Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Why is the urban scale of Vancouver, Canada being held back?

There has been a tremendous push to stunt or thwart the scale of Vancouver for generations.
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=921 The Empire Landmark Hotel was the first building in Vancouver to be permitted to reach or exceed 40 floors in 1973. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=111091599&offset=50


While on the surface a no freeway mandate makes sense for not carving up the city, but the mostly narrow bridges don't have proper bus and HOV lanes.


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