Wednesday, December 26, 2018

gh bridge det win

Saturday, December 22, 2018

1

Friday, December 7, 2018

2

1

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

7

Saturday, December 1, 2018

8

8

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Thursday, November 1, 2018

coquitlam-redevelopments

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/coquitlam-redevelopments-may-2018


http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/508-524-clarke-road-coquitlam-burquitlam-station

surrey-central-city-arena-gec-education-mega-centre

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-central-city-arena-gec-education-mega-centre

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/marriott-surrey-civic-hotel-open

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-future-development-vancouver-oakland-san-francisco-bob-williams

gilmore-station-burnaby

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gilmore-station-burnaby-2018-design

the-amazing-brentwood-construction-photos

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-amazing-brentwood-construction-photos-april-2018

translink-surrey-lrt-bid-rfq-deadline

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-surrey-lrt-bid-rfq-deadline


http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-lrt-public-private-partnership


http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-surrey-lrt-ridership-projections-2018

cbre-industrial-space-shortage-metro-vancouver

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cbre-industrial-space-shortage-metro-vancouver-2018

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-industrial-land-2020

new-st-pauls-hospital-london-drugs-louie-family

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-st-pauls-hospital-london-drugs-louie-family-cardiac-centre

mastercard-office-475-howe-street-vancouver-the-exchange

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mastercard-office-475-howe-street-vancouver-the-exchange

apple-vancouver-office-400-west-georgia-tower

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/apple-vancouver-office-400-west-georgia-tower

Calgary max-transit-bus-routes-system-november

http://dailyhive.com/calgary/max-transit-bus-routes-system-november-2018

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Shangri-La Hotels



Dubai, United Arab Emirates
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9642 ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangri-La_Hotel_(Dubai) 200m

United Arab Emirates, Dubai...

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/country/united-arab-emirates

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=12

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/dubai ,
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=23&status=15 ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dubai#Tallest_building ,

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/entisar-tower/15289

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dubai#Tallest_under_construction,_approved_and_proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dubai#Timeline_of_tallest_buildings

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1895543&page=145


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Abu_Dhabi#Tallest_buildings

http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/abu-dhabi

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=560&status=15

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=47189 3
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project-images/2014/24211/arquitectonica/gate-towers-in-abu-dhabi.html?img=1



Spire604 ft
Roof489 ft
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3245 ,
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=3245
Built
Built 1979
Floors 39
Use Office
Antenna 
Spire 184 m
Roof 149 m

national-bank-of-kuwait-skyscraper

https://www.e-architect.co.uk/kuwait/national-bank-of-kuwait-skyscraper ,
https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=786&status=15 ,
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/nbk-tower/13070 ,

https://www.google.ca/search?q=national+bank+of+kuwait+fire&rlz=1C1GCEA_enCA792CA794&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO4J_UxtzdAhWtFzQIHdICCZcQ_AUIECgD&biw=1604&bih=772

https://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enCA792CA794&ei=cYStW-qNOdPa9APv4ZqYAg&q=national+bank+of+kuwait+fire&oq=national+bank+of+kuwait+fire&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1027.2801.0.3831.5.5.0.0.0.0.192.534.0j4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.3.423...0j0i67k1j0i22i30k1.0.S4ES3J7KfC4

https://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enCA792CA794&biw=1604&bih=772&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=JIWtW83dMOKs0PEPi8eMgAc&q=national+bank+of+kuwait+tower&oq=national+bank+of+kuwait+to&gs_l=img.1.0.0.83959.86799.0.89178.6.6.0.0.0.0.162.835.0j6.6.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.5.698...0i24k1j0i8i30k1j0i30k1j0i5i30k1.0.9Mssod8Lj98

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Where is the world's most remote city?

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/19/where-worlds-most-remote-city

Anchorage,_Alaska is the largest northern US city.

