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"DFW Airport plans to renovate one of its original terminals while new sixth terminal is on hold" - Dallas Morning News The airport board of directors approved a $75 million design management project Thursday that will kickstart upgrades on Terminal C, the 28-gate terminal that is one of t...

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Both towers are sitting on what are currently empty lots.

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Plano residents striking down the Plano Tomorrow plan will stand as one of the worst planning decisions that city has ever made and will impact the entire region for years to come.

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"At Dallas’s Hall of State, a Return to Majesty" - https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/cultural-architecture/dallas-hall-of-state-restoration/pic/106491/ Restoration finished up last month. The pictures here are incredible looking, and I had no idea they were adding a wheelchair ram...

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I assume if they had came to Dallas they would have gone with a completely different design, but can you just imagine this building at any of the proposed Dallas sites? Gaudiness has no problem finding a home here in Dallas, but this looks ridiculous even for us. Truly one of the goofiest looking bu...

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I'm not the only one seeing a poop emoji right

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It's too bad the mix master keeps the Trinity from being fully interwoven with Dallas' urban fabric.

This news does make me optimistic for the project overall though.

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The difference really is night and day.

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Thanks for the great pics! Five more floors to go. This is one of my favorite projects in the works right now.

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Trinity Mills Station Developers hope to break ground in mid 2021 on the first phase of a 25-acre transit oriented development in Carrollton. ... The first office building is set for a 2022 delivery. Commercial property firm JLL is marketing the property to tenants. Carrollton office project would ...

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It has a northwest vibe to it, and Dallas is starved of variety so I dig it.

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Thanks for sharing, DPatel304. Here are the renderings within the file: 111a (2).JPG 111d (2).JPG 111c (2).JPG 111b (2).JPG And for comparison to the old rendering: I believe the final approved design is the one that took a slightly more mid-century look: https://dallas.towers.net/wp-content/uploads...

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Maybe the first time I've ever liked a parking structure significantly more than the tower sitting on top of it.

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Only three more floors to go, it looks like.

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I hadn't seen this one either.
https://vimeo.com/458206972

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Thanks for the pictures kingpin. I appreciate that this building creates a visual bookend for that back section of the discovery district. Adds a degree of pedestrian coziness and mitigates the canyon effect that a lot of downtown has due to the street layout.

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I am genuinely gobsmacked to see that elevated portion. What on earth were they trying to do that couldn't have been done with a painted white line that has no risk of tripping anyone or sending a bike flying.

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This one is gaining height fast now. Roughly a floor added every week this month.

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Did they ever fill up the Sears building at Stonebriar? It's been a while since I've been there and I remember that was closing.

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"Catch a movie at the new Cinépolis in West Plano? Don’t bother. It’s now an empty shell" - Dallas Morning News Lease has been terminated, construction equipment pulled out, and an already struggling mall is saddled with a massive amount of new empty space. Also, this DMN article shows tha...

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Look at any of the world's successful public transportation systems and not one of them would be better served with an on-demand network of individual vehicles. DFW will only become more dense, and planning for that density with anything other than frequent train/street-car/bus service is just messi...

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This is getting a major redo to create a second screen. Expected to be finished by late spring or early summer 2021. The second-floor space has sat unused for decades. It’s currently empty, save for some concrete steps. But with the help of a soundproof wall, adjustments to the slope of the floor an...

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And with four major parks to soon all be within a few minutes walk of each other, I can't imagine any of the surface parking lots around here survive the decade. This could become the place to live downtown.

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KDC's webcam for the new Uber tower also has a good view of the Loco Meletio site and the East Quarter neighborhood: https://app.oxblue.com/open/kdc/EpicII https://i.postimg.cc/CMcBVVw6/Capture.jpg eq6.jpg It's incredible how much this one project is changing the feel of this sleepy part of the cor...

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I would think Fair Park would still remain the bigger fountain. And some of the Fair Park fountain jets can already reach almost 100 feet--presumably the center jets seen at the end of that video. The record being broken here in the eye-catching DMN headline is really just for being the tallest foun...

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I assumed that it would be done in phases and that the residential tower wouldn't even begin until the hotel is completed. I don't know if I read that anywhere, but that has been my assumption all along. Glad to see the hotel portion moving forward though! I suppose if the current pace is any indic...

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Every evening, the fountain will come alive with an hourly aquatic “fireworks” display of soaring water that’s lit by a kaleidoscope of colors and dancing to soundtracks — a show that will be visible for miles . I'm VERY curious to see how true this ends up being in reality. This seems very interes...

