Urban Tech Links: UTL

However, there was just too much of a mentality to make sure that Vancouver be a perpetually stunted or thwarted city, when compared to what Melbourne, SF & Toronto can do.

NW was a provincial capital backwater & then it just continued with its small city mentality. Despite Surrey eventually becoming the largest city in backward BC, NW hardly has any bridges connecting to it.

http://buzzer.translink.ca/2009/07/the-central-park-line-the-very-first-interurban-in-greater-vancouver

http://buzzer.translink.ca/2009/03/a-short-history-of-interurbans-in-the-lower-mainland

http://www.vancouversun.com/Pete+McMartin+return+Interurban+rail+system+with+video/8673870/story.html

http://www.railforthevalley.com

https://www.google.ca/search?q=history+of+the+old+interurban+lines+in+vancouver+and+richmond+bc&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Kq_bVJ_8FpDWoATR5oC4CQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAw&biw=1600&bih=799

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Bridge#/media/File:A2004-002-3630-steel-bridge-18901.jpg It was as if Portland first built this single track bridge to the provincial backwater NW standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Bridge#/media/File:Amtrak_talgo_train_crossing_steel_bridge.jpg Then by 1912, a double track bridge more appropriate to Portland's standards opened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster_Bridge#/media/File:New_Westminster_Swing_Bridge.jpg Of course NW was still stuck with its narrow backwarter single track bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster_Bridge#/media/File:TRAIN_BRIDGE_FIRE_1979-80_1.tif

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster#Transportation

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=New+Westminster

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=old+and+new+narrow+bridges

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Daredevil-climbers-scale-Hong-Kong-s-2-000ft-skyscrapers-reveal-biggest-fear-isn-t-death

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2940831/Fearless-Far-East-Daredevil-climbers-scale-Hong-Kong-s-2-000ft-skyscrapers-reveal-biggest-fear-isn-t-death-surviving-crippled.html

Friday, January 30, 2015

PATH

http://databits-jf.blogspot.ca/2015/01/7-little-known-facts-path-underground.html

Thursday, January 22, 2015

trump tower vancouver

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=138004&page=132

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=138004&page=141

https://www.google.ca/search?q=trump+tower+vancouver&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=GPLAVN_wOtWoyASSsoD4Dg&ved=0CDcQsAQ

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Pennsylvania Station

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Plaza ,
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/08/the_empire_state_building_thin.html

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/som-proposes-to-fanastically-expand-penn-station/

http://wordlesstech.com/2013/06/05/new-penn-station-proposal-by-som/

https://www.google.ca/search?q=pennsylvania+station+nyc&biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6aC8VIGWO4GcyASOioLYCA&ved=0CEoQsAQ

http://observer.com/2013/04/much-ado-about-nothing-midtown-east-rezoning-not-all-that-grand/

http://nygeschichte.blogspot.ca/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pennsylvania+Station

Grand Central Terminal

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

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270927/Grand-Central-station-celebrates-100th-birthday.html

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/new-york/grand-central-station-new-york

http://www.archdaily.com/284804/soms-vision-for-new-yorks-iconic-grand-central-station

http://www.grandcentralterminal.com ,
http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Station:_Grand_Central_(IRT_East_Side_Line)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal#Proposals_for_demolition_and_towers

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

http://www.gcthistory.com

1972 concept
http://www.gcthistory.com/#s9

http://g.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow_large/slideshow/2012/10/1671077-slide-grand-central-next-100-halo-25.jpg

http://www.gcthistory.com/images/s9/large/S9.4_P34.jpg

http://www.gcthistory.com/images/s9/large/S9.4_P33.jpg

http://www.gcthistory.com/images/s9/large/S9.2_P02.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Manhattan_%E2%80%93_Jamaica_/_JFK_Transportation_Project

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Manhattan-real-estate-records-shattered-as a buyer-shells-100million-penthouse-apartment-skyscraper-residence-One57

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2914047/Manhattan-real-estate-records-shattered-buyer-shells-100million-penthouse-apartment-skyscraper-residence-One57.html

Monday, January 12, 2015

waterfront-tower-at 555-west-cordova...

