https://ca.yahoo.com/news/touch-clouds-feels-cross-world-044353753.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huajiang_Canyon_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge#Types
Staten Island is often called New York City’s forgotten borough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSI0FMLsBRs
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/central-park-leaders-call-for-ban-on-horse-drawn-carriages/
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1szodutee
https://www.centralpark.com/things-to-do/sports/horseback-riding/
https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2023/12/8/drives-rides-and-walks-horses-in-central-park
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-stables-where-central-park-carriage-horses-live-2012-4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/345_Park_Avenue
This armed madman could have easily killed a lot more people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_shooting
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=NYC+mass+shooter+Shane+Tamura
Of course, because Vancouver has been trapped under a multigenerational thwarting agenda. Almost any excuse has been used to hold the scale of the city back.
3 octagonal shaped office towers opened in 1977. 25_Martin_Place, formerly MLC in Sydney with 67 floors above ground. Nauru_House in Melbourne with 52 levels above ground. Then there is the Scotia_Tower or stump in Vancouver, with the windows only reaching up to the 34th floor. 138 m or 452 ft. The 35th and 36th floors have no windows. https://www.skydb.net/building/134544260/scotia-tower-vancouver , https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/scotia-tower/4396
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Scotia_Tower_Vancouver_2015.jpg| Height | |
|---|---|
| Roof | 228 m (748 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 67 |
| Completed | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Roof | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 52 |
| Floor area | 50,500 m2 (544,000 sq ft) |
The Columbia_Center in Seattle has 76 floors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Center#Design The Wilshire_Grand_Center and the U.S._Bank_Tower_in Los_Angeles both have 73 floors.
The Salesforce_Tower in S.F. has 61 floors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower#Gallery
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/San_Francisco_skyline_from_Marin_Headlands.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/San_Francisco_in_2018.jpghttps://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=building+shadowing+policies
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/workers-trapped-after-tunnel-collapses-in-wilmington/
Of course $HIT pipe construction can be very dangerous.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/us/los-angeles-tunnel-collapse-rescue-hnk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/tunnel-collapse-los-angeles-trapped.html
https://www.zoomdrain.com/blog/2022/september/the-worlds-largest-sewer-is-in-tokyo
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/g-cans-worlds-largest-drain
Prince+Rupert is in a limited growth area. In contrast, Terrace has a lot of relatively flat land around it for growth. Terrace isn't as limited as PR, so its a potential growth area.
https://gocampingbc.com/region/terrace-prince-rupert/
http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/explore/north/skeena_coast.html
Despite its limited flat areas, Prince_Rupert should be a growing port for NW BC. Kitimat should also continue as a major BC port. Terrace has the biggest potential for growth and should have improved highway and rail connections between PR and Kitimat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Regional_Airport_Terrace-Kitimat
Switzerland can fit into BC about 23 times, yet BC doesn't even have the population of one CH. Canada is nowhere close to having 1% of the worlds population.
Unfortunately, the BC part of Canada mostly has narrow, inadequate bridges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge The 3 lane joke that was never augmented with a bus and HOV tunnel. Especially, a train tunnel, because that actually might improve transportation efficiency.
https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/canada/6138-lions-gate-bridge.html
https://www.tranbc.ca/2019/08/29/how-the-lions-gate-bridge-counterflow-works/
https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure-news/widest-highway-in-the-world.html
No matter how wide a highway or bridge can be, unless there is space allocated for train, bus and HOVs, it just becomes another congested roadway.
https://m.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-10-wildest-highways-in-the-world/20120831.htm
https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca A 4 lane joke that should have opened with 6 lanes. There is no provision for a no lower deck to accomodate a future LRT line or tram-train. No provision for 2 rapid bus lanes or HOV lanes.
https://www.infrastructurebc.com/project/pattullo-bridge-replacement-project/
https://www.aecon.com/our-expertise/our-projects/current/pattullo-bridge-replacement
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pattullo-bridge-replacement-project-1.7565793 Speed, efficiency and quality just aren't part of the backwards BC mentality.
The LGB is one of the worlds worst bottlenecks or traffic chokepoints. An inadequate 3 lane bridge with no train and bus tunnel to help relieve the congestion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)
https://abc7.com/traffic , https://405expresslanes.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)#Los_Angeles_County
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulveda_Transit_Corridor
https://www.metro.net/projects/i-405-comprehensive-multimodal-corridor-plan/
https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/travel/the-guide-to-los-angeles-freeways
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)#Tukwila_to_Bellevue
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/405-freeway-closes-weekend-kirkland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)#21st_century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)#Transit_service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Line_(Sound_Transit)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stride_(bus_rapid_transit)#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(Chicago)
| Height | 261.8 m (859 ft) |
|---|---|
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 82 5 below ground |
| Floor area | 1,990,635 sq ft (184,936.0 m2) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(Chicago)#Design
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Bloor
| Height | |
|---|---|
| Roof | 257 m (843 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 76 |
| Floor area | 68,634 m2 (738,770 sq ft) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Bloor#History
One_Bloor_West would even be impressive in Queensland and Florida. Its nice to see that Toronto has another building that would be impressive in Melbourne. Even in Chicago and sort of in NYC, but not Dubai.
