Urban Tech Links: UTL

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Friday, February 21, 2014

Stumps and Towers of Australia and Canada, Etc.

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=8&status=15 Of course Australia would have its first 90 story tower before Canada. Just like it had its first tower over a 100 floors before Canada.

1967 was a key year in Sydney and Toronto skyscraper history.

https://wikipedia/Australia_Square_building_in_George_Street_Sydney.jpg

https://australiasquare.com.au

Australia_Square Tower would have been even grander if it could have been the first office tower in the country to have 60 levels above the ground.

"The original proposal included 58 floors; however, this was reduced to 50." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Square#Design Although its a reduced building, at least it wasn't Vancouverized to be under 40 stories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Square#Surpassing_of_height

This building was quite the The-Real-Thing for NSW and Australia throughout the changing 1960s and beyond. A good start to the nations first 50 story office tower, indeed. However, it could also be seen as a new pillar within the Global Power Structure. The GPS is in its own AI run dreamworld MATRIX of technology, technocracy and conformity.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/top-of-the-town-20040515-gdixds.html

While I marvel at the various tall buildings around the world, if the big buildings & big cities just become part of a totalitarian system, then only a very small percentage of people at the top will benefit.

https://skyscraper.org/programs/harry-seidlers-australia-square-sydneys-first-modern-skyscraper/

The first tower in the Toronto-Dominion_Centre was also the first building to rise above 55 stories in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre#Technical_details

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1&status=15 Canada

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=7&status=15 Ontario

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=2&status=15 Alberta

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=12&status=15 Quebec

Vancouver has taken a multi-decade, thwarting approach towards holding back the scale of the city & its overall infrastructure. However, that has slowly been changing in recent years. Developers might be more motivated to build affordable housing if they can build taller structures.

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15 BC

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Stumps+and+Towers

Thursday, February 20, 2014

police-prepare-dhs-funded-facial-recognition-program

http://www.infowars.com/seattle-police-prepare-dhs-funded-facial-recognition-program

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/12/future-microphones-in-ceiling-and.html

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

s of tur

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shroud-2.0/id614248391?mt=8

denver-airports-devil-horse-sculpture

http://www.today.com/travel/despite-criticism-denver-airports-devil-horse-sculpture-likely-stay-1C8543778

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Tech-Bugs

http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/now-japan-giant-cyborg-cockroaches?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=7&con=now-in-japan-giant-cyborg-cockroaches

Monday, February 17, 2014

urban-planning-offer-developing-world

http://sourceable.net/urban-planning-offer-developing-world/

Sunday, February 16, 2014

fake-city-in-virginia-to-practice-military-occupation

http://www.infowars.com/u-s-army-builds-fake-city-in-virginia-to-practice-military-occupation

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

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

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Honolulu's towers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Honolulu#Central_Business_District

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Hawaiian_Center 429' 30S

https://www.de-simone.com/projects/project/ko_olani-tower 47 stories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=72,
http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/36937-reaching-for-higher-height-limits

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

melbourne-airport-seeks-feedback-on-new-terminal-design

http://sourceable.net/melbourne-airport-seeks-feedback-on-new-terminal-design/

Monday, February 10, 2014

darpa-continues-to-push-black-box-brain-chip

http://www.infowars.com/darpa-continues-to-push-black-box-brain-chip/

north-americas-tallest-slender-hotel-building-opens

http://sourceable.net/north-americas-tallest-slender-hotel-building-opens/

cd
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm808814336/tt0090555?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_2

cd2
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1949665024/tt0092493?ref_=nmmd_rg_md1

Saturday, February 8, 2014

will-trifecta-of-midtown-towers-actually-happen

http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/07/will-trifecta-of-midtown-towers-actually-happen-vote-now.php

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

SF CC

http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Civic_Center

SF Freeway Revolt

http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Second_Freeway_Revolt

http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Conservative_Fight_to_Save_Central_Freeway

http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Dueling_Ballots:_The_Central_Freeway%E2%80%99s_Fate

Thursday, January 23, 2014

NW and BC

http://www.newwestcity.ca/residents/residents_services/transportation/master_transportation_plan/articles1602.php

