Cities of Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Economy

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100418357

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Greater_Capital_City_Statistical_Areas.2FSDs_by_population

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/02/global-megacities.html

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/01/greatest-cities-in-human-history.html

Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Explosion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Pemex_explosion

http://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/55896/Fatal-explosion-and-fire-devastates-Pemex-HQ-in-Mexico-City.aspx?AreaID=2

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/31/mexico-americas

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-mexico-pemex-idUSBRE90U1FF20130201

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21288214,
http://www.infopig.com/keywords/explosion.html

http://www.euronews.com/2013/02/01/casualties-expected-to-rise-in-fatal-mexico-city-tower-explosion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Ejecutiva_Pemex:
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=23

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disasters_in_Mexico, 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18170525

Singapore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100418370

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5d2179a-6532-11e2-a3db-00144feab49a.html#axzz2JxGC45MA

Urban Disasters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Urban_Disasters

http://disastersurvingtips.blogspot.ca/2012/06/surviving-urban-disasters-do-you-know.html

http://urbansurvivalsite.com, http://www.urbansurvival.com & http://www.urbansurvival.com/blog,
http://lifehacker.com/5889600/macgyver-survivalist-or-stockpiler-the-urban-survival-skills-everyone-needs-to-know

http://blogs.cfr.org/patrick/2012/08/14/man-made-cities-and-natural-disasters-the-growing-threat

http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/11000, http://www.planetizen.com/node/37045

http://www.springer.com/law/environmental/book/978-3-642-29469-3

http://www.infowars.com/hurricane-aerosol-and-microphysics-program-the-dhs-research-project-on-hurricane-modification

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/02/new-orleans-and-superdome.html

The Montreal Flood

http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/cause-of-montreal-flood-old-pipes-city-says

Greatest Cities In Human History

http://www.businessinsider.com/largest-cities-throughout-history-2013-1?utm_source=msnca&utm_medium=referral&utm_term=&utm_content=122&utm_campaign=partner#

http://aerialarchives.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=aerial%20photograph%20Mark%20Hopkins%20hotel&_ACT=search&I_DSC_AND=t

Notre Dame de Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris

https://www.notredamedeparis.fr/en

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Notre-Dame-de-Paris

https://www.friendsofnotredamedeparis.org/notre-dame-cathedral/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris#History

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Notre-Dame+de+Paris  

Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal

"The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West..." 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_Basilica_(Montreal)

"The cornerstone was laid at Place d"Armes on September 1, 1824." 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_Basilica_(Montreal)#History, 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55062215@N05/6668502933 

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2012/12/notre-dame-de-paris.html

Calgary, Denver and Dallas

Calgary can get as cold, or even colder than Denver at times. However, Calgary can get almost as hot as Dallas during the summer.

"...the Denver City Town Co. was organized on Nov. 22, 1858..." 
http://www.denverpost.com/denver150/ci_11027566

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver#History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Larimer,_Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraria,_Denver

http://www.coloradodirectory.com/maps/denver.html

http://doubtfulnews.com/2011/12/conspiracies-abound-at-the-denver-airport-and-all-around

http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/02/remarkable-but-bizarre-icon-in-denver-at-risk/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Denver

android-phones-vs-the-iphone

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-android-phones-do-better-than-the-iphone/1131

York England and New York USA

The City of York & New_York_City:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Minster,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Minster#Architecture_of_the_present_building,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_city_walls,
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nos/091101.htm
Both the old York & the New York would become known for their twin towers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Manhattan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty#Construction_in_France

p...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Greater_Los_Angeles

worlds-second-tallest-building-opens-to-much-jubilation

http://curbed.com/archives/2012/05/23/worlds-second-tallest-building-opens-to-much-jubilation.php

Urban Underground facilities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_city ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_city#Japan 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground ,
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2625.aspx , http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_city#North_America ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_City,_Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_of_the_Underworld , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_tunnel

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UTL , 
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UTDL

Titanic 2

www.theaustralian.com.au/business/clive-palmer-looks-to-build-new-titanic/story-e6frg8zx-1226342457309,
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/titanic-ii-to-be-built-by-australian-billionaire-812014, www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0430/breaking11.html, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17890754, http://www.mirrorcollection.co.uk/products/details/titanic/hundred-years-of-the-titanic-and-liverpool/

