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View Poll Results: Most impressive construction boom?
Miami 20 14.93%
New York 36 26.87%
Seattle 27 20.15%
Toronto 51 38.06%
Voters: 134. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-16-2020, 08:24 PM
 
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Most impressive construction boom: Toronto, New York, Miami, or Seattle?

- Retail
- Housing
- Office
- Hotels
- Bridges
- Roads
- Trains
- Buses
- Infrastructure (reservoirs, levees, flood gates, so on)
- School campuses
- Greenspace

That should be enough criteria to get this thread off the ground but if it isn't listed and it pertains to some kind of construction then feel free to lump it into this topic and discuss here. There are a few other cities that should belong here in this topic but they are smaller places and I want to keep this topic mostly to the really big cities that have had a lot of construction activity in recent years.

Note, construction activity goes well beyond just highrise and skyscraper construction, so I am looking forward to detailed discussions on construction that cover more facets than just those.
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Old 01-16-2020, 08:50 PM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Seattle metro building more grade-separated rail this decade than the other cities combined.
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Old 01-16-2020, 08:54 PM
 
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OP ..... you know you see it as Toronto. Give us Americans a break to argue it.... and entertain. I won't vote in your visible polls. Cause I await YOUR VOTE. THOUGH I KNOW Miami you like a lot. For a mere American city. Nothing like Tokyo......

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Old 01-16-2020, 09:51 PM
 
Location: Odenton, MD
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Seattle would take the infrastructure award as it's building dedicated heavy rail, which is unheard off in American cities right now

Toronto takes the high-rise/skyscraper award by a landslide in terms of how much it's throwing up. I read a recent metric that it has more cranes than NYC, LA & Chicago... combined.

Miami & NYC are a happy medium of both
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Old 01-16-2020, 10:19 PM
 
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Honestly, most of us don't think of Toronto in terms of what's going on there...different country. Just as we don't, often, think of Mexico City, and what's going on there.
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Old 01-16-2020, 10:28 PM
 
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Toronto is a fantastic city, I have a great deal of love for Canada! Montreal and Vancouver are wonderful as well..
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Old 01-16-2020, 10:54 PM
 
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I voted Toronto.
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Old 01-16-2020, 10:59 PM
 
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Ask the mods to add Chicago to your poll.
Needs Chicago.

The answer:
New York
Toronto
Chicago (height + sq ft)
Miami-Seattle very close

in total square feet
Boston/Cambridge/Somerville probably tops Seattle and Miami.
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Old 01-16-2020, 11:49 PM
 
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Toronto (my vote)

Then Seattle. In its core, it's one of the biggest booms in both multifamily, offices, and transit. We even just replaced two miles of highway with a tunnel. Four square miles...37,000 housing units, 16 msf office, 4k hotel rooms started in this decade...

In metro terms it's no contest...Seattle is growing more than anyone but Toronto percentagewise and I suspect in any regard.
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Old 01-17-2020, 01:12 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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I voted for Miami based on the difference in appearance from the turn of the century.
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