Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries

[markhollin]

Courtesy of YIMBY New York:
 

[markhollin]

Vancouver House (49 stories, 493'), Vancouver, BC, Canada:

 

[smeagolsfree]

China is banning skyscrapers over 500 meters and copycat architecture.

 

 

[markhollin]

Rainier Square Tower,  Seattle (850',  62 stories, 200 luxury apts., 722,000 sq. ft. office space):

[markhollin]

Hudson Yards, The Spiral, NYC, 1,031', 65 stories:
 

[markhollin]

A $30 million rehab of the Morton Salt Warehouse Complex on Chicago's north side has been approved by the city.  It will include office, retail, and a music venue. 

More at YIMBY Chicago here:

https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/01/plan-commission-approves-morton-salt-adaptive-reuse-project-at-1357-n-elston-avenue-in-west-town.html

[BnaBreaker]

^I am flabbergasted by that one.  I never thought I'd see the day where that monstrosity was turned into a community asset.

[markhollin]

Renderings for new Oakland A's stadium project/neighborhood (courtesy of YIMBY Bay Area):
 

[UrbanWes03]

10 hours ago, markhollin said:

Renderings for new Oakland A's stadium project/neighborhood (courtesy of YIMBY Bay Area):
 

That continuous rooftop park is amazing!

[markhollin]

Project Commodore, NYC (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

 

[Bos2Nash]

On 2/20/2021 at 6:19 AM, markhollin said:

Renderings for new Oakland A's stadium project/neighborhood (courtesy of YIMBY Bay Area):

ArchDaily article. This stadium is designed by STARchitect Barke Ingels. 

https://www.archdaily.com/912347/big-gensler-and-field-operations-revise-plans-for-oakland-athletics-stadium

[markhollin]

A rendering of a new supertall  (1,100') at Schuykill Yards on Philadelphia's west side (courtesy of YIMBY Philadelphia):

 

[markhollin]

45-53 Third St. in San Francisco will be 52 stories, 600', with 313 room hotel, 354 residential units, 50,000 sq. ft. office space, and 27,600 sq. ft. of retail (courtesy of YIMBY San Fransisco):
 

[markhollin]

One Wall Street (circa 1931) in lower Manhattan, stands at 654' and 50 stories. It is going through a massive conversion from office space to condos (566 units),  with 44,000 sq. ft.  Whole Foods. Total cost of $1.5 billion (Courtesy of YIMBY New York):

 

[markhollin]

Courtesy of YIMBY Philadelphia:
 

[markhollin]

Sao Paulo, Brazil is one of the largest cities in the world (25 million). Have loved seeing this unique double bridge on my visits there:

 

[Rockatansky]

On 3/7/2021 at 5:20 AM, markhollin said:

Sao Paulo, Brazil is one of the largest cities in the world (25 million). Have loved seeing this unique double bridge on my visits there:

 

Wikipedia says 12m for the city and 21m for the Metro - slightly larger than the NYC Metro.

[MontanaGuy]

Markhollin wrote: Sao Paulo, Brazil is one of the largest cities in the world (25 million). Have loved seeing this unique double bridge on my visits there:

I've seen a lot of views from planes and helicopters and this city is like a forest of highrise buildings.  They may not be as tall as the ones in NYC or Hong Kong but in terms of quantity I've heard it may have upwards of 40,000 of them and I don't believe that anyone has really documented this information on the skyscraper websites that keep track of that sort of thing.  You can even see it on Google Earth, it's absolutely massive, you could hide downtown Nashville in the middle of it and it would take awhile to find it!  I would love to visit this city!

Edited March 9, 2021 by MontanaGuy

[markhollin]

Chicago's proposed Salesforce Tower, 60 stories, 813 ft., 1.2 million sq. ft. (courtesy of YIMBY Chicago):

[markhollin]

Columbus Circle, NYC:
 

[dxfret]

NYC

 

[markhollin]

Austin, TX:
 

[markhollin]

Courtesy of YIMBY New York:  685 5th Ave., 10 story addition on top of 20 story office structure built in 1928. Being converted into 69 luxury condos total, with $135 million price tag.
 

[markhollin]

Nice video of downtown Oklahoma City and the new Scissortail Park:

https://www.facebook.com/bobboyd.audio/videos/10159507103123754

[yontu2]

Nashville UP seems to have a handful of people who repeatedly post that they wish each project would have been taller, or just that Nashville would have some taller buildings.

I'm not against tall buildings, but I tend to disagree with these posts. I am happier to see more buildings developed at smaller scales that create more contiguous urban areas.

I wonder whether the difference boils down to whether people are thinking of the city more as a skyline or as an area to navigate on foot. The city still has a lot of gaps between walkable areas, but is in the process of closing some of them. For instance, downtown, the gulch, and midtown are growing closer toward a contiguous urbanized area.

Some smaller and mid-sized cities that have gone "tall" seem kind of ridiculous to me. Oklahoma City is one example.