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Looks like a bar called "Gaslight" is replacing Eastwoods, which means this particular building is here to stay: http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-20-19-eastwoods-bar-mckinney-avenue-gaslight/ Another "craft cocktail" bar in Uptown. Snore. I still think that ...

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Not the best location for foot traffic but I guess good for them for going bigger. The Loon was right next to Eastwoods. Wonder if a redevelopment is in the works.

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Hannibal Lecter wrote:Ah.... Thanks.

And it's now on maps.google.com!

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Nowhere near that recent in Deep Ellum. Images are from before the Case Building opened and before the previous buildings on the Novel Building site were demolished. The updated images are on Google Earth itself, not Google Maps. On Google Earth you can see the completed Case Building and even the ...

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Probably not related, but the Preston/Royal location took a bad hit from the tornado. I wonder if any of the focus and efforts on Central Market/HEB's end had to be shifted towards rebuilding that location first.

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Wish this was a block over at Mckinney/Hall.

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When I lived across the street, Eastwoods was always a good stop for Happy Hour but it definitely wasn't the hot late night place. The Loon was commonly busier. That whole stretch has great "local" bars but it's also awkwardly between the "cooler" bars farther south and the resta...

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Yeah Hall is a boomer and maybe older than that. Nothing against Hall or his development per se but it just seems that the can-do attitude of the city has changed into something else. And yep, I'm a boomer and damn proud of it. Tired of all the whiny gimme free sh*t crowd. You know who you are. Sou...

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Is it the empty lot between Zona Rosa and Whataburger? Not like that area is hot for redevelopment right now anyways...It's certainly better than plopping it in the Medical District.

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I'd love to see how Minneapolis vs. St Paul match up and how that compares to Dallas vs. Ft Worth.

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Interesting to compare the two DFW airline HQs. Southwest is very modest and practical, American's is flashy and luxurious.

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Their first location was Deep Ellum so guessing that's where their HQ is currently.

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On The Border is closing to be redeveloped for more shopping spaces. I assume they'll tear the building down and build something shorter and closer to the street (similar to Kate Spade building)?

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/resta ... n-closing/

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Reservations have opened for 12/15 and beyond:

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/trave ... -december/

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Looking on Google Earth vs the renderings, they are not quite the same...

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McLemmon is an odd name...Notice how the rendering shows McKinney two way!

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Lived in the high rise apartments just north of that (McKinney Uptown) for two years. Both buildings have been closed/abandoned since before summer 2016. I always heard that the owner of that parking lot makes a ton of money off valet/parking for the bars across the street and hasn't had an interest...

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Hotel is very likely for training employees, similar to the JetBlue hotel in Orlando and honestly I think it is only a matter of time before Southwest does the same thing as I am sure it's cheaper in the long run than having a permanent block of rooms at the downtown Sheraton and having shuttle buse...

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Went twice, disappointed both times by overpriced small portions and bad service. I've had better omelettes on airplanes. Sounds like it was poorly run and they're seeking a scape goat.

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Walmart has always been headquartered in Bentonville. They have been the primary driver to Bentonville really exploding economically and XNA having impressive connectivity to the largest metros in the US. Fun fact: NW AR has 2 other fortune 500 companies out there: JB Hunt and Tyson Foods.

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Gingerman is officially open as of yesterday. Had some opening day kinks but it already had a good crowd there. Will do very well.

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This is surprising. There are great breaks in traffic that allows safe crossing even without the cross walk signs but if it means wider sidewalks then I have no complaints here

It is odd that they're spending the money to resurface parts of it if they're just going to slim it down...

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"What's with the Name Change South Victory at Victory Park?"

https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/w ... b5e7ce12ba

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Lark wasn't on the park, but Savor makes a killing inside the park and it is across the street from where Lark was. They will fill that place with fundraisers and events just simply by throwing out words like "unparalleled views" and offering valet parking for the people coming in from Pla...

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Not to sound like a NIMBY, but the traffic flow with 75 exit and frontage road right there makes it kinda nuts, especially at rush hour. People dive bomb to the far right lanes to turn right at Mockingbird while people on the frontage road are dive bombing left to get over to turn left onto Mockingb...

