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- 26 Mar 2024 21:23
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: McDonald's
- Replies: 5
- Views: 260
Re: McDonald's
Other than 7-Eleven, are there any other 24 eateries downtown? It's obviously fulfilling a need.
- 26 Mar 2024 21:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 408
- Views: 244877
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
Nice job on the images.
- 26 Mar 2024 16:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: McDonald's
- Replies: 5
- Views: 260
Re: McDonald's
It's good to know morons on Marilla have solved all the city's major issues and can now deal with this.
- 25 Mar 2024 18:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 759976
Re: Victory Park 3.0
That building has a lot of history -- and memories. Hopefully it won't get bulldozed.
- 10 Mar 2024 21:41
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7346
Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Financially, having the D-FW link obviously increases ridership and viability of the D-H link, as well as providing more riders back and forth within DFW (both for events and commuter type, as noted by IcedCowboyCoffee). You're making an assumption that sounds logical but is probably 180 degrees of...
- 05 Feb 2024 16:58
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
It's pretty obvious that F was designed specially to be inconvenient to local travelers. There's only one airline at DFW that has more than a trivial amount of connecting flights. That airline pays 85% of the bills, so they get what they want. And what they don't want is Southwest competing with the...
- 05 Feb 2024 16:50
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
itsjrd1964 wrote:So when someone flies out of F and needs a ticket counter, they have to go to another terminal first?
Even if they don't need a ticket counter or to check a bag they still have to go through another terminal. No TSA checkpoint in F.
- 01 Feb 2024 17:08
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
Also, it may not be the sexiest of designs but it's likely to be the most functional for what is needed at this time. Recall that DFW is a major domestic and international hub. They need more gates to improve transit and if this get done faster via this current design then so be it. No terminal par...
- 31 Jan 2024 16:59
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
That new (to me) artist's conception looking from the east shows how lame this new "terminal" really is.
One new (again, to me) fact in this article: The gates are only for narrow-bodies. No big planes allowed.
One new (again, to me) fact in this article: The gates are only for narrow-bodies. No big planes allowed.
- 21 Jan 2024 22:28
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: 2625 Elm Street - RXR Highrise Apartments
- Replies: 1
- Views: 765
2625 Elm Street - RXR Highrise Apartments
Starting a new thread for this conversion. There are several posts in the Deep Ellum 1.0 thread that could/should be moved here. A Q&A with the developer: https://therealdeal.com/texas/dallas/2024/01/18/qa-rxr-expects-more-texas-plays-after-deep-ellum-buy/ Excerpts: RXR is making a play for Texa...
- 06 Jan 2024 00:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10107
Re: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
You may recall DART's debacle with the Texas-OU game the first year that the Green Line was open. I predicted it here in the forum. OFTOMH, the numbers were something along the line that to move half the football crowd (ignoring other Fairgoers) you would have to dedicate *all* DART rolling stock at...
- 20 Dec 2023 11:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 408
- Views: 244877
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
Fort Worth cancels $70M contract with developer for ‘Evans and Rosedale Project' The plan would bring more than 290 apartments and retail/office space to the Historic Southside, but construction hasn't begun more than five years after the project was introduced. ... On Dec. 17, Fort Worth city offi...
- 20 Dec 2023 10:53
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Rowlett: Crystal Lagoon
- Replies: 51
- Views: 40858
Re: Rowlett: Crystal Lagoon
I lived in Rockwall 1997-2022. I never really understood the attitude of the city government and politically powerful residents towards the lakefront. Basically, they wanted it to be 100% privately controlled. Other than the boat ramp near 66 there was pretty much zero public lake access. The city p...
- 04 Dec 2023 16:10
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: Margaret McDermott Bridge by Santiago Calatrava
- Replies: 148
- Views: 115586
Re: Margaret McDermott Bridge by Santiago Calatrava
Still the classiest, best looking bridge over the Trinity.
![Image](https://historicbridges.org/texas/houstonviaduct/little_houstonviaduct05432.jpg)
![Image](https://historicbridges.org/texas/houstonviaduct/little_houstonviaduct05432.jpg)
- 20 Nov 2023 21:17
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: New Census Population Estimates
- Replies: 307
- Views: 285954
Re: New Census Population Estimates
With 8 million residents, D-FW is largest Texas metro, Texas Demographic Center estimates The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area could now be home to more than 8 million people, according to the latest Texas Demographic Center population estimates. As of Jan. 1, D-FW for the first time had an e...
