Monday, March 28, 2016

Seattle First National Bank building is dedicated on March 28, 1969.

On March 28, 1969, the Seattle First (a.k.a. Sea-First and Seafirst) National Bank dedicates its new 50-story headquarters at 1001 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle.

seattle-opens-2-57-billion-subway-extension-to-university-of-washington

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/03/seattle-opens-2-57-billion-subway-extension-to-university-of-washington-photos/

office-tower-built-top-sinclair-centre

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/05/major-office-tower-built-top-sinclair-centre

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/category/business/architecture/

5 towers to be built on top of old Canada Post building in downtown Vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/03/canada-post-redevelopment-vancouver/

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/05/condo-office-hotel-tower-planned-old-downtown-vancouver-post-office/

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/11/new-hotel-potentially-slated-for-downtown-vancouver-canada-post-site/

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/category/business/architecture/

Old_Chicago_Main_Post_Office_Redevelopment

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

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

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

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

survey-shows-vancouver-still-leads-country-in traffic-congestion

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/survey-shows-vancouver-still-leads-country-traffic-congestion-135534916.html?nhp=1

chicagos-marina-city-towers-could-get-landmark-status

http://blogs.artinfo.com/objectlessons/2015/07/09/chicagos-marina-city-towers-could-get-landmark-status/

Grand Central Terminal fire

http://www.amny.com/news/grand-central-terminal-fire-prompts-evacuation-at-junior-s-restaurant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal#History

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

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lirr-construction-grand-central-terminal-takes-shape-article-1.2423969

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/grandcentral.html

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID031.htm

https://www.google.ca/search?q=grand+central+terminal&safe=off&espv=2&biw=2133&bih=1047&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjZ87KCodXLAhVFyWMKHa7wAXkQ_AUIBigB&dpr=0.9

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

fire-at grand-central-station-sends-smoke-over-manhattan

http://patch.com/new-york/fortgreene/breaking-fire-grand-central-station-sends-smoke-over-manhattan


https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=fire+at+grand+central+terminal&safe=off

alberta-infrastructure-spending

Earlier today, the Liberal government announced $11.9 billion in infrastructure spending across the country over five years...
http://calgarybuzz.com/2016/03/alberta-infrastructure-spending 3-22

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

heres-how-a-45-storey-luxurious-skyscraper-in-venezuela-became-the-worlds-tallest-slum

http://wonderfulengineering.com/heres-how-a-45-storey-luxurious-skyscraper-in-venezuela-became-the-worlds-tallest-slum/

floating-seawer-skyscraper-rids-the-worlds-oceans-of-plastic-while-generating-clean-energy

http://www.ewao.com/a/floating-seawer-skyscraper-rids-the-worlds-oceans-of-plastic-while-generating-clean-energy

SK

see-inside-capitol-hills-long-awaited-light-rail-station

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/see-inside-capitol-hills-long-awaited-light-rail-station/

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/check-out-uws-new-light-rail-station-and-how-it-could-transform-seattle/

seattle-is about-to-enter-elite-skyscraper-club

http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/9792d476-8807-11e5-9316-4a6850b07b1e-780x501.jpg:
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-about-to-enter-elite-skyscraper-club

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=27


wedge shaped buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooderham_Building tor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Tower_(San_Francisco)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building#See_also

Flatiron Building...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building#See_also

worlds-tallest-buildings

http://www.hexapolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Study-Details-The-Tallest-Skyscrapers-Set-To-Come-Up-By-2020-1.jpg

https://vincentloy.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/worlds-ten-tallest-cities-as-of-march-2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper#Future_developments

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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Skyscraper_structure.png


https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/11/CTBUH-unfinished-buildings_dezeen_ban.jpg-
http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/27/dream-deferred-unfinished-tall-buildings-skyscrapers-ctbuh-report

http://skyscrapersource.com-
http://skyscrapersource.com/skyscraper_posters.htm

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

restaurant-eatery-hangs-cliff-hundreds-feet-s-glass-floor-guarantee-stomach-churning-experience

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3484183/Would-dare-visit-restaurant-eatery-hangs-cliff-hundreds-feet-s-glass-floor-guarantee-stomach-churning-experience.html

kettle-boffo-project-commercial-venables

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/kettle-boffo-project-commercial-venables/

