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Yes, I believe it's being treated as a separate project. No idea when that corner might start but hopefully sooner rather than later. At the very least I think the landmark commission hurdles have been cleared.

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My biggest problem with this design is the way they have Cesar Chavez running over the middle of the trench before descending into the lower lanes. It seems this would make it more difficult to add deck parks over the trench in the future. That stretch of Cesar Chavez really is the worst part of it...

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Also, these renderings show a 9 story building, but, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, just based on the elevator shaft that was recently put up I think it's only going to be 7 floors in reality.

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An interesting look at how it's changed as it's gone through the LC process... I sure would have liked this 09/01/2022 submission.

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Alright yall, since this thing has finally been moving with the elevator shafts going up, the question mark of what this project will actually look like has been bugging me too much so I started digging around. It looks like 2002 Commerce got through the Landmark Commission process last May, if I'm ...

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Speaking of which… the massive Loop 12/183 interchange work that has been using this space as a staging site will finally be wrapping up soon. So that land will finally be ready to build on.

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The article in September when these were first grumbled about suggested a 2027 completion, but there's been no suggestion of a timeline in the last two puff pieces. I wonder if 2027 is still in the cards.

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I always appreciate reporting from the street! Thanks for the pics.

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With the weather as nice as it's been I've been spending more time by the river. Figured yall would like this, it's the furthest point you can be between the levees and still see most of the skyline. About 6 miles.

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Yea, this seems to be turning out better than I thought. And it's more imposing on the skyline than I had anticipated for only 10 floors. Same here. It's more noticeable from further distances than I expected. While it's not poking out above the LC skyline it's definitely filling it in. Makes the e...

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Was in the cotton bowl a week ago and thinking about all of the improvements in the works definitely got me amped up about the venue's future. I'm so glad it's getting much needed attention. It's kind of ironic given professional football's move towards artificial turf and given the stadium's origin...

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maconahey wrote:This shows a start date of 3/1/24: https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/ ... 2023024673

I'm gonna take a wild guess that this one did not start yet

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Sports committee gave an update to the city council yesterday. https://cityofdallas.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=3ee4ee68-b38c-4e67-a2d3-b1b336f4c29b.pdf Updated economic impact projections are expected later this year. The previous projection made an estimate of $415 million based on 4 matc...

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Out of curiosity I went ahead and tossed those heights into google earth to see how the buildings would look from the vantage points of the pictures I posted in the Daily Digital thread. Obviously these aren't perfect, but should give a good idea of the gentle visual slope down from BOA Plaza these ...

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Nice shots, Dallas really needs a new supertall. Nothing outrageous but that far side of the skyline is completely unchanged in decades. If something could materialize on the NewPark site behind city hall it would put a tower just next to BOA Plaza here which would be great. Skylinetrail1.jpg Untit...

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With the lens I had on me I just barely was able to get the Urby buildings into this skyline view

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Well if anyone was curious, the flyover is in essence identical to the one they showed us two years ago except they removed some of the weird concrete caps and re-emphasized that the Carpenter Park "extension" isn't being paid by them.

Carpenter park's future looks bleak.

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Sylvan Ave. bridge is the best spot for skyline views. You've got the full breadth of the skyline, the trinity river, both signature bridges, and the massive greenscape of the floodplain. It's beautiful. https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7899619,-96.8349933,3a,75y,103.61h,100.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJ...

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In the list of 1,823 U.S. counties with populations over 20k, these are where the DFW counties sit when ranked by growth rate: 1st . Kaufman County (+7.58% / +13,079) - Previous year: 2nd +9.03% 2nd . Rockwall County (+6.46% / +7,965) - Previous year: 5th +5.77% 8th . Ellis County (+4.95% / +10,506)...

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We don't have the city numbers yet (probably in June), but I thought it might be interesting to make a wild guesstimate as to whether Fort Worth has passed Austin yet: (I know small portions of Fort Worth lay outside Tarrant county and that small portions of Austin lay outside Travis county so this ...

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Joking aside, I was wondering has there been any proposals of making the HSR station under ground in just that section where hunts project is? Would that work at all? Not really. Due to I-30 and the soil/rock conditions due to being in the floodplain, and the need to minimize the grade for the trai...

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"More Counties Saw Population Gains in 2023" “Domestic migration patterns are changing, and the impact on counties is especially evident,” said Lauren Bowers, chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Branch. “Areas which experienced high levels of domestic out-migration during the...

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Meanwhile, US Women's National Team just won the CONCACAF W Gold Cup last night. Big congrats to them! And the team has a hugely talented local player, Jaedyn Shaw from Frisco, who was critical in winning the tournament! I would not be surprised if she is helping to lead the team in the next world ...

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Looks like the media will be getting access to the new metro/city numbers tomorrow. We should see them on Thursday.

I'd expect to see much of what we're familiar with since the state's numbers were strong again.

Edit: My bad, should be county numbers we're getting.

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"Renderings commissioned by Hunt Realty Investments show the train line passing inches from the Hyatt Regency's hotel room windows and the Reunion Tower complex. This would force the company to sacrifice more than 1,000 hotel rooms, its affordable housing development plans and the iconic Reunio...

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The Hunt-commissioned renderings do show how the tracks would block some hotel-room views from the Hyatt. Even 'some' feels like a generous term lol. What is that, one, maybe two rooms that would have that exact view? Look no further that Hunt themselves is my guess. It doesn't take much to spread ...

