555 California Street, San Francisco

Name: 555 California Street
Address: 701 Grant Ave, San Francisco, United States

#339 among attractions in San Francisco

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555 California Street, formerly Bank of America Center, is a 52-story 779 ft skyscraper in San Francisco, California. It is the fourth tallest building in the city as of February 2021, and in 2013 was the largest by floor area. Completed in 1969, the tower was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River until the completion of the Transamerica Pyramid in 1972, and the world headquarters of Bank of America until the 1998 merger with NationsBank, when the company moved its headquarters to the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is currently owned by Vornado Realty Trust and The Trump Organization. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1969 (55 years ago)Area: 34.44 acres (0.0538 mi²)Floors: 52Coordinates: 37°47'32"N, 122°24'14"W

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701 Grant AveNortheast San Francisco (Financial District)San Francisco United States

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555 California Street – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Union Square, San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial, Notre-Dame-des-Victoires.

~650 ftNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Sacred and religious sites
Old St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco
4 min walk • The Old Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a proto-cathedral and parish of the Roman Catholic Church located at 660 California Street at the corner of Grant Avenue in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
~1890 ftSW
Famed hub for retail, dining and nightlife
Union Square, San Francisco
10 min walk • Union Square is a 2.6-acre public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California.
~170 ftSW
Memorial
San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial, San Francisco
1 min walk • The San Francisco Comfort Women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during World War II. It is built in remembrance of the girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army through deceit, coercion, and brutal force.
~1000 ftSW
Church
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco
5 min walk • Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush.
~290 ftW
Park, Playground
Saint Mary's Square, San Francisco
2 min walk • Saint Mary's Square is a park and urban square across California Street from Old St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California.
~990 ftS
37°47'22"N • 122°24'11"W
Crocker Galleria, San Francisco
5 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
~1850 ftW
Nightlife, Restaurant
Top of the Mark, San Francisco
9 min walk • The Top of the Mark is a penthouse level bar located on the nineteenth floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill at California and Mason Streets in San Francisco, California.
~1770 ftNE
Nightlife, Cinema, Theater
Two Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
9 min walk • Two Embarcadero Center is an office skyscraper located off The Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California.
~1730 ftW
Nightlife, Restaurant
Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar, San Francisco
9 min walk • The Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar is a restaurant and tiki bar in the Fairmont San Francisco hotel in San Francisco, California. Named after the South Pacific nation of Tonga, this dining and entertainment venue opened in 1945. The Tonga Room replaced the Terrace Plunge, an indoor swimming pool that was installed in the Fairmont in 1929.
~1700 ftNE
Nightlife, Comedy club
Punch Line San Francisco, San Francisco
9 min walk • Punch Line San Francisco is a comedy club located at 444 Battery St in San Francisco's Financial District. It has a sister club in Sacramento, California, and is also associated with Cobb's Comedy Club, now in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. It is San Francisco's oldest running comedy club.
~1130 ftN
Museum, Art museum, Civic center
Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco
6 min walk • The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, California, United States, is a community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 as the operations center of the Chinese Culture Foundation.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to 555 California Street?

Nearby attractions include 650 California, San Francisco (1 min walk), Kearny Street, San Francisco (1 min walk), San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial, San Francisco (1 min walk), Saint Mary's Square, San Francisco (2 min walk).

How to get to 555 California Street by public transport?

The nearest stations to 555 California Street:

Tram

California Street & Kearny Street (2 min walk)
California Street & Montgomery Street (3 min walk)

Trolleybus

Sacramento Street & Kearny Street • Lines: 1 (3 min walk)
Clay Street & Kearny Street • Lines: 1 (5 min walk)

Bus

Sutter Street & Kearny Street • Lines: 30, 8, 91 (5 min walk)
Sansome Street & Pine Street • Lines: 12 (5 min walk)

Metro

Montgomery Street • Lines: Blue, Green, Red, Yellow (7 min walk)
Embarcadero • Lines: Blue, Green, Red, Yellow (11 min walk)

Light rail

Montgomery Street • Lines: K, N, S, T (7 min walk)
Embarcadero • Lines: K, N, S, T (10 min walk)

Ferry

Ferry Building Gate B • Lines: San Francisco Bay Ferry (18 min walk)

Train

San Francisco 4th & King Street (31 min walk)