Sunday, May 27, 2018

dailyhive.com/vancouver/category/urbanized

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/category/urbanized

tallest-buildings-in-canada-under-construction

http://dailyhive.com/calgary/tallest-buildings-in-canada-under-construction-2018

rb-systems-envisions-super-slender-cylindrical-skyscraper-265-west-45th-street-new-york

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/03/06/rb-systems-envisions-super-slender-cylindrical-skyscraper-265-west-45th-street-new-york/

finance-centre-skyscraper-fourth-tallest-in-world-shenzhen-china

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/01/30/kohn-pederson-fox-kpf-ping-an-finance-centre-skyscraper-fourth-tallest-in-world-shenzhen-china/

shimao-shenzhen-hong-kong-international-centre

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/05/16/skyscraper-architecture-china-shimao-shenzhen-hong-kong-international-centre/

http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/TEN_TOPS/chrysler.php

http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/TEN_TOPS/chrysler.php

https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/05/doors-open-toronto-2018/

https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/05/doors-open-toronto-2018/

Lon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsf-YU5rgO4

Syd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S83A1ZfiT70&t=106s

SF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKK1f2JcDY

New_Yorker_Hotel

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

https://www.newyorkerhotel.com/location/

https://www.newyorkerhotel.com/history/

https://www.newyorkerhotel.com/about/
https://minystories.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/new_yorker_hotel_image.jpg
https://minystories.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/history-of-the-new-yorker-hotel/

Sunday, May 13, 2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/night-mayor-vancouver-amsterdam-granville

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/night-mayor-vancouver-amsterdam-granville

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/solo-district-community-brentwood-real-estate

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/solo-district-community-brentwood-real-estate

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lower-lynn-highway-improvements-north-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lower-lynn-highway-improvements-north-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/waterfront-seabus-terminal-vancouver-island-ferries

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/waterfront-seabus-terminal-vancouver-island-ferries

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/clipper-vancouver-victoria-high-speed-ferry

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-ferries-horseshoe-bay-terminal-renovation-consultation-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-ferries-horseshoe-bay-terminal-renovation-consultation-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-ferries-horseshoe-bay-terminal-expansion-renovation

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-heather-lands-rcmp-policy-statement-may-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-heather-lands-rcmp-policy-statement-may-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/555-west-cordova-vancouver-reveal-may-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/555-west-cordova-vancouver-reveal-may-2018

seat

port

Boston City Hall vs San Francisco Civic Center

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_City_Hall#Gallery

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Center,_Boston


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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Center/UN_Plaza_station

555-west-cordova

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/555-west-cordova-vancouver-reveal-may-2018

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

coquitlam-redevelopments

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/coquitlam-redevelopments-may-2018

solo-district-community-brentwood-burnaby

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/solo-district-community-brentwood-real-estate

amazon-old-canada-post-building-redevelopment-vancouver-economic-impact

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amazon-old-canada-post-building-redevelopment-vancouver-economic-impact

it smells-bad-in-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/smells-bad-in-vancouver-may-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-man-arrested-throwing-furniture

Londoners divided on skyscraper boom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsBCRGqp5CE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqIrQ_WTni0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqH0VVik1g

HK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADjh8tvfNxE

SF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10uVM3TG66k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXDwIhqIaT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnD80S0QsRU

The Megacity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity#Largest_cities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area#Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area#Canada ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_census_metropolitan_areas_and_agglomerations_in_Canada#List

Train Platforms



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Metro#Platforms

Metro Train Rolling Stock


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E233_series#10-car_sets
Car length20m (65 ft 7 in)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōkaidō_Main_Line#Rolling_stock_for_local_and_rapid_services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E231_series#Variants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Metro#Rolling_stock

Monday, April 16, 2018

solving-the-st-clair-west-bottleneck

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/solving-the-st-clair-west-bottleneck/article4366993/

dailyhive urbanized

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/category/urbanized

SF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er2Wa7onQcw

San Francisco Salesforce Tower 326m 1070ft 61 March 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dDKrg9UGCc

