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

Earthquakes and aging buildings in NYC

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/earthquake-new-york-city-aging-buildings/

So many older NYC buildings just weren't constructed to modern earthquake standards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-trains-earthquake-mta-subway-bridges-tunnels-closures-delays/

Fortunately, this was nowhere as intense as what can happen in Taiwan, Japan, NZ or California.

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26276/new-challenges-for-seismic-risk-mitigation-in-urban-areas/magazine

https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/the-12-most-earthquake-vulnerable-cities-in-the-world.html

Unfortunately, urban earthquakes can strike at any time without warning.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-10-most-earthquake-prone-countries.html

real-estate-industry-in nyc

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/nyregion/real-estate-industry-nyc.html?fallback=false&recId=302388531&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=BC&recAlloc=story&geoCountry=CA&blockId=home-featured&imp_id=915537613&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article&region=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending


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

Vancouver's ratty reputation takes centre stage at New York rat summit

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouvers-ratty-reputation-takes-centre-stage-at-new-york-rat-summit

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/rats-winning-nyc-rattiest-city-us-ranking/5923130/

https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/694-24/mayor-adams-host-inaugural-national-urban-rat-summit

https://www.pctonline.com/news/national-urban-rat-summit-a-meeting-of-the-minds-of-rodent-control-experts/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-18/nyc-hosts-rat-summit-as-mayor-adams-faces-federal-probes-citylab-daily

https://gothamist.com/news/rats-like-to-pee-on-each-other-and-other-lessons-from-nycs-rat-summit

It's all about Food+of+the+GNAW!

The inadequate Queensborough Bridge in BC

 https://x.com/DriveBC/status/1523759813179494401 

Just another backwards 4 lane BC bridge with narrow sidewalks & no emergency lanes. There is no traffic safety divider or barrier & of course no provision for bus & HOV lanes. Thus, its a classic bottleneck or choke point. If such an inadequate bride were in Australia or the US, it would have been duplicated or twinned by now.  

Two 4 lane bridges would allow for 2 lanes each way, plus 1 bus lane & 1 HOV lane each way. A newer bridge would also have enough room for a wide bike path as well as wide sidewalks. This really should be a 10 lane crossing, bust at least 8. Only for lanes today is such a sad joke.

Fortunately, the NYC QB was built on a grand scale, right from the start.

The Queensboro_Bridge, or the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge in NYC, is a fantastic 9 lane wonder from 1909. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensboro_Bridge#Description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensboro_Bridge#Levels

https://www.ascemetsection.org/committees/history-and-heritage/landmarks/queensboro-bridge

https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure/queensboro-bridge.html

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/05/23/not-again-queensboro-bridge-pedestrian-path-delayed-til-mid-2024 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Ivfo0DCpw

If the QB only had four lanes, it would have been twinned decades ago.

crane-collapses-into-neighboring-building-after-catching-fire-in-nyc

 https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/crane-collapses-into-neighboring-building-after-catching-fire-in-nyc/

NYC intersection

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

NYC

https://medium.com/@anthonydenaro/mapping-nyc-transit-all-of-it-e16e76a95a0e#.yubto7ufb

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*BZjz12fxurzgeNGqj34GzQ.png

NYC Moynihan Penn Station train hall opens

 https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/new-york/news/2136590998006/nyc-moynihan-train-hall-opens-tomorrow

https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/new-york/news/2135156861895/virtual-sneak-peek-of-the-new-moynihan-train-hall-amtrak-station

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

https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2021/01/podcast-rewind-remembering-original-pennsylvania-station.html

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

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

NYC and Chi...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pphgq49lslI nyc subway on the A line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxWpFejRAks the A line express

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukOHqdPbYYg the 7 line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJzhNPKtR0Q CTA brown line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wXB8htl3Zo Chicago L

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPCFnF4csA The history of the "L" train lines have always been a fascination of Chicago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-8pBS9IxA Chicago Streetcar & Elevated Lines - 1952 to 1956

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trCkptXQc1E old streetcar tunnels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwm_0eywrVc old Chicago tunnels

Astonishing-black-white-photos-NYC-neighborhoods-early-20th-Century

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7615153/Astonishing-black-white-photos-NYC-neighborhoods-early-20th-Century.html


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7698291/Photographer-captures-fascinating-images-Manhattans-SHORTEST-buildings.html

4.8 magnitude earthquake in New Jersey, aftershocks felt across NYC and Tri-State Area

 https://abc7ny.com/new-jersey-earthquake-residents-across-tri-state-report-feeling-shaking-as-48-quake-rocks-region/14622009/

If there is ever a very strong earthquake in that part of the world, a lot of older buildings could be seriously affected.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/us/earthquake-nyc-nj-northeast/index.html

secrets-of-the-chrysler-building-in-nyc...

http://untappedcities.com/2015/02/19/top-10-secrets-of-the-chrysler-building-in-nyc

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/higher-and-higher

urban can towers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UatSgangE van 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0hwH2kQEM cal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv9mVN4QJKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97H7dO3Q8JE tor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p84Sg4AKSlI mon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmdq631l9TA

FDR Drive, NYC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDR_Drive 1

https://twitter.com/the_transit_guy/status/1543242784559308800 2

https://untappedcities.com/2016/07/05/the-top-10-secrets-of-the-fdr-drive-in-nyc 3

How the Twin Towers Were Built in NYC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(1973-2001)

How the Twin Towers Were Built in NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab-z6_vvcmE Some people have pointed out inaccuracies in this post.

VIA West57 in NYC

 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/via-west57-bjarke-ingels-group-big

At only 450 feet, it's just another stump of a building in NYC, but it's a very nice looking building. Of course for most of Vancouver's history & BC in general, no building was allowed to be built taller than it, until recent years. 

Even the Harbour_Centre wasn't allowed to be that much taller than the 481 foot Pyramid in Cairo. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/geometry/height.html

"It originally stood about 482 feet (147 meters) tall, but erosion and the removal of most of the polished limestone casing stones—which made the structure smooth and caused it to gleam in the sunlight—have lowered the pyramid’s height to 449 feet (137 meters)." https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Pyramid-of-Giza

"Initially standing at 146.6 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the world's tallest human-made structure for more than 3,800 years. Over time, most of the smooth white limestone casing was removed, which lowered the pyramid's height to the current 138.5 metres (454.4 ft)..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Vancouver_Lookout%2C_Harbour_Centre.jpg

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

the-lost-nyc-subway-map-that-may-vastly-improve-modern-ones

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/the-lost-nyc-subway-map-that-may-vastly-improve-modern-ones/

maps-the-abandoned-subway-stations-and-lost-subway-lines-of-nyc

http://untappedcities.com/2015/03/16/fun-maps-the-abandoned-subway-stations-and-lost-subway-lines-of-nyc/

waldorf astoria in nyc

 https://www.som.com/projects/waldorf-astoria/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/property/2020/01/28/TELEMMGLPICT000222819383_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqWQzys2r6yUpPdiKDpz18LyDSE172uORSUPujKvtmpQE.jpeg

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/waldorf-astoria-new-york-som-plans-renaissance-06-17-2021/

https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2014-09-25/the-secrets-of-the-waldorf-astoria-hotel

https://www.geographicguide.com/united-states/nyc/antique/hotels/waldorf-astoria/waldorf-astoria.htm

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7566034,-73.9745656,3a,60y,76.35h,116.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soq9XR4hFREWAryJ37vSaKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

nyc vintage

http://nycvintage.blogspot.com

http://nycvintage.blogspot.ca/2011/05/nyc-image-future-new-york-city-of.html