Metrotown, Burnaby

 https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1tegbb6/clearest_full_rainbow_ive_ever_seen/ 

https://skyscraperpage.com/b114729/burnaby/grand-tower-at-sky-park 

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15

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.

Burnaby's future 863-ft-tall tower in Lougheed to feature a hotel with a sky-high restaurant and bar destination on the 86th floor

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pinnacle-lougheed-burnaby-hotel-restaurant-revised-concept 

And Vancouver can't stop it, because Vancouver's restrictions have no control over Burnaby. 

Seattle, Calgary and Edmonton are all allowed to have residential floors higher above the street than what stumpy little Vancouver permits

 Seattle's Tallest Luxury Residential Tower: The Residences @ Rainier Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i2DivRATcg 

2022 OCEA Award Winner - Rainier Square Redevelopment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HegSZiVNQx0 

New Rainier Square Tower becomes Seattle’s second tallest building https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5yKXkCeAGg  

At 60-storeys, TELUS Sky is the leading example of a dynamic community of urban living and working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qWRYwK8z_E

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sRpGYPQY3RY The 3rd tallest in Calgary  

Telus Sky top floors view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HirkgwyphUk

The Vancouver Harbour Air Control Tower

 https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1p7kqyv/did_you_know_the_vancouver_harbour_air_control 

https://panethos.wordpress.com/2025/01/02/worlds-sky-high-civilian-air-traffic-control-towers 

https://www.airport-technology.com/features/the-top-10-tallest-atc-towers-in-the-world/

https://simpleflying.com/tallest-air-traffic-control-towers , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sab2yAg5e8

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

Vancouver buildings over 152.4 meters or 500 feet

It took a very long time for Vancouver to have its first building permitted to rise over 500 feet in height. 

152.4 meters = 500 feet and 150 meters = 492.12 feet 

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1

 https://www.straight.com/article-371138/vancouver/city-approves-new-policy-taller-buildings-downtown-vancouver While there are some taller resedential towers, Vancouver still has no office tower with at least a 40th floor. Portland,_Oregon has 2. Perth, WA has 2 office towers with at least 50 floors. The_Bow tower in Calgary has 60 floors, when you count all the levels. The Columbia_Center in Seattle has 80 floors in total. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Cityscape

450 feet is equal to about 137.16 meters and that was the height restriction imposed on Vancouver for most of its restrictive, red-tape history. 

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

The powers that be tried their damndest to not allow most Vancouver buildings to be taller than the Smith_Tower, Commerce_Court_North and the Los_Angeles_City_Hall until after the year 2000. Of course in 2025 those buildings are like stumps now, but would still be tall by small Vancouver standards.

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6965 , https://www.smithtower.com/about/ 

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=27&searchname=timeline

https://beautifulwashington.com/images/sky-view-observatory/sky-view-observatory-at-columbia-center-9.jpg

https://beautifulwashington.com/king-county/attractions/seattle/448-sky-view-observatory.html  

https://www.seattletimes.com/life/heres-a-cheap-way-to-view-seattles-skyline-coffee-at-the-starbucks-on-the-40th-floor-of-the-columbia-tower The 40th floor of an 80 story building, when you count the mechanical or plant floors as well. Perhaps some day strict Vancouver might permit an office building to have a 40th floor. 

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed 

stumps and towers

The Vancouver (stump) House

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Vancouver_House

Vancouver_House is a small building compared to what's allowed in real cities.  

155.6 m / 511 ft

Floors52 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/vancouver-house/13987 Its almost 230 feet shoter than a simialar building in Calgary. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/TELUS_SKY

225.4 m / 740 ft

Floors59 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/telus-sky/15466

Since Telus_Sky is in Calgary, it's not under any of the Vancouver type restrictions.

 https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/lights-out-at-vancouver-house/

So many things are mixed up or upside-down in backward Vancouver. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Calgary_Skyline_May_2018 

https://upload.wikimedia.org In 1984 the taller tower was the tallest in Western Canada. The stump next to it would be equivalent to one of the tallest towers in backwater BC.

