https://wikimedia.org/Sand_Island_and_Honolulu.jpg Honolulu hasn't permitted any buildings to be as tall as what is in Miami, LA or SF. Indeed, Honolulu, has avoided having a Singapore or especially HK size skyline.
https://wikimedia.org/Perth_airport.JPG Perth, WA are in such nice climate zones. They are a couple of the most isolated major cities on the planet.
In some ways,
Australia has been able to surpass Canada, despite it having a smaller land area & less population than Canada. Unlike Montreal & especially Vancouver,
Perth & especially Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, have allowed several taller buildings than what is allowed in Montreal & Vancouver.
Urban Tech
Links is a
basic blog about referencing tall buildings &
urban technology
in various cities in general. Thus, it's mostly just a list of various urban
and tech links. It's also about comparing various cities & infrastructure.
Some cities like to have narrow bridges, short trains & small buildings, like Vancouver, while many others cities reach for the
sky.
Paris & London, NYC & Chicago, Tokyo & Seoul...
The BC part of Canada has tried to keep its infrastructure as small as possible for as long as possible.
1977
Harbour_Centre not counting the flagpole, its still shorter than the original height of the tallest Egyptian pyramid.
2001
One_Wall_Centre, not including its spire, was the first building in Vancouver & BC to be taller than the tallest pyramid in
Egypt.
https://wikimedia.org/Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpghttps://wikimedia.org/Kheops-Pyramid.jpg"Initially standing at 146.6 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the world's tallest human-made structure for more than 3,800 years. Over time, most of the smooth white limestone casing was removed, which lowered the pyramid's height to the current 138.5 metres (454.4 ft)" | Height | Original: 146.6 m (481 ft) or 280 cubits
Current: 138.5 m (454 ft) |
|---|
| Height | Currently: 136.4 metres (448 ft)
Original: 143.5 m (471 ft; 274 cu) |
|---|
"The 1997 study noted that the opportunities for buildings significantly exceeding existing permitted heights were limited. There were a total of five sites where buildings exceeding the 450 foot height limit are possible and two sites in the northwest corner of the Central Business District where heights up to 400 feet (exceeding the 300 foot limit) could be considered." https://council.vancouver.ca/20030515/pe2.htm
Then Vancouver wouldn't permit any building to be as tall as the
Cairo_Tower.
The
Cairo_Flagpole is the world's tallest flagpole, at 201.952 m (662 ft 7 in) tall. No building in Vancouver is allowed to be as tall.Of course Vancouver, BC & even Canada can't stop Egypt from building big & tall.
{The origin of Al-Qahirah is said to come from the appearance of the planet
Mars during
the foundation of the City of Cairo. The planet
Mars, which in Greek was called
Ares, was associated with ruin or destruction and was called Al Najm Al Qahir in
Arabic. Al Najm Al Qahir is transliterated
as "the destroyer
star [planet]".}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo#Etymology
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-cairo-washington-dc Washinton, DC made sure that going into the 20th century, it was going to have mostly low rise buildings like Paris & London or Berlin. However, the Greater Paris Region would eventually allow some tall buildings in certain areas. London even moreso. Yet, Greater London & Metropolitan Paris, certainly have allowed some tall buildings.
Vancouver has been under a multigenerational set of restrictions as well as a small thinking & planning agenda. Part of this might be attributed to a backwater BC mentality. However, some parts of Greater Vancouver are allowed to build on a grander scale.
Edmonton, Seattle, Portland & eventually Calgary will all have underground train stations longer than what's in Vancouver. Yet, Vancouver could have really benefited from having proper big city long stations. Most of the regions bridges are so narrow that its difficult to have a proper bus lane & HOV lane system. But Vancouver & BC are all about inefficiency. Things might eventually improve if enough people someday start to see the growing gap between what most cities allow vs. stubborn Vancouver.
Alphaville is one of the best cautionary stories
about the AI run, totalitarian smart-city scenario.
Logan's_Run is another interesting totalitarian smart-city movie.
Blade_Runner is one of the best urban Sci-Fi movies ever made.
_(20897376415).jpg/640px-Flight_from_Honolulu_to_Hilo._Over_Sand_Island_and_Honolulu_(503729)_(20897376415).jpg)