NW should really be a hub city between Surrey, Burnaby & Coquitlam, but there has been a multi-generational resistance pattern. BC can contain the area of Switzerland 23 times, yet BC has yet to reach the population of 1 Switzerland. Canada is nowhere close to containing 1% of the world's population.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=151877&page=22,
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=151877&page=8,
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=675322

http://www.surreyleader.com/news/209967591.html,
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=151877&page=3

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Roads-Bridges-and-Goods-Movement/Pattullo-Bridge.aspx

http://buzzer.translink.ca/category/planning-for-the-future/united-boulevard-extension

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Pattullo+Bridge+replacement+options&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tNvgUpOPIMrtoATXj4HgDw&ved=0CHQQsAQ&biw=1422&bih=776&dpr=0.9

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pattullo+Bridge

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Architecture: Bigger, better, more – cities’ love affair with size continues

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6ac85354-7787-11e3-afc5-00144feabdc0.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral#axzz2rAao55S2

Monday, January 20, 2014

h planet

http://www.discoveryworld.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=36407

Cities

http://www.discoveryworld.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=24477

http://www.discoveryworld.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=47067

http://www.discoveryworld.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=31928

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Oprah-lists-9-625-square-foot-Chicago-penthouse-7-75million

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2540608/Oprah-lists-9-625-square-foot-Chicago-penthouse-FLOOR-dedicated-master-bedroom-7-75million.html

Thursday, January 9, 2014

UK-weather-Ongoing-rain-joined-sub-zero-temperatures-snow-weekend

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536378/UK-weather-Ongoing-rain-joined-sub-zero-temperatures-snow-weekend.html

http://desert-shapes.blogspot.ca/2014/01/the-day-after-tomorrow-is-just-another.html

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

NeverBuiltLosAngeles

https://www.facebook.com/NeverBuiltLosAngeles

http://aplusd.org/exhibitions-future/neverbuilt

http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/10/01/final-weeks-to-see-never-built-los-angeles-at-ad-museum

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1371435920/never-built-los-angeles

Thursday, January 2, 2014

isaac-asimov-predicts-what-the-world-will-look-in-2014

http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/isaac-asimov-predicts-what-the-world-will-look-in-2014.html

http://artbell.com/how-the-nsa-hacks-your-iphone

Saturday, December 28, 2013

CGI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCtFKvquvMs&feature=youtu.be

Monday, December 23, 2013

fr 100

http://www.infowars.com/on-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-federal-reserve-here-are-100-reasons-to-shut-it-down-forever/

Friday, December 20, 2013

iconic-tourist-attractions-now-and-then

http://travel.ca.msn.com/iconic-tourist-attractions-now-and-then-3

Do-purpose-built-cities-work?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131219-do-purpose-built-cities-work

Friday, December 13, 2013

simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram

http://www.nature.com/news/simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram-1.14328

imagine-america-without-los-angeles-expert-warns-southern-california-isnt-ready-for-major-quake

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/12/11/imagine-america-without-los-angeles-expert-warns-southern-california-isnt-ready-for-major-quake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles#Geology

http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2014/02/diablo-canyon-and-central-coast-of.html

There is always the possibility of something big & ugly erupting.
http://www.infowars.com/beneath-yellowstone-a-volcano-that-could-wipe-out-the-u-s

future-microphones-in-the-ceiling-and-microchips-in-your-head

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/googles-future-microphones-in-the-ceiling-and-microchips-in-your-head-8993990.html

Saturday, December 7, 2013

vancouversun.com/news/metro/Almost+Human

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Almost+Human+Almost+Vancouver/9258187/story.html

http://www.sneakpeek.ca/2013/09/jj-abrams-is-almost-human.html

The Honolulu intersection

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Downtown_Honolulu_Aerial.JPG

http://www.honoluluhi5.com/oahu/honolulu/metro/downtown-condos

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

http://jfvrinfo.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-city-of-honolulu-and-time-travel-etc.html

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

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

UAE towers,etc.