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/01/waterfront-tower-555-west-cordova/

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/11/320-granville-street-office-tower/

Friday, January 2, 2015

Telus towers and stumps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3646 Calgary 729' 221m
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Telus+Sky+Calgary&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Q-mmVK2nCs_hoATJvYHICw&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799

http://changingcitybook.com/2014/10/23/telus-the-residential-tower ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=90197 137m
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/10/amazon-vancouver-office-to-set-up-at-new-telus-garden ,
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Telus+Garden+Residential+Tower+Vancouver&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=39imVL6vDMmTyAT4oYKYAw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799
Burnaby
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1365

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

island prisons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatoo_Island_(New_South_Wales) ,
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Cockatoo+Island+(New+South+Wales)&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=332RVM2SLcvroATJuYHoBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1600&bih=799

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island SF
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Alcatraz+SF&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=aXyRVMv1HYKxogTA44Io&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1600&bih=799

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikers_Island NYC
https://www.google.ca/search?q=rikers+island&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=EnyRVIKkEZfZoASRtYH4Cg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robben_Island CT SA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1207586/Nelson-Mandelas-Robben-Island-prison-arresting-insight-South-Africas-past.html ,
https://www.google.ca/search?q=robben+island+prison&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=b36RVKaHKoqzoQSZj4KoDA&ved=0CCsQsAQ

https://www.google.ca/search?q=island+prisons+in+the+world&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=GX6RVPfZKJG1oQSSioLoDA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ

Spectacle Island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacle_Island_(Port_Jackson) NSW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacle_Island_(Massachusetts)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Harbor_Islands_National_Recreation_Area#List_of_islands_and_peninsulas

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Hashima Island

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

http://www.hashima-island.co.uk

https://ca.screen.yahoo.com/editor-s-picks/japan-ghost-island-090000319.html

http://beccavoelcker.blogspot.ca/2011/04/for-scrapbook-of-ruins_04.html

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Hashima+Island,+Japan&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-8KQVMGvE9LaoATfyoLwBg&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Apple's HQ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Campus#Apple_Campus_2

http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2014/09/full-1817-86921-campus_pentagon.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2862926/A-161m-theatre-product-launches-secret-74m-gym-staff-New-details-Apple-s-circular-spaceship-HQ-emerge.html ,

http://sf.curbed.com/tags/cupertino ,

https://www.google.ca/search?q=apple+19111+pruneridge+avenue+cupertino+ca&es_sm=93&biw=1280&bih=699&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=dj-FVL6-E4qbyATMu4K4Cg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw ,

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/19111+Pruneridge+Ave,+Cupertino,+CA+95014,+USA/@37.332446,-122.008913,663m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x808fb590a71bcf1d:0x7d02cbea74f6c9ce ,

https://www.google.ca/search?q=19111+purnerridge+avenue&oq=19111+purnerridge+avenue&aqs=chrome..69i57.1933j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=19111+pruneridge+avenue&spell=1

Detroit

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/exposures-detroit-by-air-alex-maclean.html

Thursday, November 27, 2014

the-10-tallest-buildings-that-were-never-finished

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/the-10-tallest-buildings-that-were-never-finished/ar-BBfXK0A

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

China, revolutionizing-architecture

http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2013/07/revolutionizing-architecture-hotel.html

Friday, November 14, 2014

stunning-metro-stations-around-the-world

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/travelinspiration/stunning-metro-stations-around-the-world/ss-BBdFnU9

Monday, November 3, 2014

world-trade-center-reopens-for business-after 13-years

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/resurrection-world-trade-center-reopens-business-13-years-131443133.html

Man-struck-killed-falling-tape-measure

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2819349/Man-struck-killed-falling-tape-measure.html

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Brightwater conveyance tunnel plan

http://memorieshop.com/Seattle/Brightwater/index.html

The second Herrenknecht machine (BT2), excavating the eastbound drive to the North Creek shaft and pump station, has been shut down since mid-December for extensive wear repairs to the cutterhead. With work being done under air pressure of up to 4.4 bar, compressed air maintenance crews work for 45 minutes only, followed by three hours of decompression. The machine is about 6,500ft (2,000m) into its 11,600ft (3.5km) drive.
http://www.tunneltalk.com/Brightwater-Mar09-Brightwater-sinkhole.php

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Brightwater+conveyance+tunnel+plan&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=i9VLVN7EEqfciALgqIDwCA&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1422&bih=776&dpr=0.9

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Brightwater+conveyance+tunnel+plan&oq=Brightwater+conveyance+tunnel+plan&aqs=chrome..69i57.840j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

Seattle: AWV Replacement Tunnel Project

"The Alaskan Way Viaduct was built in three phases in 1949 through 1953 and opened on April 4, 1953."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct

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

Cost Overruns For Seattle-Area Tunnel Projects

www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/.../tunnel_report.pdf

along Seattle's waterfront with a deep-bore tunnel underneath downtown Seattle. .... 21 foot diameter boring machine passed beneath Beacon Hill.8 .... and International Tunnel Projects,” Alaska Way Viaduct and Seawall ... Tunnel is 14,050 feet in length; the Central Tunnel consists of two tunnels, the first is 11,600 feet long.

