NYC Redesigned 4 of Its Dangerous Streets

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOKAPN5vMEY  

NYC

Why the Bronx Has Not Expanded its Subway System Since 1941

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGFK0cXgH4  

NYC

The Houston Galleria and Galleria Dallas

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

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

Texas is a place where thinking BIG has been going strong for almost a century. 

By the year 1900, NYC had to start thinking and building on a big-city scale, simply out of necessity.

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/03/11/nyc-big-apple 

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

In contrast, backwater BC has a tough time keeping up with Alberta and Washington State. Especially with Ontario and Quebec. BC is 75% mountainous and has a seawater barrier on its west side. Still, its almost as if some people would like to have a wall around BC, or even a forcefield like out of Star Trek. 

Keeping things small and backwards in BC whenever possible seems to be part of a multigenerational symbolic agenda. 

Its as if there is something like a BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

Texas has more people than Australia and California has more people than Canada. Despite its overall size, Canada has less than 1% of the worlds population. 

Singapore is on an island that's smaller than all of NYC or Chicago, even. Yet, it has proper big-city trains, bridges, roads and buildings.

The Secret NYC Subways Hiding in Plain Sight

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

Toronto - Canada’s World-Class City

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHVS8_Bi7mc 

Toronto is approaching a Chicago level of scale. However, Toronto has yet to have its first 100 story office tower. The BMO tower has 72 floors. Provincial Vancouver still won't permit any 40 story office towers. While the GTA is easily at 7 million, the Chicagoland Area is at least up to 10 million. 

The GTA and Greater Montreal, combined with Chicagoland still doesn't quite match the Greater NYC Area, AKA: The Tristate Metropolitan Area of over 23 million people.

550 Madison Avenue, NYC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/550_Madison_Avenue This building has almost become a stump when compared to the much taller towers.

https://buildingsdb.com/NY/new-york/550-madison-avenue/  

https://www.archdaily.com/611169/ad-classics-at-and-t-building-philip-johnson-and-john-burgee

https://www.lera.com/sony-building This would be the 2nd tallest building if it was in Vancouver, in overall height.

https://www.archiweb.cz/en/b/at-t-building-sony-plaza

https://paulpiazzaarchitect.com/home/2014/09/20/the-sony-tower/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ReplicaBuildings/comments/17d39eg/550_madison_att_building_1984_nyc/

ARO (building) in NYC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARO_(building) 

"ARO is a 62-story, 700-foot-tall (210 m) glass tower with a steel lattice exterior." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARO_(building)#Architecture 210 m vs 150 m

"Calgary House, (formerly known as TELUS Sky) is a 60-storey, 222.3 m (729 ft)" tower. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky  222 vs 150 m  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quay_Quarter_Tower "The AMP Centre re-opened as Quay Quarter Tower in early 2022, and stands at a height of 216 metres (709 ft) with 54 floors." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quay_Quarter_Tower#AMP_Centre 216 m vs 150 m.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_House Another Vancouver stump under 500' vs. 700' and 729'.

Height
Architectural	150.3 m (493 ft)[1]
Technical details
Material	Concrete
Floor count	49
Floor area	60,670 square metres (653,046 sq ft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_House#Design Only 150 m. 

As usual, things must always be scaled back or watered down in small, rainy Vancouver.

161 Maiden Lane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/161_Maiden_Lane NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlWeJp6TGZ8 

https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2026/3/20/at-the-rivers-edge-maiden-lane-and-the-development-of-lower-manhattan

https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/11/seaport-residences-remains-unfinished-and-leaning-at-161-maiden-lane-in-financial-district-manhattan.html 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/10/the-leaning-tower-of-new-york 

https://newatlas.com/architecture/one-seaport-leaning-tower-nyc/

https://www.cqa.org.au/post/the-importance-of-foundations-161-maiden-lane 

https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/05/16/stalled-condo-maiden-lane-fdny-hazard/ 

https://www.theb1m.com/video/the-leaning-tower-of-new-york-city The B1M

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/1ch1be9/a_few_more_photos_of_161_maiden_the_news_says_it/

The new ultra-towers set to transform the NYC skyline in the coming years

 https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/real-estate/a-look-inside-the-latest-crop-of-nyc-super-towers/

Ironworkers Memorial Bridge is Metro Vancouver's most congested crossing

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ironworkers-memorial-metro-vancouver-bridge-traffic-volumes 

Had the-bridge been designed with 2 wide emergency lanes and 2 wide shoulders, things could have been gradually modified and improved. The Iron Bridge could have become an 8 lane crossing for general traffic, plus having 2 express bus or rapid bus lanes. 

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/ironworkers-bridge-the-most-congested-in-metro-vancouver-report-finds-12148809

Unlike the Queensboro_Bridge in NYC, or the Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge and the Sydney_Harbour_Bridge, this bridge wasn't designed with future rail rapid transit in mind.  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Ironworkers+Memorial+Bridge

Toronto vs Chicago and NYC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQwIyx1O_0 

Working from home can be great, but big cities still need some office towers.

Unlike Chicago and NYC, Toronto has no 100 story office towers. However, it does have residential towers over 100 floors like Melbourne. 

Provincial Vancouver hasn't permitted any office tower to have 40 floor, let alone 50 stories.

Forest Hills station (LIRR)

The best kept secret in NYC real estate is under 20 minutes from Midtown Manhattan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXqsb-alGEg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hills_station_(LIRR) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Line_(Long_Island_Rail_Road) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road#Passenger_lines_and_services 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_station#Station_layout

Architecture Codex #135 Pan Am Building, NYC by Walter Gropius

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajf3nICq64o

Central Park, NYC

 https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/1r92f3b/new_york_most_iconic_city_in_the_world/

270 Park Avenue, NYC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DTF01QizRQ

Rockefeller Center, NYC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c19_h-H5l4k

The BRUTAL TRUTH about Living in Washington State

Washington's Dark Side Exposed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhL0ih2XcI 

A cold, crappy dark and damp fall and winter is common. It's almost as bad as Vancouver, Canada. However, it's important to point out that Seattle and Vancouver never froze over like Minneapolis and Winnipeg, Chicago and Toronto, NYC and Montreal, Boston and Halifax. 

Hudson Yards

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-VyakJf9c  

NYC

World’s Tallest Towers Comparison

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09pmnf8npA8 

There was a time when no structure in BC was allowed to be as tall as Blackpool Tower. Then there was a time when no building in Vancouver was allowed to be as tall as the Seattle Space needle or the Calgary Tower. Even in late 2025, only one Vancouver building has been allowed to be taller than the Calgary Tower. 

Burnaby, Coquitlam and especially Surrey, don't have such imposed height restrictions as stumpy Vancouver. Thus, Burnaby, Coquitlam and Surrey will all be having taller buildings than Vancouver.  

If Montreal can ever have its equivalent of La_Defense or Canary_Wharf, then it might be able to have some tall buildings that would be impressive by Melbourne and Toronto standards. Perhaps even Chicago or NYC standards. 

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

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

Newly-Opened overpass at Church Avenue on the B and Q Lines in NYC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YON6kFIkU 

New York City's Subway Infrastructure is absolutely WILD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We8_E8uX_tU