconic tower, the Transamerica Pyramid has — after hitting the market last August — reportedly sold to a New York developer for a heart-stopping $700M.
SF News Transamerica Pyramid Hits Market For a Reported $600 Million The once controversial, now beloved, 48-story Transamerica Pyramid is going up for sale for the first time since its 1972 completion, along with two nearby buildings on Sansome Street, for an estimated $600-$625 million.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink S.F. Architecture And Booze, In One Print Though a campaign's afoot to make Pisco Punch San Francisco's official drink, don't tell that to Dublin (Ireland, not East Bay)-based designers Ronan Dillon and Peter O’Gara. They're the ones who
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 24 Hours Of The Transamerica Pyramid In 23 Seconds You may have noticed Jeremy Brooks' photos of the Transamerica Pyramid in SFist or on his flickr account, where he posts a nearly daily image of the building from the view of his
