The Westside Terminal was an interesting idea.
https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-1.html
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- 24 Feb 2024 00:10
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport Fantasy Redesign
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2040
- 10 Feb 2024 00:57
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Dallas Zoo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15253
Re: Dallas Zoo
Has the monorail been disassembled yet? I wonder if the vehicles will be sold or put into storage.
- 19 Dec 2023 17:17
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Union Station
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1984
Re: Dallas Union Station
Does Hunt own air rights over the tracks? The elevated pedestrian bridge is also interesting. It's an active freight line so I imagine any structure would need to be pretty high (the reason the overhead bridges were replaced with the pedestrian tunnel in the first place). It's likely not even real ...
- 15 Dec 2023 13:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Medical/Market Center: Stemmons Towers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15600
Re: Medical/Market Center: Stemmons Towers
I'm glad someone found this thread in 2019 and was inspired. :D There are a lot of nice mature trees, and the core has a good connecting plaza; they can utilize that existing spine to create some interesting gardens for residents. If resident parking garages were added at the rear of the building ad...
- 15 Dec 2023 12:09
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Union Station
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1984
Re: Dallas Union Station
Does Hunt own air rights over the tracks? The elevated pedestrian bridge is also interesting. It's an active freight line so I imagine any structure would need to be pretty high (the reason the overhead bridges were replaced with the pedestrian tunnel in the first place).
- 13 Nov 2023 14:39
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: 601 N Akard - YMCA
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28270
Re: Downtown Dallas: 601 N Akard - YMCA
https://x.com/stevebrowndmn/status/1724097241109889097?s=46&t=ggSh9v0WoyGMEuf4BPzlmg I’m not well versed on this at all. What does this mean for the Y at this location? No subscription to DMN The Y “is not actively selling the building at this time,” a spokesperson for the organization said in ...
- 30 Sep 2023 23:59
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
- Replies: 104
- Views: 57708
Re: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
Historic Preservation in Dallas Takes Another Hit as Exchange Park is Razed
https://candysdirt.com/2023/09/05/excha ... inful-hit/
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- 24 Aug 2023 12:18
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Silver Line
- Replies: 402
- Views: 461037
Re: Silver Line
Are they really building the train station for 12th street in the middle of the median of Municipal and Ave K in Plano? It looks that way. That's terrible. They are both 1 way segments of a 6 lane divided road. Sorry DART riders. Also they built one apartment building across from the station and th...
- 08 Aug 2023 16:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
- Replies: 104
- Views: 57708
Re: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
RIP Howard R. Meyer-designed Tiferet Israel built in 1939 on Grand Avenue. Robert Wilonsky reports that this was demolished after another fire occurred in the building yesterday. His photo attached. 365763105_10227661025684807_7176809998124161721_n.jpg https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2023/08/08/cant...
- 28 Jul 2023 14:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812633
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
It's official. Deep Ellum is on the National Register of Historic Places
https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2 ... ric-places
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edit ... servation/
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- 16 May 2023 14:55
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 361926
Re: DFW Airport
All these decades of holding on to that space I was half expecting Terminal F to be a new centerpiece of the airport when this is clearly just the new overflow terminal. Looks about as barebones and disposable as could possibly be. Thank you, I thought it was just me. This looks like one of those p...
- 30 Jan 2023 23:49
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: MATA: M-Line Trolley
- Replies: 98
- Views: 110104
Re: MATA: M-Line Trolley
Six ex-Dallas PCC cars are available for sale by the Seashore Trolley Museum.
https://trolleymuseum.org/wp-content/up ... ochure.pdf
https://trolleymuseum.org/wp-content/up ... ochure.pdf
- 02 Dec 2022 14:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 3001 Maple (Maple Terrace Office + Residences)
- Replies: 57
- Views: 33864
Re: Uptown Dallas: 3001 Maple (Maple Terrace Office + Residences)
Progress photos in this article. The new window feel like a miss; unfortunate since windows are a character-defining feature of any historic building. The previous windows were not original but it looks like the original were more of a 4-over-1 design. The new ones are too industrial for the buildin...
