Commercial Union Assurance Building
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The Commercial Union Assurance Building is an 16-story office building located in San Francisco
's financial district. The building, completed in 1921, stands 308 feet (94 m) tall, equaling the height of the San Francisco City Hall. Both the San Francisco City Hall
and the Commercial Union Assurance Building were San Francisco's tallest building(s) until 1922. The much taller 555 California Street stands to the west of this Renaissance-revival styled building.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
's financial district. The building, completed in 1921, stands 308 feet (94 m) tall, equaling the height of the San Francisco City Hall. Both the San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall, re-opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is the fifth largest in the world...
and the Commercial Union Assurance Building were San Francisco's tallest building(s) until 1922. The much taller 555 California Street stands to the west of this Renaissance-revival styled building.