Lougheed-town-centre-redevelopment

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/03/lougheed-town-centre-redevelopment-2/

the-insanely-big-new-vancouver-neighbourhood-youve-never-heard-of

http://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2015/06/23/the-insanely-big-new-vancouver-neighbourhood-youve-never-heard-of/

miami


http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/tunisia-egypt-miami-the-importance-of-internet-choke-points/70415/

BART began service over 40 years ago...



http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars-

http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/why-new-cars-

http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/new-features-

http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/delivery-plan-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2mwX6o8LHE-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kEFjMxM4cU
Artist's rendering of BART on the Golden Gate Bridge.
http://www.bart.gov/about/history-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwsnzIQKh0k-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBiFdShG1Ls

http://www.bart.gov/about/history/history2

The first segment of the system to open would be 28 miles between Fremont and MacArthur stations. In mid-1972, the District Board set Monday, September 11, as the first day of revenue service.
http://www.bart.gov/about/history/history3 1972-9-11

http://www.bart.gov/about/planning/embarcadero-montgomery_capacity_implementation_plan-
http://www.bart.gov/about/planning/19th-
http://www.bart.gov/about/planning/station

http://www.bart.gov/about/planning/sanfrancisco


San Francisco Upcoming Transbay Terminal."Grand Central Station of the West"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abxQwmr1jV0

cal-hsr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG3Hlgo61_A

SF

Cape Town, SA

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_International_Airport
01/193,201m10,502ft

japans-nuclear-reactor-springs-a-leak-engineers-try-to-plug

http://inhabitat.com/japans-nuclear-reactor-springs-a-leak-engineers-try-to-plug-with-sawdust ,

http://inhabitat.com/new-york-citys-nuclear-power-plant-leaking-uncontrollable-radioactive-flow-into-hudson-river/

the la-gold-line-development...

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-gold-line-development-20160309-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-california-commute-20150714-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-california-commute-20150623-story.html

the-west-coast-s-tallest-building-tops-out-the-view-from-1-100-feet-up

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-the-west-coast-s-tallest-building-tops-out-the-view-from-1-100-feet-up-20160308-story.html

crazy-all-glass-slide-will-be-suspended-1000-feet-high-off-las-tallest-tower

http://inhabitat.com/crazy-all-glass-slide-will-be-suspended-1000-feet-high-off-las-tallest-tower

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-us-bank-slide-20160301-story.html

self-sustaining-arcology-tower-would-bring-urban-agriculture-to-the-heart-of-hong-kong

http://inhabitat.com/self-sustaining-arcology-tower-would-bring-urban-agriculture-to-the-heart-of-hong-kong/

disturbing-new-map-shows-2748-locations-where-nyc-has-recently-sprayed-cancer-causing-pesticide

http://inhabitat.com/disturbing-new-map-shows-2748-locations-where-nyc-has-recently-sprayed-cancer-causing-pesticide/

San Francisco’s Transbay First and Mission Towers...

http://inhabitat.com/foster-partners-reveal-first-images-of-san-franciscos-first-and-mission-transbay-towers
http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/11/Snoetta-Warriors-Stadium-4.jpg
http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/11/Snoetta-Warriors-Stadium-6.jpg-
http://inhabitat.com/snohettas-designs-updated-for-golden-state-warriors-new-pavilion-in-san-francisco/

http://inhabitat.com/alarming-map-shows-where-cancer-causing-glyphosate-has-been-sprayed-in-san-francisco-
http://inhabitat.com/chemical-contamination-threatens-to-turn-san-francisco-bay-into-a-toxic-soup/

Berlin's-Tempelhof-airport-will-be-resurrected-into-one-of-europes-largest-urban-gardens...

http://inhabitat.com/berlins-tempelhof-airport-will-be-resurrected-into-one-of-europes-largest-urban-gardens-

https://www.google.ca/search?q=tempelhof+airport&safe=off&sa=X&biw=2133&bih=1078&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwj_xdiWlrTLAhUT8mMKHfZDAT0QsAQIJQ&dpr=0.9-

http://inhabitat.com/berlins-tempelhof-airport-will-be-resurrected-into-one-of-europes-largest-urban-gardens/templehof-airport_wikimedia-3

http://berliner-unterwelten.de/tempelhof-airport.319.1.html-

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/10119+Berlin,+Germany/@52.4928284,13.3903303,1457a,20y,180h,41.3t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47a851e313378613:0x1c212049953dced0

https://www.google.ca/search?q=tempelhof+airport+tunnels&safe=off&sa=X&biw=2133&bih=1078&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjV0_r4lbTLAhUJ_mMKHbYED7QQsAQIGw&dpr=0.9

http://berliner-unterwelten.de/berlin-underground.8.1.html


Tegel
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/10119+Berlin,+Germany/@52.5222739,13.2883479,4103a,20y,40.89t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47a851e313378613:0x1c212049953dced0


Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Berlin+Sch%C3%B6nefeld+Airport/@52.3015449,13.4942681,7313a,20y,40.6t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x34ff19458be0a4c0


Frankfurt Flughafen
https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.9439393,8.5475389,10318a,20y,40.34t/data=!3m1!1e3

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Frankfurt+Airport/@50.11087,8.6768353,2313m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x8a74d84d21f8f331

wtc

http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2014/09/the-grand-opening-of-world-trade-center.html
1973-4-4

http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/category/skyscrapers

ESB

http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-History_VMS/21/187/BRAND_THC_DHIS_104904_SF_2997_005_20140606_V1_HD_still_624x352.jpg 10118
http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2015/07/disaster-at-the-empire-state-building.html
http://www.interestingamerica.com/p7lsm_img_2/fullsize/Empire_State_Building_Arch_Drawing_top_fs.jpg-
http://www.interestingamerica.com/2011-02-04_Empire_State_Building_at_80_by_R_Grigonis.html
3-17
https://www.google.ca/search?q=empire+state+building,+1930+march+17&safe=off&biw=2133&bih=1078&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmueC-3bPLAhUG2WMKHfvdBugQsAQIQw&dpr=0.9-

https://www.google.ca/search?q=empire+state+building&oq=empire+s&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l5.7666j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=empire+state+building%2C+march+17-

https://www.google.ca/search?q=zip+code&oq=zip&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.3604j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=zip+code+10118


http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/category/landmarks

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

north of the fraser river

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Rapid-Transit-Projects/Expo-Line-Upgrade-Strategy.aspx

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Commercial-Broadway-Station-Upgrades.aspx

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

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2012/08/08/the-case-for-building-a-replacement-four-lane-pattullo-bridge-
http://buzzer.translink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/pattulloprogramme.pdf

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/New-Westminster-Station-Upgrades.aspx

south of the-fraser river

http://www.civicsurrey.com/tag/south-fraser

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2009/05/28/new-serpentine-river-bridge-for-kgh/

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/07/27/fraser-hwy-expansion-continues-with-new-bridge/

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/02/18/7-million-to-finish-fraser-highway-expansion-in-cloverdale

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Scott-Road-Station-Upgrades.aspx

http://fraseropolis.com/2016/01/13/light-rail-for-surrey-eyes-on-the-street/

http://daryldelacruz.com/blog/2016/01/18/street-level-rail-is-rapid-transits-stroad/

tri cities

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Rapid-Transit-Projects/Evergreen-Line.aspx

victoria bc

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=37&status=15

Vancouver

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Rapid-Transit-Projects.aspx

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Commercial-Broadway-Station-Upgrades.aspx

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/04/26/a-new-look-at-affordability/

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Commercial-Broadway-Station-Upgrades.aspx

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/06/19/why-a-regional-sales-tax-is-the-only-real-option-for-transit-funding/

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/08/26/leap-ahead-a-parting-gift-to-our-readers/

Burnaby and NW, BC

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/06/03/development-boom-transforming-metrotown-landscape-
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=31&status=15

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Metrotown-Station-Upgrades.aspx

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

Surrey, BC

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/02/13/look-into-the-future-of-downtown-surre-
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Expo-Line-Upgrades/Scott-Road-Station-Upgrades.aspx

http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Rapid-Transit-Projects/Surrey-Light-Rail-Transit.aspx-
http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/05/31/rapid-transit-study-points-to-fraser-highway-possible-skytrain

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/05/28/significant-density-coming-to-tynehead

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/10/04/despite-the-rhetoric-surrey-continues-to-sprawl

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2012/04/20/city-to-open-up-tynehead-lands-for-re-development

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/02/02/a-serious-conversation-about-a-separate-sof-transit-agency

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2013/08/26/leap-ahead-a-parting-gift-to-our-readers

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212431&page=3

Frankfurt, Ger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Frankfurt-
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=694&status=15

Ger http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=34&status=15-
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=71925706&offset=25