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by Dragon_Lady
16 Dec 2023 00:45
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)
Replies: 71
Views: 20874

Re: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)

Sigh. I simply pine for post-Modern these days.
by Dragon_Lady
25 Nov 2023 23:50
Forum: Texas Town + City Issues/News
Topic: Dallas skyscrapers don’t stack up to the booming Houston and Austin skylines
Replies: 2
Views: 5046

Re: Dallas skyscrapers don’t stack up to the booming Houston and Austin skylines

I call B.S. on this article, in particular Austin > Dallas. What are we measuring as a “high-rise” and from when?
by Dragon_Lady
15 Nov 2023 21:13
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: North Dallas: Midtown
Replies: 385
Views: 771831

Re: North Dallas: Midtown

Normally I would say lease that land to the city and have them manage it and create a park with trees and open air grass fields, but given the fact that Dallas can’t even address alleys and streets with a modicum of competency, diligence, and timely completions with the use of our tax dollars, well ...
by Dragon_Lady
15 Nov 2023 21:04
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Chalk Hill / Kaizen / KERA Site
Replies: 17
Views: 3544

Re: Chalk Hill / Kaizen / KERA Site

The banality of design fits right in with all the other garbage recently built.
by Dragon_Lady
08 Aug 2023 23:55
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
Replies: 22
Views: 5303

Re: Sherman - TI Chip Factory

The newly impounded Lake Bois d’Arc near Bonham is our state’s first major reservoir in decades and I believe it will supply water to northern North Texas counties.
by Dragon_Lady
11 Jun 2023 22:59
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90196

Re: Downtown Dallas: Field Street District

Yeah, okay, lots of new buildings but nothing stands out as better than what was built in the 80s. For example, the folks that designed AMLI as Fountain Place’s little brother just made something derivative (and maybe the best of the 20 years lot). Having a true twin and following up with the origin...
by Dragon_Lady
24 Mar 2023 10:17
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90196

Re: Downtown Dallas: Field Street District

What could've been...Sigh

100 story Field Plaza 1980s Deco Revival

100 story-Field-Plaza-proposed for Dallas in the Eighties.jpg
by Dragon_Lady
01 Mar 2023 23:34
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown: AC & Moxy Hotel Project / Oak Grove & Hall
Replies: 87
Views: 52073

Re: Uptown: AC & Moxy Hotel Project / Oak Grove & Hall

Wow…that’s some handsome 1960s Soviet bloc era architecture going on there! … set know wan heifer.

Architecture circa now is a middle finger to beauty.
by Dragon_Lady
09 May 2022 15:46
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Issues/News
Topic: Legacy West Retail
Replies: 517
Views: 478464

Re: Legacy West

Not just bland but straight up ugly. Our architecture, in some sense, reflects nihilism if not some vague utilitarianism benefiting the current developer/architectural zeitgeist.
by Dragon_Lady
28 Oct 2021 21:02
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
Replies: 449
Views: 321898

Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

This is absolutely weak. There is nothing "centerpiece" about it, IMO. We need a serious return to the past for inspiration or something very different in the current Modernist bent we're experiencing. Interestingly though, it looks like there are sky-bridges on every other floor connectin...
by Dragon_Lady
24 May 2021 15:32
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
Replies: 449
Views: 321898

Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

So: The building for this thread as currently imagined: https://media.nbcdfw.com/2021/05/field-tower-rendering-dallas-2021.jpg (Make very large: https://media.nbcdfw.com/2021/05/field-tower-rendering-dallas-2021.jpg) Early Victory Tower site (pre-dating MO concept) rendering where The Victor now is...
by Dragon_Lady
10 May 2021 22:56
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
Replies: 198
Views: 93356

Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.14 (388 FT / 27 ST)

Jack-in-the-Box corporate should be lured by Harwood as the lead tenant with a promise to put a gigantic Jack’s ball head with the funny hat as the building’s crown. At least I would have a good laugh every time I see the building instead of this garish Perot museum inspired knock-off. Bonus: With J...
by Dragon_Lady
28 Apr 2021 22:57
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Preston Center
Replies: 84
Views: 51478

Re: Preston Center

Super boring; the conventional look these days.
by Dragon_Lady
24 Mar 2021 22:31
Forum: Urban Photography + Videography
Topic: The Daily Digital 4.0
Replies: 123
Views: 108890