Crossrail and Thameslink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail#Design

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thameslink#Thameslink_Programme_.28Thameslink_2000.29

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17365934 http://www.crossrail.co.uk/

http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/crossrail/

Augmented Reality, Architecture and Symbolism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality#Architecture

https://sacredgeometryacademy.com/course/secrets-in-plain-sight

Scott Onstott - Secrets In Plain Sight (Volume 1) 

https://archive.org/details/secrets-in-plain-sight-volume-1-complete-360p

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secrets-plain-sight/

Secrets in Plain Sight | Full Documentary |  3 hours & 48 minutes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1XS_y0ObK4

Ancient Tunnels

The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2022322/The-massive-European-network-Stone-Age-tunnels-weaves-Scotland-Turkey.html

http://www.kusadasi.tv/search/ancient-tunnels-in-turkey

http://www.cappadociaturkey.net /undergroundcities.htm

http://www.kilts.co.nz/tunnels.htm

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/tierra_hueca/esp_tierra_hueca_17.htm#contents

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_sociopol_underground.htm#menu

http://members.internettrash.com/medwiss2/augeundergroundbasetunnellinks.html

Envisioning Future Technology and Landscapes

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2011/08/02/adrian-smith-gordon-gill-designs-worlds-tallest-skyscraper.php

http://curbed.com/archives/2011/08/02/the-new-tallest-building-in-the-world-all-the-must-know-stats.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2021936/How-Daily-Mail-predicted-mobile-phones-Channel-Tunnel.html 

Seattle & Calgary

Seattle, Wa. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=24

Calgary, Ab. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=2

http://www.guardian.co.uk/what-future-urban-living/model-urban-developments-design-cities

Vancouver, BC http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/what-future-urban-living/what-future-new-ideas-for-urban-living

Vancouver, BC & Other Cities

So far, Vancouver hasn't had the same scale of urban development that's common in several other cities. The buildings, roads, trains & bridges are half the size of many of the big cities. Vancouver#Incorporation 1886

Vancouverism : Urban_planning

Vancouver hasn't entered the big leagues of tall buildings. By Canadian standards, BC buildings aren't allowed to be as tall as what many other places permit.

{http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2011/05/vancouver-fantasy-skyline/}

The tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver are among the smaller big buildings of the world. Seattle, Toronto & LA all have an office tower over 70 stories. No office building in Vancouver has been permitted to reach 40 stories, around 500 feet (152.5 m) as of yet. No residential building or any other Vancouver structure is expected to reach 7oo feet (213.5 m) in the near future. The big money of the world hasn't been that interested in Vancouver, but perhaps some year, Vancouver might have an office tower as tall as the 748' MLC_Centre in Sydney. However, this would only happen if the big money really wants to change the height limitations, as was the case for LA and Sydney.

The roof of Vancouver's Living_Shangri-La is 197 m (646 ft)

http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/vancouver/shangrila

http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=livingshangrila-vancouver-canada

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9790

The Living Shangri-La is about the same size as the Millennium_Tower in San_Francisco.

The World_Tower at 230 m (750 ft) is the tallest residential building in Sydney & remains as one of Australia's tallest.

No Vancouver building makes it onto the first page.

The 1st & 2nd tallest make it onto the 2nd page.

The 3rd & 4th tallest buildings make it onto the 3rd & 4th page.

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=51870368&offset=100

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=51870368&offset=125

Australia, Asaia, Europe & the Americas have so many office towers over 40 stories. It remains part of Vancouver's urban character to not have an office level reaching to or above a 40th floor.

Although the Houston_City_Hall is of a similar shape to the Vancouver_City_Hall, Houston really started to think big & tall ever since the 1960s. BC only has 1 building taller than the 630 ft (190 m) BG_Group_Place. 1700_Pacific in Dallas would be the tallest office tower if it were in BC. Although Bankers_Hall was never quite the tallest in Alberta it still would be if it were in BC.

The RBC was the first office building in Vancouver to have more than 35 floors & reach at least 460 feet. The windows go up to 36 & there are 3 more levels above the 36th. Altogether it rises 39 floors above the street.