Edmonton is the largest northern Canadian city.

vancouver-making-room-duplexes-housing-policy

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-making-room-duplexes-housing-policy-2018

urban-rdg-developments-white-rock-soleil

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/urban-rdg-developments-white-rock-soleil

surrey-lrt-economic-impact

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/opinion-surrey-lrt-economic-impact-part-1

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/opinion-surrey-lrt-economic-impact-part-2


https://coolconversion.com/area/343-square+mile-to-km%5E2

vancouver-house-penthouse-1480-howe-street

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-house-penthouse-1480-howe-street

gilmore-station-burnaby-tower-design

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gilmore-station-burnaby-2018-design

1445-1455-west-georgia-street-vancouver-hold-postponed

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1445-1455-west-georgia-street-vancouver-hold-postponed-july-2018

1468-alberni-street-vancouver-towers-renderings

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1468-alberni-street-vancouver-towers-renderings

777-pacific-boulevard-vancouver-bc-place-tower-pavco-approved

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/777-pacific-boulevard-vancouver-bc-place-tower-pavco-approved-july-2018

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2016/sfu-new-student-union-building-breaks-ground.html

https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2016/sfu-new-student-union-building-breaks-ground.html

10-cities-for-urban-exploration

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/urban-sports/10-cities-for-urban-exploration.htm

transportation-reports-and-reference/reports-studies/vancouver-island

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-reports-and-reference/reports-studies/vancouver-island/fixed-link

real-estate

https://www.richmond-news.com/real-estate/do-you-own-the-air-above-your-home-free-seminar-to-explain-all-1.23421588

https://www.richmond-news.com/real-estate/b-c-realtors-still-not-allowed-to-openly-publish-home-sale-prices-1.23417786

climate-change...

Canadians need to brace themselves for an influx of eco-migrants over the next century, Feltmate warned — people who are fleeing their homelands because they are simply too hot.

Environment Canada modelling suggests the average summer temperature across Ontario between 2041 and 2070 will be 3.5 C higher than it was between 1981 and 2010. The city of Toronto has modelling from 2011 that showed between 2000 and 2010 there were on average 20 days over 30 C, and with climate change that will more than triple to 66 days by 2040.
Rolf Campbell, a weather historian behind the Twitter account "YOW Weather Records," says Ottawa hit its highest-ever humidex measurement on Sunday: 47.2 C. Temperatures in Ottawa have gone above 32 C for five days in a row, the longest heat wave since 2001. With the forecast set to hit 35 C on Wednesday, a six-day heat wave would be the longest since 1944.
https://www.richmond-news.com/climate-change-not-one-heat-wave-but-a-pattern-of-extremes-scientist-1.23356423

https://www.richmond-news.com/record-high-in-japan-as-heat-wave-grips-the-region-1.23376417

https://www.richmond-news.com/news/column-richmond-is-growing-mcmansions-instead-of-crops-on-protected-farmland-1.23350477

https://www.richmond-news.com/real-estate/upcoming-legislation-will-kill-richmond-s-farm-mega-mansions-agriculture-minister-1.23401952

https://www.richmond-news.com/real-estate/province-to-limit-house-sizes-on-farmland-1.23414431

Richmond bc

https://www.richmond-news.com/news/author-tells-of-local-history-through-maps-1.494913

https://www.richmond-news.com/news/significant-canada-line-delays-tie-up-friday-morning-commutes-1.23389434?utm_source=Richmond+News+Headlines&utm_campaign=c8591de70e-Richmond_News_Headlines_Friday6_26_2015_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4e8f7c5c19-c8591de70e-96527893

The 10-year vision also calls for: “Upgrade capacity” to Canada Line “through the purchase of new rail cars to provide more service, upgrades to stations, and expansion of facilities.”

Canada Line capacity is presently handicapped by past decisions to single-track the line to Brighouse station and building shortened platforms. In the short-term TransLink has ordered 12 new trains to be in place by 2020. Peak frequency on the main line (from Bridgeport station to Waterfront station) will increase from three minutes and 20 seconds to two-and-a-half minutes.
https://www.richmond-news.com/news/several-richmond-bus-routes-changed-come-labour-day-1.23406763

streetcars and trams

https://urbanrailtoday.com/tag/streetcar/  http://www.lightrailnow.org/

https://urbanrailtoday.com/2014/09/29/detroits-m-1-modern-streetcar-project-gets-under-way/


https://lightrailnow.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/alstom-citadis-spirit-diagram-modular-expansion_alstom.jpg

new-subway-metro-systems-cost-nearly-9-times-as-much-as-light-rail

https://lightrailnow.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/new-subway-metro-systems-cost-nearly-9-times-as-much-as-light-rail/

https://voony.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/sacramento-a-lrt-success/

https://lightrailnow.wordpress.com/tag/lrt

BC Skytrain...