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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Telus_Sky_September_2017 

https://upload.wikimedia.org Just another stump in Calgary, but it would be a significant size tower in watered down Vancouver.

125 m / 410 ft

Floors30 https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/encana-place/12685 




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

The Stack Tower, or is it just another stumpy office building in Vancouver, BC?

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-stack-office-tower-1133-melville-street-vancouver-tallest-greenest

It's all about Stumps+and+Towers.

There is no office tower in Vancouver or BC that has ever been allowed to have a 40th floor. Seattle has the 76 story B of A tower & Toronto has the 72 story BMO tower. That's because those cities aren't under anything like the restrictions and limitations that Vancouver has. If you can't build a wall around BC, the next best thing is to limit or reduce the scale of things. Then continually fall behind with the overall infrastructure.

Vancouver not only has limited the scale of office towers, but residential towers as well. It would seem that there is more of a demand now for residential towers than office towers.

Seattle, Calgary & Edmonton all have allowed a residential tower to be taller than anything in Vancouver. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver+House

London, UK for the longest time, refused to permit taller buildings. Then eventually as the land became so expensive, they eventually started to allow some towers that even rivaled that of Paris & Frankfurt. Some of the towers would not even be stumps when compared to those in NYC & Chicago.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/no-rooms-at-the-inns-knock-on-effects-of-vancouvers-hotel-shortage If the city would allow taller buildings, then the hotel companies could build more rooms on the lower half, while providing condos on the upper half. Or, visa versa. 

https://storeys.com/vancouver-hotel-shortage-council-motion Fortunatly, many other cities are able to keep up with getting more hotel rooms built. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/09/08/vancouver-hotels-shortage-city-councillor/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-hotel-supply-shortage-demand

https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Land-Values-How-the-hotel-shortage-in-Vancouver-is-coinciding-with-a-boom-in-tourism

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-of-vancouver-hotel-room-shortage-new-policies

Of course by the late 1800s, Montreal & Toronto had a sense of becoming major cities. Then by the early & mid 1900s, it became even more apparent. In the early 21st century, Vancouver is still stuck in a multi-decade rut of wanting to stunt, thwart or hold back the city in any way possible.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+No+Fun+City

Most of the regional bridges or crossings have been deliberately kept so narrow that it's almost impossible to have a proper regional express bus network to compliment the short sighted Skytrain stations.

All the narrow bridges should have had additional Bus+and+HOV+Lane bridges by now.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=HOV

The stump city has so much potential, but only if Vancouver reaches for the sky.

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

Tokyo Skytree...

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

Japan's new tallest skyscrapers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYpjfg5eKJQ

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sky+Tower

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

Sky Tower (Auckland)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Tower_(Auckland)

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sj%C3%B6staden+Skybar/@59.301256,18.0833915,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNKXs3B92slMOVnPuiDQ1KD3Ko5BOhnyZz5saTU!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNKXs3B92slMOVnPuiDQ1KD3Ko5BOhnyZz5saTU%3Dw203-h270-k-no!7i3024!8i4032!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x465f9f0ca4e2c48b:0xd5693f3a5854cf46!2sBarkarby,+Sweden!3b1!8m2!3d59.4001312!4d17.8625102!3m4!1s0x465f798d5edd1bbd:0x7ae7c477338b694a!8m2!3d59.301256!4d18.0833915

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2022/04/tokyo-skytree.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Sky+Tower

the-address-residence-sky-view-tower, Dubai

 https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-address-residence-sky-view-tower-1/15137

264.2 m / 867 ft 60 floors

https://www.timeoutdubai.com/staycations/staycations-news/428118-address-sky-view-now-open-in-downtown-dubai

Toronto's iconic CN Tower-is-celebrating-big-anniversary

https://tayloronhistory.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/2011915-cn-tower-construction-s1465_fl0240_it00911-mid-1970s_thumb1.jpg?w=627&h=402

https://tayloronhistory.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/sept-10-1973-f1526_fl0047_it00031-2.jpg-
https://tayloronhistory.com/2015/05/25/history-of-torontos-cn-tower/

