Big Pointy Building

General view of the Big Pointy Building in GTA San Andreas, as viewed from Calton Heights.

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Good lord! Look at that! That architect must have real issues. It's sick. Just keep him away from children.

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— GTA San Andreas Website.

The Big Pointy Building is a 850 foot tall office building in San Fierro. Located in the city's Financial district, the tower is the tallest building in San Fierro. The tiny roof at its pinnacle is accessible to the player, at which a parachute spawns in case the urge to leap off should arise. This point provides a 360 degree panoramic view of San Fierro, granting some choice shots to amateur photographers patient enough to wait for the fog to lift.

One of the signs at the base of the Big Pointy Building.

This structure is meant to emulate San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid, which sits at the north end of the city's financial district, and is San Francisco's tallest structure, and a well known part of the city's skyline.

According to the signs on the base of the building, the address of the building is 69 Hasselhoff Street, which could be a reference to the Transamerica Pyramid's construction in 1969 and possibly actor David Hasselhoff.

Although this building is seemingly the tallest structure in the whole city, the nearby San Fierro Tower is actually taller, if its antenna height is included. However, the Big Pointy Building is still the tallest building in San Fierro by floor count.

If CJ has completely maxed out his health, he can jump off the building with out a parachute and live.

Trivia

• The Big Pointy Building closely resembles the Faisaliyah Tower (Arabic: برج الفيصلية) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The differences between the two towers is that the Faisaliyah Tower has a large ball near the top, while the Big Pointy Building does not.
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  The Faisaliyah Tower in Riyadh.

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  The Big Pointy Building in San Fierro.

See also

• The tallest tower in Los Santos - Los Santos Tower
• Tallest Buildings in 3D Universe