Friday, July 30, 2021

Leaside Bridge

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaside_Bridge

Toronto-Dominion Centre

 The Toronto-Dominion_Centre started with two towers. While the tallest was the tallest office tower in Canada, the 2nd tower was comparable to the tallest in Montreal, at the time if its completion.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/CN_Tempo_service_to_Sarnia.jpg/640px-CN_Tempo_service_to_Sarnia.jpg

The Vancouver TD stump is only 10 feet taller than the Fairmont_Royal_York, which is 124-metres-tall (407 ft).

Then a Vancouver size stump was added, its only 417 feet or 127m.  When TD_Tower_(Vancouver) opened in 1972, it was the tallest office building in BC, at only 30 stories. 

 https://upload.wikimedia.org/TD_Tower_Vancouver 127 m (417 ft) its a few feet shorter than the CP Tower in Toronto.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/Canadian_Pacific_Tower (420 feet or 128m) It opened in 1974.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Toronto_from_cn_tower.jpg/640px-Toronto_from_cn_tower.jpg Observe the Vancouver size TD stump in Toronto.

The TD_Canada_Trust_Tower_(Calgary) would be the 3rd tallest in the Toronto TD Centre.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/TD_Waterhouse_Tower.JPG/360px-TD_Waterhouse_Tower.JPG This 1985 building was comparable to the tallest office tower in Calgary in 1976. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Avenue_Place Of course because Calgary isn't under Vancouver building restriction, Calgary has some office towers that are tall even by Toronto standards. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#Towers

Mumbai's $1.7BN Coastal Road Explained

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBNG8fY4AQ

first-look-finch-west-lrt-trains-photo

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/first-look-finch-west-lrt-trains-photo

Thursday, July 08, 2021

Vancouver will host 2022 FIA Formula E World Championship car race

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/formula-e-vancouver-2022-dates


New high-speed Canadian rail re-ignites hope for BC 350 km/h bullet train

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/high-speed-train-bc

Its only makes sense to have high-speed intercity rail in Canada.


1500-west-georgia-street-vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fifteen-fifteen-1500-west-georgia-street-vancouver-bosa-properties-ole-scheeren Only 42 floors when it should have been 65.

The tower was originally planned to have 51 stories but was scaled down to the lower 40s. 

At 436 feet or 133m, its one of the shortest buildings in BC. Especially when compare to the tallest buildings in Canada. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=93802280&offset=550


toronto-public-transit-historical-photos

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-public-transit-historical-photos

high-frequency-train-between Toronto and Montreal

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/high-frequency-train-via-rail-canada

 https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-quebec-high-frequency-rail-ontario-stops

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/high-frequency-train-via-rail-toronto-quebec-city

high-frequency-train-quebec-stops-route

 https://dailyhive.com/montreal/high-frequency-train-quebec-stops-route

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/high-frequency-train-via-rail-canada

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/high-frequency-train-via-rail-toronto-quebec-city