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Originally Posted by fredinno
The distance from Expo to Citadel Parade is about 120meters. That's the problem with your measurements.
True, the Dunsmuir Ramp is steep, and an elevator would be nice for accessability reasons.
That Georgia Ramp in that concept looks to be of similar length to my proposed Dunsmuir Ramp as well.
You might actually be able to get away with only allowing entrance from Georgia into Citadel Parade too.
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Even with that assumption, that's a 12.5 percent grade or more, not 6.7.
The Georgia Steps are similar, yes, and I believe they got rejected for being too steep and poorly integrated; the Georgia Ramp goes from Citadel to Pacific, a relatively more gradual slope. For the Dunsmuir Ramp, turning Citadel into a cul-de-sac & removing the Stadium-Chinatown concourse probably aren't very palatable options for a minimal increase in vehicle flow.
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Originally Posted by fredinno
Sir, the population of Metro New York in 1960 was 13.57 Million. That's several orders of magnitude above even modern Vancouver.
And I've already pointed out that those places were either anchored or effectively built by a big corporation. Maybe Clayton, but/though I also can't find any real comprehensive history behind it and its formation.
The municipal structure seems to be similar, with the city being heavily municipally split and having most of its growth after the suburban office boom of the 90s and 80s.
Though, it says something that the Amazon HQ2 proposers chose Vancouver over Surrey despite the obvious advantages Surrey had (like the ability to have a more centralized campus and lower lease rates).
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Um, how'd we get to New York? We were talking about D.C. and Paris. Granted, those were
also bigger cities back then, but what about Birmingham or Columbus? It's almost like every ring road/bypass planner went to the same school and were taught to build 8-15 km from the city core or something like that.
Vancouver's suburbs were/are also built around anchors, and by corporations. Not sure what the difference is between an abandoned studio backlot and a quiet mall - to a condo developer, both are ripe for the taking.
Sure, Whalley isn't Vancouver yet in terms of desireability, might not ever be. No reason they can't give it a shot.
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