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/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

Burnaby

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2013/06/20/burnabys-tallest-tower-underway

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/06/1-billion-redevelopment-proposed-for-metrotown

Scarborough, Metrogate, etc.

http://metrogatecondos.com

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/solaris-at-metrogate,
http://livehigh.com/scarborough/agincourt/condo/avani_at_metrogate_condos

https://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=scarborough+centre+station&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=scarborough+center+station&cid=0,0,607926923071091100&ei=ZGtbUtiuPMqiyAGMk4DACw&ved=0CJYBEPwS

https://maps.google.ca/maps?expflags=enable_star_based_justifications:true&ie=UTF8&cid=16002837473157448252&q=Albert+Campbell+Square&iwloc=A&gl=CA&hl=en

Edgewater Casino

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Edgewater+Casino+relocate+closer+Place/8642853/story.html