- 17 Aug 2022 15:32
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
- Replies: 441
- Views: 387334
Re: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
Here are the conditions the Landmark Commission will look for in a design. A new structure here does NOT need to reference the adjacent mid-century modern style of the Statler (the Statler is outside of the historic district), but it can't just be a solid block or mix too many styles/materials. The ...
- 11 Aug 2022 16:16
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
- Replies: 441
- Views: 387334
Re: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
Agree with comments by the Landmark Commission. Scale is out of place with the adjacent historic buildings on Commerce (and even the library across Harwood). In my opinion a better design would be to differentiate this building from the other (make it look like two mid-scale buildings instead of one...
- 22 Apr 2022 15:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
- Replies: 104
- Views: 57708
Re: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
West Dallas home with ties to Bonnie and Clyde demolished The historic home of outlaw Clyde Barrow, which sat at 1221 Singleton Blvd., was demolished this week. It was bought by a developer in 2020. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/04/22/west-dallas-home-with-ties-to-bonnie-and-clyde-demolished...
- 21 Sep 2021 00:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Houseman Building; 400 N. Akard
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12857
Re: Houseman Building; 400 N. Akard
I love that this is happening and I like the addition but it's too bad they're not doing more to update the lower portion of the building to make it more consistent with its new top. The stucco portion with the arches could easily utilize the same materials and/or design treatments as the new porti...
- 13 Aug 2021 13:48
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown: Harwood Park
- Replies: 44
- Views: 32599
Re: Downtown: Harwood Park
I wonder if they will try to incorporate any of the "scene shop row" history of the area... could be a fun way to bring some murals or selfie moments into the space.
- 16 Jul 2021 13:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas (Eastside): 2 mixed-use towers
- Replies: 96
- Views: 39840
- 01 Jul 2021 12:29
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
- Replies: 670
- Views: 611870
Re: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2021/07/01/uber-shrinks-its-plans-for-deep-ellum-pulls-out-of-all-state-and-local-incentives/ Uber is terminating all of the state, county and municipal economic incentive agreements it struck when it selected Dallas to be its largest employment hub out...
- 15 Jun 2021 11:31
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132984
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
Cleaning of the Chapel exterior after many years of dirt and grime had built up. 131631213_4297767650275422_7450051534766820965_n.png Saw this, so glad to finally see this happen. Going to go shoot it soon while we can enjoy the clean. :D I think you'll have some time; the last cleaning was about 2...
- 15 Jun 2021 11:20
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132984
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
Cleaning of the Chapel exterior after many years of dirt and grime had built up.
- 26 Mar 2021 10:53
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132984
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
Why Dallas should be grateful for a Thanks-Giving Square makeover Architecture critic Mark Lamster weighs in on a new plan that would remake and expand the iconic downtown Dallas park. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2021/03/18/why-dallas-should-be-grateful-for-a-thanks-g...
- 04 Mar 2021 20:23
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park
- Replies: 228
- Views: 188743
Re: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park
Three Downtown Dallas Parks Deliver Differing Visions of Public Space https://magazine.texasarchitects.org/2021/03/04/three-downtown-dallas-parks-deliver-differing-visions-of-public-space/ Klyde Warren Park Klyde Warren Park, Dallas’ freeway-topping jewel which has been successful beyond anyone’s w...
- 04 Mar 2021 20:22
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown: Carpenter Park
- Replies: 57
- Views: 44208
Re: Downtown: Carpenter Park
Three Downtown Dallas Parks Deliver Differing Visions of Public Space https://magazine.texasarchitects.org/2021/03/04/three-downtown-dallas-parks-deliver-differing-visions-of-public-space/ Carpenter Park On the eastern edge of downtown is Carpenter Park, which is slated to be completed in spring 20...
- 04 Mar 2021 20:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132984
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
Three Downtown Dallas Parks Deliver Differing Visions of Public Space https://magazine.texasarchitects.org/2021/03/04/three-downtown-dallas-parks-deliver-differing-visions-of-public-space/ Thanks-Giving Square Completed in 1976, Thanks-Giving Square was one of the first parks in the heart of downto...
- 30 Jan 2021 00:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: 601 N Akard - YMCA
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28270
Re: Downtown Dallas - 601 N Akard - YMCA
My vote goes to a modernized version of the Sanford Center. I believe the current building is the uncompleted base for this tower, right? The parking deck and ground floor were completed and occupied by a bank until the YMCA renovated/added space when they relocated here in 1980. The foundation shou...
