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Unfortunately, probably I. M. Pei's least distinguished work.

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lakewoodhobo wrote:Since the Texas Refrigeration Butcher Supply store closed, I can't think of another retail store in Deep Ellum that's managed to hold on as long as Leather Masters

Rudolph's Meat Market is a youthful 124 years old.

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lakewoodhobo wrote:..while DART consolidates to a smaller and less visible space inside the building.

A bureaucracy downsizing and becoming less visible?

You aren't from this reality, are you?

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^ I believe it's in the Deep Vellum bookstore.

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DFW has more tech workers. A lot more. But it's a smaller percentage of a much larger population, so they don't stand out.

Austin, on the other hand, has a lot better PR.

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My girlfriend spoke with a guy who had moved out of one of the penthouse units. He said he had learned not to tell people in Deep Ellum he lived in that building because of the hatred he encountered.

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After they rebuild Commerce Street. They've already done Elm. Next few years. I'm thinking about selling before the construction starts.

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D2 puts many more train stations in the CBD/Victory and will increase the entire system ridership potential. Why spend over a billion dollars to increase "potential" in a system that's losing ridership every year? Even DART's own numbers project D2 only adding a few dozen new riders to th...

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Fortunately I think it's going to be pretty well impossible to put a streetcar line down Elm, Main or Commerce. When all three are converted to two-way streets with one lane each way they will be in total gridlock much of the day. Streetcars aren't good at going around band equipment vans, beer deli...

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Now that's an idea we can all get behind!

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lakewoodhobo wrote:LOL you must really hate walking. How sad to get so triggered at the idea of using your own two legs.

In Pokemon Go I've recorded over 4,100 km -- that's 4.1 million steps -- over the past three years.

You were saying?

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Can't read the article because it's locked, but found this headline interesting from the San Francisco Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/08/20/bay-area-exodus-uber-mckesson-dallas-texas-mck.html Hit CTRL+U to view source and scroll down near the bottom to read it.

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lakewoodhobo wrote:Still if all he can think of is more parking then thanks, but no thanks. What Deep Ellum needs is better pedestrian access to Downtown.

Said no one who lives or works in Deep Ellum.

Ever.

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We hit Dreamscape on Friday afternoon. VERY impressive. The kid can't wait to go again.

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What’s next in the development of booming Uptown Dallas

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ing-uptown

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Another fight and shooting in Deep Ellum this past weekend. Seems to be some sort of incident down there every weekend now according to the local news. Unfortunately, for most folks, perception is reality, and if it is perceived as a dangerous place, folks will stop going. They better get a handle ...

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'Intersections of Dallas' Highlights Absurd Traffic Patterns"

https://www.nbcdfw.com/traffic/stories/ ... 22691.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yI9Gqhqyk/

I knew what six of them would be without even looking.

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https://www.dallasnews.com/business/tec ... -francisco

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Spent five minutes sitting at the light at Gaston and Good-Latimer today because the asshole train driver hit the button to give him the green through the intersection, then just sat there at the station. They do that all the time at the Baylor station blocking Hall or Malcolm X (and the fire engine...

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I don't know if you guys are wearing rose-colored glasses, or just don't know the history of this area and the city. The city's solution has always been the same when Deep Ellum starts making the news: drive off the folks making the complaints. I remember back circa 2003 when the police announced th...

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I wonder how many millions of $ it will cost to move it that 100 yards.

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LongonBigD wrote:I think we knew this news was coming, but it’s still kinda sad to see the original OTB shuttered.

It's not actually the original. The original was a couple blocks west.

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One of the best deterrents of crime is getting more places for the common folk to gather and make their presence known in their community. "Common folk" won't gather where they're harassed for money every 20 feet. Common folk won't sit and relax in a seat soaked in urine because the last ...

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Personally I'm indifferent to this, but there is a lot of local opposition. When it was tried before it quickly became a homeless campground. Radiator Alley is getting pretty bad, and it's private property property with security. A public area where you can't just run people off will be far worse. O...

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Our million-dollar bus doesn't add up. We did the math

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edit ... t-add-math

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Great news. Thanks!