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Looks like Rainey is about to become as soulless as South Lamar and West 6th.

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You have to go on actual Google Earth. It will update there a little bit before maps.google.com does

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Not only that, but the writer called U.S. Route 75 Interstate 75 instead. I-75 goes from Florida to Michigan...

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Looks to me like it is not a stick build but concrete for every floor? That may be causing it to take a bit longer too.

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The airport and flight path directly over Maple and Lemmon will always be detrimental to turning them into more dense, urban neighborhoods. Those planes just fly too low and are too loud. Went through the Starbucks drive through once and the plane landing above was too loud for her to hear my order....

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I don't think Southwest would mind buying that lot once it becomes available. They already own the lots north and east of that lot.

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Probably realized having a large open lobby was easier to maintain and cheaper to build than a massive 8+ story atrium while still being able to provide the same amenities. Plus it allows them to enter smaller markets that wouldn't justify a massive hotel.

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I never travel through there anymore and wish they had a website that showed progress photos like Midtown Express and DFW Connector did.

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I have heard for awhile that one of the runways (13R/31L I believe) will be basically completely repaved in the near future. This will make things VERY painful for all 3 of the airlines. Last fall 13L/31R was closed for construction and there were decent delays and metering.

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Starting Aug 27, 2019, Alaska is expanding their flights out of DAL again. Per airliners.net: PDX 3x daily (+1) SAN 2x daily (+1) SEA 4x daily (+2) SFO 4x daily (+1) SJC 3x daily (+1) LAX 3x daily 19 AS, 5 DL, and SWA is expanding to 195 flights a day in January. Going to be one busy airport, both i...

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Jet Blue is probably the best of all the US Airlines when it comes to "walkability" and HQ being well thought out in Long Island City. Of course, Amazon may force them to move to Orlando (long rumored due to cost of living). Yes, United is at Willis Tower but I have only heard how much of ...

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That's one sweet looking car. Looks like a freaking tank too. How big is it compared to Matilda?

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I tried to go there once but accidentally ended up at Savor thinking it was Lark. Between Savor and the food trucks, it's no surprise Lark was the one to go down.

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Doubt it. Delta has a hell of a PR team. At the end of the day it's just a smaller plane on routes dominated by AA that uses much bigger planes much more frequently. It's like if AA went into ATL claiming they can win Delta frequent fliers over because they bought a new plane. The only mini victory ...

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I would almost guarantee that it will only be open for race weekends. The location is too obscure to get anything but race weekend traffic.

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Oops you're right, my bad. Forgot that it was closer to Turtle Creek over there.

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Body Mountain is the place.

http://bodymountain.com/

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Great! Will be interesting to see how much the HP side of the Trail complains about another "high rise" on the Dallas side. There's no official entrance there for the trail either so this would be a great add.

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If you're willing to live in a flood plain, you better have good flood insurance...Houston does not have strong flood mitigation, mostly due to the urbanized flat terrain and low elevation. A lot of neighborhoods have the houses higher than the roads, so that the roads flood first. I'm sure these ne...

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https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Signa ... 11811.html

The Bridge to Nowhere continues

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Not only that, but it's only open 3 hours!

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https://dallas.eater.com/2018/9/24/17897286/pazzo-uptown-dallas-closed-unpaid-rent Pazzo is closed. "Clubby" restaurants seem to struggle in Uptown now so it'll be interesting to see how well Circo does. Based on the description of the place and the social club it has, I'm sure the people ...

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Good. That place gets CRAZY during departure banks.

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New Central Market at NW Highway/Midway is open. Not as small and claustrophobic as the location at Preston/Royal but it is for sure more compact than Lovers Lane or any in the 'burbs. Parking was also tight, but it was a very nice Central Market with everything the other locations offer and I will ...

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HEB is known to squat on land just to keep competitors out. When I moved out of College Station they had a vacant grocery store on a main drag that they had no plans to move into at the time, but it forced out an Albertsons. They are in no rush to give up that land/build/open a store.

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