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/torontos-iconic-cn-tower-is-celebrating-big-anniversary/69413/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/anniversary-cn-tower-toronto-architecture-1.3645323

http://www.cntower.ca/en-ca/about-us/history/topping-of-tower.html

With its microwave receptors at 338 m (1,109 ft.) and at the 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches) antenna, the CN Tower swiftly solved the communications problems with room to spare and as a result, people living in the Toronto area now enjoy some of the clearest reception in North America.
http://www.cntower.ca/en-ca/about-us/history/astounding.html
2011 – The first of its kind in North America, EdgeWalk is the world’s highest full circle hands-free walk on a 5 ft (1.5 m) wide ledge encircling the top of the CN Tower’s main pod, 356m, (1168 ft, 116 stories) above the ground.

It takes only 58 seconds to get from the base of the tower to the LookOut level, which stands 1,136 feet in the sky.
Visit the middle observation deck (1,122 feet high) 
http://www.travelzoo.com/ca/blog/5-tips-for-visiting-torontos-cn-tower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower#Structure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower#Height_comparisons

http://www.talkcondo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oxford-casino-skyline.jpg-
http://www.talkcondo.com/blog/10-architectural-landmark-condos-coming-toronto 

http://blog.newinhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oxfordplace1-642x336.jpg-
http://blog.newinhomes.com/news/whats-oxford

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201934

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Oxford+Place+(Metro+Convention+Centre)


https://www.google.ca/search?q=cn+tower+toronto+in+1975&sa=X&biw=1276&bih=671&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjznobH18HNAhUT8WMKHUWtCpcQsAQIKQ

https://www.google.ca/search?q=cn+tower+toronto+in+1976&biw=1276&bih=671&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc_p7d2MHNAhWHKWMKHVyhAvcQsAQIKQ

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

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

Could the world's tallest building at 230 storeys high be actually built in the...Iraqi city of Basra?

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1881789/move-aside-dubai-could-worlds-tallest-building-230-storeys-high-be

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/19/worlds-tallest-tower-the-bride-basra-iraq-ambs-architects/

http://curbed.com/archives/2015/11/20/tallest-tower-world-iraq.php

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/20/the-worlds-tallest-building-planned-in-ex-warzone-basra-iraq

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3323834/Lofty-ambition-pie-sky-Architect-releases-plans-build-giant-Vertical-City-dwarf-Burj-Khalifa-IRAQ.html

http://www.bibleprophecyblog.com/2015/11/bride-tower-in-southern-iraq-to-be.html#

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Basrah,+Iraq/@30.5080837,47.7965329,45981m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x3fc49771852a1535:0xb8d22927274bd410

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/search?q=iraq

telus-sky-tower calgary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=3

http://www.archdaily.com/399946/big-unveils-telus-sky-tower-in-calgary/

http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/telus-sky-calgary/telus-sky-calgary6.html

http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/11/22/construction-kicks-off-in-downtown-calgary-for-planned-222-metre-telus-sky-tower

https://www.google.ca/search?q=telus+sky+tower+calgary&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCkQsARqFQoTCKC4-oP4kcYCFQSjiAodBC0A7w

http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2013/12/top-western-canada-real-estate-stories-2013.html

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/interactive-data/submit?type%5B%5D=building&status%5B%5D=COM&status%5B%5D=UC&status%5B%5D=UCT&status%5B%5D=STO&status%5B%5D=PRO&base_city=706&base_height_range=0&base_company=All&base_min_year=1900&base_max_year=9999&skip_comparison=on&output%5B%5D=list

Telus towers and stumps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3646 Calgary 729' 221m
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Telus+Sky+Calgary&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Q-mmVK2nCs_hoATJvYHICw&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799


http://changingcitybook.com/2014/10/23/telus-the-residential-tower ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=90197 137m
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/10/amazon-vancouver-office-to-set-up-at-new-telus-garden ,
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Telus+Garden+Residential+Tower+Vancouver&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=39imVL6vDMmTyAT4oYKYAw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799
Burnaby
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1365

