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Sunday, October 13, 2013
Freeways and Expressways
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/10/photo-day-weave
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/10/public-meeting-future-gardiner-expressway-east
Trains, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Innovia_Metro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Line_(TransLink),
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/first-columns-built-for-skytrain-evergreen-line
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/translinks-evergreen-line-skytrain-set-for-july-29-2016-completion-date
http://skytrainforsurrey.org/tag/bombardier-innovia-metro
https://www.facebook.com/AkTransportblog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverLine,
http://transportblog.co.nz/2013/07/11/guest-post-trying-out-south-koreas-new-light-metro-line,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundang_Line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_capacity_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit
https://www.google.ca/search?q=embarcadero+bart+station&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WOVfUpHcBabR2QWxqYDwDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=699&dpr=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Line_(TransLink),
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/first-columns-built-for-skytrain-evergreen-line
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/translinks-evergreen-line-skytrain-set-for-july-29-2016-completion-date
http://skytrainforsurrey.org/tag/bombardier-innovia-metro
https://www.facebook.com/AkTransportblog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverLine,
http://transportblog.co.nz/2013/07/11/guest-post-trying-out-south-koreas-new-light-metro-line,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundang_Line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_capacity_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit
https://www.google.ca/search?q=embarcadero+bart+station&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WOVfUpHcBabR2QWxqYDwDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=699&dpr=1
The Vancouver Freeway Debate
http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/revising-the-revision
http://designkultur.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/mass-transit-skytrain-vancouver-25-years-2010-12-11
http://designkultur.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/mass-transit-skytrain-vancouver-25-years-2010-12-11/screen-shot-2010-12-12-at-17-19-56
http://voony.wordpress.com/2010/03
A neighborhood was saved.
http://evelazarus.com/how-the-chinese-saved-strathcona
http://forbiddenvancouver.ca/the-clock-the-truth
http://mike.teczno.com/freeways
No big roads in the park
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/stanley-park-125-years-before-and-after
The city has only permitted 2 residential towers over 600 feet & so far no office tower has been permitted to reach 500 feet. So it would have been interesting to actually see a 700' tall structure in the city.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/04/worlds-largest-ferris-wheel-proposed-for-stanley-park
The tallest office tower in Seattle, LA & Toronto are all twice the height of the Vancouver office stumps. In NYC & Chicago its 3 times the height.
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/10/vancouver-building-height-limits.html
http://designkultur.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/mass-transit-skytrain-vancouver-25-years-2010-12-11
http://designkultur.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/mass-transit-skytrain-vancouver-25-years-2010-12-11/screen-shot-2010-12-12-at-17-19-56
http://voony.wordpress.com/2010/03
A neighborhood was saved.
http://evelazarus.com/how-the-chinese-saved-strathcona
http://forbiddenvancouver.ca/the-clock-the-truth
http://mike.teczno.com/freeways
No big roads in the park
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/stanley-park-125-years-before-and-after
The city has only permitted 2 residential towers over 600 feet & so far no office tower has been permitted to reach 500 feet. So it would have been interesting to actually see a 700' tall structure in the city.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/04/worlds-largest-ferris-wheel-proposed-for-stanley-park
The tallest office tower in Seattle, LA & Toronto are all twice the height of the Vancouver office stumps. In NYC & Chicago its 3 times the height.
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/10/vancouver-building-height-limits.html
Vancouver Building Height Limits
http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/protecting-vancouvers-views.aspx
http://vancouver4life.com/vancouver-skyline-2018
Vancouver building height limits are some of the most restrictive in the world.
http://vancouver.ca/docs/planning/final-council-report.pdf,
http://vancouver.ca/docs/planning/view-protection-guidelines.pdf
http://forbiddenvancouver.ca/hotel-vancouver-retold,
http://forbiddenvancouver.ca/category/vancouver-past-and-present
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Oakridge_Heights.jpg,
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2013/10/04/revised-oakridge-centre-proposal-moves-closer-to-public-hearing
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/tag/downtown, http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/tag/753-seymour
At the top left of this picture are a couple of the shortest office towers in Canada.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/07/vancouver-aerial-photos-sk
The TD was the first office tower in Vancouver to actually have offices on a 30th floor, the TD tower in Toronto is almost 60 stories. The SB tower was the 2nd office tower permitted to rise above 35 floors, the SB in Toronto is double the height, at almost 70 stories.
So far, no office tower in Vancouver has been permitted to have a 40th floor, let alone 50, 60 or 70+ stories.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/32-storey-office-tower-proposed-for-753-seymour-street
This picture shows the tallest office tower & the tallest residential tower in BC.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/VC2-2.jpg
http://vancouver4life.com/vancouver-skyline-2018
Vancouver building height limits are some of the most restrictive in the world.
http://vancouver.ca/docs/planning/final-council-report.pdf,
http://vancouver.ca/docs/planning/view-protection-guidelines.pdf
http://forbiddenvancouver.ca/hotel-vancouver-retold,
http://forbiddenvancouver.ca/category/vancouver-past-and-present
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Oakridge_Heights.jpg,
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2013/10/04/revised-oakridge-centre-proposal-moves-closer-to-public-hearing
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/tag/downtown, http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/tag/753-seymour
At the top left of this picture are a couple of the shortest office towers in Canada.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/07/vancouver-aerial-photos-sk
The TD was the first office tower in Vancouver to actually have offices on a 30th floor, the TD tower in Toronto is almost 60 stories. The SB tower was the 2nd office tower permitted to rise above 35 floors, the SB in Toronto is double the height, at almost 70 stories.
