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^ Henry Moore's "The Dallas Piece"? That sounds right. I had forgotten about that one. I'm confused, I thought the park vote was held up as it was tied to the underhighway soccer park. Is this now approved to proceed? I was confused too, and still am. But all the verbiage about the vote s...

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Dallas City Council Approves Carpenter Park for Construction Today the Dallas City Council unanimously approved the construction contract for Carpenter Park located on the eastern edge of Downtown. ... Construction is estimated to begin in September 2020 and will take approximately 18 months. https:...

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Not a huge fan of it personally, but I think it's a good aesthetic fit for the design district.

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Hadn't been around this part of town since March, so looking at the KDC Epic II cam shocked me.

This thing really is going to be massive.

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Wow, this services some areas I never would have guessed would ever get commuter rail service. I don't see the necessity but if Denton really wants to go for it then I say go for it.

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Yeah, it's disappointing. Comparing it to my Denver scenario it fails even in the most basic sense in that there's no direct route from DFW to Union. But regardless, if this part of downtown gets more developed I hope Union st. gets some amount of attention and isn't relegated to being mostly event ...

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12-15 restaurants/bars and a concert venue is attempting to create an entirely new district of downtown within a few short years. Well, godspeed. After the east quarter, this is the next neglected pocket of the loop that I'm hoping gets more attention, followed by the smart district area after that....

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"The I-345 Soccer Field Vote Gets Delayed — And So Does Carpenter Park" - D Magazine But the delay also swallowed up the long-awaited 5.6 acre Carpenter Park redevelopment nearby, on which the Parks Department had hoped to begin construction in September. That will now likely be on hold un...

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A supertall would have been nice, but I'm happy for anything taller than Museum Tower getting built.
I just hope it's visually interesting. This and the Field st district will serve as the visual bookends of that side of downtown for anyone at Klyde Warren.

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Looking at the renderings again, it pains me to be reminded of how ugly the backside of that visitor's center is going to be :lol: I get that it needs to be functional for trucks and parking, but it doesn't have to make that small bit of Akard feel so much like a wide alleyway. Hopefully they spruce...

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A 15 year delay!? Wow.
Hopefully that's just the most pessimistic scenario they're considering.

Then again, I have my issues with the D2 project, so maybe this would give them enough time to come up with something better.

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Don't reevaluate the size, just the timing. Air travel will slowly but surely return once we're on the other side of this thing, there's no sense in having waited this long to build terminal F only for it to be outgrown sooner than we'd like. Just continue utilizing the current terminals until we ag...

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Flashback Dallas had a lovely post about the Magnolia Gas Station recently:
https://flashbackdallas.com/2020/03/28/magnolia-gas-station-no-110-1920/

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I'm so curious to see how this turns out for the Carrollton station. This corner of the metroplex already feels delightfully chaotic with the the green line, 35E, and the freight lines--with an over+underpass sandwiched between it all. Throwing another rail line into the mix should be fun.

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Does it look small in person or you’re going off these pics? 30 feet tall seems decent, but I haven’t seen it in person yet. I stood about a foot away from it and it looked small in person. Now that I'm thinking back on it, the 30 feet value in articles feels way off. That would have been more than...

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I would rather have a nice fountain than the interactive sculpture they put in.

The interactive sculpture is a little underwhelming with how small it is if I'm being honest.

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I hope Warner sees the potential for filming sci-fi film/tv show scenes here. Customizing the outdoor screen or the lobby would create great backdrops.

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Is there a development proposed for the parking lot next to the Link?

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I could not for the life of me find a vantage point to get a good picture of this development while I was wandering on Sunday

Thank you Troy!

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SUPER psyched for this one. Excellent infill for this corner and I'm always happy to see more affordable housing. Let's hope this + the completed Carpenter Park helps lead to the eventual development of Dallas High School's surrounding parking lot. Admittedly though I'd be sad to lose the iconic vie...

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This is moving along.

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It's starting to poke its head up.

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Pics from today, including a view from Carpenter Plaza/Park.

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3200 responses to that poll at the moment and 60% are not in favor? That's a little baffling. Unless you have land that it passes directly through, what's the argument against it?

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That's true, I would miss Czech Stop...

