Saturday, December 12, 2020

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Monday, October 5, 2020

ICR

 

https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/commuter

commuter rail

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/commuter

Metro and Subway Rapid Transit

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/metro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_rail_terminology#Heavy_rail

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

https://www.railwaygazette.com/metro-report

Medium-capacity rail system

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-capacity_rail_system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA#Rapid_transit , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA#Subway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Higher_capacity

https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/light-rail-/-tramway

Light Rail Transit

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Lower_capacity

https://www.railwaygazette.com/knowledge-hub/urban-railway-operators/light-rail-/-tramway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA_subway%E2%80%93surface_trolley_lines

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

singapore-lta-orders-more-trains-to-standardise-nsewl-fleet

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/vehicles/singapore-lta-orders-more-trains-to-standardise-nsewl-fleet/57477.article

BART

 https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/bart-cbtc-contracts-awarded/57483.article

Thursday, August 13, 2020

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624311/Thousands-cars-form-mile-long-line-Dallas-food-bank-unemployment-benefits-reduced.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624311/Thousands-cars-form-mile-long-line-Dallas-food-bank-unemployment-benefits-reduced.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624837/Steiner-Studios-signs-deal-build-multi-million-dollar-film-TV-production-facility-Brooklyn.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8624837/Steiner-Studios-signs-deal-build-multi-million-dollar-film-TV-production-facility-Brooklyn.html

https://www.vancourier.com/heritage-group-applauds-revamped-design-for-chateau-laurier-addition-1.24186111

https://www.vancourier.com/heritage-group-applauds-revamped-design-for-chateau-laurier-addition-1.24186111

https://www.vancourier.com/calgary-bucks-trend-of-rising-home-prices-in-second-quarter-says-statcan-report-1.24178978

https://www.vancourier.com/calgary-bucks-trend-of-rising-home-prices-in-second-quarter-says-statcan-report-1.24178978

https://www.vancourier.com/vancouver-home-sales-jump-to-3-128-in-july-while-prices-rise-amid-lower-supply-1.24181282

https://www.vancourier.com/vancouver-home-sales-jump-to-3-128-in-july-while-prices-rise-amid-lower-supply-1.24181282

https://www.vancourier.com/surrey-delta-commercial-truck-parking-projects-move-forward-1.24184017

https://www.vancourier.com/surrey-delta-commercial-truck-parking-projects-move-forward-1.24184017

the-strathcona-park-homeless-camp-in-vancouver-here-to-stay

https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/is-the-strathcona-park-homeless-camp-in-vancouver-here-to-stay-1.24184481

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/proposed-marpole-redevelopment-seeks-new-heights-1.24071098

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/proposed-marpole-redevelopment-seeks-new-heights-1.24071098

revamped-design-for-controversial-waterfront-station-tower

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/revamped-design-for-controversial-waterfront-station-tower-just-released-1.24069285

concord-pacific-pays-1-billion-for-st-paul-s-hospital-site

https://www.vancourier.com/concord-pacific-pays-1-billion-for-st-paul-s-hospital-site-1.24185182
SPH
https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/vancouver-council-approves-rezoning-for-new-st-paul-s-hospital-false-creek-flats-site-1.23999892
https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.23999906!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_size/aerial-view-of-site.jpg

https://www.vancourier.com/news/how-do-you-explain-vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-to-tourists-it-s-complicated-1.23920263

https://www.vancourier.com/news/how-do-you-explain-vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-to-tourists-it-s-complicated-1.23920263

vancouver-council-approves-28-storey-rental-tower-on-west-broadway

https://www.vancourier.com/news/vancouver-council-approves-28-storey-rental-tower-on-west-broadway-1.24174052

Urban Tech DL

 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=urban

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/empty-apartments-in-manhattan-reach-record-high-topping-13000.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/empty-apartments-in-manhattan-reach-record-high-topping-13000.html

Monday, July 6, 2020

drexel-innovation-neighborhood Philadelphia

https://www.samschwartz.com/drexel-innovation-neighborhood

second-avenue-subway nyc

https://www.samschwartz.com/second-avenue-subway

hudson-bergen-light-rail-traffic-engineering-services

https://www.samschwartz.com/hudson-bergen-light-rail-traffic-engineering-services

Pittsburgh broadway-avenue-schematic-design

https://www.samschwartz.com/broadway-avenue-schematic-design

brooklyn-bridge-rehabilitation

https://www.samschwartz.com/brooklyn-bridge-rehabilitation-outreach

brooklyn-queens-connector

https://www.samschwartz.com/brooklynqueens-connector


https://www.samschwartz.com/filter

montreal-heat-wave

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-heat-wave-weather-july-6-2020

toronto-heat-warning

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-weather-july-forecast-heat-warning

the-tallest-buildings-in-vancouver

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15


https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/12-architecturally-interesting-developments-coming-to-vancouver-1.24056597


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-house-westbank-beach-district
https://images.dailyhive.com/20200705174716/Screen-Shot-2020-07-05-at-5.46.52-PM.png


https://rennie.com/rennie-post/10-of-the-tallest-buildings-in-vancouver


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-tower-rezoning-approved


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lougheed-town-centre-tower-pinnacle-international-development-burnaby


http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15 BC

the Fear of Heights In Downtown Victoria

https://douglasmagazine.com/opinion-building-heights-victoria-bc


https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/comments/f3elli/what_does_this_city_have_against_tall_buildings/

the Gilmore SkyTrain station & towers

https://www.burnabynow.com/news/burnaby-s-biggest-construction-project-is-keeping-some-up-late-1.24162985


https://www.burnabynow.com/news/public-hearings-scheduled-for-gilmore-area-residential-towers-in-burnaby-1.24080942