Entisar Tower - Sky gardens, plenty outdoor swimming pools, entertainment and leisure facilities, indoor running track, two tennis courts, and a conference and events centre is set to feature in the 100-plus storey skyscraper. According to officials, the tower set to be build on Sheikh Zayed road will take four years for its completion.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899220131.html

Mohammad Bin Rashid City - Announced in 2013 and the first phase set to be complete in 2016, the Mohammad Bin Rashid City will be of the one of the lowest density residential developments in the world. Located near the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, the city will have more than 60% of open and green space amongst 1,500 the villas alongside retail zones, leisure and sports attractions.
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899592965.html

The Lagoons
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385899951103.html

Twisting Towers
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/upcoming-uae-projects-we-can-t-wait-to-see-1385900433-slideshow/uae-projects-announced-in-2013-photo-1385900041175.html

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Monday, December 2, 2013

nyc-bound-metro-north-passenger-train-derails

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-bound-metro-north-passenger-train-derails-bronx-article-1.1533963

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25176496

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/metro-north-passenger-train-derails-nyc-21060713

The Postman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_(film)#Plot

http://survivalist.com/navigational-arrows-america

Friday, November 22, 2013

NYC-WTC, etc.

http://highrisefacilities.com/world-trade-center-museum-completes-large-artifact-installation/

http://highrisefacilities.com/one-world-trade-center-becomes-the-tallest-high-rise-in-the-western-hemisphere/

http://highrisefacilities.com/80-story-wtc-tower-3-utilize-custom-back-fuel-delivery-system/

http://highrisefacilities.com/time-lapse-movie-documents-rise-4-world-trade-center/

http://highrisefacilities.com/one-world-trade-center-will-have-fastest-elevators-in-western-hemisphere/

http://highrisefacilities.com/category/intelligence/cities/new-york-city/

http://highrisefacilities.com/massive-shake-worlds-tallest-buildings/

http://highrisefacilities.com/ctbuh-affirms-one-world-trade-center-height/

http://highrisefacilities.com/ten-tallest-buildings-in-the-united-states/

http://highrisefacilities.com/an-analysis-of-u-s-high-rise-construction-activity-in-this-century/

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

howard-hughes-corp-unveils-mixed-use-high-rise-plans-south-street-seaport

HH Tower: http://highrisefacilities.com/howard-hughes-corp-unveils-mixed-use-high-rise-plans-south-street-seaport

Monday, November 11, 2013

Intersections Through Time and Space

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

UDC, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
The power to record & digitally capture all kinds of Data is the logical progression of specially designated supercomputers.
http://www.facilitiesmagazine.com/utah/buildings/nsa-utah-data-center
Whenever a new facility & new technology is booted up there is always a potential for some glitches.

http://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center
This is a parody site.
http://nsa.gov1.info/about/about.html

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/nsa-to-store-yottabytes-in-utah-data-centre-49304118,
http://www.informationweek.com/government/enterprise-applications/image-gallery-governments-10-most-powerf/224700271

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/meltdowns-at-nsa-spy-data-center-destroy-equipment-delay-opening,
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-nsas-data-center-keeps-melting-down-2013-10,
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9243045/NSA_data_center_meltdowns_force_year_long_delay,
http://gizmodo.com/is-the-nsas-data-center-melting-down-because-its-spyi-1442280675,
http://www.informationweek.com/government/security/nsa-data-center-damaged-by-electrical-me/240162387,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2052960/nsa-data-center-suffers-meltdowns-is-delayed-by-a-year-report-says.html,
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/8/4816304/massive-nsa-utah-data-center-delayed-by-electrical-meltdowns,
http://rt.com/usa/nsa-utah-data-hub-meltdowns-871

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/10/08/nsa-data-center-plagued-by-electrical-problems,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/07/the-nsas-hugely-expensive-utah-data-center-has-major-electrical-problems-and-basically-isnt-working,
http://www.itwatchdogs.com/environmental-monitoring-news/data-center/nsa-data-center-meltdowns-spur-need-for-environmental-control-systems-523227

The Big Data Wheel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data#Science_and_research

http://www.infowars.com/full-spectrum-military-surveillance-of-americans-gets-a-boost
Of course, when anyone has specially designated supercomputers they will want to try to record & data-capture anything possible.