https://voony.wordpress.com/category/transit/skytrain-transit/

The below table illustrates the usually used consists and associated train capacity:
4 car MKI train4MK1cars-consist
332 passengers/train
6 car MKI train6MK1cars-consist
498 passengers/train
2 car MKII train2MKIIcars-consist
256 or 264 passengers/train
4 car MKII train4MKIIcars-consist
512 or 528 passengers/train
https://voony.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/vancouver-skytrain-fleet-requirement/

https://voony.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/skytrain-map.jpg

4 car MKII train4MKIIcars-consist
512 or 528 passengers/train
4 car MKIII train4carsMKIIconsist~540 passengers/train
3+2 car MKIII train3and2MKIIcars-consist
~670 passengers/train
5 car MKIII train5MKIIcars-consist
~680 passengers/train

~2030 Rolling stock requirement


a

voony.wordpress .com/ vancouver-bc

https://voony.wordpress.com/category/vancouver-bc/page/6/

https://voony.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/vancouver-1966-the-ericksonmassey-proposal-for-block-61-and-the-downtown-core/

https://voony.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/vancouver-courthouse-blocks-51-61-71-the-final-erickson-proposal/

vintageairphotos .com/ vancouver bc

http://vintageairphotos.com/tag/vancouver/

http://vintageairphotos.com/tag/downtown/

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Trains

https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=trains

edmonton

calgary

vancouver

Seattle Train Station Layout


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Link#Stations

University of Washington station consists of a single, 380-foot-long (120 m) island platform located 95 feet (29 m) below street level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington_station#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_station#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Street_station#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Square_station#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_District/Chinatown_station#Station_layout

Stadium station consists of a single 400-foot-long (120 m),[21] at-grade island platform accessible via an entrance at its north end, 130 feet (40 m) from South Royal Brougham Way.[26] The platform itself has a width of 30 feet (9.1 m) to accommodate event crowds at CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field.[27] A pocket track located south of the station was built to store extra trains that are deployed after major sporting events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SODO_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_station_(Sound_Transit)#Station_layout

Individual railcars are 95 feet (28.96 m) long and 8.7 feet (2,652 mm) wide, sporting dual cabs that allow cars to travel in either direction. 
Central Link trains are typically arranged into 2-car and three-car sets, but station platforms are built to accommodate four-car trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Link#Rolling_stock_and_equipment

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


trains and station lengths

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Urban DB

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/category/urbanized

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/category/urbanized

https://dailyhive.com/montreal/category/urbanized

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/category/urbanized


https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=urban

vancouver-housing-expensive-north-america

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-housing-expensive-north-america-2018

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/millennials-home-ownership-impossible-7-canadian-cities

vancouver-west-end-micro-unit-rental

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-west-end-micro-unit-rental-2018

vancouver-has lowest-property-taxes-canada?

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-lowest-property-taxes-canada

vancouver-ubc-subway-skytrain-underground

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-ubc-subway-skytrain-underground



https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=trains

Detroit, Michigan

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/05/j-l-hudson-co-detroit-michigan.html

Some day, Detroit could become as big and mighty as Chicago and Toronto.


winnipeg

minneapolis-skyline

http://www.startribune.com/gallery-a-different-minneapolis-skyline/336371331/#1

LA

https://la.curbed.com


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_Americas#List

SF

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/07/emporium-san-francisco-california.html ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/07/macys-california-san-francisco.html ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2012/01/the-white-house-san-francisco-california.html

https://sf.curbed.com

https://sf.curbed.com/2018/8/1/17639734/rent-control-debate-california-prop10-costa-hawkins

Seattle stores

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/05/bon-marche.html ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/05/frederick-nelson.html ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/11/rhodes-of-seattle-seattle-washington.html

https://seattle.curbed.com/

Vancouver, BC

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-canada-post-redevelopment-renderings-2018
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-delay-translink-friday-august-3-2018

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1480-howe-street-vancouver-house-construction-june-2018

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/601-beach-crescent-vancouver-tower


VBC

the-post-redevelopment

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-post-canada-post-redevelopment-renderings-2018

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amazon-old-canada-post-building-redevelopment-vancouver-economic-impact

the-telus-garden-complex

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/westbank-telus-garden-sale-2018

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/a-closer-look-at-the-telus-garden-project/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/telus-new-office-building-vancouver/

unbuilt-winnipeg

http://archiseek.com/tag/unbuilt-winnipeg/

Hudson’s Bay and other department stores


https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/05/08/hudsons-bay-vancouver-2018