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project ...

www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/viaduct/.../DEISAppendixCTransportation.pdf

Mar 1, 2004 - 3.1.8 Alaskan Way Viaduct Project: Task 1 Report (December 1996) . ...... The AWV has narrow 10-foot lanes, very limited shoulders or shy distance to ......11,600. 11,800. 11,900...

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

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

20-abandoned-urban-structures-around the world

http://adventure.com/photos/20-abandoned-urban-structures-around-world-explore/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ventureout

Seattle: GWMB

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

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=5418

https://www.google.ca/search?q=george+washington+memorial+bridge+seattle

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

Seattle: Spokane Street Bridge and WSB

Before & After

http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/spokanestreet.htm

http://westseattleblog.com/category/spokane-st-viaduct-project

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane_Street_Bridge ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAw4wrCI0vg#t=27

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

Friday, October 24, 2014

NYC: GWB

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/george-washington-bridge-suicide-jumper-highlights-barriers/story?id=22784119

http://www.city-data.com/forum/general-u-s/957352-most-impressive-bridges-us-photos-encouraged-8.html

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Largest Cities

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

Hobbs, New Mexico

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbs,_New_Mexico

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquitous_city#Overview

GC, Qld

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10320013@N06/15596752961/in/explore-2014-10-22/lightbox/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/leafypages/15600628992/in/explore-2014-10-22/lightbox/

Incheon, SK

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

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

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

Monday, October 13, 2014

inside-the-uss-ford-americas-newest-aircraft-carrier

Friday, October 10, 2014

sacra

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135399

stantec-tower-joint-venture-unveil-design

http://www.stantec.com/about-us/news/2014/stantec-and-ead-joint-venture-unveil-design.html#.VDgUWfldV8E

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14907676027_09e1d2978e_z.jpg

http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2014/08/26/edmonton-will-officially-join-the-skyscraper-club-with-stantecs-new-tower/

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3918/15094220755_23602932aa_c.jpg

https://www.google.com/search?q=stantec+tower+edmonton&biw=1917&bih=941&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ExQ4VLKIG4e5igLHg4Fw&sqi=2&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw

The Towers of Edmonton

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-edmontonian-sky-garden-tower ,
http://www.emporis.com/building/the-edmontonian-edmonton-canada2

http://cache2-thumb1.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/docserver/getimage.aspx?file=10352014082700000000001001&regionKey=idluAO2HOHczA2YTPgKWHA%3D%3D

http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/it-s-going-to-change-the-skyline-forever-officials-unveil-edmonton-s-next-tallest-skyscraper-1.1977332 ,
http://www.emporis.com/building/stantec-tower-edmonton-canada

http://www.emporis.com/city/edmonton-canada ,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=5 ,
http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-edmonton-canada

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Edmontonian+tower+Edmonton&biw=1917&bih=941&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MRE4VLnnNsfXigKyioHoDw&ved=0CDEQsAQ

http://www.emporis.com/city/edmonton-canada/all-buildings

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

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

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Drone-footage-reveals-Apples-donut-shaped-HQ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sciencetech/video-1125590/Drone-footage-reveals-Apples-donut-shaped-HQ.html

Monday, October 6, 2014

Tower Hotel

http://archpaper.com/uploads/image/Tower-Hotel.jpg

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

local blogger on vancouver

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/vegetarianism-and-yoga-pants-local-blogger-declares-162700316.html

52 story beach-and-howe-tower

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/10/beach-and-howe-tower-bjarke-ingels/

billion-dollar-false-creek-central-development

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/10/billion-dollar-false-creek-central-development-planned/

hotel-blu-robson-street

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/hotel-blu-robson-street/

Saturday, September 20, 2014

molecular-electronics-take-a-nanostep-closer-to-reality

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/molecular-electronics-take-a-nanostep-closer-to-reality

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

the-worlds-largest-tunnel-boring-machine

Monday, September 15, 2014

deer-walk over the golden-gate-bridge

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/deer-walk-golden-gate-bridge-031510703.html

the world's 30 best subway systems

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/world-s-30-best-subway-systems-slideshow

http://autos.ca.msn.com/editors-picks/worlds-busiest-subway-systems

Thursday, September 11, 2014

555

http://freetofindtruth.blogspot.ca/2014/01/5-555-in-united-states-of-america.html

