Thursday, September 23, 2021

Arthur-Erickson-place-1075-west-Georgia-Vancouver-Macmillan-Bloedel-building

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/arthur-erickson-place-1075-west-georgia-vancouver-macmillan-bloedel-building

This would have been nice as Vancouver's first 52 story office tower.

https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8781

Problem is, Vancouver still wont even permit any office tower to have a 40th floor.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/macblo-building-renamed-for-architect-arthur-erickson

In the late 1960s to even allow a Vancouver office tower to have 30 stories was considered to be too tall for backwater BC.

https://www.urbanyvr.com/macmillan-bloedel-1075-west-georgia-tower/

It would have been very impressive at 55 stories. 

https://www.heritagesitefinder.ca/location/1075-w-georgia-st-vancouver-bc/

However, at 26 or 27 stories, it was enough to be the tallest office building in BC during 1968.

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6672 340 feet

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=94619301&offset=25

Vancouver finally had permitted an office building to be as tall as the Old_City_Hall_(Toronto). It opened in 1899 at 340 feet or 103.65m.