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1

The Towers of Edmonton

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-edmontonian-sky-garden-tower ,
http://www.emporis.com/building/the-edmontonian-edmonton-canada2

http://cache2-thumb1.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/docserver/getimage.aspx?file=10352014082700000000001001&regionKey=idluAO2HOHczA2YTPgKWHA%3D%3D

http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/it-s-going-to-change-the-skyline-forever-officials-unveil-edmonton-s-next-tallest-skyscraper-1.1977332 ,
http://www.emporis.com/building/stantec-tower-edmonton-canada

http://www.emporis.com/city/edmonton-canada ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=5 ,
http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-edmonton-canada

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Edmontonian+tower+Edmonton&biw=1917&bih=941&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MRE4VLnnNsfXigKyioHoDw&ved=0CDEQsAQ

http://www.emporis.com/city/edmonton-canada/all-buildings

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

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

the-edmontonian-sky-garden-tower

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Edmonton#Tallest_buildings

https://www.google.ca/search?q=new+towers+for+edmonton&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ExuwU4PkLs3poATZg4CoCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1777&bih=887&dpr=0.9

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

UAE towers,etc.

Entisar Tower - Sky gardens, plenty outdoor swimming pools, entertainment and leisure facilities, indoor running track, two tennis courts, and a conference and events centre is set to feature in the 100-plus storey skyscraper. According to officials, the tower set to be build on Sheikh Zayed road will take four years for its completion.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899220131.html


Mohammad Bin Rashid City - Announced in 2013 and the first phase set to be complete in 2016, the Mohammad Bin Rashid City will be of the one of the lowest density residential developments in the world. Located near the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, the city will have more than 60% of open and green space amongst 1,500 the villas alongside retail zones, leisure and sports attractions.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899592965.html

The Lagoons
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899951103.html

Twisting Towers
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385900041175.html

Urban Tech Links .:. UTL

UTL - Personal observations of the urban world from a backwards Vancouver and backwater BC perspective. Indeed, it's always amazing to see what so many other cities can do, simply because they don't have anything like a Vancouver, Victoria & BC mentality to hold them back.

The Greater_Tokyo_Area is the most populated urban region on the planet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area#Largest_urban_areas ,

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

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 a HK size skyline. So far, no building has been allowed to be as tall as the Custom_House_Tower in Boston or the Smith_Tower in Seattle. Indeed, no buildings are even allowed to be as tall as the Los_Angeles_City_Hall at 453 feet or 138m.

https://wikimedia.org/Perth_airport.JPG No building in Vancouver is allowed to be as tall as the 2 tallest in Perth & Calgary.

Honolulu and 

Perth, WA are in such nice climate zones. They are a couple of the most isolated major cities on the planet. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu#Transportation , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Transport

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. 

However, Honolulu's_tallest_buildings still haven't been permitted to even be as tall as the 2 tallest in the Giza_pyramid_complex in Cairo, Egypt. 

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. 

There is a point when a lot of major cities start to permit buildings to be taller than the 2 tallest pyramids in Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids 

Paris & London, NYC & Chicago, Tokyo & Seoul...  

www.infrastructurebc.com

The BC part of Canada has tried to keep its infrastructure as small as possible for as long as possible.

It wasn't until the 1970s when strict & stubborn Vancouver started to allow for some buildings to be almost as tall as the 2 tallest Egyptian pyramids. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=105524651&offset=50 

1973 Royal_Centre_(Vancouver) not quite as tall as .:.

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. 

For most of Vancouver's history, the city refused to permit any building to be taller than the pyramid on top of the 496' Custom_House_Tower in Boston, the 462' Smith_Tower in Seattle, the 453' Los_Angeles_City_Hall. Of course today they are all just like stumps. 481' and 471' are the original heights of the 2 tallest in the Giza_pyramid_complex.

https://wikimedia.org/Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg

https://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)

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

Height	Currently: 136.4 metres (448 ft) Original: 143.5 m (471 ft; 274 cu)

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

"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

Indeed, it's tough to believe that for the longest time, any building in the BC part of Canada had to be considerably shorter than the Washington_Monument in DC or the Philadelphia_City_Hall.

