Thursday, March 5, 2015

Hudson Yards

http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hudsonyardstimeline.jpg ,
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1517269&page=18
http://nicolasrapp.com/portfolio/318
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=549787&page=198

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

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/04/mapping_the_new_development_coming_to_hudson_yards.php

http://ny.curbed.com/tags/50-hudson-yards

mapping_new_york_citys_most_expensive_homes_ever_sold

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/22/mapping_new_york_citys_most_expensive_homes_ever_sold.php

740_Park_Avenue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/740_Park_Avenue

http://www.businessinsider.com/740-park-avenue-new-york-residents-history-2011-12#740-park-opened-its-doors-in-october-1930-in-the-heart-of-the-depression-it-remained-a-financial-sinkhole-until-the-1980s-when-apartment-prices-rose-astronomically-1

https://www.google.ca/search?q=740-park-avenue&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=4kj4VLDhJYjvoASp0ICoCw&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799

http://nymag.com/news/features/establishments/68493

some very big-shots-live-at 15-central-pw

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/big-shots-live-15-central-211300078.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_Central_Park_West

http://www.businessinsider.com/who-lives-at-15-central-park-west-2012-3?op=1

https://www.google.ca/search?q=15+Central+Park+West&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Mkf4VLb3DcK0ogS9m4H4Cw&ved=0CCQQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799

http://nymag.com/news/features/establishments/68493

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Vancouver, NW and BCER history

If only Vancouver wasn't too quick to get rid of its streetcars & tram,trains in the 1950s.

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.



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




Sunday, January 18, 2015

Pennsylvania Station

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

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, 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


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 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

Sunday, August 17, 2014

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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

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





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.
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


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



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.