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



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

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/downtownhttp://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

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

the Toronto Skyline

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/when_the_toronto_skyline_got_its_jolt_of_modernism

http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/04/that_time_when_toronto_went_boom

Vancouver+Aerial+views+city

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Vancouver+Aerial+views+city/5952796/story.html

pacific-centre-to-bid-final-farewell-to-great-white-wall

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/pacific-centre-to-bid-final-farewell-to-great-white-wall

stanley-park-125-years-before-and-after

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/stanley-park-125-years-before-and-after

trump-tower-vancouver


http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/rolls-royce-chauffeurs-and-private-jets-for-trump-tower-vancouver-residents

massey-tunnel-to-be-replaced-by-new-bridge-premier-clark

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/massey-tunnel-to-be-replaced-by-new-bridge-premier-clark

601-west-hastings-office-building

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/601-west-hastings-office-building

new-bc-place-casino-proposal-for-535-million

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/new-bc-place-casino-proposal-for-535-million

better-transit-now-vancouver-campaign

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/better-transit-now-vancouver-campaign

golden-ears-bridge-loses-35-million-annually

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/golden-ears-bridge-loses-35-million-annually

hundreds-of-vancouver-residents-protest-re-zoning-as-city-growth-battles-resume

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/hundreds-of-vancouver-residents-protest-re-zoning-as-city-growth-battles-resume

Vancouver-entrepreneurs-rentmoola

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/vancouver-entrepreneurs-rentmoola

Vancouver-art-gallery-north-plaza-to-be-re-built-with-new-design

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/vancouver-art-gallery-north-plaza-to-be-re-built-with-new-design

more-than-1000-laneway-house-permits-issued-in-vancouver-bc

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/09/more-than-1000-laneway-house-permits-issued-in-vancouver

The-UN-is-building-an-emergency-back-up-tower-next-to-its HQ

http://gizmodo.com/the-un-is-building-an-emergency-back-up-tower-next-to-i-1428765204

what-the-biblical-tabernacle-would-look-like

http://gizmodo.com/what-the-biblical-tabernacle-would-look-like-in-midtown-1427413936

http://the-intersection-point.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-tower-that-might-have-been.html

phase-two-of-280-million-guildford-town-centre-redevelopment-complete

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/08/phase-two-of-280-million-guildford-town-centre-redevelopment-complete