- 05 Jan 2021 21:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132984
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
Another write-up about improvements: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/12/callisonrtkl-reimagines-philip-johnsons-thanks-giving-square-in-dallas/ Thanks for sharing. As stated in the article, the goal is to keep the garden area (within the walls) a contemplative space that respects the original archit...
- 01 Oct 2020 22:11
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132984
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
Here's the latest on our work at Thanks-Giving Square. Design for the rejuvenation has been moving along with a fundraising campaign to begin soon. What a Reimagined Thanks-Giving Square Could Look Like https://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2020/10/what-a-reimagined-thanks-giving-square-c...
- 30 Sep 2020 17:04
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 143716
Re: Fair Park
Photos of the Hall of State restoration look amazing, from the exterior to the tiny interior details. https://www.fox4news.com/news/14-million-hall-of-state-restoration-project-nearly-complete Screen Shot 2020-09-30 at 3.07.03 PM.png Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_skFLPHB94/ Screen Shot 2020-...
- 31 Aug 2020 23:47
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Restaurants: general news/development
- Replies: 173
- Views: 199514
Re: Restaurants: general news/development
Can the downtown restaurant scene recover? Lack of foot traffic is taking its toll https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2020/08/31/can-the-downtown-restaurant-scene-recover-lack-of-foot-traffic-is-taking-its-toll/ When asked how business was going at his downtown Neopolitan Italian resta...
- 13 Aug 2020 16:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: AT&T Discovery District
- Replies: 451
- Views: 396635
Re: AT&T Discovery District
drove by yesterday after work and they put up the new pegasus city brewery sign.. looks really good and was lit up nicely. Commerce street really improving with all of this and will only get better with hawthorn and pegasus city opening soon. Wow, gorgeous. Reminds me of old theatre row down elm st...
- 13 Aug 2020 16:36
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: DFW in the Media
- Replies: 83
- Views: 77848
Re: DFW in the Media
I finished S2 of The Umbrella Academy and it was a lot of fun! It's silly superhero shenanigans, so if that's not your glass of sweet tea here are a couple of the notable Dallas establishing shots. No spoilers here I promise, the first screenshot is from the first five minutes of the season. You ca...
- 30 Jul 2020 16:39
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: DFW Economy
- Replies: 462
- Views: 445252
Re: DFW Economy
I've heard CRE people contend that companies will be seeking more real estate moving forward and not less, to accommodate employee spacing/distancing and such, but I'm still not buying it. At some point, employers will pull their employees back into the office. The idea that white-collar managerial...
- 28 Jul 2020 19:49
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: Street name changes/proposals
- Replies: 25
- Views: 28753
Re: Street name changes/proposals
Wow, I had never heard the story of Santos Rodriguez, absolutely heartbreaking. There's a park in Seattle dedicated in his memory as well, but nothing yet in Dallas. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/07/24/mother-of-santos-rodriguez-visited-the-seattle-park-named-for-her-son-in-2015-dallas-still...
- 15 Jul 2020 12:19
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
- Replies: 173
- Views: 132204
Re: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
Dallas City hall is ugly. I loathe any building build with concrete as an design feature. Burnett Tower in Ft. Worth is the same kind of ugly. They all look like Soviet buildings. You'll love this... https://www.instagram.com/brotalism/ or https://www.instagram.com/brutalady/ :D
- 09 Jul 2020 15:53
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: 508 Young Street (old Dallas Morning News building)
- Replies: 85
- Views: 75260
Re: Downtown Dallas: 508 Young Street (old Dallas Morning News building)
Landmark Dallas Morning News building still headed for a redo https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/07/09/landmark-dallas-morning-news-building-still-headed-for-a-redo/ ... He said the original building designed by noted Dallas architect George Dahl will be used for a luxury hotel. “...
- 07 Jul 2020 12:44
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 454313
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Did you also have a similar diagram for the deferred Knox-Henderson subway station, northsouth? Here are some other diagrams. All are in the Dallas Public Library available for research (where I found these originally). https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfwcre8tive/7136074561/in/album-72157618842236092...