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/san-francisco

Evolution of Downtown San Francisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xt_-vSvThk&t=27s


http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/650-california-street/12775

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=80822659&page=5

Chicago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfdkAbRyNs


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvyleHGqIrsZynCBjXN5ng/videos

Cleveland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJYK9VOaW-w

Atlanta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOdMGTMN6RI

LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_jawz3DVVU

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvyleHGqIrsZynCBjXN5ng/videos

NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aohXOpKtns0 1911

Times Square
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHtljwlb03M&t=13s TSq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh9EPaD7zNw TT

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvyleHGqIrsZynCBjXN5ng/videos TT

Thursday, April 05, 2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-highway-b-line-rapid-bus-translink

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-highway-b-line-rapid-bus-translink

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-arterial-road-false-creek-flats

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-arterial-road-false-creek-flats

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/753-seymour-street-vancouver-office-tower-construction-2017

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/753-seymour-street-vancouver-office-tower-construction-2017

vancouver stumps

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/400-west-georgia-street-vancouver-office-tower

1133-melville-street-vancouver-office-tower-redesign

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1133-melville-street-vancouver-office-tower-redesign

empire-landmark-hotel-vancouver-demolished


http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/empire-landmark-hotel-vancouver-demolished

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/empire-landmark-hotel-redevelopment

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1495-west-8th-avenue-vancouver-masonic-centre

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1495-west-8th-avenue-vancouver-masonic-centre

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/seaplane-flight-vancouver-seattle

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/seaplane-flight-vancouver-seattle-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-homes-sales-march-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-homes-sales-march-2018

http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/415-yonge

http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/415-yonge

http://urbanyvr.com/concert-burquitlam-park-whitgift

http://urbanyvr.com/concert-burquitlam-park-whitgift

http://urbanyvr.com/bosa-office-tower-vancouver

http://urbanyvr.com/bosa-office-tower-vancouver

urbanyvr.com/transportation

http://urbanyvr.com/transportation

granville island bridge

http://urbanyvr.com/pedestrian-elevator-proposed-granville-island

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=228446

Monday, March 12, 2018

dailyhive.com/montreal

http://dailyhive.com/montreal

toronto/ontario-401-expansion-12-lanes-2018

http://dailyhive.com/toronto/ontario-401-expansion-12-lanes-2018

dailyhive.com/toronto/category/urbanized

http://dailyhive.com/toronto/category/urbanized

dailyhive.com/calgary

http://dailyhive.com/calgary

canada-line-new-trains-model-rotem-2020

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-new-trains-model-rotem-2020

translink-credit-card-compass-card-mobile-wallet-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-credit-card-compass-card-mobile-wallet-2018

lansdowne-centre-lansdowne-district-richmond-redevelopment-2025

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lansdowne-centre-lansdowne-district-richmond-redevelopment-2025

cambie-corridor-plan-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cambie-corridor-plan-vancouver-2018

Monday, February 13, 2017

LM Henry Bacon: Lincoln Memorial

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Todd_Lincoln#Presence_at_assassinations

Boston


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/2011_BostonMA_6273512600.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston#Cityscapes

Halifax Convention Centre...

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Centre
The Halifax Convention Centre is a conference centre that will replace the nearby World Trade and Convention Centre as the main convention venue in the city. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Centre#Convention_centre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Centre_Limited
Trade Centre Limited was founded in the early 1980s in preparation for the opening of the new World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC), championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who believed that the new facility would serve as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Centre_Limited#History

The WTCC was championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who boasted to reporters in 1981 that the new facility would serve as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City, eventually becoming the economic and business capital of Atlantic Canada. An opening ceremony was held on 24 February 1985, for 1,200 invited guests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_and_Convention_Centre#History

