Montgomery Washington Tower

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Montgomery Washington Tower
Information
Location 655 Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Status complete
Constructed 1983
Height
Roof 91 m (299 ft)
Floor count 26
Floor area 343,174 ft2
Companies
Architect Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz

The Montgomery Washington Tower is a Class-A mixed-use high-rise building in San Francisco's Financial District, directly across from the Transamerica Pyramid. The north side of the building has views of Coit Tower, while the east side faces the San Francisco Bay.

It has a structural height of 91 meters (299 ft) and contains 26 floors of residential and office space. The uppermost six floors are luxury residences. The building takes it's name from the two streets which intersect at it's Northeast corner; Montgomery Street, which runs North-South, and Washington Street, which runs East-West. The building has a third bordering street, Merchant Street, running East-West. The office entrance is at 655 Montgomery and residences are accessible through 611 Washington Street.

Construction was completed in 1983. Its a big knob but not quite as big as the pyramid next door. As far as knobs go its relatively small compared to the ones in Hong Kong. You get some bigguns there.[clarify]