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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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FIFA World Cup road closures to turn downtown Vancouver into a pedestrian fan zone

The world's largest voluntary skyscraper demolition is about to begin in Detroit

What the first year of building Surrey-Langley SkyTrain looks like

What does the future hold for Vancouver's former Molson Coors brewery?

2538 Birch Street

San Francisco Megaprojects

Boston’s Forgotten Streetcar Tunnels

The Trout Lake view cone

The Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 44 with 279 still missing

Les États-Unis vont Construire la Plus Haute Tour du Monde

Calgary's Green Line LRT

The Vancouver Harbour Air Control Tower

The new PNE amphitheatre surges to almost $184M

Pattullo to partially close for three nights as 4 lane replacement bridge opening draws near

Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely

Nutrien selects U.S. port to build new potash export terminal

Longview, Washington

Toronto’s $13 billion Eglinton Crosstown Line

The Ontario Line

Montreal’s New (REM) Rail Line Is the Future

Airport Rail Links

Toronto’s Skyline Is About to Change Forever (again)

Sideways Chicago vs. Tilted Toronto: Great Lakes Urbanism Showdown

First Day in Sydney Australia was a Culture Shock

A major construction project in Metro Vancouver is closing lanes on a busy stretch of Highway 99

Canada's next tallest building just crossed the 100-floor mark

An Overview of Urban Planning in Los Angeles

Why Washington DC Doesn’t Have a Single Skyscraper

Montréal's $18 Billion Tram Project

Grand Paris Express

The Line Megacity Is Officially Dead— Here’s Why It Will NEVER Happen

Some Canada Mega-projects Under Construction

World’s Tallest Towers Comparison

The small Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver

Fire on ship docked at Port of Los Angeles prompts evacuation of crew

Why The Worst Designed Cities Are Always In Texas

Cities around the world with the most monstrous traffic jams

The Post building complex sells for over $1.1 billion

New Costco coming to Surrey has local residents concerned

44-storey hotel and rental housing tower planned near King George SkyTrain station

A future condominium tower project in Surrey City Centre has now shifted its residential uses to 100 per cent secured purpose-built market rental housing

A Richmond encampment under the Oak Street bridge

Is Greater Vancouver’s Transit in Trouble?

Zara's billionaire founder buys Amazon-anchored The Post office complex from QuadReal in downtown Vancouver

The LA Metro's Airport Station is a Huge Success!

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

TOP 15 Bridge Cities in North America

Calgary ranked the top place for GTA families moving out of Ontario

Calgary ranked the top place for GTA families moving out of Ontario

Houston's Unbelievable North Highway Improvement Project

Why Dallas is Becoming the Economic Capital of Texas

City of Vancouver exploring Olympic Line streetcar test revival after the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Tsawwassen, Delta Dilemma

The Oldest and Most Dangerous Freeway In America

Broadway Subway Construction as of November 2025

Evolution of the Vancouver SkyTrain 1985-2035

Metro Vancouver sales tax and vehicle levy suggested for new TransLink revenue sources

Canada Public Transit Fund

How Atlanta Runs America's Last Great Metro

Rain to pick up Monday afternoon as storm system moves south

Phoenix vs. Dallas

Montreal’s Biggest REM Expansion

Burnaby apologizes for decades of discrimination against people of Chinese descent

Canada's FIFA 2026 World Cup Preparations are lacking

Montréal's REM Main Line

The sad joke that is the Pattullo Bridge

Chicago's Lakefront

City of Burnaby makes formal apology for decades of discrimination against people of Chinese descent

This is how a SkyTrain car is built

Evolution of the Toronto Subway 1954-2030s

Chicago’s $5.7 BILLION Massive Transit Upgrade: Red Line Extension

23 million people under flood alerts as Los Angeles braces for month's worth of rain in a day

A New Seawall Protects Manhattan

Tokyo Megaprojects Under Construction

The L.A. K Line

Vancouver perpetually trails major metropolises

B.C.'s first Costco Business Centre is finally open

The Story of the SkyDome

Is Chicago The Best Designed City in America?

LAX officials vote unanimously to build new $1.5 billion road into airport