Cineplex’s Rec Rooms in burnaby

https://www.burnabynow.com/news/does-this-company-s-178m-losses-put-its-2-burnaby-projects-in-doubt-1.24165048


https://www.burnabynow.com/cineplex-sues-former-buyer-cineworld-seeking-damages-over-failed-deal-1.24164824

Saturday, July 4, 2020

The Reason Streets were Switched to Cul-De-Sacs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vDcfH03gs

Interstate 170 (Maryland) and I 70

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_170_(Maryland)


https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-170-md , https://www.aaroads.com/guides/i-170-md


http://baltimorefuture.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-170-scar-from-dark-past.html


https://reason.com/2015/05/08/the-wound-in-west-baltimore


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Maryland#Highway_in_Baltimore


http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Fort_McHenry_Tunnel.html



https://www.google.com/maps/place/Baltimore,+MD,+USA/@39.2943061,-76.643661,2270m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!8m2!3d39.2903848!4d-76.6121893

metro-vancouver-home-sales-statistics

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-home-sales-statistics-june-2020


https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/greater-vancouver-home-sales-start-to-tick-up-as-prices-hold-steady-1.1460444

the-nelson-street-towers

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-tower-rezoning-approved

https://images.dailyhive.com/20200630122957/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-f6.jpg
https://images.dailyhive.com/20200630122955/1059-1075-nelson-street-vancouver-f7.jpg

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

urban issues

Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bay Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZJJAce75eI


Protesters have been arrested after blocking traffic on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQgUO24Rfk


https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-westbound-lanes-shut-down-by-protest-15339602.php


Protesters that were arrested on the Bay Bridge Sunday after shutting down traffic on the upper deck are holding a news conference outside the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4gHT7p8fis

U.S._stadiums_by_capacity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._stadiums_by_capacity

sd

Homeless in Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D9pZEjSxXQ LA


'On the Streets' is a 12-part video series about homelessness in Los Angeles. Journalist and filmmaker Lisa Biagiotti tackles this complex issue by putting faces to the statistics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUsJcPc8g0A Mar 25, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Biagiotti , 
https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/lisa-biagiotti , 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3081603

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-biagiotti-onthestreets-20151118-htmlstory.html ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUsJcPc8g0A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZinfOSMv8b0

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deepsouth-an-interview-wi_b_6247510

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/707242445226913794/amD1BLvq_400x400.jpg

San Francisco

https://komonews.com/news/project-seattle/san-francisco-and-seattle-a-tale-of-two-cities-fighting-a-homeless-crisis SF

SFBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCaOeyjHgaE


San Francisco Turned into a Filthy Slum; Who Did It?

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

p

Is Seattle is Dying.?



KOMO's Eric Johnson explores the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in "Seattle is Dying."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw&feature=emb_rel_end


https://www.facebook.com/SeattleLooksLikeShit


https://komonews.com/news/project-seattle/san-francisco-and-seattle-a-tale-of-two-cities-fighting-a-homeless-crisis

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

t

Friday, May 22, 2020

q

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

11

City of the Future: Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6r3hZe5Tg

Singapore is one of the best countries in the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4fwfYVYxR4

Read my review of Marina Bay Sands Hotel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33D9BhT6NA

Saturday, May 16, 2020

3

Monday, May 11, 2020

6

Sunday, May 3, 2020

1

1

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

5

Monday, April 13, 2020

Alton Towers Resort

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Towers opened on 4 April 1980 (as theme park)  4-4



Friday, April 10, 2020

Macy's Herald Square tower

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-900-foot-tower-will-be-built-on-top-of-macys-in-herald-square-021020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/macy-s-herald-square-skyscraper-project-faces-tough-road-ahead


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Herald_Square


http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/05/r-h-macy-co-new-york-city-new-york.html

Midtown Manhattan

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Midtown_Manhattan_2019.jpg ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan

909-third-ave nyc

https://www.nycurbanism.com/brutalnyc/2017/7/4/909-third-ave


https://www.emporis.com/buildings/115180/909-third-avenue-new-york-city-ny-usa



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Street_(Manhattan)#/media/File:909_3rd.jpg


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

brutal architecture in nyc

https://www.nycurbanism.com/brutalnyc

the bellevue-cube-building

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Hospital ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Hospital#/media/File:Bellevue_cube_E27_jeh.JPG
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/57c5a333e58c625a7e36a989/1486687229249-WMMO5APOSWOOZJQ02VBB/16181229808_108ca2d370_o.jpg?format=500w&content-type=image%2Fjpeg


When it opened, the hospital was the largest of its type built in the U.S. The building was criticized by the press, patients, staff and even Bellevue's executive director, who claimed "if the devil himself had been commissioned to build a hospital facility, this is how he would have designed it." According to Stephen Verderber and David J. Fine, authors of Healthcare Architecture in an Era of Radical Transformation,
https://www.nycurbanism.com/brutalnyc/bellevue-new-building

https://www.nycurbanism.com/brutalnyc