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- 31 Dec 2023 19:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 249912
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
How about making surface parking out of it for 40 years? By then,we should be able to come up with something nice.
- 30 Jan 2023 17:13
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
- Replies: 301
- Views: 363883
Re: Harwood Int'l District: The Swexan - Harwood Hotel (20 ST)
I think Barbier-Muller has lost his spark. The "parking plynth" is insult enough, but the glass box atop it, could have been built in the 1960's. He's spun gold out of straw much of the time, building sites along high speed roads and low income housing, that no one would touch. Unfortunate...
- 21 Dec 2022 23:12
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown: Harwood Park
- Replies: 44
- Views: 30661
Re: Downtown: Harwood Park
Oh wow. Actual visible evidence of progress. Can't wait to see more! Thanks.
- 15 Dec 2022 03:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
- Replies: 681
- Views: 601037
Re: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
I think the viewpoint is valid and not just hating. Dallas still lacks the streetlife that makes people feel safe. When you walk out of your hotel, look to the right and left. Which direction devoid of shops and restaurants should you take? With no tight-knit urban fabric,"luring" you to a...
- 12 Sep 2022 06:54
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
- Replies: 198
- Views: 96007
Re: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 27 ST)
Harwood gets a lot of flack here, but they've made very undesirable land worth something, and created a hybrid mixed use neighborhood. No one would touch the land in the 70's because of the high speed traffic. No one could imagine trying to cross one or more of "those" streets to get anywh...
- 08 Aug 2022 19:35
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: North Dallas: Midtown
- Replies: 385
- Views: 817482
Re: North Dallas: Midtown
What's amazing is the number of times Dallas can reinvent the wheel until they get it right. That usually means building a bunch of "stick built" apartments, and tearing them down 10 years later for something taller. So I give this project 20 more years and 3 more owners before someone bui...
- 02 Feb 2022 04:16
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Fort Worth: Stockyards area redevelopment
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8834
Re: Fort Worth: Stockyards area redevelopment
Fort Worth is becoming more impressive by the year. If not exactly at breakneck speed, it's steadily more exciting in it's projects. And what they've done conceptually at the Stockyards, most recently with the mule barn area, is very thoughtful. It bears a general resemblance to The Pearl in San Ant...
- 02 Feb 2022 03:52
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Modera St. Paul (16 ST)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10869
Re: Downtown Dallas: Mill Creek Residential Tower (~16 ST)
The views of Harwood Park to the east, (with the church, Block House, Shriners etc in the foreground) would be interesting. And if you tire of walking your dog at Harwood around the corner, there's City Hall Plaza very close, and Main Street Garden only a minute or two further. I like.
- 27 Nov 2021 04:07
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
- Replies: 148
- Views: 92695
Re: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
There's something vaguely "czarist" about the massing of the new addition. I guess they know their audience.
- 20 Nov 2021 23:22
- Forum: Art + Sol
- Topic: Dallas Museum of Art
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21888
Re: Dallas Museum of Art
An "Impressionist Trove" sounds like a nice shot in the arm for the DMA. Too bad.
- 17 Nov 2021 01:29
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
- Replies: 281
- Views: 171450
Re: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
Like everyone else, I hope this succeeds. But one or two towers like this in an area that has yet to prove itself is very aggressive. I wonder what they see that everyone else is overlooking. Maybe lower land cost makes for an Uptown caliber tower at a lower price point? This is hardly The Cedars o...
- 08 Nov 2021 01:48
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
- Replies: 670
- Views: 581800
Re: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
Love this photo. Nice angle and great presence. Enjoying the southern and eastern sweep of activity. Long time coming.
- 14 Aug 2021 03:57
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown: Harwood Park
- Replies: 44
- Views: 30661
Re: Downtown: Harwood Park
I can't wait to see how this neighborhood turns out. Lots of human scaled and interesting buildings. Glad they finally got to it.
- 20 Jul 2021 23:45
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Katy Trail 1.0
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32094
Re: Katy Trail 1.0
I think all of the "connective ideas" have merit, and all of them should be pursued. They are inevitable if the vision being expressed is actually to happen. As many have posited through the years, it's not "one" of anything, be it parks, stores, residential buildings, that will ...
- 30 Jun 2021 05:15
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
- Replies: 449
- Views: 326610
Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt
The current proposal looks very much like a building now being built in Houston, adjacent to Discovery Green downtown. It "rounds a corner" like this one, with stair-stepping "towers" as well. I think it's proportions are better. Rather than building an original icon, Hillwood ma...
- 30 Jun 2021 04:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
- Replies: 301
- Views: 363883
Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.12 Harwood Hotel (20 ST)
It looks like a luxury hotel for cars. The people get the stingier volume of space upstairs. Hmm... Finally, someone who knows what's important to Americans.
- 05 Jan 2021 01:05
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Bike Infrastructure
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15885
Re: Bike Infrastructure
Great photos of the evolving neighborhood. I never thought I'd live to see downtown parks taken seriously, or serious consideration given to pedestrians and bikes. And NEVER thought it would get to this "quirky" human scaled neighborhood, one of my all-time sentimental faves. It's been ama...
- 09 Nov 2020 23:28
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
- Replies: 198
- Views: 96007
Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.14
This design strikes me as referential of the Wyly Theater. Which probably looks like a chapel in comparison.