In office
October 5, 1978 – September 11, 1990
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorClarence Gosse
John E. Shaffner
Alan Abraham
Lloyd Crouse
Preceded byGerald Regan
Succeeded byRoger Bacon
MLA for Halifax Atlantic
In office
May 30, 1967 – September 11, 1990
Preceded bynew riding
Succeeded byRobert Chisholm
Senator for Halifax, Nova Scotia
In office
September 11, 1990 – April 22, 2006
Appointed byBrian Mulroney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan

http://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/buchanan-hon-john-maclennan-pc-qc-bsc-llb-denghon-dclhon-lldhon-dpschon-halifax

http://www.thequotebase.com/quotes/authors/John_Buchanan.html

Manama, Bahrain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQgFfRQolzw


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

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

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

Lincoln, Nebraska...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska#Largest_cities

Lincoln (pronounced /ˈlɪŋkən/) is the capital of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_State_Capitol#Dimensions_and_features

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_State_Capitol#Construction

4-15
Samuel Roy McKelvie (April 15, 1881 – October 6, 1956) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Roy_McKelvie
On April 15, 1922, a few months before leaving the governorship, McKelvie helped break ground for the current Nebraska State Capitol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln
91,186November 22, 2014Nebraska 24, Minnesota 28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Lincoln)#Attendance_records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Bank_Tower ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwEs4CgLX_M

U.S. Route 6 Colorado

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_6#Colorado

https://www.google.ca/search?q=the+Omaha-Lincoln-Denver+Highway&oq=the+Omaha-Lincoln-Denver+Highway&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Imagoes-Pilatus-Railway-Switzerland-chart-history-world-s-steepest-rack-railway

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4091312/Imagoes-Pilatus-Railway-Switzerland-chart-history-world-s-steepest-rack-railway.html

Nuclear-powered-jetliners-vertical-airports-passenger-planes-reaching-6-000mph-predictions-experts-1966-air-travel in 2016

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4084632/Nuclear-powered-jetliners-vertical-airports-passenger-planes-reaching-6-000mph-predictions-experts-1966-air-travel-2016.html

JFK-Airport-10-bn-world-class-upgrade

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4089450/JFK-Airport-10-bn-world-class-upgrade.html

Would-live-3-MILE-high-smog-eating-skyscraper-Architects-say-3D-print-one-2062

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4112622/Would-live-3-MILE-high-smog-eating-skyscraper-Architects-say-3D-print-one-2062.html

Cities-vie-hop-super-speedy-hyperloop-rail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4097000/Cities-vie-hop-super-speedy-hyperloop-rail.html

Fascinating then and now pictures reveal the growth of London's City Airport as it celebrates its 30th anniversary

https://mib-etc.blogspot.ca/2017/01/fascinating-pictures-reveal-growth.html

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

whistler-top-ski-resort-north-america

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/whistler-top-ski-resort-north-america/

the First Baptist Church development near the southeast corner of Burrard and Nelson streets

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/first-baptist-church-bing-thom-tower

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/first-baptist-church-tower

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/07/vancouver-pixelated-skyscraper

sncf.com/en/trains/eurostar

http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/eurostar

public-transit-trains with-self-driving-cars

http://www.fox.com/minority-report/article/bruno-public-transit-with-self-driving-cars

http://www.fox.com/minority-report

Telus Sky Tower Calgary

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

telus-garden-office-tower-vancouver


http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/09/telus-garden-office-tower-vancouver
A 22 story stump that could have been the cities first 44 story office tower. It actually would have looked pretty cool as a 55 story office tower.
http://www.telusgarden.com/TelusGarden.html
Indeed, a 55 story office tower complemented with a 65 story residential tower.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=90197
Its about the same size as the complex in Edmonton, witch is equally small compared to several other developments in Canadian cities today.
http://www.emporis.com/images/details/186556/exterior-aerial-view-from-the-southeast-in-early-spring

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/ray-spaxman-e-mail

https://www.google.ca/search?q=TELUS+Garden stump
Even the one in Toronto is only a 30 story stump, when it should have been a 60 story tower.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=42321

http://www.kensingtongardens.ca/images/tower-telus_garden.png

Monday, March 30, 2015

a-nanolaser-and-a-bendable-light-material-promise-to-speed-up-microelectronic-devices