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/world-s-30-best-subway-systems-slideshow

the 911 intersection

https://my3moons.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/9-11.jpg

http://jfvrinfo.blogspot.ca/2013/09/other-disasters-and-strange-occurrences.html

Monday, September 8, 2014

Busan, SK

http://en.gsbc.or.kr/inc/img/sub/map.gif

https://www.poscoict.co.kr/filedata/reference/201402141614491960_list.jpg

Thursday, August 28, 2014

cit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2736790/Inside-Qatar-s-futuristic-25bn-metropolis-built-desert-2022-World-Cup.html

a pl

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2736545/Ever-wondered-flight-attendants-sleep-Revealing-photos-glimpse-parts-plane-passengers-don-t-see.html

1016ft London Shard

http://landscapeismorgan.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/focus-four-collage-more-exhibitions/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736006/Is-Dynamo-s-best-trick-Magician-appears-levitate-1-016ft-air-Shard.html

http://ideasgn.com/architecture/the-shard-london-renzo-piano/

https://www.google.ca/search?q=london+shard&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gUD_U6PPFIm9igLg7oHgBA&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1422&bih=776&dpr=0.9

Friday, August 22, 2014

an expo line to langley?

http://www.bcbusiness.ca/manufacturing-transport/an-expo-line-to%E2%80%A6-langley

http://www.bcbusiness.ca/manufacturing-transport/how-vancouvers-traffic-nightmares-hurt-all-of-bc

vancouver-ranked-among-10-most-livable-cities

http://www.bcbusiness.ca/tourism-culture/vancouver-ranked-among-10-most-livable-cities-heres-where

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

what-the-abandoned-venues-from-the-athens-olympics-look-like-10-years-later

http://sports.ca.msn.com/photos/what-the-abandoned-venues-from-the-athens-olympics-look-like-10-years-later

Monday, August 18, 2014

The Vancouver Trump Tower reaches 40 stories

http://www.emporis.com/building/trump-international-hotel-tower-vancouver-vancouver-canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%27s_Turn#Current_Status,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Tallest_buildings,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1

Aircraft-hanger-home-Europe-s-biggest-water-park-complete-beaches-lagoons-tropical-rainforest.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2727788/Paradise-Aircraft-hanger-home-Europe-s-biggest-water-park-complete-beaches-lagoons-tropical-rainforest.html

Sunday, August 17, 2014

a

Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Tilbury Docks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilbury#Transport_and_industry

http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.7957/Tilbury-Docks-and-the-newPassenger-Landing-Stage.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726489/BREAKING-NEWS-Man-dead-hospital-significant-health-problems-31-adults-children-shipping-container-Tilbury-Docks.html

https://www.google.ca/search?q=tilbury+docks+london+u.k&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=KRzwU9KyIcXYoATk0YKgDA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1422&bih=776&dpr=0.9

Sunday, August 10, 2014

silicon-valley-north

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/silicon-valley-north-vancouver-tech-surges-u-immigration-080008409.html

Friday, August 8, 2014

Melbourne

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

Recife, Brazil

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

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Recife,+Pernambuco,+Brazil/@-8.0464492,-34.9324882,29371m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x7ab196f88c446e5:0x3c9ef52922447fd4

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Recife,+Brazil&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=HbjlU5yEN8TwoASD14KQCw&ved=0CCsQsAQ

Benidorm, Alacant, Spain

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

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Benidorm,+Alacant,+Spain/@38.5374075,-0.1299955,5801m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd6204dca62575c3:0x219fa90c0ff26eb5

http://money.ca.msn.com/banking/homebuyersguide/gallery/house-hunting-horror-stories-2#image=9

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Benidorm,+Spain&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=m6DlU-DXMMHroASO14CoAg&ved=0CB0QsAQ

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1662312&page=3

Monday, August 4, 2014

Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Qld.

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

http://engineeringsources.net/features/gateway-bridges

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Sir+Leo+Hielscher+Bridges&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=w6nfU9CPAefLigLvvIGoBQ&ved=0CDMQsAQ&biw=1422&bih=776&dpr=0.9

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

Saturday, August 2, 2014

BPool Trams

https://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/14136817799/in/photostream/

Streetcars and Trams, etc.

http://www.streetcar.org/difference.html

Streetcars+and+trams can make a big difference in transportation options.

http://autos.ca.msn.com/specials/road-trip-guide/the-worlds-best-streetcar-rides

http://www.streetcar.org/fline-history.html,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/14099772888

http://www.streetcar.org/museums-in-motion,
http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/live.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/14154808638/in/photostream,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/14485791565

https://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram

Thursday, July 31, 2014

mystifying-sinkholes-baffling-builders

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mystifying-sinkholes-baffling-builders-worlds-152153857.html