Re: The Daily Digital 4.0

My visit to see the sunset up at Reunion Tower this past weekend. Unfortunately, I wasn't among the few with that "bright" idea. Good to see so many people enjoy a beautiful evening and the skyline looked great (and so did downtown Ft. Worth next to the setting sun minus my phone's camera)...
by Dragon_Lady
25 Nov 2020 23:56
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: 2000 Ross Project
Replies: 654
Views: 533383

Re: Downtown Dallas: 2000 Ross Project

Inspiring! Amazing! Nothing quite like it! "Sir, we need you to return to room 101."
by Dragon_Lady
13 Nov 2020 00:15
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
Replies: 301
Views: 357374

Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.12 Harwood Hotel (20 ST)

Harwood just can't seem to ever do it in a cool or imaginative way. Ah yes, the old 'eff-up' a wet dream. If all we can ever say is "it's better than nothing" or "at least that's one less parking lot" than I will no longer EVER let myself get excited about 90% of these rendering...
by Dragon_Lady
18 Oct 2020 10:27
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
Replies: 198
Views: 93356

Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.14

This reminds me of the Perot museum. Ugly as sin. Long for sleek, taller, revival styles of bygone days, which appear to be deemed worthless by many of architects today. Brutal looking modern architecture reigns the day. My two cents.
by Dragon_Lady
29 Aug 2020 20:58
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park: The Victor (~453FT / 39ST)
Replies: 177
Views: 165730

Re: Victory Park: The Victor (~453FT / 39ST)

I think the building will look fine on the northern part of the skyline, but certainly not a stand-out by any means. For a Hines development it appears sub-par by their own standard. I wish the height was a solid 500 feet (or taller) as that would help "sleek" out the boxiness. Also, I don...
by Dragon_Lady
29 Aug 2020 20:42
Forum: Urban Photography + Videography
Topic: The Daily Digital 4.0
Replies: 123
Views: 108890

Re: The Daily Digital 4.0

Neat perspective. Thank you for sharing.
by Dragon_Lady
08 Mar 2020 11:08
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345115

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

scott2 wrote:Frankly I would not object to a building that would compliment the existing architecture rather than the ( now usual ) all glass tower.


I agree.
by Dragon_Lady
05 Mar 2020 15:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
Replies: 449
Views: 321898

Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

This is the best we can expect Hillwood Urban to conceive on this high profile property? I feel really sorry for AMLI. Boring to say the least. How about:
Met Life Proposed.jpg
by Dragon_Lady
26 Jan 2020 23:29
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
Replies: 232
Views: 106680

Re: KDC & Miyama Project - 30 ST

I agree the amount of ultra modern as of late has become a bit exhausting. With advanced CAD nowadays, I think it's easier for planners/architects to lose themselves in their own creative ambition. I think these renderings look fine, but unnecessarily complex and costly. The AMLI tower doesn't try ...
by Dragon_Lady
25 Jan 2020 13:10
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
Replies: 232
Views: 106680

Re: KDC & Miyama Project - 30 ST

The architecture is very uninspiring in my view. I don't get the hanging garden look. I cannot wait for this ultra-modern phase to end.
by Dragon_Lady
14 Dec 2019 00:34
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90196

Re: Downtown Dallas: Field Street District

I'm sorry but that concept is a "turd on a shingle". Give me the original 100 plus story concept back in the day any day over that hot mess.
by Dragon_Lady
11 Nov 2019 21:55
Forum: Texas Urban/Suburban/Exurban Development
Topic: Austin's proposed tallest (in 4 yrs)
Replies: 191
Views: 188322

Re: Austin's proposed tallest (in 4 yrs)

I'm curious. What measurement is used to define Austin's downtown as being bigger than Dallas? Certainly it's not by skyscrapers as measured 500 feet or higher or a cursory glance at each skyline. Moreover, office square footage is fairly large in downtown Dallas...at least > 15 million square feet ...
by Dragon_Lady
07 Oct 2019 22:47
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: 2000 Ross Project
Replies: 654
Views: 533383

Re: Downtown Dallas: 2000 Ross Project

Makes me want to blow my nose. Contagious, I tell ya. ;-)
by Dragon_Lady
04 Oct 2019 20:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 789
Views: 804091

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

"I would really really like to see a handful of skyscrapers seed the Medical District, just to punctuate the skyline. Viewing the dozens of midrise buildings along I-35 trails off of the downtown skyscrapers, but a few 500' towers would add emphasis to every ~10 story building, putting more oom...
by Dragon_Lady
07 Jun 2019 18:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 789
Views: 804091