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-nanolaser-and-a-bendable-light-material-promise-to-speed-up-microelectronic-devices?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a7e3d937a0-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-a7e3d937a0-281959761

apple-opens-up-to-praise-new-book-on-steve-jobs-and-criticize-an-old-one

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/business/media/apple-opens-up-to-praise-new-book-on-steve-jobs-and-criticize-an-old-one.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

a-beginners-guide-to-understanding-the-internet-of-things

http://recode.net/2015/01/15/a-beginners-guide-to-understanding-the-internet-of-things/

What-is-5g?

http://www.kurzweilai.net/what-is-5g-and-when-can-i-get-it?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=47389b16bb-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-47389b16bb-281959761

almost-3000-atoms-entangled-with-a-single-photon

http://www.kurzweilai.net/almost-3000-atoms-entangled-with-a-single-photon?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=47389b16bb-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-47389b16bb-281959761

Saturday, March 14, 2015

The Underground City Concept



Europe's Underground City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXNyEiw28D0

Tunnels...


Rimutaka Tunnel, New Zealand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOK5LhaNxLA

Canadian Pacific Railway's Mount Macdonald Tunnel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjE6qhoSQHM

The Secret Station - Aldwych

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSzU0oM4mM
lon tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1q8nJXk_ZU

London Underground Freight Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbzPYA6dvWg

The Cascade Tunnel / Stevens Pass, WA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_aDAh2TCAg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lndpluEe4wk

sq pass


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKVesJX1wSo&feature=iv&src_vid=-6uSPE7iPc8&annotation_id=annotation_3401846395

Seattle 520 Bridge

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr520bridge/default.aspx ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCV7COUSs0k ,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157648939792203 ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ZQF6UIKos
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/03/13/520-fatal-fall-investigation/70303808
Opening in 2016?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo2DAev5oH8

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The 1914 Seattle Smith Tower


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Tower#History " Although L.C. Smith did not live to see construction begin, his namesake building was completed in 1914 to a height of 143 m (469 ft) from curbside to the top of the pyramid,[7] with a pinnacle height of 159 m (522 ft)."

Even a 100 years later, Vancouver & BC made sure that no office building would rival what Seattle had in 1914. No 40 story office tower in Vancouver and no 20 story office stump in Victoria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Centre_(Vancouver)  144.78 m (475 ft.)
It would take until 1973 for Vancouver to allow something comparable in height to what Seattle had in 1914. 

Saturday, January 04, 2014

Supercomputers and the Universe

Supercomputers and the Universe
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/dec/09-do-we-live-in-the-matrix

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57615540-1/are-we-in-the-matrix-science-looks-for-signs-were-not-real

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143180-probing-the-matrix-is-our-universe-simulated-and-if-so-by-who

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/121012/universe-computer-simulation-university-bonn-germany-matrix-beane

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216189/Do-live-Matrix-researchers-say-way-prove-do.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628950.300-the-idea-we-live-in-a-simulation-isnt-science-fiction.html#.Usj8NPRDsrU

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/07/-a-matrix-universe-are-we-living-in-a-vast-computer-simulation.html


http://www.ipod.org.uk/reality/reality_simulated_reality.asp

BIG CITIES and the growing World Population

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz_kn45qIvI

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2013/2013-world-population-data-sheet/data-sheet.aspx

BIG DATA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJLJQqbWsQ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2533850/Coming-soon-Star-Wars-phone-lets-talk-holograms-loved-ones.html

Bionics, Robotics and Transhumanism, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU1-YFbAifA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zP7yP8hdLE

Robotic Army
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0VgrSSlGoo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2533850/Coming-soon-Star-Wars-phone-lets-talk-holograms-loved-ones.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57615540-1/are-we-in-the-matrix-science-looks-for-signs-were-not-real/

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

The Port of Tacoma

The road & rail infrastructure is much more substantial than whats in Vancouver,BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commencement_Bayhttp://www.portoftacoma.com

Port of Seattle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle

http://www.portseattle.org/Pages/default.aspx
Unlike Vancouver, Seattle's port is much more concentrated, with wider & better road & rail access.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Island

Overall, Seattle-Tacoma is the largest urban area in the Pacific_Northwest of North America.

