We stood up for our rights! And took some pretty pictures!

• At One Bush the guard initially told us that we weren't allowed to take pictures of the building, then when it became clear we weren't going away changed his story to saying that we weren't allowed to take pictures while on their property (which may or may not be true, depending on whether the part of property in question can fairly be considered an easement).
• At 345 California the guard was much quicker to respond and got straight to the not-on-our-property line, though he was clearly uncomfortable with the group of us taking photos from just off the proerty.
• At the Transamerica Pyramid I encountered by far the most polite guard, who simply asked - with a smile - that I point my camera upward rather than in toward the lobby. When I said there were a few ground-level shots I wanted to get he seemed a bit frustrated but I promised I wouldn't come back and bomb the place. He was still nice enough, and said that as long as I was taking their picture they'd be taking mine. I told him that was fine.