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

I agree about building the original twins; would look stunning, especially if Fountain Place 2 is rotated 90 degrees from the original. Fun to dream.
by Dragon_Lady
20 May 2019 01:37
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: North Dallas: Midtown
Replies: 385
Views: 771831

Re: North Dallas: Midtown

This is nothing more than a self-promotion puff piece by a north Dallas city councilman's over-adulating about his daughter's project work. Nepotism? ...whatever; besides it is completely an unrealistic architectural render of some blah blah avant-garde Dallas Midtown "signature tower" at ...
by Dragon_Lady
15 Jan 2019 21:42
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 789
Views: 804091

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

I'm more concerned about Fountain Place, an architectural gem, getting blocked, which is why a true twin would've mitigated such possibilities.
by Dragon_Lady
10 Dec 2018 09:51
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Fort Worth: Dickies Arena
Replies: 27
Views: 23728

Re: Fort Worth: Dickies Arena

Why does everything built in Fort Worth look like that? My understanding is the design is to compliment the original Will Rogers coliseum area including the Pioneer tower, which has an Art Deco flair. Personally, while some may think it kitsch, I'd like to see Fort Worth's next tallest building pla...
by Dragon_Lady
09 Nov 2018 12:12
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park: The Victor (~453FT / 39ST)
Replies: 177
Views: 165730

Re: Victory Park: The Victor (~453FT / 39ST)

I'm happy something is being built here, however I really do hate the building. I don't like the design, and I think the name is just comical. Seriously? The Victor at Victory Park? That's gotta be the lamest thing I've heard in weeks. All being said, it will be nice to haver more density and more ...
by Dragon_Lady
05 Sep 2018 22:30
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Old Cityplace Twin Tower site
Replies: 36
Views: 28790

Re: Old Cityplace Twin Tower site

I agree with the comments posted about either build the twin as originally conceived (my preference) or incorporate the Brazilian granite (or marble) that's in a field in southeast Dallas to compliment the existing tower; similar to AMLI and Fountain Place. However, it would be neat to see a skinnie...
by Dragon_Lady
03 Aug 2018 23:20
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park 3.0
Replies: 918
Views: 760138

Re: Victory Park 3.0

Anyone have any new information with Houston based Hines development company about their alleged planned office or mixed use high-rise adjacent to the W (on or near the former site of the Mandarin mixed use ~650 tower proposal)?
by Dragon_Lady
02 Aug 2018 23:21
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 877290

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Amen to the respectful rebuttal over the Evangelical comment. Honestly, I'm sick of corporate political identity. This great nation was and is built on the backs of small businesses; Dallas included. Frankly, its Dallas' history of innovation that have geographers collective heads scratching given w...
by Dragon_Lady
03 May 2018 22:20
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Issues/News
Topic: Legacy West Retail
Replies: 517
Views: 478464

Re: Legacy West

Yes, I, too, would like to see pictures on how that area is progressing as I'm not able to go there often.
by Dragon_Lady
01 Feb 2018 22:42
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
Replies: 449
Views: 321898

Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

Your analogy of a AAA battery wrapped in chicken wire is spot on and hilarious.
by Dragon_Lady
10 Sep 2017 00:34
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Northpark Center
Replies: 1624
Views: 839742

Re: Northpark Center

I'm not sure about the FAA restrictions and even less certain about the current economic viability, but I think a Williams/Transco tower kind of development next to Northpark would "define" that retail/office/urban living cluster in such a way as Transco/Williams did for Houston's Galleria...
by Dragon_Lady
10 Jun 2017 23:49
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: 1900 Pearl (362 FT | 25 ST)
Replies: 203
Views: 189787

Re: Arts District: 1900 Pearl (362 FT | 25 ST)

When I look at this building I think to myself this is nothing more than your neighborhood fixer-upper equivalent meant for nothing else than revolving rent...parking garage included. I'm disappointed that a striking tower doesn't occupy this highly visible space as pointed out prior. I'm sure I'm i...
by Dragon_Lady
02 Jun 2017 00:42
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 789
Views: 804091

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

Only a twin could compliment the first born. I would've preferred another "80s post-modernist original" next to it in order to accentuate the beauty of Fountain Place...but's that's just me.