At the end of the tracks is a gate surmounted by a tower, with a brownstone wing on either side.

NEWYORKER: Broken Record

The well-known venture capitalist recalled the incident while sitting on a leather sofa in his staggering penthouse: a newly completed two-bedroom, three-bath 5, 500-square-foot apartment on the 60th floor of the Millennium Tower with views from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond.

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Paris has the Eiffel Tower, San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge, and London has Big Ben.

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