Friday, February 28, 2014

Dubai

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/a-beautiful-fog-shrouds-the-united-arab-emirates-slideshow/

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/dubai-s-insane-mega-development-district-one-slideshow/

Richmond

http://www.biv.com/article/20130920/BIV0118/130929991/0/FRONTPAGE

http://www.biv.com/article/20131001/BIV0118/310019925

http://www.biv.com/article/20131001/BIV0118/310019926

Delta

http://www.biv.com/article/20131001/BIV0118/310019926/0/BIV0319

http://www.biv.com/article/20131003/BIV0111/131009971

http://www.biv.com/article/20131106/BIV0111/131109961

Swiss Tower

http://www.biv.com/article/20140204/BIV0320/302049945/-1/BIV/tech-sector-now-a-key-driver-in-vancouver-office-lease-market

Surrey

http://www.biv.com/article/20140225/BIV0111/140229947/0/BIV0111/surrey-tower-rooftop-could-house-event-business

http://www.biv.com/article/20131202/BIV0118/312039942/-1/BIV/key-link-in-bc-8217-s-pacific-gateway-set-to-open

http://www.biv.com/article/20130910/BIV0102/309109960/0/BIV0118

Brentwood Town Centre

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201196

http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/search/label/Brentwood%20Mall%20Redevelopment

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/08/brentwood-mall-redevelopment-tall-towers
http://www.burnabynow.com/news/brentwood-mall-skyscraper-stirs-debate-1.869881

http://www.brentwoodtowncentre.com/aboutus/future_plans.asp

http://shapeproperties.com/our-places/brentwood-town-centre

http://www.biv.com/article/20131015/BIV0307/310159895/0/BIV

Thursday, February 27, 2014

WTC 1993

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center#February_26_1993

Edmonton

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-edmontonian-sky-garden-tower

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/04/the-edmontonian-tower_n_4213552.html

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=5

sea

February 27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_27#Events

Above and below Vancouver, BC

1898_Van_Pan_Map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver#Early_growth

1926
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/aerial-view-looking-north-over-downtown;rad
1932
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/aerial-view-of-vancouver-b-c-looking-north;rad
1937
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/vancouver-aerial-view-of-downtown-vancouver-waterfront-and-burrard-inlet-looking-northeast;dc
1948
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/aerial-view-of-downtown-vancouver;dc
1980?
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/description-in-progress-5535;rad  

Vancouver+mayor+wants+subway+line+considered+national

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+mayor+wants+subway+line+considered+national/9555121/story.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver#Transportation

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Surrey+light+rail+could+have+edge+federal+funding+over/9414347/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Investment+Metro+Vancouver+transportation+needed+protect/9107965/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/full+speed+ahead+Operation+Massey+Bridge+Christy+Clark/9068824/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Metro+Vancouver+mayors+question+Massey+bridge+plan+Victoria/8959981/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Expanding+road+network+just+increases+pollution+Metro/9063844/story.html

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

radio

Friday, February 21, 2014

Stumps and Towers of Australia and Canada, Etc.

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=8&status=15 Of course Australia would have its first 90 story tower before Canada. Just like it had its first tower over a 100 floors before Canada.

1967 was a key year in Sydney and Toronto skyscraper history. 
https://wikipedia/Australia_Square_building_in_George_Street_Sydney.jpg 

Australia_Square Tower would have been even grander if it could have been the first office tower in the country to have 60 levels above the ground.
"The original proposal included 58 floors; however, this was reduced to 50." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Square#Design Although its a reduced building, at least it wasn't Vancouverized to be under 40 stories.
This building was quite the The-Real-Thing for NSW and Australia throughout the changing 1960s and beyond. A good start to the nations first 50 story office tower, indeed. However, it could also be seen as a new pillar within the Global Power Structure. The GPS is in its own AI run dreamworld MATRIX of technology, technocracy and conformity. 
While I marvel at the various tall buildings around the world, if the big buildings & big cities just become part of a totalitarian system, then only a very small percentage of people at the top will benefit.

The first tower in the Toronto-Dominion_Centre was also the first building to rise above 55 stories in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#Technical_details


Vancouver has taken a multi-decade, thwarting approach towards holding back the scale of the city & its overall infrastructure. However, that has slowly been changing in recent years. Developers might be more motivated to build affordable housing if they can build taller structures.