So its a little taller than the LA_City_Hall. 138 m (453 ft)

The RBC is about as tall as 650_California_Street: 34 story, 142 m, (466 feet) However, what would still be a tower in Vancouver is almost a stump in SF. 650 California Street opened in 1964 & 5 years later was the B of A tower, or 555 California_Street.

The 1914 LCS & the 1973 RBC

It took almost 60 years for Vancouver's planning department to allow something on the scale of the 37 story, 1914 Smith Tower is 141 m (463 ft).

The main section has 35 floors, but there is a hidden level below & also above the 35th floor. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=image&id=504517

The floors with windows total 37 which is really at the 39th level, but the overall building is still equivalent to 42 levels. That's because the original owner wanted to credit even the windowless floors. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=image&id=334689

So the top floor window is at level 39 & there is the equivalent of 3 more levels above that.

This is the 42nd floor but some of them simply have no windows. http://www.smithtower.com/Facts.html

While this little white building has become a stump in Seattle, it would still be the tallest office tower in Vancouver.

http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=image&id=717159

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=24

The RBC is around the same height as the LCS & when it opened in 1973 it was Vancouver's tallest building.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65654681@N00/2086042348/

http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cpr_facilities/vancouver_aerial.htm

http://www.6717000.com/blog/2010/11/the-proposed-burrard-gateway-vancouver-real-estate-development-500-million-project-with-48-37-storey-vancouver-skyscrapers-plus-13-storey-office-building-7-storey-mix-use-vanco/

Calgary, like Seattle, is not subject to the building limitations of Vancouver. The Pacific_Northwest & Western_Canada continue to develop differently than BC.

The shorter building of Seattle's Union_Square would be among Vancouver's largest office buildings. This is the same case with Calgary's Suncor_Energy_Centre.

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2011/07/seattle-calgary.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2022/11/buildings.html

Living in Tunnels, etc.

The tunnel people of Las Vegas

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326187/Las-Vegas-tunnel-people-How-1-000-people-live-shimmering-strip.html

Over the years lots of people have taken to living in urban tunnels.

Sometimes people turn their home into a labyrinth of tunnels.

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People have used tunnels for various reasons for a very long time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1392797/Unseen-1-800-years-Archaeologists-120m-tunnel-leading-funeral-chambers-deep-ancient-Mexican-city.html

The very wealthy & well connected like to have some underground places.

http://randomness-phil.blogspot.ca/2010/09/tunnels-i-been-through.html Of course certain tunnels aren't meant to be lived in.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=living+underground

Digital Questions & Possibilities

http://www.kurzweilai.net/your-future-smartphone-and-tablet-will-have-48-cores-intel

datalinks.blogspot.com/2010/09/types-of-computers-portable-devices.html
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http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/07/29/connect-laptop-to-tv-via-s-video-port

The Function key between life & machines

http://www.kurzweilai.net & http://www.kurzweilai.net/blog

Types of Computers & Portable Devices

Computer_types, categories and their creators.
ARPANET & History_of_the Internet
From the World_Brain concept to the_World_Wide_Web
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John von Neumann
http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/von_Neumann.html
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/VonNeumann.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/vonneumann.html
http://hans.wyrdweb.eu/about-hole-time-crazy-experiments-nikola-tesla-and-john-von-neumann-created-many-legends-and-movies/
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Alan Turing
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/#Unc
http://www.computer50.org/mark1/turing.html#turingmachine
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Vannevar_Bush
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/bush.html
Memex: As_We_May_Think
http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/Secondary/Bushframe.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1969/12/as-we-may-think/3881/
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Secondary.html
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http://biorob.epfl.ch/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete
The_beginnings_of_the_personal_computer_industry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_1

The Pocket_PC & Phone

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/10/get-smartphone.html

http://databits-jf.blogspot.com/2011/09/planetary-operating-system-machines.html

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/03/httpen.html

Urban Tech Links (UTL)

Urban Tech Links is about what makes (or allows) some cities to be BIG or remain small, or somewhere in between. Perhaps almost every city or town will have its peculiarities, myths or urban_legends & even some synchronicity.