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I don’t think these renderings have been posted. https://www.sammoongroup.com/jw-marriott-dallas 20002.jpeg Has there been any word on the status of the other (residential?) tower? I only ever see the rendering that leaves it out being used in articles. It would be nice to know if it's still in the...

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Looking back at the past couple decades can it be argued that any year has ever been lower than the one before it in terms of pedestrian traffic? I feel it has only become busier over time. Slowly, for sure, but steadily nonetheless. Walking around Dallas today is a far cry from how I remember it in...

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I was just there Saturday! Walking the trail really reaffirmed my desire to rewild the river. Past the statues and past the pond, the trail should be lush with natural plant life. Instead it just feels like a neglected soccer field. I was thinking the park could really benefit from a viewing outlook...

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Also, the pegasus plaza entrance seems scaled down in the video compared to old concept art. I'm indifferent on that but did notice it.

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d2c.jpg d2b.jpg d2a.jpg It's a (conceptual?) rendering, I know, but these spots look very, very bland. I don't envy the designers who are likely doing the best they can under very tight monetary constraints. Even painting murals along all the walls wouldn't save it from how dystopian the pure box-c...

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7. The lots on the canal off the service road are both slated for hotels. In fact, council just approved one within the past 2 weeks. One lot is scheduled for a 6 story Hotel Indigo. Wow, those lonesome pedestrian bridges without sidewalk access might actually experience getting walked on after 30 ...

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joshua.dodd wrote:I have glass fatigue at this point.

I'm here too. 30+ years of glass walls dominating american architecture and I'm worn out. This particular project is among the most boring looking of the ones on the horizon.

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The exit of the skybridge to the convention center station would be the same walking distance as from the exit of the north end of DFW's Terminal A to the airport DART station. It's not ideal of course, but I think because most people will view this thing as an airport of sorts, the psychological hu...

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This bridge between nothingness has been coming along over the summer.

It looks really silly in person, like it's a model-train sized bridge. It's trying to capture the grandeur of larger bridges, but its small size makes it look like a toy.

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So does Houston have a plan to provide a connection the their light rail system or will you just come out of the station and have to take uber or a car to get into the urban core of the city? On that note, do we have a plan here in Dallas to provide a connection to DART? The old conceptual renderin...

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Once they finish this floor they're working on the project will have topped off.
Driving into town along 30, this building really makes the core visually stretch further east.

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Looks like they have one more floor to add to the base/podium.

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I like the sketch. I can see the potential there, and it embodies a philosophy any future development near the Trinity should have: wide open pedestrian access to the levee. A line of developments with a similar element (and no silly roadway standing in the way) would be great. Just re-wild the Trin...

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On the flipside, the game actually does have the photogrammetry data for Fort Worth and it looks absolutely gorgeous. This should give you an idea of how incredible Dallas could look when it gets updated in the game.

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The newest Microsoft Flight Simulator released a couple days ago. The game utilizes Bing satellite data to generate the globe along with an AI that interprets that data to create its best estimate as to what buildings/roads/landscapes look like. The game also utilizes Bing photogrammetry data for pa...

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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 can...

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Dallas Zoo is furloughing 25% of its zoo staff and permanently closing the monorail.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-updates-dallas-fort-worth-august-13/287-40cf35ef-d791-41e6-9e3e-d782c704f17e

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Dallas Zoo is permanently closing the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-updates-dallas-fort-worth-august-13/287-40cf35ef-d791-41e6-9e3e-d782c704f17e

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Looks like all the videos have been taken down.

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I actually really like the White and the blue glass windows. It looks "fresh" and vibrant to me. We see a lot of the darker bricks being used all around the CBD, so I kind of like the variety. I agree. It has a Miami feel to it, which I understand is not to everyone's liking but it does a...

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texasstar wrote:The thing I'm looking forward to the most, is the new Observation Deck!

I had no idea we were getting an observation deck! Is that confirmed?

I've always wished for Dallas to have more of these and am bummed that I never got to visit the Chase tower sky lobby when it was open.

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Absolutely terrifying looking, WOW. Very neat crane set-up though.

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As much as I'd like to see this work, I just don't think it's possible. It's basically disconnected from the rest of the Downtown area & the South side of Downtown has no draw to want to be there. City Hall can't pull in folks & of what I've seen of AT&T's District, that won't do it eit...

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