- 19 Nov 2023 19:55
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: Street name changes/proposals
- Replies: 25
- Views: 26931
Re: Street name changes/proposals
itsjrd1964 wrote:A Dallas city committee rejected the name-change proposal.
It's disgusting that the city has done so little to honor Santos, but I have to agree that Jim Miller isn't the right street for it.
- 02 Nov 2023 13:21
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
^ I have to think that if WN does go to concourse F (sorry, I can't call it a terminal) then it's going to require a total redesign. WN specializes in point-to-point, and the current F design totally ignores O&D traffic. Alternative: Maybe AA could move the regional flights from the hated termin...
- 01 Nov 2023 16:55
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: DART: Bus system
- Replies: 105
- Views: 115321
Re: DART: Bus system
Also really discouraging to see the bits about how Collin County (and others like Denton) leach off of Dallas public services for their lower income population. She mentioned how they send their low income residents to Parkland on DART for free care at the expense of Dallas taxpayers. Even in stats...
- 23 Oct 2023 13:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Comprehensive Dallas Development Map / List
- Replies: 69
- Views: 85955
- 22 Oct 2023 14:21
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: MATA: M-Line Trolley
- Replies: 98
- Views: 104877
Re: MATA: M-Line Trolley
Of course there is absolutely no evidence that there's a demand for this, and substantial evidence to the contrary (Hello, Hop-A-Bus).
But hey, it's only the taxpayer's money.
But hey, it's only the taxpayer's money.
- 19 Oct 2023 14:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: The Hill Shopping Center - NCX/Walnut Hill
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2002
Re: The Hill Shopping Center - NCX/Walnut Hill
Builder to add apartments at North Dallas shopping center Apartment builder Mill Creek Residential – which has several new rental communities in the works in North Texas – plans to break ground for the Hill apartments in March, according to planning documents filed with the state. It plans to const...
- 13 Oct 2023 21:16
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-30 South & East Dallas reconstruction
- Replies: 131
- Views: 122989
- 04 Oct 2023 22:20
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
Glass jet bridges are certainly a choice if that ends up being accurate. The current ones get hot enough already :lol: Probably planning on using the new energy saving glass: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2018/04/17/how-a-change-in-windows-helped-a-dfw-airport-bar-sell-twice-as-many-...
- 04 Oct 2023 22:17
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 330456
Re: DFW Airport
R1070 wrote:Perhaps F is built in a way they can add onto the sides toward the main road, making a U shape at some point.
Definitely not going to happen. Planes wouldn't be able to get to the gates on the east side of the terminal.
- 30 Sep 2023 14:41
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 776500
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
^ Taylor Street gets a heck of a makeover in that rendering. ![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
- 28 Sep 2023 13:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Pegasus Place Tower
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21541
Re: Pegasus Place Tower
^ Other than employees, who actually goes there in person? Everything's online.
- 26 Sep 2023 17:20
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: Kalita Humphreys Theater
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9603
Re: Turtle Creek: Kalita Humphreys Theater
Good article on the state of Kalita Humphreys.
Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Just One Theater. Dallas Has Let It Fall Into Disrepair.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/kalita-humphreys-theater-dallas-preservation-frank-lloyd-wright/
Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Just One Theater. Dallas Has Let It Fall Into Disrepair.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/kalita-humphreys-theater-dallas-preservation-frank-lloyd-wright/
- 26 Sep 2023 17:17
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Dallas 2024 Bond Election
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1212
Dallas 2024 Bond Election
May 2024 city bond election is expected to be for $1.1+ billion. Needs assessment map: https://dallasgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=23c14b091d834912bbc0fe24958d2d39 . Not everything on this will be included in the election. General rule of thumb for Dallas bond elections: - 1/3 ...
- 15 Sep 2023 16:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
- Replies: 253
- Views: 90166
Re: DTD: BoredThread-Frisco/Traffic/FairPark/ATTStadium/Policy/CorpRelocations/AnythingButNotTallEnoughFieldStreetDistri
My other conspiracy belief that I don't actually believe--but wouldn't be surprised by if it were true--is that Arlington probably drags its feet so much on public transit because they see more value in collecting as much in parking fees at their stadiums as they possibly can. Why let someone pay o...