UTL ranges from referencing old & new tech involving urban things, statistics & legends & sci-fi stories that are connected to the fusion of buildings, inventions & technology in general. An integral part of this blog network is exploring architecture & symbolism , coincidence  and synchronicity. Some of the coolest sites are, http://ancientx.com , www.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens , www.cyberpunkreview.com , www.technovelgy.com , www.world-mysteries.com , www.wired.com , http://io9.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frankenheimer#Film , 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Favreau#Filmography

The Face of Serendipity
"The name stems either from Serendip, an old name for Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), or from Arabic Sarandib, or from Skt. Simhaladvipa which literally translates to "Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity#Etymology,
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=serendipity&searchmode=none

The_Roots & Interpretation_of_Coincidence

The Meaning of Synchronicity

Example:

Larry_Page helped to create a process to link & track each webpage called the PageRank.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/twilight-zone-real-steel ,

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/h-g-wells-dystopian-future 

This is a basic blog about civilization and urban technology, Etc.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Urban+Tech+Links (UTL) 

The Terminal Connection

http://www.hudsoncity.net/tubesenglish/hudsonterminalshowingundergroundsection-640.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40045986@N00/3093305042/in/set-72157610917034284/

http://www.hudsoncity.net/tubesenglish/5-stations.html,

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON015.htm,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40045986@N00/3128935431

Downtown_Hudson_Tubes: 

http://www.hudsoncity.net/tubes/downtowndetails.html,

WTC_(PATH_station)#Hudson_Terminal

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Grand_Central_Terminal: 

http://www.hudsoncity.net/tubesenglish/1-constructionhistory.html,

http://www.worldiki.com/blog/2008/01/29/grand-central-terminal,

http://grandcentralterminal.com/info/grandcentralterminal.cfm,

http://murrayhill.gc.cuny.edu/categories/subjects/grand-central-terminal-new-york-ny

The Twin Towers of the Royal Liver Building: 1,911

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/The_Royal_Liver_Buildings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526323.jpg RLB https://rlb360.com/history , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liver_Building

So, John Lennon started a band in a city where a big building is topped with twin towers. Eventually, he moves to another city that becomes famous for its giant twin towers.

http://notesintune.blogspot.com/2011/09/beatles-synchronicity-with-911.html

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http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/worldheritagecity/ThreeGraces.asp,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/webcams/liver_building_webcam.shtml,

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/9734-1/cunard-building-liverpool-aa06050b.jpg
The Royal_Liver_Building was completed in the year 1,911 on July 19 & is topped with two towers & birds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmorgan/150568724,

http://www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/pierhead/royaliverbuildings.asp,
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/511448/Royal-Liver-Building,

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/stewartbale/architecture/liverbuilding.aspx,

http://www.brenthughes.com/travel/england08/england08JE2/england08LiverBuildingNight.JPG,

http://www.johndavies.uk.com/liv-liv.htm,

http://jonathan.rawle.org/gallery/liverpool/liver

Driving on the waterfront road eventually reveals the Liver Building complex with its twin towers.

http://eyetumour.co.uk/images/large/royal_liver_building.jpg

A similar effect was created with much taller twin towers in NYC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WTC-looking_north.jpg

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Before the Liver Building, architect Walter_Aubrey_Thomas had designed the 11 story Tower Buildings. Most accounts of the day that he died state that had occurred on September 13. However, there is one web site that makes a distinction between the 11th & the 13th.

So far, this flickr site seems to be the only place on the Web that states, Walter A Thomas died on September 11, 1934.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/sets/72157621987971328

It was his obituary that was published on the 13th of September.

The Liver Building Ice Sculpture Liverpool event took place at Liverpool One on 11th September 2009.

http://www.viewliverpool.co.uk/listings/liver-building-ice-sculpture-liverpool-feature-3271.html,

http://images.travelpod.com/users/traveled/1.1226164020.edinburgh_073.jpg

The Liverpool Urban Legend of Cease to Exist.

Legend has it that "If the Liver Birds were to fly away Liverpool would cease to exist"

http://www.liverbirdology.com/history.htm

Manson writes Cease to Exist & became an intense Beatles fan in the 1960s.

http://www.lostinthegrooves.com/short-bits-2-charles-manson-and-the-beach-boys

The Beatles, The Beach Boys & Charles Manson share a strong synchronicity with the #911, among other things.

