Providian Financial Building
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The Providian Financial Building is a skyscraper
in San Francisco
, California
. The building rises 417 feet (127 meters) in San Francisco’s South Beach district. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1981. The Providian Financial Building currently stands as the 34th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was Primiani Weaver.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in San Francisco
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...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The building rises 417 feet (127 meters) in San Francisco’s South Beach district. It contains 30 floors, and was completed in 1981. The Providian Financial Building currently stands as the 34th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was Primiani Weaver.