Well any Austin route I expect to have a stop in Waco. Maybe the King and Queen of Waco would give them a bakery space in whatever development they're sure to build next to this hypothetical station lol

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Is that square hole part of the design or will that get a window eventually...?

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quixomniac wrote:This might motivate Buc-ee's build them right next to the stations!!!

Some train lines in Japan have cute mascots. Buc-ee's could turn everyone's favorite Texas roadtrip beaver into the de facto mascot of Texas train travel as well if they really wanted!

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Tnexster wrote:Once one of these things is operational, people will be like....we need more of these. Planes suck!

This is the dream. I want to take these everywhere!
That might put buc-ee's out of business though.

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North End would've fit a pro baseball park nicely (outfield west) as well with a lot of quirky extra space to spare for high-rise action to block evening sun if you think a little outside of typical ballpark structures and where the mid- or high-rises are actually a part of the ballpark and not sep...

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This is one of the projects I'm most excited for. Spruce up the street and sidewalks and this building absolutely could serve as a central hub of pedestrian activity. It's a gem of a building.

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Those apartments need to be bulldozed yesterday. I suppose it's only a matter of time, but gosh they have been such a waste of space that destroys the walkability of that area.

Anyways, happy to see more Victory surface lots building up. This area is a far cry from what it was just a decade ago.

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I doubt they ever would, but I'd really like them to do something with One At&T Plaza. The area is nice but that wall has an unpleasant, imposing effect. A bit of artwork would go a long way. As much of a 'blank slate' that wall is, you would think something as simple as a projector throwing up...

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I doubt they ever would, but I'd really like them to do something with One At&T Plaza. The area is nice but that wall has an unpleasant, imposing effect. A bit of artwork would go a long way.

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There’s a hint of Vegas in the middle of this project, anchored by the 104-foot-tall by 84-foot-wide “media wall” that Trampel says has a “higher resolution than Times Square.” It won’t be a place for AT&T to air advertisements for phones, however; it will use it as an art piece This is honestl...

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All the residential coming to DE is exciting, but i'm looking forward to The Stack the most. It'll make that immediate split between DE and Downtown appear to literally "vanish", similar to the Epic but on a smaller scale. And with that 17-story development in the East Quarter on the way,...

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The existing wall isn't the problem, the problem is the designers effectively putting another wall on the street's other side. There's no reason the other side can't be a vibrant space that invites you to walk down it, this isn't a back alley. The side facing Harwood is also a towering flat surface,...

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The street interaction is absolutely abysmal for something facing Dallas's best park space, just WOW. The overall aesthetic is fine, but this looks like it would be a colossal mistake and such a waste... is it too late to go back to the drawing board? If this was the aesthetic they're going for, at ...

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Every time I drive by, it does not appear to be full. It looks especially strange being that it is a two-story area, so there's lots of temporary covering with two-dimensional greenery on it. It really does look strange. They probably should have held off on the second floors until they knew they c...

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Did they ever even manage to fill up that outdoor area? Last time I went, which was not long ago, there were still lots of facades on the structures.

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Tucy wrote:Of the freeways circling downtown, it seems like the strongest candidate for removal would have been the WR.

Would love to see that tunnel filled with dirt and have Klyde Warren extended, gently sloping down that entire distance and ending just a short hop and a skip away from the trinity.

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The sky bridge is just so. dang. ugly.

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It sure does look like 2010s Dallas, for better and for worse. Reminds me a lot of what's gone up in Legacy.

This rendering is particularly optimistic with already putting an additional high rise on the other side of the portal.

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You can see the rendering includes the Dart D2 underground portal in front of the property.

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Does anyone know what this is?

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Every time I see this place I almost can't get over how much of an eyesore that skybridge is.

It's slanted, doesn't match the aesthetic of its buildings, and is laughably high off the ground.
Fortunately the view facing the Adolphus will be much better.

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DFW is looking into the future of retail/restaurants on the non-secured side of terminals there. Apparently the spots on the secured side are performing much better than those located before the security checkpoints. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/aviation/article238014924.html I'm sur...

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Wow! Yeah, I can't imagine the fences coming down any later than a week from now if they went through the effort of putting a tree up. I'm guessing nothing is ready to be opened, but it should be pleasant to stroll through.

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