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You can find a lot of things connected to the #911, it just depends upon how curious people are with coincidence & synchronicity.

"The first public beta of Windows Live Search was unveiled on March 8, 2006, with the final release on September 11, 2006..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(search_engine)#Windows_Live_Search

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http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2010/09/terminal-connection.html

The Bay Bridge: Competing Against Time

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/23/60minutes/main6425427.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge#Eastern_span_replacement

South Philadelphia Sports Complex

South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex#History & Current_facilities

The Old & New WTC

http://mattmarello0x2.blogspot.ca/2009/02/911.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6220282.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;segmentUtilities,
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228927n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel,
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228842n&tag=contentBody;housing
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The Two Key Towers of Mecca & NYC
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_05.html

Domes and Stadiums

Air-supported Domes

BC_Place Stadium

http://www.bcplace2011.com/#home

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The Tokyo Dome opened on March 17, 1988. It was intended to be part of a larger entertainment area like the 1965 Astrodome complex.
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The Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome opened on April 3, 1982.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings_Stadium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Field
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The Pontiac_Silverdome opened on August 23, 1975 & was closed in February, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome#Usage_after_Lions.27_move_to_Ford_Field -
The Georgia_Dome opened in 1992. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1998
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2012 Olympic_Stadium_(London)
Wembley_Stadium
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6808
The London Millennium_Dome is situated on the Greenwich_Peninsula & was completed in 1999.
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A fine example of the Multi-purpose_stadium configuration & Capacity concept can be found at the Louisiana_Superdome. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6437

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/stadium_list/100000.shtml

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2010/04/south-philadelphia-sports-complex.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Park

The Channel Tunnel: 3, 2, 1

#3 September 11, 2008_Channel_Tunnel_fire
#2 August 21, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/5271784.stm
#1 November 18, 1996_Channel_Tunnel_fire
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Passengers suffer on stuck trains in Channel Tunnel
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BG1VI20091219
Channel_Tunnel Rail_Link Eurostar
http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/tunnel.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/19/channel.tunnel/index.html
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/20/201722/channel-tunnel-rail-service-stopped-amid-probe-sta/news-breaking/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8424953.stm
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/c/channel_tunnel_1880_attempt/index1.shtml
http://www.bechtel.com/channel_tunnel.html
http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/tunnel.htm#dup
http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/79/The-Channel-Tunnel.aspx
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#3 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1073891/Channel-Tunnel-blaze-shutdown-costs-operator-Eurotunnel-17million-lost-revenues.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxT4TxHAZs&feature=related

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http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2011/08/envisioning-future-technology.html

The Metropolis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century , 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337109.Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century , 

https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/books/unreal-futures-jules-vernes-paris-in-the-twentieth-century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)

Metropolis Now https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/magazine/08wwln-lede-t.html

https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Views-York-1896-1915-Brooklyn/dp/0405087101

https://www.commoncrowbooks.com/pages/books/H22537/moses-king/kings-views-of-new-york-1905

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/the-cover-of-the-1922-book-kings-views-of-new-york-city-by-moses-king-from-a-new-york-times-article-on-visions-of--64528207131848567

https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/king-moses/king-s-views-of-new-york/62305.aspx

http://mt.wiglaf.org/aaronm/2011/02/welcome-to-the-world-of-tomorrow.html

Not always in alphabetical order.
apple-computer-inc., south-philadelphia-sports-complex, the-royal-liver-building-1911, subterranean-buildings-and-things


What spoiled the party in Dubai?
Friday, 27 November 2009
By Ben Thompson BBC Middle East business reporter, Dubai
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8382935.stm
Dubai announces debt payment delay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/business/2009/11/091126_dubai_default.shtml,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8380105.stm,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Economy,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Metro


http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=UTL

Saint Petersburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg#Before_1900

The Saint_Petersburg Okhta_Center
Quite a big and substantial city in its own right for many decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg#1900_to_present

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1015

It could become the 2nd tallest building in Russia.