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2011/11/hudsons-bay-company-calgary-alberta.html ,
https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/news/2018/02/downtown-hudsons-bay-building-prototypical-department-store

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2015/01/hudsons-bay-company-edmonton-alberta.html

http://www.hbcheritage.ca/places/places-other-institutions/winnipeg

http://www.hbcheritage.ca/places/places-other-institutions/winnipeg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_(retailer)#Further_expansion

https://thepoint.hbc.com/index.php/2016/10/16/department-store-day-hudsons-bay-retrospective/

https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/tail-insider.com/2013/01/original-hudsons-bay-company-flagship.html

http://archiseek.com/2009/1919-hudsons-bay-company-winnipeg-manitoba ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/06/hudsons-bay-company-winnipeg-manitoba.html

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2011/04/hudsons-bay-company-vancouver-british.html

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2011/04/the-t-eaton-co-pacific-division.html ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/06/t-eaton-co-ltd-winnipeg-manitoba-canada.html ,
http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/05/t-eaton-co-ltd-toronto-ontario-canada.html

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/11/woodwards-stores-ltd-vancouver-bc.html

tower-highrise-construction-map-of los-angeles

https://la.curbed.com/maps/tower-highrise-construction-map-los-angeles LA

widening of the 405 Freeway in Orange County



http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-405-widening-20180127-story.html#

https://la.curbed.com/405-widening

Monday, July 9, 2018

rental-affordability-housing-index-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-rental-affordability-housing-index-vancouver-2018

Secrets Hidden Inside Famous Locations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRw842G2HA

fraser-valley-adjustable-speed-limit-systems

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-valley-adjustable-speed-limit-systems

Vancouver International Airport will see 31 million passengers per year by 2022

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-traffic-growth-2018


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-expansion-2018-plan-yvr

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-expansion-yvr-2037

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-vancouver-international-airports-plans-3rd-runway

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-new-terminal-2020

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-world-routes-marketing-awards-2017

greyhound-canada-bus-service-bc-alberta-cancelled

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/greyhound-canada-bus-service-bc-alberta-cancelled

new-Canada-line-trains

"An ultimate system design capacity of 15,000 pphpd can be achieved when all station platform lengths are extended from 40 metres to 50 metres to accommodate a three-car-long train. The station platforms can only reach a maximum length of 50 metres due to the design of the system.
In contrast, the Expo Line currently has peak period traffic flows of over 15,000 pphpd and its ultimate design capacity is at least 25,000 pphpd with additional trains." https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-canada-line-trains-design-2020

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-new-trains-model-rotem-2020

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-downtown-vancouver-stations-escalators

translink-major-bikeway-network-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-major-bikeway-network-vancouver

burrard-bridge-busiest-cycle-route-north-america

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burrard-bridge-busiest-cycle-route-north-america-january-2018

Sheraton New York...


811 7th Avenue
New York City NY United States

Status:built
Construction Dates
  Finished1962
Floor Count51
Building Uses
 - hotel
Structural Types
 - highrise
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=17200 501'



Sheraton Centre Hotel

123 Queen Street West
Toronto ON Canada

Status:built
Construction Dates
  Finished1972
Floor Count43
Basement Floors2
Units / Rooms1,113
Building Uses
 - hotel
Structural Types
 - highrise
Architectural Style
 - international
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1969 436'



One Wall Centre
1000 Burrard Street
Vancouver BC Canada

Status:built
Construction Dates
  Began1998
  Finished2001
Floor Count48
Basement Floors5
Floor Area42,955 m²
Units / Rooms421
Building Uses
 - mixed use
 - conference
 - hotel
 - residential
Structural Types
 - highrise
 - tuned mass damper
 - pole
Architectural Style
 - modern
Materials
 - glass
 - concrete


 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Spire517 ft
The spire is a light pipe
Roof491 ft
Top of angled roof structure
Lower roof450 ft
Top of façade, the 450 foot height limit. Buildings were allowed to have mechanical space above the height limit.
Top floor439 ft
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3



Empire Landmark Hotel

1400 Robson Street
Vancouver BC Canada

Status:built
Construction Dates
  Finished1973
Floor Count40
Basement Floors2
Units / Rooms357
Building Uses
 - hotel
 - parking garage
 - retail
Structural Types
 - highrise
 - flag
 - pole
 - revolving floor
Architectural Style
 - brutalist
Materials
 - glass
 - concrete


 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Flag pole394 ft
Roof380 ft
https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=921

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