Urban Tech Links: UTL

JF: This is a general reference blog that links up to several things in addition to science & fiction, the esoteric & the mysterious. It's where mythology & technology, science & fiction, coincidence & synchronicity, occasionally merge. A vast amount of websites are referenced here so that visitors can see & compare various perspectives.

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Perth Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

The Calgary Zoo

Dinotown was a prehistoric theme park in the BC part of Canada

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Cold and Rainy Vancouver, BC

The Greater Vancouver Zoo

Alberta blazes deemed out-of-control

Metro Vancouver weather: A Rainstorm before a long streak of sunny days

Wildfire in Peace River, B.C., quadruples in size

Out-of-control wildfire triggers evacuation near B.C.-Alberta border

East Van's favourite comeback kid The Wise Hall lives on

Web Summit thrives in Vancouver

Granville Entertainment District revitalization plan

Vancouver office market outlook

Why Nobody Wants To Live In Upstate New York

Downstate Illinois

Small investors and big towers

15,000 expected at massive tech conference in Vancouver

Is the Tsawwassen Mills (mall) set for an expansion?

The future of Hudson's Bay

Metro Vancouver Regional District to pursue major governance reforms

This is how the new George Massey Tunnel will be built

Metrotown to Park Royal

Metro Vancouver weather: Record-breaking heat, highs up to 28 C soon

Canada's cost of living is so damn high!

UBC tower in Kelowna, BC

401 West Georgia Street

BC Government orders West Vancouver to expand community plans for more housing

New partnership to build 49-storey student housing tower in Surrey City Centre

Does Metro Vancouver’s bloated bureaucracy need a reality check?

Section of Old Dewdney Trunk closes in both directions for several hours after accident

Union claims exploitation of temporary foreign workers at St. Paul’s Hospital construction site

Oakridge-41st Avenue Station to close early for seven weeks to enable construction

The Proposed complex at 501-595 W. Georgia St, which would be 315m / 1,033 ft. on the Skyline of Vancouver

Metro Vancouver's public transit ridership growth

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Vancouver Island Corridor Foundation says the E and N could once again move people and goods

SkyTrain is overwhelmingly used

Vancouver's opulent CURV tower gets away with switching out of below-market housing

Richmond Highway 99 section to be diverted overnight

TransLink's new R6 RapidBus route in Delta and Surrey is now Metro Vancouver's sixth busiest bus route

Here’s what Vancouver council thinks about Holborn’s $2.8B development proposal

TransLink to extend North Shore RapidBus route to Metrotown starting in 2027

Bidding process to begin to build new superport in Metro Vancouver

The BC Translink annual review

A ‘Bus priority system’ at traffic signals reduces delays in Dubai, but not in Vancouver

Real estate remains a key driver of Dubai Investments’ profits

Could the Site C dam’s massive worker camp end up in a B.C. landfill?

Long waits a ‘defining aspect’ of Vancouver byelection, report finds

Toronto could experience coldest May stretch this week since 1967

Burnaby’s municipal government is looking to put a greater emphasis on catalyzing economic and business growth

New hotels in Montreal

Is Montreal the centre of the AI world?

Construction begins on Marriott's 30-storey Moxy and Elements hotel in downtown Vancouver

Vancouver’s Tiniest Movie Theatre?

The Mount Royal Tunnel in Montreal

The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel

Pioneer Square in Seattle and Portland

More than 2,000 condos sitting empty in Metro Vancouver amid housing crisis

Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson’s appointment as housing minister

Is the Push for below-market rental units in B.C. highrises a stupid idea?

How Toronto is turning its commuter rail system into a rapid transit network

The TTC streetcar to the CNE

Playland and the PNE

The Prudential Center (Boston)

Vancouver city council decision on controversial towers development delayed

Edmonton's high level bridge streetcar

The Streetcars of New Orleans

Pattullo Bridge closed over Victoria Day weekend

Rockefeller Center, NYC

Why Chicago's Express Train Isn't Really Express

Hoboken mayor considers lawsuit against NJ Turnpike expansion

YVR receives unique accolade among the world's best airports

B.C. considers a vehicle levy to help fund Translink

Martello Tower in Vancouver, BC

Beach Avenue in Vancouver

Rage Against the NJ Turnpike Machine

BC continues a go-slow approach to the Massey tunnel replacement as fears of a price rise grow

Road closures coming to Surrey this weekend for huge annual parade