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=7

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-07/st_gazprom

http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/okhta/

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/russia/okhta_tower.htm

http://www.nce.co.uk/news/international/st-petersburg-tower-row-escalates/5209408.article

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/video-rmjms-gazprom-tower-for-st-petersburg/5208707.article

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2009/11/18/2003458708

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Saint_Petersburg#Transportation

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/transport/index.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Metro#Rolling_Stock

2012, The Movie

2012 is quite a big budget disaster movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film)#Plot

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190080/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film)#Alternate_ending

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/disaster-movies/

San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

The Bay_Bridge#Construction

1989

Bay_Bridge#Earthquake_damage_and_subsequent_upgrades

20 Octobers later.

Bay_Bridge#October_2009_eyebar_repair_failure_and_bridge_closure

The National Library of Belarus

http://old.nlb.by/newbuilding/arch_decision.php
http://old.nlb.by/newbuilding/foto/user/category_foto_page.php?category_id=5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Library_of_Belarus
http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=238796
http://www.nlb.by/portal/page/portal/index?lang=en
Geometry & Leonardo-da-vinci

The Pentagon

Pentagon Construction
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/450323/Pentagon
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The 911 Connection
"The groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 11, 1941."
http://www.dtic.mil/ref/html/Welcome/general.html
"Construction began on September 11, 1941, and was completed on January 15, 1943."
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/pentagon.htm
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The Details
"921 feet along each outer side facade"
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html
#"9. There is no photography allowed inside and outside of the Pentagon."
http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/security.html
http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/facts.html
http://www.hqda.army.mil/aoguide/Pentagon_Map.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301296.html?hpid=artslot
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1538570.stm
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/05/if_the_pentagon/
http://www.freshwap.net/ebooks/20767-the-pentagon-building-performance-report.html
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Other Motives & Opinions about 911 + Pentagon
http://www.gardinersworld.com/content/view/191/39/
http://www.rense.com/general32/phot.htm
http://www.thewebfairy.com/killtown/flight77/building.html
http://www.thewebfairy.com/killtown/oddities.html
http://killtown.911review.org/

Transportation and Development in Portland, Oregon

{The TriMet board approved the project in September 1978.
Construction of the 15-mile (24 km) route started in 1982, and the system opened on September 5, 1986.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_Light_Rail#Early_system_history

http://www.columbiarivercrossing.org/CurrentTopics/LightRail.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon#Transportation

http://www.columbiarivercrossing.org/Background/ProjectOverview.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Replacement

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Downtown_Portland

List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Portland,_Oregon

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=26

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Portland

GWB 1931, 1946 & 1962.

The GWB becomes a 14-lane suspension bridge in 1962.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge
No train lines were ever installed on this major crossing.
8 lanes on the upper deck & 6 lanes on the lower.

http://curbed.com/archives/2011/08/02/the-new-tallest-building-in-the-world-all-the-must-know-stats.php