| 308.6 metres (1,012.4 ft) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Bloor_West#Design
https://www.theb1m.com/video/the-race-to-build-canadas-tallest-skyscraper
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2025/03/one-toronto-canada-tallest-building/
https://www.reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/1cd54bz/canadas_tallest_skyscraper_for_50_yrs_at_298m The BMO tower has 72 stories, the BMO stump in Vancouver has only 32.
https://skyrisecities.com/news/2017/07/new-renderings-showcase-canadas-next-tallest-building.27637
Most of Ontario is wilderness, as is most of Canada. Most people in Canada prefer to live in the urban area, that's also the case in Australia. Of course various LARGE structures will be in urban parts of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community#Argentina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata#City_layout_and_architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community#Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community#Adelaide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community#Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community#Singapore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_community#United_Arab_Emirates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Connector#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Connector#The_Stitch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Connector#Gallery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_freeway_revolts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Department_of_Transportation#Freeing_the_Freeways
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge
| Construction start | March 31, 1937 |
|---|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge#History
| Opened | November 14, 1938 |
|---|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge#Gallery
Unfortunately in the 1930s, there just wasn't much vision and motivation to see Vancouver as becoming a bustling and thriving port city. In contrast, Sydney, NSW and SF, California already knew that they were growing major cities by the 1930s.
Then, by the 1960s and 70s, when Montreal and Toronto really started to grow up, Vancouver became immersed into the BC backwater mentality. By the 1960s or 70s, there should have been 3 lane tunnel to provide a proper counterflow to the inadequate 3 lane LGB.
Georgia_Street is seven lanes wide near the entrance to Stanley_Park and the 5 blocks leading towards the park.
Had Vancouver waited until the 1990s, not only a 7, but 8 lane tunnel should have been built under the park and near the bridge. Such a tunnel not only could have provided 3 lanes each way, but a bus lane each way as well in the 8 lane structure. Unfortunately, that never happened, nor did a rail link happen.
Indeed, several decades ago the SkyTrain should have been extended to West_Vancouver. There never even seemed to be a plan to extend the SkyTrain-Canada_Line segment to North_Vancouver either.
There has been multigenerational resistance to have a proper comprehensive transportation plan between Downtown_Vancouver and the North_Shore. There also seems to be a lack of vision or interest to link the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal to YVR and also a link to the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Metro#Rolling_stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_M1_(Prague)
| Train length | 96.66 m (317 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
|---|---|
| Car length | 19.52 m (64 ft 1⁄2 in) (M1.1 - first and last car) |
Hudson's_Detroit has taken a long time, but it will be quite a nice complex when completed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson's_Detroit#Design
https://www.hudsons-detroit.com/
https://www.bartonmalow.com/projects/hudsons-detroit-development
https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/gm-announces-move-rencen-new-hudsons-detroit
Unfortunately, since the redevelopment of the old Woodward's site in Vancouver, there have been some difficulties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward's_Building#Early_history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward's_Building#Redevelopment
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/london-drugs-woodwards-vancouver-crime-theft-shoplifting
Of course Detroit doesn't have the same extreme height restriction as Vancouver. Thus, it was able to build significantly taller than Woodward's_43. Detroit's version is a far cry from Vancouver's watered down version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tram_and_light_rail_transit_systems
https://rail.nridigital.com/future_rail_sep23/10_largest_tram_networks
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/six-of-the-best-tram-systems-around-the-world/?cf-view
https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=LRT :: https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=LRT:
https://www.bestmswprograms.com/impressive-social-housing-projects/
https://www.iproperty.com.my/guides/best-public-and-social-housing-around-the-world-70972
https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/collections/affordable-housing/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-city-market-rental-housing-program-impacts
https://dailyhive.com/calgary/calgary-man-move-alberta-toronto
Toronto is a big city on a lakeshore like Chicago is. Calgary just doesn't have a sprawling suburban situation like those urban areas have. Calgary can get colder than Denver during the winter and almost as hot as Dallas during the summer.
https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-condo-building-issues-dundas-square-gardens
A reasonable effort should always be made to maintain a decent living standard in new and older buildings.
https://www.newsweek.com/millions-california-warned-exercising-outdoors-2005086
Of course any big city or industrial area can still get occasionally smoggy.