Although the data is mostly electronic & digital in nature, physical building are essential to house the various databases. The Utah_Data_Center (UDC) is the latest & biggest that has been allowed to reach the general public level of awareness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Williams#Utah_Data_Center,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-wg-williams.htm

Utah happens to be the base of the Mormon religion & culture.

Get the SAB
(and the SABoM)
on CD
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/bom/pr/long.html

http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Book_of_Mormon,_Biblical_Prophecies_About,
http://www.lds.org/ensign/1989/01/prophecies-in-the-bible-about-joseph-smith,
http://www.mrm.org/prophecies-about-joseph-smith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormons#Beliefs

The data associated with every religion & science has been gradually been copied & stored in vast data centers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible,
http://www.gutenberg-bible.com/links.html

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/1611-king-james-bible

http://www.123rf.com/photo_10951121_bible-on-cd-dvd.html

http://www.elec-intro.com/bible-on-cd

http://www.biblebible.com/bible-on-dvd.asp,
http://www.biblebible.com/Bible-for-iPod.asp

https://www.livingtorah.org/subscribe

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance,
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/nsa-files-live-coverage-developments-reaction

Friday, October 18, 2013

crews-respond-to-fire-burning-in-brentwood-high-rise

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/10/18/crews-respond-to-fire-burning-in-brentwood-high-rise

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-high-rise-fire-west-la-20131018,0,5823519.story

http://www.infowars.com/unlike-wtc7-l-a-high-rise-remains-standing-after-blaze

http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGNqg7BYM/2013/10/18/photo-fire-burns-inside-barrington-plaza-apartmen

Thursday, October 17, 2013

SF Transbay Transit Center

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/san-francisco-transbay-transit-center

http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/08/05/transbay-terminal-demolition-set-to-begin-massive-new-center-will-prioritize-multimodal-access

http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-bart-embarcadero-station-in-sf.html

Mark Hopkins, Alcatraz Island

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island_Lighthouse#History,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island#Federal_prison,

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_(TV_series)#Plot_summary,

http://www.news.com.au/travel/world/on-location-in-chilling-alcatraz/story-e6frfqc9-1226268599439

S,SK

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/08/the-cloud-by-mvrdv,
http://www.dezeen.com/tag/yongsan-international-business-district

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1554160

http://fcorbellini.weebly.com/my-scale-models.html

Toronto

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2012/12/stunning-rendering-torontos-future-skyline

http://www.upside-down.ca/futuretoronto/FutureToronto-large.jpg

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Oxford Place, Toronto

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201934

http://skyscrapercenter.com/toronto/oxford-place-west-office-tower/14705

http://skyscrapercenter.com/list.php?do=complex&complex_id=803&search=yes

http://skyscrapercenter.com/create.php?search=yes&status_PRO=on&type_building=on

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/16439-Oxford-Place-(MTCC-Redevelopment-Oxford-2x-70s-Foster-Partners)/page48

http://oxfordplace.ca, http://torontoskyscraper.blogspot.ca,
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/48540

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Oxford+Place,+Toronto&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=369fUqiwNoXA2QWb6IEo&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.theleadenhallbuilding.com

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/london/the-leadenhall-building/1194

http://www.ctbuh.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=kkeAQ%2fHPwBU%3d&tabid=53&language=en-US

http://www.ctbuh.org/HighRiseInfo/TallestDatabase/Criteria/tabid/446/language/en-US/Default.aspx

aura-college-park

http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/aura-college-park

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/10/canderels-aura-now-has-most-storeys-canada

893' http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=48543

978' http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=34

Ont http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=7

Can http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1
Aus http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=8

http://skyscrapercenter.com/List/Tallest-100-Buildings

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://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/11/another-platform-to-be-built-for-skytrains-commercial-broadway-station

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/12/translink-signs-contract-for-28-new-skytrain-cars

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/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.