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- 16 May 2020 07:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2401 McKinney (406 FT / 29 ST)
- Replies: 132
- Views: 71098
Re: 2401 McKinney tower
This is the best news i've heard on here since SHTF. Was getting a little disenchanted with all the prospects in Uptown... as far as i'm concerned, this project is a godsend. Anything beats an empty Gold's gym and a Truluck's parking lot At least the Gold's Gym building was built to the sidewalk an...
- 23 Nov 2019 16:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
- Replies: 173
- Views: 132219
Re: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
That's why you create delivery zones in commercial areas like Deep Ellum cities all over the world do it and regular delivery drivers learn how to operate real easily in urban areas. It's not rocket science nor would Dallas be the first city in the entire history of time have to balance traffic, tr...
- 14 Jun 2019 13:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812724
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
Whats going on with the lots around exposition and main? The one random yellow house building and the old tattoo shop are fenced up. Bummer. A New 7-Eleven (Complete With Gas Pumps And All) Will Open In Deep Ellum’s Eastern Edge In 2020, Replacing A Popular Instagram Photo Shoot Destination. https:...
- 03 May 2019 15:31
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Introducing the 2019 Dallas Mayoral Candidates - D Magazine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17203
Re: Introducing the 2019 Dallas Mayoral Candidates - D Magazine
Unfortunately, the politicians who most loudly decry regionalism tend to be the same ones who vote for policies and projects that drive jobs to the suburbs. Just this week the Morons on Marilla screwed small businesses again: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-house-votes-to-end-driver-respo...
- 03 May 2019 15:26
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Introducing the 2019 Dallas Mayoral Candidates - D Magazine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17203
Re: Introducing the 2019 Dallas Mayoral Candidates - D Magazine
Dallas needs to take a page out of Frisco's playbook, which is to not giving a flying f**k about "regionalism." I mean, seriously. You have losers like Rawlings trying to play nice with his "Mayor of DFW, good for the region" nonsense. Meanwhile, leaders in Frisco are laughing th...
- 03 May 2019 15:16
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336760
Re: I-345
As much as I hate highways cutting through our Downtown, it's hard for me to make an argument to tear down I-345. The benefit of tearing down the highway is you connect Downtown and Deep Ellum and also free up land that we can develop on, but, as of today, we still have a ton of empty land in the C...
- 09 Jan 2019 12:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812724
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
Bittersweet Day as 121-Year-Old Deep Ellum Business Makes Way for Progress https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/121-Year-Old-Dallas-Butcher-Company-Closing-504042041.html "They're hoping to see a CVS or a bank go in here, instead of another bar." God no, I hope it's not another CVS! They're ...
- 06 Dec 2018 22:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: McKinney/Boll Tower - 2614 McKinney Ave - (18 ST)
- Replies: 227
- Views: 184555
Re: Uptown Dallas: McKinney/Boll Tower - 2614 McKinney Ave - (18 ST)
Any of those sites it's going to be difficult to develop since State Thomas will fight anything they don't like. They will offer their blessing as long as the developer agrees to valet driven restaurant concepts on the ground floor. Why would residents in State Thomas need to have valet parking whe...
- 30 Nov 2018 12:10
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 563619
Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
So true. This really has the potential to be the most interesting urban area of the whole metro. I agree. At the same time, I wished there were more buildings on the Elm St. side of Downtown. Once you head down Elm from Deep Ellum into Downtown, all you see are acres upon acres of surface lots on y...
- 05 Nov 2018 11:57
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812724
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
That's why all these places need to turn into legitimate neighborhoods, which probably means big boxy apartments for now, instead of 'party destinations' because you can't expect people from the 'burbs to come down on a random Tuesday and support your local businesses. Not only that but it also nee...
- 21 Oct 2018 15:52
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
- Replies: 426
- Views: 444513
Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Someone call CVS and tell them how much they suck again. HEB understood what they had the opportunity to do here. I would have preferred a firework stand over the BS CVS built. Just like Soho.jpg LOL. Even with the landscaping they chose, they made it so random with trees placed oddly, differing tr...
- 18 Oct 2018 11:50
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 260974
Re: Dallas Smart District
Adding renewed promise to the southern rim is the Trinity River Park. With the push for a highway finally fading away, the reality of what is actually sustainable and usable is rooting in the minds of decision makers on all sides of the conundrum. The benefit of a huge nature park is making sense m...