The LA City Hall was once the tallest building in California, now it's just like another stump building.
https://www.newsweek.com/millions-california-warned-exercising-outdoors-2005086#slideshow/2550275
https://www.tourradar.com/days-to-come/california-vs-florida
https://amerisafemoving.com/florida-vs-california-where-should-you-live-and-why
Of course California-and-Florida are known for nice year round warm weather, unlike Canada.
Why film movies and TV productions in Canada? Perhaps the most obvious reason is the currency exchange rate. However, most of Canada can easily have cold and crappy weather for half of the year. Yet, that doesn't seem to be that much of a problem.
Why your favorite movies fake their locations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGk-rH_zcPE
Vancouver Never Plays Itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU
https://www.the-shard.com , https://www.the-shard.com/shangri-la-the-shard-london
https://www.the-shard.com/viewing-gallery
There was a time when practically everything in Australia had to be on a smaller scale than what's in the Uk.
https://melbournebuildexpo.com
There was a time when Sydney had taller buildings than Melbourne. Will Sydney have the tallest building in Australia again, someday?
Plans for the tallest ever building in Sydney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqWScCvALzc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_60 239.7 m (786 ft)
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/382/
https://sunshinecity.jp/en/observatory/
https://www.gotokyo.org/en/spot/447/index.html
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/sunshine-60-tower/990
https://skyscrapers.fandom.com/wiki/Sunshine_60
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_City,_Tokyo#Sunshine_City_Prince_Hotel
https://www.princehotels.com/sunshine/
https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/works/jp_com_198003_sunshinecity.html 130 m / 427 ft
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/sunshine-city-prince-hotel/47015 37 floors
https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/largest-metro-areas-in-the-world
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/in-pictures-the-largest-cities-in-the-world
https://www.statista.com/statistics/912263/population-of-urban-agglomerations-worldwide/
https://zenodo.org/records/10458207
https://www.euronews.com/2024/07/02/paris-hotels-struggle-with-low-demand-as-olympics-approach
While it's nice to have a lot of extra rooms than not. However, low demand isn't a good sign.
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Great-Fire-of-London-1212 Even some of the bridges burned down in old London.
https://chapel-bridge.ch/background/chapel-bridge-on-fire/
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/burnt-into-memory_remembering-the-chapel-bridge-fire/44330760
https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/photos-historic-trestle-bridge-goes-up-in-flames-9116495
https://globalnews.ca/news/10579703/major-fire-richmond/
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/richmond-fire-river-rock-casino
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures#2000%E2%80%93present
Unfortunately, bridge_failures occur because no structure is beyond possibility of damage.
https://www.history.com/news/deadly-bridge-collapses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures#1950-1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_decay#History
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-urban-decay-drug-decriminalization-bc
Almost every city has serious issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Inouye_International_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Route
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Segment_2:_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelepaua_station
https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/compare/perth-vs-honolulu-2063523-5856195
Ideally, such an isolated city & airport should always be well equipped.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport#Facilities_and_services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport#Third_runway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth#Rolling_stock
"The platform is in excess of 150 metres (490 ft) long, making it long enough for a six-car train, the longest Transperth trains." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayswater_railway_station,_Perth#Description
https://www.avenueperth.com/why-is-perth-isolated/
https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/compare/perth-vs-honolulu-2063523-5856195
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Van_Leesten_Memorial_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footbridge
https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/collections/bridging-the-gap/
https://www.wsp.com/en-cn/sectors/bike-and-pedestrian-bridges
https://structurae.net/en/structures/bridges/bicycle-and-pedestrian-bridges
37 vs. 73 is the difference between a stump and a tower.
In Vancouver, BC, no office building is permitted to have a 40th floor, let alone 50 or 60. There is a 37 story RBC and more recently, the Stack-office-tower. In contrast, Seattle has a 76 story office tower.
37 - Why is this number everywhere? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6iQrh2TK98
There are various buildings with 73 stories, but they vary in their heights.
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/30-hudson-yards/13325 73 stories.
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/1-corporate-avenue/9591 73 stories.
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-address-boulevard/14606 73
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/qingdao-hai-tian-center/15639 73
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-center/343 73
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokohama_Landmark_Tower 73 stories above ground in total. https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/landmark-tower/547
https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014920/http://skyscrapercenter.com/yokohama/landmark-tower/
https://www.yokohama-landmark.jp/skygarden
https://www.yokohamastation.com/yokohama-landmark-tower/
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/first-canadian-place/543 72
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/q1-tower/399 78
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_South_Korea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Taiwan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings#Tallest_buildings_in_the_world
"It came into being with the creation of Nunavut on April 1, 1999." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_corners_(Canada)
https://ctawa.asn.au/event/bridges-and-tunnels-of-perth-2-2
https://www.weekendnotes.com/tunnels-in-perth/
https://www.streetkidindustries.com/tunnels
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/bridges-lighting/
https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/swan-river-pedestrian-bridge-perth/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windan_Bridge