Port of Metro Vancouver, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Metro_Vancouver#Terminals_and_Facilities
Unlike most major port regions, many of the main roadways still only have 4 or 6 lanes.
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/CCIP.aspx,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/ongoingprojects/dtrrip.aspx,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects.aspx

While several cities have dual track railway bridges, this was not the case for Greater Vancouver.
http://www.nwheritage.org/phototour/riverlife/bridges_fraser.htm
It was tough enough just to get one set of tracks built with a 1 lane road above it.

http://www.newwestcity.ca/residents/residents_services/transportation/master_transportation_plan/articles1602.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Bank_Superport,
http://www.robertsbankterminal2.com/about-the-project,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/OngoingProjects/DTRRIP.aspx,
http://www.tsi.bc.ca/t3/index.php?id=90http://porttalk.ca/rbt2,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/RobertsBankRailCorridor.aspx,
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/users/interactiveportmap.aspx,

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Roads-Bridges-and-Goods-Movement/Roberts-Bank-Rail-Corridor.aspx

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?centerx=-123.1355&centery=49.027&zoom=14,
http://www.asiapacificgateway.gc.ca,
http://www.bergergroup.com/?p=open_work&type=work&id=69&t=Deltaport,_Vancouver,_Canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsawwassen_Ferry_Terminal

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Telus Garden, Vancouver

http://www.telusgarden.com/TelusGarden.html (TG)
Despite all the hubbub, this building will hardly make a big impression upon the Canadian skyline. In fact, unless it were permitted to have an extra 20 - 30 floors, it will just be another one of the shorter tall buildings in Canada. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=58275201&page=9,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/03/telus-gardens-residential-tower

"With architecture by Vancouver-based firm Henriquez Partners Architects, TELUS Garden will transform and revitalize the Robson block with this development, which includes a new 24 floor, 500,000 square foot signature office tower and a new 53 floor, 450,000-square foot residential tower, with a three-level retail podium with shops, services, and amenities, plus a public plaza."
http://www.hellovancity.com/2012/03/18/telus-garden-quick-facts-price-floorplans-features-downtown-vancouver-new-condo-development

According to this site, the residential tower wont be 53 floors, it will only have 46 floors above the ground.
http://www.emporis.com/building/telus-garden-residential-tower-vancouver-canada
I wished that TG could have been between 55 to 65 stories, but Vancouver isn't allowed to be a big & tall city, yet.

Perhaps the TG has the potential to have a few more residential floors, but given Vancouver's strict height limitations, TG is around the same height as, the Tour Telus in Montreal & the Telus Plaza Tower in Edmonton. Being both office towers, they only have 34 floors. Look how the Tour Telus is one of the shorter big buildings in the Province of Quebec. The one in Edmonton is even less significant when compared to the tallest buildings in Alberta. It doesn't even make it onto the first page of Alberta's tallest. All 3 Telus towers still make it onto page=9, for now.

http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/news_releases/blog/2012/06/07/telus-garden-construction-work-awarded-to-bc-companies

http://www.604presale.com/telus-garden-downtown,
http://vancouverisawesome.com/2012/04/04/building-blocks-telus-garden

Even the tallest buildings in BC barely makes it onto the 2nd or 3rd pages.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=58275201&offset=25
More than ever, Toronto, Calgary & Montreal can't stay at a small BC building mentality.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1
Australia surpassed the small building scale of BC long ago & their cities are still considered to be just as scenic as anything in Canada.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=58762037&page=1

http://the-intersection-point.blogspot.ca/2013/03/telus-garden-towers.html