- 18 Oct 2018 10:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
- Replies: 301
- Views: 379467
Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.12 Harwood Hotel (20 ST)
I wonder if ppl/developers ever read these comments and laugh at the ignorance ? I mean, I do and I’m sure most of you do too with these ppl it’s almost embarrassing....sometimes it’s best not to add your 2 cents This forum is strung together and has been for decades on 2 cents at a time. The livel...
- 17 Oct 2018 19:19
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Master Plan
- Replies: 38
- Views: 40590
Re: Arts District: Master Plan
Ummmm 75201 encompasses far more than the Arts District, and most of the residential in this zip is outside of the Arts District (I'm also in 75201). 75201 is the entire eastern half of Downtown, southern part of Uptown (Lower McKinney), Harwood, and part of Victory Park. Those areas are chock full...
- 17 Oct 2018 19:05
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
- Replies: 636
- Views: 666562
Re: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
Not to mention that you don't see any of them leasing to mom and pop type shops that were synonymous with urban neighborhoods in the past. Where's the cheap Chinese takeout spots in Downtown and Uptown, for example? There are NONE. Unless you count a couple in the tunnels downtown with very limited...
- 17 Oct 2018 12:13
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
- Replies: 636
- Views: 666562
Re: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
Fat Rabbit/PL8 closed awhile ago so the question is will they sign a new lease for that space or let it sit waiting for a property purchase. I'm sick and tired of these properties sitting empty, which does impact the vibrancy of the neighborhood. There's a great article out in the Atlantic about th...
- 12 Oct 2018 17:48
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: The Transition of Uptown
- Replies: 53
- Views: 51368
Re: The Transition of Uptown
I definitely see that happening. I think Uptown will lose its status as being the affluent urban district in Dallas, and I could possible see the Arts District taking over that spot. Old East Dallas along Good Latimer is another candidate. I hate to admit this, but I did speak with a bartender at B...
- 12 Oct 2018 10:56
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: The Transition of Uptown
- Replies: 53
- Views: 51368
Re: The Transition of Uptown
Why can't Downtown become the new Uptown? Seems obvious to me and the infrastructure is in place for it.
- 05 Oct 2018 12:18
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
- Replies: 95
- Views: 88882
Re: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
Please get off your soapboax and be realistic. Pot, meet Kettle. Historic preservation is a worthy cause. Parking garage proliferation is not. Also, this is an URBAN DEVELOPMENT forum. It's literally a soapbox for these kind of things. Not tearing down buildings for parking. If you guys want to sta...
- 04 Oct 2018 14:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
- Replies: 95
- Views: 88882
Re: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
That entire stretch of St Paul used to be absolutely dreadful. There was a chain link parking lot for buses, surface parking across the street, and very poor street interaction. I tended to run faster along this stretch just to get away from it. Was the old building aesthetically attractive? Sure.....
- 04 Oct 2018 14:36
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 563619
Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
This is all on Dallas. Nothing in Frisco has been built with a giant surface lot until you get to nearly Prosper. The most anti-urban thing Frisco has done recently is slightly widen their main street. And the downzoning of US75 to drive-thus adjacent to a DART station is all on Dallas too. You don...
- 04 Oct 2018 12:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 563619
Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
...the giant surface lots are simply stacked up this go'round. Garages. I think I misread Matt's & Overdog's posts. Matt was referring to surface lots and drive-thrus recently being built in Dallas along 75 and near DART stations. Overdog said Frisco doesn't have many surface lots, but I find t...
- 04 Oct 2018 11:41
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 563619
Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
They look at Frisco with salivation and want that here. This is all on Dallas. Nothing in Frisco has been built with a giant surface lot until you get to nearly Prosper. The most anti-urban thing Frisco has done recently is slightly widen their main street. And the downzoning of US75 to drive-thus ...
- 03 Oct 2018 14:14
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 563619
Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
It is a tragedy that it was allowed to happen. If anyone's seen those 70s era aerial photos of Houston, the destruction was even worse. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6773387459_7faa5dffc0_b.jpg An even bigger tragedy are those on this URBAN FORUM still advocating for that photo of 1970's Down...