- 13 Apr 2020 22:57
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown - Pacific Plaza Park
- Replies: 208
- Views: 201156
Re: Downtown - Pacific Plaza Park
How's Pacific Plaza Park looking these days? Other than empty I mean.
- 04 Jan 2020 00:37
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Reverchon Park
- Replies: 47
- Views: 44934
Re: Reverchon Park
casperitl wrote:Would like to have seen a traffic study done before it was brought forth to the City Council. The interim Park Director John Jenkins did not provide one.
Does Dallas ever have anyone in "Parks" who's not interim? Must be a terrible "going nowhere" position.
- 12 Dec 2019 01:15
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Virgin Hotel
- Replies: 150
- Views: 149667
Re: Design District: Virgin Hotel
I like this direction for the Trinity Strand Trail. The adventurous design of the hotel exudes a bit of "resort on the riverwalk". I wouldn't mind seeing more of this along Turtle Creek.
- 04 Dec 2019 01:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Arts District: Hall Arts Hotel & Residences
- Replies: 304
- Views: 294128
Re: Arts District: Hall Arts Hotel & Residences
Great photos texasstar. Your eye never disappoints, but these last two are exceptional. I love that you can create a "visual context" for these evolving projects in downtown. You make the "hodge podge" seem like it may be going somewhere.
- 15 Oct 2019 00:59
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Trinity River Park
- Replies: 468
- Views: 458300
Re: Trinity River Park
Can't we just do some really nice tree plantings all between the two bridges and along the new trail paths that would bloom in the spring and change colors in the fall. Surely that could be done until we can come up a longer term plan or if we never do then at least it will be pretty and inviting d...
- 19 Jan 2019 03:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
- Replies: 789
- Views: 814217
Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Nice to see the kinetic sculpture possibilities of these two masses as seen from a moving car. Very updated and (maybe even better) version of Pennzoil Place of 70's Houston fame, now sadly blocked by bigger buildings from most angles. Should one wonder about the impact of a future Perot tower on th...
- 14 Oct 2018 02:32
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
- Replies: 789
- Views: 814217
Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
[quote="joshua.dodd"]"A dialogue with the office tower." Why must they use such unnecessarily cheesy language like this? Overall, I'm loving the presence it is invoking on the skyline. It really does serve well as a compliment to Fountain Place.[/quot Renzo Piano used the phrase ...
- 09 May 2018 00:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Master Plan
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39743
Re: Arts District: Master Plan
"Midtown Arts Theater Center Houston" is an interesting take on building theaters without the usual smoke, mirrors and vast air-conditioned lobbies. An indoor/outdoor arrangement features several different sized spaces under a huge canopy that does double duty as informal gathering space b...
- 08 May 2018 04:55
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Issues/News
- Topic: What is a suburb today?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 95441
Re: What is a suburb today?
What is a suburb today? What is a suburb tomorrow? Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson The authors contend that the next few decades will entail a reinvention of the suburbs, their dead malls and strip centers, as well as the re-purposing of thousands of acres of decaying...
- 06 May 2018 21:04
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
- Replies: 543
- Views: 492345
Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
Well... when Dallas finally goes "dense", it seems to do so whole-heartedly. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
- 02 May 2018 17:54
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Master Plan
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39743
Re: Arts District: Master Plan
Love those ideas guys. As in..."Art isn't just for the Arts District anymore."
- 02 May 2018 10:59
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Master Plan
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39743
Re: Arts District: Master Plan
I love storefront theaters and unexpected bldgs turned into performance spaces. Unfortunately, the theaters seem to disappear as the real estate they occupy becomes popular. Higher rents are the ironic death knell for many companies who may have been partially responsible for bringing their location...
- 01 May 2018 21:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Master Plan
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39743
Re: Arts District: Master Plan
Is the City Performance Hall on any sort of schedule for expansion within the next ten years? I'm kinda wondering if those blueprints will be modified to something different. I'd love to see more work on it, and maybe reconfigured for some more even smaller more affordable spaces. Theater Row in NY...
- 21 Apr 2018 06:32
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Issues/News
- Topic: What is a suburb today?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 95441
Re: What is a suburb today?
The answer to the original question is Frisco. I was wondering about that myself. What of the original query? And does it ever become "post suburb"? Is everything outside an urban core a suburb by virtue of it's location alone? As Oak Lawn dissolves into Downtown does it cease to be a sub...
- 10 Apr 2018 00:44
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Downtown - Pacific Plaza Park
- Replies: 208
- Views: 201156
Re: Downtown - Pacific Plaza Park
Wonderful news. Glad they are sprinting!
- 09 Apr 2018 04:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Tower Petroleum - The Saint Elm Hotel (1907 Elm) & Corrigan Tower (1900 Pacific)
- Replies: 148
- Views: 131378
Re: Downtown Dallas: Tower Petroleum - The Saint Elm Hotel (1907 Elm) & Corrigan Tower (1900 Pacific)
Am glad to see "revival" coming at last to Tower Petroleum and Child. Happy to see the nearby future park talked about as "a given for a healthy neighborhood" instead of "a place only the drug industry and homeless will enjoy". Happy to see that the future of old buildi...