The building at 2500 Steiner Street is located on the crest of Pacific Heights at the northeast corner of Alta Plaza Park at an elevation of about 285 feet (87 meters). The elevation and the lack of nearby tall buildings make it one of the most visible buildings in San Francisco, along with the much taller Transamerica Pyramid and Salesforce Tower.

Some folks call this building Susie's Building.

On 19 April 2008, HuffPost published an audio from a fundraiser hosted for Senator Barack Obama at a home in Pacific Heights. An excerpt achieved wide notoriety:

"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania....and it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Many San Franciscans believe that the fundraiser was held in this building which is also knowns as the Democratic Party ATM.