- 03 Oct 2018 14:05
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
- Replies: 95
- Views: 88882
Re: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
Why do we allow this to continue to happen? More parking? For suburbanites who come in on Sunday for church and then get the hell out of Downtown as fast as they can? Because we have pathetically low voter turnout in this city and way too many swamp creatures maintaining the status quo. Our zoning ...
- 27 Sep 2018 10:39
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812724
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
^as it should be.... As some of the city's institutions and scenes settle into a more natural rhythm, Fair Park will reign supreme as an organized entertainment destination, CBD area will double as the preferred overnight accommodation setting for business and pleasure travelers to the area, and De...
- 25 Sep 2018 10:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Cliff: Bishop Arts
- Replies: 525
- Views: 543464
Re: Oak Cliff: Bishop Arts
There's a lot of lovely old schools on that demolish list.... really? Do we even have the money for that? What kind of crap are they going to slap up in the place of these gracious older buildings? Travis elementary in Uptown is on the demolish/sell list. I wouldn't exactly describe Travis Elementa...
- 13 Sep 2018 15:38
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: De La Vega Development: Haskell & US 75
- Replies: 22
- Views: 28022
Re: De La Vega Development: Haskell & US 75
Downtown Houston does feel a little more "filled in" than Downtown Dallas, but actually ranks lower in terms of walkable amenities. "Filled in" could mean a bunch of fortress skyscrapers or bland parking garages in the case of DT Houston. Regardless, both downtowns are more simil...
- 30 Aug 2018 17:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: 900 Main
- Replies: 48
- Views: 34079
Re: 900 Main
Interesting view of this same block from around 1910 (I think). Poydras is the main street visible here with Commerce St in the foreground and Main St in the background. On the lower-right side where it says "Drugs" is where McDonald's is today. The rest of the photo is parking lots now w...
- 27 Aug 2018 12:56
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: AT&T Discovery District
- Replies: 451
- Views: 396658
Re: AT&T Discovery District
Right now you go sit outside of Ascension at Thanksgiving tower it's desolate and frankly too tall and doesn't invite you to spend time. Even a cluster of trees would have worked similarly. I was in that area last week and the lack of shade is a major problem there. Just hot blazing sun hitting the...
- 25 Aug 2018 11:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: AT&T Discovery District
- Replies: 451
- Views: 396658
Re: AT&T Discovery District
hahaha I just saw the 88 and remembered the good times, back before the turn of the century when the Cowboys were good. I cannot believe it's been so long since the Cowboys got deep into the play offs. One part of this streetscaping reminded me of what was once proposed for much of Main Street. Hop...
- 24 Aug 2018 12:06
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
- Replies: 1075
- Views: 917743
Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Neither Dallas or Austin should qualify due to culture. Culturally, these cities and their residents don't see the value of walkable urbanism or public transportation. Trying to "pretend" isn't going to change that reality. Both cities (and most U.S. cities) belongs in the dustbin of poor ...
- 23 Aug 2018 14:44
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Parking Garages
- Replies: 140
- Views: 122375
Re: Parking Garages
All of the other threads should be merged into this one, since most of these "urban" developments are 80% parking garages, 15% residential or office, 5% ground floor retail or restaurant space (if that).
- 21 Aug 2018 21:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
- Replies: 301
- Views: 379467
Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.12 Harwood Hotel (20 ST)
That whole Field, Moody turns into Pearl area is a mess and seems very intimidating to anybody that might want to cross. Rolex seems to have nice sidewalks and I assume the hotel would too but crossing that divide is a mess. Maybe they need a pedestrian bridge right there. A "mess" is an ...
- 21 Aug 2018 11:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: 900 Main
- Replies: 48
- Views: 34079
Re: 900 Main
Its existence on a prime corner is bad enough to begin with. It's an even bigger slap in the face when they try to fix it, thus extending its life.
- 07 Aug 2018 16:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas Retail
- Replies: 445
- Views: 398271
Re: Downtown Dallas Retail
I don't really have an update/announcement regarding Downtown Dallas, but I just wanted to say that I hung out in Downtown last Saturday for dinner/drinks and I was really impressed at how lively it all was. We had dinner at Americano, then walked over to the Statler for drinks at Scout (which was ...