- 17 Jun 2020 00:57
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 429239
Re: DART D2 Subway
https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/31cf287691599.56029e9372c53.png https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/8ec52f7691597.56029d1bc2a2f.jpg https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/92b3a27691595.56029d19b68ff.jpg https://www.behance.net/gallery/113351...
- 27 May 2020 10:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Covid-19 Business Casualties
- Replies: 60
- Views: 42669
Re: Dallas Covid-19 Business Casualties
Magical iconic subterranean restaurant in downtown Dallas closes after 36 years https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/05-20-20-dakotas-downtown-subterranean-closed/?fbclid=IwAR30aKYqUKOty3EF5bve1fPY9jt_hl_z1ohZiCX_h5Eoo_FbKG9xWGxT2AY Here's an article about the restaurant's history. R...
- 22 May 2020 23:52
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 563571
Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
That's a nice view! On a somewhat related note, with the rest of the EQ getting spruced up, I wonder if we'll ever see Salazar Center remove the ugly glass skin which was added back in the '80s. It wasn't ever the prettiest building, but what we have now is hard to look at. https://farm3.static.fli...
- 22 May 2020 02:06
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Sheraton Hotel
- Replies: 46
- Views: 39227
Re: Downtown Dallas: Sheraton Hotel
Some photos of what this building once looked like... https://flashbackdallas.com/2020/04/12/the-southland-center-mid-century-cool-1959/ metadc1615219_xl_UNTA_AR0870-084-004-037.jpg https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1615219/m1/1/ https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1615133/m1/1...
- 18 May 2020 13:23
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
- Replies: 670
- Views: 611870
Re: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
Too many pessimists on this string... Will Uber ride off to Dallas with its headquarters? As cost-cutting pressures mount, speculation intensifies that Uber could move its San Francisco headquarters to lower-cost Dallas. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/05/01/will-uber-ride-off-to...
- 15 May 2020 11:37
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: DFW in the Media
- Replies: 83
- Views: 77848
Re: DFW in the Media
Nice to be listed. Also embarrassing to have had that much opportunity, be in that kind of company, and yet the city's lasting original contributions to global civilization are the Texas donut apartment block, graphing calculators, Mary Kay marketing mantras, and the inspiration for Outkast's "...
- 05 May 2020 11:50
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Latino Cultural Center
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3549
Re: Latino Cultural Center
I believe phase 2 is starting for LCC. Does anyone have a rendering of the new black box expansion? http://www.dallascitynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LCC-Phase-2-Image-1.png http://www.dallascitynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LCC-Phase-2-images.jpg http://www.dallascitynews.net/latino-c...
- 28 Apr 2020 16:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COVID-19 Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14129
Re: COVID-19 Discussion
This city in Lithuania is allowing restaurants to reopen with only outdoor seating. Good seasonal idea to relocate dining to the city's plazas, streets, and parks.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/outd ... index.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/outd ... index.html
- 20 Apr 2020 18:40
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 361926
Re: DFW Airport
Check out these stories about the never-built 1989 DFW Terminal F plans. Lots of great visuals by Corgan.
Part 1: https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-1.html
Part 2: https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-2.html
Part 1: https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-1.html
Part 2: https://www.airporthistory.org/dfw-rebuild-2.html
- 10 Apr 2020 17:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COVID-19 Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14129
Re: COVID-19 Discussion
Maybe this will be a new trend in other cities... Emeryville announces plan to eliminate 'beg buttons' at crosswalks in response to COVID-19 “You no longer need to press pedestrian push buttons,” O’Connell said, explaining that the buttons would be automatically activated when the traffic light chan...
- 27 Mar 2020 16:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
- Replies: 543
- Views: 506017
Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
I'm curious how many employers are going to ask themselves why they have so much office space when so many people can effectively work from home. I realize it may not be going perfectly, but its def working well for many. I feel like this was a question companies were already asking, and now it's b...
- 28 Dec 2019 13:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
- Replies: 681
- Views: 623435
Re: DD: 1401 Elm and Thompson Hotel
Kinda random, but I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the old mural inside 1401 elm? It was probably posted in the old forum, citing renovation that they were interested in keeping it. Ive been looking for pictures online, but can't seem to find it. Could have sworn it was a tree. You can...