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- 26 Jan 2021 21:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
- Replies: 148
- Views: 95055
Re: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
Reminds me a bit of the Hoover Tower at Stanford in form. Does anyone know why Horatio? A big Lord Nelson fan? Also, does anyone know if it will have any lighting? We are Dallas after all.
- 07 Dec 2020 22:18
- Forum: Opolis Blueprints
- Topic: North Texas limestone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7739
Re: North Texas limestone
The Centennial Collection at the Dallas Historical Society Archives (in the basement) has all of this information. I remember looking at the Hall of State blue prints and letters of the architects and builder when I worked there as an intern, but I can't recall the limestone source. The restoration ...
- 04 Aug 2020 11:40
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
- Replies: 543
- Views: 506114
Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
After living in Austin for a decade, I think these comparisons with downtown Austin idealize the place too much. Much of Austin's downtown is pretty dead most days. In my experience people who live in Austin suburbs who don't work there go downtown no more often than people in Dallas suburbs- hardly...
- 16 Jan 2020 18:03
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Lower Greenville Development
- Replies: 179
- Views: 166384
Re: Lower Greenville Development
http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/01-13-20-tango-frogs-taco-cabana/?fbclid=IwAR3xoh5tCyqnOiVCJVO30Mtakzq8VSDtUHUUZgWYBhtjRhJmPHp6-17msp0 UPDATE 1-16-2020: According to a statement from Taco Cabana, the outcome of the Tango Frogs is still TBD. "At Taco Cabana we understand the ...
- 26 Mar 2019 09:14
- Forum: Urban Photography + Videography
- Topic: Old Footage of Dallas
- Replies: 47
- Views: 53345
Re: Old Footage of Dallas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_reaiwbIM I don't remember this being posted before, but it's gold. It is a 70's Soviet documentary on life in Dallas that devolves into JFK conspiracy stuff by the end. I saw and translated this when I worked at the Dallas Historical Society years ago, but had comp...
- 03 Oct 2018 22:12
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 362040
Re: DFW Airport
Come on, direct DFW-CDG flights? Meanwhile, I can't get a decent flight when visiting distant relatives in Russia because everything goes through Moscow... At least it will make the flights between Dallas and home much more convenient, and on Air France nonetheless! I just hope they won't follow th...
- 05 Jul 2018 11:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812780
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Property-Owner-Paints-Over-Deep-Ellum-Mural-Depicting-US-Marines-487000611.html Similar things have happened in DE before. The "Ace Parking" lot used to be an international street/graffiti artist destination until it was shut down about a decade ago. This ...
- 08 May 2018 11:38
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
- Replies: 135
- Views: 162215
Re: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
Thanks for the update! The fringes of Deep Ellum are getting seriously dense. It's great to see this level of development spread outside of the uptown. A wild fantasy of mine, is to imagine all these neigborhoods (Deep Ellum, Uptown, Oak Lawn, Knox / Henderson, extending south through the Cedars an...
- 19 Jan 2018 14:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
- Replies: 1075
- Views: 917785
Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Our family lives near UT. My wife works at a decent-sized tech company near Zilker Park and she is the only person who takes the bus out of around 300 employees at the office (this is because she does not drive). In general, unless you are going to UT campus or on an express bus, the bus service is ...
- 06 Jan 2018 22:13
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
- Replies: 1520
- Views: 1408924
Re: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
Is that the same Londoner Pub as the one in Addison?
- 05 Jan 2018 10:41
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
- Replies: 441
- Views: 387379
Re: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
The only building that the Statler reminds me of in shape and size is the Hotel Uzbekistan in Tashkent, although the Statler is still bigger, I think. Mid-Century, soviet style.
- 03 Jan 2018 00:00
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DISD Administration Building
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34885
Re: DISD Administration Building
Tnexster wrote:Ross needs a streetcar line running into downtown.
Yes, yes, and yes. Also, the Ross at Peak Thrift store was pack with millennials buying furniture last week.
- 09 Feb 2017 10:23
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
- Replies: 556
- Views: 488402
Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Yeah, 35 is bad. So bad my parents have started taking Amtrak just to visit for the weekend. Just imagine a high speed train that is a straight shot and did not have to take the weird route through Taylor.
- 08 Feb 2017 21:48
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel
- Replies: 95
- Views: 85323
Re: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel
Yeah, politics certainly does matter in urban development. From Robert Moses to Stalin to Trammel Crow, it matters. However, when I make a post political here I do scold myself afterwards because I enjoy this forum as an apolitical haven. As for this concept, I do like it.
- 01 Feb 2017 12:48
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: North Dallas: Midtown
- Replies: 385
- Views: 842778
Re: North Dallas: Midtown
Wait, I though they determined that removing the murals would essentially destroy them for purposes of preservation? Something about the concrete used to set the art work.
- 31 Jan 2017 12:51
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: DFW Economy
- Replies: 462
- Views: 445308
Re: DFW Economy
Many of my innovative friends and colleagues are trying to figure out whether or not visas and Green Cards matter anymore. Yeah, growth is going to be huge on the current track.
- 13 Jan 2017 10:37
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
- Replies: 543
- Views: 506114
- 15 Dec 2016 15:31
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Courtyard by Marriott (12 St)
- Replies: 123
- Views: 120622
Re: Downtown Dallas: Couryard by Marriot -12 Stories
Very ugly, but I can't stop looking at it. Late Stalinist architecture combined with a multi-story storage facility.
- 13 Dec 2016 16:33
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: DFW in the Media
- Replies: 83
- Views: 77859
Re: DFW in the Media
Costal papers have always overlooked the diversity, political and otherwise, of Texas cities. Still, the main point was that Marcus was quite an extraordinary figure for his time and that did put him in opposition to many Texas power brokers, especially once Shivers began to split up the Democratic ...
- 01 Dec 2016 23:30
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
- Replies: 1520
- Views: 1408924
Re: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
I am glad to see that it will have "hiking trails and a small pond." However, this means that no more Pioneer employees will fall into Lake Carolyn while they are jogging :mrgreen: . While staying in the Urban Center would have been great, it makes sense and I hope the new headquarters get...
- 25 Oct 2016 23:20
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: 1900 Pearl (362 FT | 25 ST)
- Replies: 203
- Views: 193857
Re: Arts District: 1900 Pearl (362 FT | 25 ST)
So, we are about halfway?