Chicago's Sears Tower takes on name of British financial services company

By The Associated Press {CHICAGO - When Chicago residents go to bed Thursday night their beloved Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., will no longer be the Sears Tower. It will be Willis Tower. Or will it? "It's always going to be the Sears Tower. It's part of Chicago and I won't call it Willis Tower. In Chicago we hold fast," Chicago teacher Marianne Turk, 46, said as she stood in line to go up to the building's Skydeck on Monday. Mayor Richard M. Daley, the building's owners and others will be at a Thursday renaming ceremony hosted by Willis Group Holdings. The London-based insurance services company secured the naming rights as part an agreement to lease 140,000 square feet of space in the tower. The building has been known as Sears Tower since it opened in 1973. It's original tenant, Sears Roebuck and Co., moved out in 1992. A real estate investment group in 2004, American Landmark Properties of Skokie, now owns the 1,450-foot (440-meter), 110-story skyscraper. When the renaming was announced in March, a spokesman for Willis Group Holdings said the company understood the "sentimental attraction to the Sears Tower name," but noted the company was bringing hundreds of jobs to the city. The Sears Tower isn't the only well known building to undergo a name change - New York City's Pan Am Building became the MetLife Building and Chicago's Standard Oil Building is now the Aon Center, said Carol Willis, founder and director of The Skyscraper Museum in New York. Historically, skyscrapers have been ever-changing buildings and businesses within themselves, acting as a commodity to compete for high rents and tenants, Willis said. People are mistaken when they see tall buildings as symbols of a corporation, she said. "Skyscrapers are really buildings that are about money," Willis said. "Naming rights are an asset of the building. They can be turned into money and that's what the new owners are doing." It's become common for professional sports teams to sell the naming rights of their stadiums and arenas, as Chicago White Sox fans can attest, when their team's stadium, Comiskey Park, renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003. But the public hasn't always taken to renamed skyscrapers. Many New Yorkers still refer to the Sony Building as the AT&T Building, said William Lozito, head of Minneapolis-based brand naming company Strategic Name Development. Getting the public to accept the Willis Tower name will be all the more difficult because the company is British and not immediately recognized by most Americans, he said. "I don't think people are going to let go," Lozito said. "You don't mess with a landmark. It would be like trying to change the name of the Brooklyn Bridge. It's a reference point. I think it's disorienting to try to change the name." The tower's owners acknowledge it will take time for some people to accept the new name, but they're confident it will happen eventually. "It is controversial to a lot of people," said John Huston of American Landmark Properties, who represents the building ownership. "It is an icon, but I believe over time it will become known as Willis Tower and a name that we'll be proud of." Alex Lucas, 29, an Arlington Heights business systems analyst who works down the street from the skyscraper, was so displeased with the name change that he started a Web site, http://www.itsthesearstower.com/. "The people of Chicago do value history," he said. "Just because it's a commercial structure doesn't mean it isn't historical. Chicago is going to lose a big part of what is its identity and I don't know what's going to fill that space."}http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090716/business/us_sears_tower

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http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-07-01-sears-tower-glass-balconies_N.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower#The_Skydeck

Of course a big city like Chicago has all sorts of buildings.

Soldier_Field isn't that tall, but it sure is big. https://www.soldierfield.com/

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/The_Soldier_Field.jpg 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Soldier_Field_Chicago_aerial_view.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_Field#Subsequent_developments

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Arenas+and+Stadiums

Tokyo Sky Tree

Tokyo_Sky_Tree

Tokyo_Tower

Tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_Tokyo

Godzilla

http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/

http://movies.msn.com/movie-guide-summer/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Tokyo

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

The 12 lane Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge

{The lower deck opened on June 28, 1969.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge#History
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The 14 lane George_Washington_Bridge
{As originally built, the bridge offered six lanes of traffic, but in 1946, two additional lanes were provided on what is now the upper level. A second, lower deck, which had been anticipated in Ammann's original plans, was added, opening to the public on August 29, 1962. The additional deck increased the capacity of the bridge by 75 percent, making the George Washington Bridge the world's only 14-lane suspension bridge, providing eight lanes on the upper level and six on the lower deck.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#History

1 and 2 Worldwide Plaza, NYC

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/1-worldwide-plaza/1030 237.1 m / 778 ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Worldwide_Plaza

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/two-worldwide-plaza/12594 129.5 m / 425 ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Worldwide_Plaza#Architecture

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/454

Groundbreaking Set for New Jersey Transit Tunnel Under Hudson

By PATRICK McGEEHAN

Published: June 7, 2009
"New Jersey officials have been planning the next train tunnel under the Hudson River for so long that it is already on its third name. This month, work is scheduled to begin on the Mass Transit Tunnel — formerly known as the Trans-Hudson Express and, before that, Access to the Region’s Core — more than 15 years after it was conceived."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/nyregion/08tunnel.html?ref=nyregion
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Work to start on $8.7 billion NY-NJ tunnel
Published: 6/8, 2009
http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7406&eeid=6620256&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne&rg=blsadstrgt&_lid=332&_lnm=tg+ne+topnews&ck= -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Hudson_Express_Tunnel#Construction_.282009_-_estimated_2017.29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)#Future ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Hudson_Express_Tunnel ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_New_York_City_Subway_expansion_(1929-1940)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Place

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Access ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_Transportation_Hub ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Manhattan-Jamaica/JFK_Transportation_Project ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport#Rail

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PATH

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html