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Edmonton Ice District

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

http://globalnews.ca/news/1470242/arena-district-sparking-historic-development-in-edmonton-core/

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

https://icedistrict.com/

Rogers Arena development area

http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2013/07/31/northeast-false-creek-eastern-core-consultation-questionnaire/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Rogers+Arena

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

Saturday, July 26, 2014

richmond

http://604now.com/2014/06/richmond-has-decided-what-to-do-with-55-hectare-garden-city-lands

http://604now.com/2014/05/break-out-your-helmets-for-the-scenic-richmond-bike-tour

Vancouver, BC

The Honda Celebration of Light is not only Vancouver's biggest event, but it's also the largest offshore fireworks competition in the world and attracts up to 400,000 spectators along English Bay each evening. Owned by the Not For Profit Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, 2014 marks the 24th consecutive year of the event, which contributes in excess of $39 million in incremental tourism and hospitality spending each year.
http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/p/about

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/23/vancouver-fireworks-celebration-of-light_n_5614350.html

http://604now.com/2014/07/best-places-to-watch-the-vancouver-celebration-of-light

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/watch-celebration-light-fireworks-vancouver

http://vancouver.about.com/od/vancouverevents/p/fireworks.htm

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/tourism-growth-vancouver-surges-banner-years-expected-2014-2015
http://604now.com/2014/07/top-10-summer-attractions-for-tourists-in-vancouver,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/canada-day-fireworks-vancouver-2014,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/opinion-pne-playland-need-a-makeover

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/11/red-algae-burrard-inlet-english-bay_n_5577899.html

Old Van
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHVHG2VhZc

Thursday, July 24, 2014

some neighbourhoods for the well off

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/canada-s-richest-neighbourhoods-2014-the-top-10-1406056157-slideshow/4-shaughnessy-heights-vancouver-photo-1406056282336.html

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/canada-s-richest-neighbourhoods-2014-the-top-10-1406056157-slideshow/7-kerrisdale-vancouver-photo-1406056075634.html

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/canada-s-richest-neighbourhoods-2014-the-top-10-1406056157-slideshow/5-summit-park-westmount-montreal-photo-1406056223738.html

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

big and tall

http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/study-shows-fall-in-tall-building-construction

http://galleryhip.com/the-world-in-2020.html

Toronto

http://www.feelguide.com/2012/10/11/toronto-gets-epic-timelapse-video-and-three-new-stunning-skyscrapers-from-starchitect-frank-gehry/

http://cdn.thegridto.com/wp-content/uploads/519d2c19b824e-20130515-tallestplannedbuildings-big-UPDATED.jpg,
http://www.thegridto.com/city/places/how-much-taller-could-toronto-get-infographic

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=115149952

http://www.talkcondo.com/blog/7-most-exciting-proposals-in-toronto

http://torontoskyscraper.blogspot.ca/2013/08/toronto-future-skyline-now.html

http://www.talkcondo.com/blog/menkes-90-harbour-70-storeys

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=12

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1

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

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

W&H

http://www.collierscanada.com/12216#.U85h6vldWSo

MT and Burnaby

http://skytrainforsurrey.org/2012/12/12/the-skytrain-revolution-metrotown-and-burnaby-city-centre/

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=207087&page=11

http://www.vancouver-real-estate-direct.com/buzz/2014/04/burnaby-4670-assembly-way/

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/sovereign-by-bosa-properties,
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1319727

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/metroplace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Burnaby#Buildings,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1

Vancouver, Burnaby and NW...

The Burrard_Peninsula should have been planned as one city well over a century ago. Then eventually adding the Eastern Tri-Cities.

Unlike most of the region, theses 6 little cities don't have wide rivers or an inlet to hinder them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Cities_(British_Columbia)#Transportation

Thus, it's more relatively easier to get around.

Greater Vancouver has been reluctant to build a few more bridges in the region. Bottleneck planning is the name of the game. Of course for most major urban areas around the world, rivers just aren't as much of a hindrance.

Old Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHVHG2VhZc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrard_Peninsula#Municipalities

Vancouver, Burnaby & NW are essentially the main regional Tri-Cities, but there is still another set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)

North_Vancouver_(city) is sort of in-between West_Vancouver and North_Vancouver_(district_municipality). They are like the Northern Tri-Cities of the Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Regional_District.

So far, its been difficult or simply unpopular to merge all 3 sets of Tri-Cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Cities_(British_Columbia)#Transportation

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-Cities