So far, no office tower in Vancouver has been permitted to have a 40th floor, let alone 50, 60 or 70+ stories.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/32-storey-office-tower-proposed-for-753-seymour-street
This picture shows the tallest office tower & the tallest residential tower in BC.
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/VC2-2.jpg
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Person of Interest
http://www.tvrage.com/Person_of_Interest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)#The_Machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Finch_(Person_of_Interest)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Calgary and Seattle, etc.
http://www.subways.net/canada/calgary.htm,
http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/ct_lrt_network_plan.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Train#Further_underground_infrastructure,
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eeb_1379746189,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YBZvhVwgk&feature=player_embedded
http://www.barp.ca/bus/lrt/calgary/anderson.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etT_wVuKy_I
http://vimeo.com/67444394,
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.ca/2010/08/transit-tunnel-august-20-2010.html,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/5883321327/in/set-72157626932997637
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Link#Stations,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_(Link_station)
http://www.pugetsoundmagazine.com/articles/a001/10004.php,
http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/seattle-transit-kemper-freeman-is-suing-to-stop-light-rail-expansion-to-eastside
https://www.google.ca/search?q=seattle+bus+tunnel
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Calgarians+envision+their+communities+years+into+future/5994332/story.html
http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/ct_lrt_network_plan.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Train#Further_underground_infrastructure,
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eeb_1379746189,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YBZvhVwgk&feature=player_embedded
http://www.barp.ca/bus/lrt/calgary/anderson.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Seattle_Transit_Tunnel,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etT_wVuKy_I
http://vimeo.com/67444394,
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.ca/2010/08/transit-tunnel-august-20-2010.html,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/5883321327/in/set-72157626932997637
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Link#Stations,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_(Link_station)
http://www.pugetsoundmagazine.com/articles/a001/10004.php,
http://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/seattle-transit-kemper-freeman-is-suing-to-stop-light-rail-expansion-to-eastside
https://www.google.ca/search?q=seattle+bus+tunnel
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Calgarians+envision+their+communities+years+into+future/5994332/story.html
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Star Trek, etc.
http://www.trekbrasilis.org/2013/03/01/um-pequeno-making-of-de-alem-da-escuridao
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=101692147
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/San_Francisco?file=San_Francisco_Financial.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128801,
http://aerialarchives.photoshelter.com
http://www.portmanusa.com/project.php?projectid=5638
http://affr.nl/reviews/king_john_portmana_s_empire_as.html
http://aerialarchives.photoshelter.com/image/I0000._nl7oBjdZM
http://embarcaderocenter.com/events/holidays-at-ec
https://www.google.ca/search?q=embarcadero+bart+station&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WOVfUpHcBabR2QWxqYDwDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=699&dpr=1
http://the-intersection-point.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-tower-that-might-have-been.html
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=101692147
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/San_Francisco?file=San_Francisco_Financial.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128801,
http://aerialarchives.photoshelter.com
http://www.portmanusa.com/project.php?projectid=5638
http://affr.nl/reviews/king_john_portmana_s_empire_as.html
http://aerialarchives.photoshelter.com/image/I0000._nl7oBjdZM
http://embarcaderocenter.com/events/holidays-at-ec
https://www.google.ca/search?q=embarcadero+bart+station&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WOVfUpHcBabR2QWxqYDwDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=699&dpr=1
http://the-intersection-point.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-tower-that-might-have-been.html
The BART Embarcadero Station in S.F.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/BART-considers-rebuilding-2-SF-stations-4267383.php#photo-4171127,
http://www.transitunlimited.org/Embarcadero_Station,
http://www.subwaynut.com/bart/embarcadero
The light rail level or MUNI level.
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/snfr/sf-muni-embarcadero.htm,
http://www.subwaynut.com/bart/embarcadero/embarcadero2.jpg
http://www.munidiaries.com/2013/02/11/a-new-look-for-embarcadero-montgomery-bart-stations
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/09/star-trek-etc.html
http://www.transitunlimited.org/Embarcadero_Station,
http://www.subwaynut.com/bart/embarcadero
The light rail level or MUNI level.
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/snfr/sf-muni-embarcadero.htm,
http://www.subwaynut.com/bart/embarcadero/embarcadero2.jpg
http://www.munidiaries.com/2013/02/11/a-new-look-for-embarcadero-montgomery-bart-stations
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/09/star-trek-etc.html
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