Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
City-parkway-Surrey-centre-block-office-towers
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/10275-city-parkway-surrey-centre-block-office-towers
While a 738-ft-tall (225 meter) office tower would be on a new scale of engineering for anywhere in BC, it became a reality in Toronto way back in 1967.
222.86 m (731.2 ft) with 56 stories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#/media/File:TD_Centre_View_from_Yonge_and_King.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#Towers
"At 222.8 m (731 ft), the tower was the tallest building in Canada when completed. The completion of the banking pavilion and the Royal Trust Tower (now the TD North Tower) followed in 1968 and 1969, respectively. The Commercial Union Tower (now the TD West Tower) was added in 1974 and was the first on the site not conceived by Mies in his plan." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#Construction
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"Toronto Dominion Tower is located at 700 West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver and is connected to part of the Pacific Centre shopping mall.
The skyscraper stands at 127 m or 30 stories tall and was completed in 1972."
So far, no office tower in BC has been allowed to even have a 40th floor, let alone 50, 60 or 70. Again, unlike Vancouver, Surrey just might be the first city in BC to permit an office tower to rise above 40 floors or even above 45 stories and over 700 feet. It looks like it could be a similar shape to these 2 Chicago office towers.
"River Point, previously known as 200 North Riverside Plaza, is a 52 story 730 ft. (213 m) tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, located at 444 West Lake Street. The 52-story building has 1 million square feet (93,000 m2) of floor space. It sits on air rights above active railroad tracks and as well the subway portion of the CTA Blue Line, which affected the angle of some support columns, which in turn produced the parabolic arch in the base of the building." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Point
"71 South Wacker is an American office tower in Chicago completed in 2005. The 48-story skyscraper stands at 679 feet (207 m) on 71 South Wacker Drive. It is owned by the Irvine Company.
The 1,765,000 square foot (164,000 m²) building contains 65,000 cubic yards (50,000 m³) of concrete and 12,000 tons of structural steel." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71_South_Wacker
The Tribune Tower is a 470 feet (140 m) tall, 36 floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built between 1923 and 1925,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Tower (Until 2021, this would have been equivalent to the tallest office towers in Vancouver & all of BC.)
Tribune East Tower is an 1,422-foot (433.4 m) approved mixed use supertall tower to be built on the eastern edge of the Tribune Tower property
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_East_Tower So when this is complete, it will be like showing a Chicago tower next to a Vancouver stump.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Bank_of_Commerce#/media/File:Airship_Toronto.jpg
| Roof | West tower: 239 m (784 ft) North tower: 145 m (476 ft) |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Court#Towers (The older and much smaller building would be equivalent to the tallest office tower in Vancouver and BC, up to late 2021. Then when the taller tower was built, it was like showing the difference of a big Toronto office tower next to a Vancouver stump.)
| Floor count | West tower: 57 North tower: 34 |
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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Monday, June 21, 2021
COVID-19 Slashes Immigration into Australia and Canada
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/covid-19-slashes-immigration-australia
Unfortunately, the Covid era might help to fuel the, KEEP THEM OUT mentality for several years.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19.html
Environmental issues can also be the perfect excuse to dramatically slow down immigration into Aus. & Can.
https://theconversation.com/covid-19-has-hardened-canadian-views-on-immigration-146512