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And vice versa. Absolutely. If it's easier for us to get there, it's easier for them to get here. The more visitors downtown the better. I love Dallas, but I also love Fort Worth and my desire to visit is at constant war with the deflating thought of physically getting myself over there and bringin...

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Council member Paul Ridley is making way more sense about this than anything Michael Morris is spouting. I think we have a responsibility nine years after that legislative agenda was passed to look at whether it still makes sense today. I doubt very much that even the 2015 council would have writte...

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Do you know what the plans are for the people mover shown running under the HSR tracks at Union Station, shown on page 25 of the powerpoint presentation you linked? Would that be a people mover from Union Station to the Convention Center to the HSR station? That would be an amazingly connective lin...

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For the record, the grimy renderings in the Dallas News and D Magazine articles are commissioned by Hunt Realty, who are not directly involved in the project and are actively opposed to it. It's no shock it's as ugly and obtrusive looking as it is. :roll: Here's the conceptual renderings that NCTCOG...

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This design rendering is sooooo much better than the first one. What a massive improvement if it ends up looking like that.

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"Plans to overhaul Arlington's outdated Lincoln Square shopping center head to city council" Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Company’s vision for the 40-year-old shopping center is a walkable, mixed-use community that holds apartment units, new retail and shopping and a hotel with up t...

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Figured yall might find this interesting; the old Office Depot building in the Carrollton K-town has been undergoing a transformation. ksector2.jpg ksector.jpg They've raised the original roof to accommodate a second floor and knocked out the walls for windows to create a mixed-use building called T...

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Many years ago they talked about a hotel addition, might have even been an Omni but it never made it beyond speculation and I don't think there was even a rendering of a proposed hotel tower. Putting a hotel on the lot along Boedecker street makes so much sense to me that I don't understand why the...

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Many years ago they talked about a hotel addition, might have even been an Omni but it never made it beyond speculation and I don't think there was even a rendering of a proposed hotel tower. Putting a hotel on the lot along Boedecker street makes so much sense to me that I don't understand why the...

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Not a day later and Mark Lamster puts out a really solid summary of the project. Happy to see it get more attention because I really like this project. " Meet the Trinity park no one knows " . . . Groundbreaking is expected sometime this year, pending approvals from city agencies and the A...

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There actually was a bit of an update earlier this month for the city council, but it wasn't much of an update. Just kind of an affirmation that things are still moving along.

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" Dallas start-up Mozee bringing self-driving technologies to businesses, government " The start-up, Mozee, is building a fleet of trolley-like self-driving vehicles. And soon you’ll start seeing them around North Texas. . . . Their first pilot program is slated for March with a government...

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Being mixed-use guarantees these areas won't sink or swim on the winds of a single sector. If retail starts struggling that doesn't mean people won't need the adjacent housing. These areas are far more viable long-term than the basket of eggs our old indoor malls have historically been. We're also a...

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City partners with REV Sports Management and FC Dallas for Stadium REV Sports Management will serve as the operator of the venue upon completion, as well as the design and construction consultant throughout the design and construction phase. REV Sports Management has partnered with FC Dallas to del...

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" Construction of $550M Universal Kids Resort in Frisco advances with utility contractor " Dallas-based Moss Utilities LLC has been hired as a utilities contractor for the project site, according to a Feb. 7 LinkedIn post shared by President Garrett Moss. - Dallas Business Journal https://...

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I wish , lol. I know that ship has long sailed but I'll still always dream of a new stadium somewhere else, or even just a more modern one across the street from this one. The current one feels so little league. But I guess for now I'll have to settle for a stadium reno and hope that Dan Hunt sprink...

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Passed through here over the weekend. The next phase of retail is under construction here:

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With the announcement of the USL Super League receiving Division 1 sanctioning , USL reaffirmed that a Dallas-Fort Worth team would be participating in the inaugural season starting in August this year. No announcement on the team name/branding yet. https://www.uslsuperleague.com/ This was one of th...

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Sort of a non-update update, but there are still rumblings about stadium renovations. Latest rumor seems to be they will likely announce the plans by midseason this year (so, by the summer), and possibly begin work around the same time. They want this place looking better by the time the world cup r...

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Sparring over Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail station idles project funding talks The monthly Regional Transportation Council meeting was again hijacked by tensions about a proposed Dallas-to-Houston bullet train. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2024/02/08/sparring-over-dallas-to-h...

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I think it would entirely depend on if they plan to shield such a park, and how well they pull that off. A small space like this would need a wall to dampen the sound. If they can pull that off it should be a nice small park right next door to the Alamo drafthouse. But yeah it's a very peculiar spac...

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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Wilds of Africa section designed so that a large portion of it can only be seen from the monorail? An update on this: the zoo has shown us the plans they have for that space in their 2024 bonds request, which converts it into a natural extensio...

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Props to culturemap for linking to that old 2009 TOD plan for the Richland Hills station. I had never seen that. A pity it didn't pan out because it looked pretty nice; sort of resembled Grapevine's station.

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Also, weird bit is just how much they are changing the expectations for the convention center's ""deck"" park lol. Of course no formal design was ever put forth, but with every new look at the convention center's possible plans it keeps becoming less of a deck. We started with pu...

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