Then Vancouver wouldn't permit any building to be as tall as the Cairo_Tower. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Tower "At 187 m (614 ft), it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998..."

2016 was when a Hotel-Condo was allowed to be slightly taller than 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.

The Living_Shangri-La tower is close, but not quite.

Of course Vancouver, BC & even Canada can't stop Egypt from building big & tall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Egypt#Tallest_structures

{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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo#Modern_era

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.

https://metropolisfilm.fandom.com/wiki/Joh_Frederson

Alphaville is one of the best cautionary stories about the AI run, totalitarian smart-city scenario. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)#Legacy

THX_1138 is the quintessential movie about AI & machines running an underground totalitarian city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#Plot

Logan's_Run is another interesting totalitarian smart-city movie. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run_(film)#Plot

Blade_Runner is one of the best urban Sci-Fi movies ever made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner#Plot

Jacque_Fresco is one of many people throughout history with their own perspectives on civilization. https://www.forbes.com/2007/10/13/jacque-fresco-prediction-tech-future07-cx_1015fresco.html?sh=4107813c607f Some interesting ideas, but perhaps with a utopian angle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity#Gameplay , 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWLClUwAHGc , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)  

http://www.city-data.com/forum/religion-spirituality/845605-humans-originate-mars.html,
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/marte/esp_marte_14.htm,
http://mars-earth.com/earthpage.htm

http://fusionanomaly.net/orion.html, http://fusionanomaly.net/bladerunner.html,
http://vigilantcitizen.com/hidden-knowledge/connection-between-sirius-and-human-history

More about, UDL: https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=urban

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/11/3318910/nasa-scientist-believes-we-could-all-be-in-a-video-game

Civilization_(computer_game)

Civilization_IV  

http://www.mindmined.com/public_library/nonfiction/jake_horsley_gnosticism_reborn.html ,
http://hplusmagazine.com/2009/10/19/ghost-shell-why-our-brains-will-never-live-matrix , 

https://kotaku.com/one-nasa-scientists-quest-to-prove-were-all-trapped-ins-5942400 , 

http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/digitalphysics.html  

The Universe seems to be a vast Multi-channel of space & time that originated from a central point of energy. But what or who started this Big_Bang of cosmic information? Its like a cosmic projection program running inside an immense planetarium. The energy of nature or part of a creators plan. Thus either nature or a conscious creator has set up a cosmic matrix of space & time. Humans are just beginning to try to understand how an intelligent force of creation set this all up. Computer models factor into the study of reality & VR helps to illustrate different phases & parts of the universe.

http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34497/title/Building_The_Matrix,
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/11/universe-computer-simulation,
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-10/how-do-we-know-were-not-living-inside-massive-computer-simulation,
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628950.300-the-idea-we-live-in-a-simulation-isnt-science-fiction.html   

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Nick_Bostrom,

http://www.simulation-argument.com, http://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix2.html, 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality#Intermingled , Simcity, the Sims & more...
http://io9.com/5950543/physicists-say-there-may-be-a-way-to-prove-that-we-live-in-a-computer-simulation

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216189/Do-live-Matrix-researchers-say-way-prove-do.html ,
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143180-probing-the-matrix-is-our-universe-simulated-and-if-so-by-who

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/03/cosmic-computer-hypothesis.html
Computer modeling provides the best way to extrapolate copious amounts of data.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparison_of_pyramids_SMIL.svg

The Hundredth_monkey_effect isn't supposed to be true, but in backwards Vancouver & backwater BC, it does seem to be happening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect#History

Almost everything in Vancouver is like a watered down knockoff. So many people from different backgrounds keep wanting to hold Vancouver back. The NO FUN CITY mentality keeps emerging, but that's just part of the phenomenon.

This reference blog is of a non profit nature.  

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

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