- 06 Aug 2018 11:34
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
If a downtown business doesn't have convenient parking then it's not catering to me -- and I live less than half a mile outside the loop. Parking isn't for "Frisco or Weatherford", it's for Lakewood and Lake Highlands. If you make it inconvenient for those people they have plenty of optio...
- 03 Aug 2018 10:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
The best customer is the one in the first few miles not the guy in the far-off development way out in the far fling burbs. For most of these types of businesses taking up residence in urban Dallas, they tend to still focus most of their marketing and access improvements aka parking on the Frisco cu...
- 02 Aug 2018 15:35
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
- Replies: 1075
- Views: 917743
Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
I'm probably one of the few Conservatives on here (and one of those Evangelical Christians at that- GASP!!)... Some of the comments above sort of make me chuckle, but hey we're all created different with different ideas and different opinions. I'm a proud Trump Supporter and a proud Cruz Supporter....
- 02 Aug 2018 15:16
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
None of the strawmen change or even address the fact that the percentage of the DFW population for which DART offers reasonably functional transportation to events at the AAC is very very small. That's their problem. If you choose to live in a suburb, especially one that is a non-DART member, you d...
- 02 Aug 2018 13:46
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
The problem with DART is it is simply not convenient enough for 80% of the citizens in DFW *dare I say Dallas* to use it. Arguing that buildings in downtown should sacrifice on parking for the sake of urbanity simply is not economical because the companies housed in those buildings would move to Fr...
- 02 Aug 2018 13:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
The need for Parking for everyone for every place that's the real fantasy. There's so much parking garages in downtown anyway; people not wanting to walk a couple of blocks...I agree that's absurd. It is beyond absurd. If you're not physically disabled, you can walk a couple of blocks. No wonder ou...
- 02 Aug 2018 13:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
Indeed. The percentage of DFW's population that can reasonably take DART to an event at the AAC, is de minimis. That means nothing; that could be said for every Metropolitan center across the world. If you ever lived in any true urban center, you'd know that people drive to transit station from the...
- 01 Aug 2018 23:28
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
Tnexster wrote:I hope it's an easier place to park and I am assuming it is, the parking situation before was awful and expensive which seemed to be a big deterrent.
You realize this is an "urban forum," right? So easy and abundant parking is the antithesis of good urban planning.
- 01 Aug 2018 23:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
- Replies: 1075
- Views: 917743
Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Dallas isn't serious enough about urban planning or public transportation, so Amazon should highly consider another city if that's important to them. Sometimes it takes something like Boeing to get this city moving in the right direction.
- 01 Aug 2018 09:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793082
Re: Victory Park 3.0
That theater looks stellar, hope that brings people into the area. I guess with the parking garage at Cinepolis it would create a easier spot to park and take advantage of the entertainment. Is the parking at the movie theater restricted to movie goers or is it flexible? Levels 2-4 of the garage ar...
- 07 Jul 2018 15:07
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Dallas: Ross Avenue Corridor
- Replies: 160
- Views: 152038
Re: East Dallas: Ross Avenue Corridor
Bryan Place is a dead end neighborhood, and they're claiming the neighborhood is overrun with drunken patrons and their cars? I wonder if this is the same collection of residents who ten-ish years ago complained that the 20 story highrise in a proposed development with apartments, grocery store a c...
- 06 Jul 2018 11:03
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
- Replies: 441
- Views: 387360
Re: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
^We shouldn't but Dallas city planning policy changes tend to be made based on development industry pressure and pressure has not been in the urban walkable areas as high as it is for more parking! If automated cars do eventually apply the right pressure we might see city funds used to do something...
- 05 Jul 2018 16:03
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
- Replies: 441
- Views: 387360
Re: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
Autonomous cars have to be parked somewhere. Sharing the autonomous cars certainly shows promise to reduce the number of vehicles per person are used, but the same used to be said about car pooling. On Demand Trip Taking, that's the behavior we seem to love and the behavior that will be serviced by...
- 27 Jun 2018 08:52
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812724
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
And for those of us who live on those streets? You actually live off of Elm between Malcolm X and Good Latimer? The closures would only be from 11 PM - 3 AM on literally 2 nights of the week. As the article states, city officials should look to successful examples in Austin and Fort Worth. Maybe Ju...