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^ West Dallas, not Oak Cliff.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Communication

"As of December 2018, the statue is being prepared to be moved outside pending the completion of AT&T's plaza construction project"

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^ Interestingly, the UP/HP boundary runs right through their main building.

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Tucy wrote:Seems surprising they are only at 50% occupancy this long after opening (getting close to a year).

"...and has apartments that rent from $3,500 a month for the smallest to more than $18,000 for a top-floor penthouse."

I think that explains it.

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^ I don't think you understand the HP mindset. If they could they would gate every entrance to their town, and wouldn't let in anyone but residents and deliveries. No, I'm not exaggerating. Remember when the Park Cities YMCA, a couple blocks from HP Village, expanded? The HP city council tried to ma...

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I like having the physical separation between these neighborhoods. That separation is the cornerstone allowing the unique characteristics of Deep Ellum come into being -- since the beginning, too. Having elevated thru-traffic lanes is fine by me, so long as the two street grids are allowed to conne...

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That 635 will handle reverted traffic previously on I-345 is a HUGE assumption. 635 is being expanded for existing traffic, and like a self fullfilling prophecy, it will eventually not be enough. Adding additional traffic that would have previously not even been there is ridiculous. Burying i345 is...

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^ Considering this is building number 11 it certainly looks like they know what they're doing.

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It's only been a yellow house for a couple years. I didn't think it was that beloved of a site. Before that, I think it was used as a parking lot. Sure, a smaller scale, mixed-use development would've been great. Interestingly though, wasn't Bowls and Tacos across the street a former gas station li...

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tamtagon wrote:This is more Expo Park than Deep Ellum, though, right?

General consensus is that Deep Ellum in north of 30 and the Exposition Park neighborhood is south of 30, even though the actual Exposition Park park is north of 30 (and just one block south of this property).

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casperitl wrote:I worry that the discharge from the tunnel will have a negative impact on Lower White Rock Creek and the Great Trinity Forest.

Where do you think that water goes now?

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mcrdal15 wrote:Absolutely disgusting

lakewoodhobo wrote:Bummer

Let me guess...neither of you actually live or work in Deep Ellum. Right?

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homeworld1031tx wrote:
The_Overdog wrote:For all the people above stating that this is illustrative of how cheaply apartments are made... what a load of shit. Few things could withstand this. The garage took a direct hit from the crane's concrete ballast essentially in free fall from 100+ feet up.

Bingo.

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^ NTTA made in very clear they have no interest in the project unless the city forks over $1B+ up front.

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That enclosed stairwell looks really ugly from the south.

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One of the cranes is coming down.

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Now you can argue away why those units aren't there because of the Streetcar but it certainly looks like to the common person that mass transit attracts redevelopment. The empirical evidence actually indicates the opposite. Look at map of development downtown over the past 10 years -- there's an in...

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The crane on The Hamilton (the apartment building) is scheduled to come down this weekend.

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Because "modern" streetcars (there's any oxymoron for you) have been such a success in U.S. cities. Have you noticed that Griggs never mentions the OC line he pushed so hard for? There's not a word about it on his campaign website. While campaigning on a platform of being anti-boondoggle h...

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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2019/06/03/dart-hired-uber-drive-around-riders-now-considering-autonomous-buses In Dallas, for example, DART ridership has decreased every year for the past five years — even though the Dallas-Fort Worth area is one of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S. Fr...

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^ You are way on.

By coincidence, when Thanksgiving Tower was constructed it was the second tallest building downtown. The building it supplanted? Elm Place.

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You have a 115 year old building, you don't try to secure it? Pay a little to have a grounds keeper? A 115 year old building, probably the most valuable in the Cedars, is gone. It does not have to criminal, it does not have to be intentional, but is negligence acceptable? Similar crap happened with...

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From https://www.dallasnews.com/news/fire-1/2019/05/28/ambassador-dallas-oldest-historic-hotel-structure-destroyed-fire Tuesday afternoon, officers took a man into custody in handcuffs from an unoccupied building across the street from the Ambassador. Police said the arrest was not related to the fi...

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Kingston has publicly stated that he is against any up-zoning in Oak Lawn that will increase density. I personally oppose Kingston because he's "the rules are for other folks" kind of guy. He was censured for using his city hall office for campaign purposes in violation of city ethics rule...

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