The Erection of a Phallic Structure in San Francisco

I recently wrote a post here on the site about my seven favorite phallic structures in San Francisco. It got a lot of attention and a lot of feedback from people who had tons to share about these buildings and the other phallic buildings they see throughout the city.

One of the messages I received was this really cool old photo set of the erection of one my favorite phallic buildings - the Transamerica Pyramid:

The photos come from 1972 when the building was first being erected. They were bought in an auction in the 1980’s which is a good thing because they were otherwise destined to become dust in the landfill. Instead, the entire film set is now archived by SF Images.

They have a whole collection of historic local photos that have been professionally digitally remastered back to perfection. They offer them for sale and can even frame them using a local eco-framing service. Learn more from their blog.

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  1. San Francisco is Sexy » Blog Archive » Fresh Images from San Francisco’s Sexy Past Says:

    [...] this month I posted an old photo from the 1970’s of the Transamerica Pyramid as it was being erected. That photo came from the archives of SF Images which has a whole [...]

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