- 14 Sep 2023 13:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas: Medical District
- Replies: 179
- Views: 146528
Re: Dallas: Medical District
Wow. Try to beautify a stretch of road and the Negative Nellies come out in force. And a pedestrian or biker has to ride an extra quarter mile around that dumb circle so that cars can blow by without slowing down like a normal intersection. That sucks. Personally, I would much rather ride an extra h...
- 13 Sep 2023 15:27
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Richardson: Como Motel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1170
- 04 Sep 2023 16:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Mockingbird Station
- Replies: 165
- Views: 126655
Re: Dallas Mockingbird Station
Property managers merely act upon the owner's agenda. No management company is "cheap-ass" unless that's what the owner wants.
- 30 Aug 2023 20:34
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: New Census Population Estimates
- Replies: 307
- Views: 285954
Re: New Census Population Estimates
^ See "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" by Arthur C. Clarke (1957).
- 30 Aug 2023 20:31
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 138167
Re: Fair Park
^ IMHO, the redesign does the opposite, which is what the neighborhood desires.
- 08 Aug 2023 19:20
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5301
Re: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
Why would Texas agree to a redrawn line that appears to be done deliberately to relocate that pumping station inside Oklahoma? Purely conjecture: The line was redrawn to more closely following the original course of the river (which remains the definition of the border, despite the lake), and no on...
- 07 Aug 2023 17:36
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5301
Re: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
The North Texas Municipal Water District already has rights to almost 200k acre-feet annually. They get about 20% of their total water from Texoma. However, they've had a number of problems with this source. - Texoma water is so salty that it has to be desalinated or diluted with water from other so...
- 06 Aug 2023 14:35
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
- Replies: 253
- Views: 90166
Re: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
I’m not asking this sarcastically, but I don’t understand the delays, the amount of undelivered projects in Dallas, when Atlanta is throwing up a 730 footer, Austin a super tall, and I know NYC vs Dallas is apples to oranges but they have a new super tall resi seems like every time you look at thei...
- 05 Aug 2023 17:20
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Northpark Center
- Replies: 1624
- Views: 839349
Re: Northpark Center
I won't be satisfied Northpark brings back Orange Julius. And Woolworth's. My first girlfriend worked at the Northpark Woolworth's in high school. ![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
![Smile :-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
- 05 Aug 2023 17:17
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Downtown Progress
- Replies: 358
- Views: 234686
Re: Downtown Progress
Do you have a source for Childrens, Medical City, Methodist and Presby as well? I would hope there are very few births at Children's Medical Center. :-) Some demographic info is available at https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?reg=99&top=2&stop=4&lev=1&slev=6&obj=1&s...
- 04 Aug 2023 17:04
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Northpark Center
- Replies: 1624
- Views: 839349
Re: Northpark Center
First look at the Nike Rise two-level store now open at NorthPark Center in Dallas
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/ret ... rk-center/
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/ret ... rk-center/
- 04 Aug 2023 15:00
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Downtown Progress
- Replies: 358
- Views: 234686
Re: Downtown Progress
LuvBigD wrote:Dallas' population increased by over 8,000 people last year, and that's a net increase; and is expected to increase by more than that this year.
Parkland Hospital births 2022: 12,179
- 03 Aug 2023 01:59
- Forum: Art + Sol
- Topic: Dallas Museum of Art
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21312
Re: Dallas Museum of Art
And the win goes to Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos.
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta ... expansion/
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta ... expansion/
- 03 Aug 2023 01:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352018
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
I wonder if our form of city government is part of the problem. A bunch of bickering people who only care about their own districts, rather than a strong mayor with a singular, cohesive vision. It's nothing to do with a strong vs. weak mayor, it's at large representation vs ward politics. Blame the...
- 29 Jul 2023 04:00
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 138167
Re: Fair Park
^ Thanks for posting that. I think I can make an educated guess why First Avenue is getting the weird offset. The I-30 plan shows an onramp from First to eastbound 30. Keep in mind that the new main lanes will be below grade, ala NCX. They need to shift First Avenue a little to the west so there's r...
- 28 Jul 2023 18:50
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
- Replies: 253
- Views: 90166
Re: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Am I missing something here or is it just me that these developers pretend they’re building in Salt Lake City. But really why in the world would they not just stack em to conserve space for future growth. Costs per SF start going up and leasable area per floor starts going down as you add more floo...
- 28 Jul 2023 18:36
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 138167
Re: Fair Park
^ Thanks. I don't see it there, probably because I have Javascript disabled. I'm trying to figure out what they're planning to do with First Avenue. It looks from that drawing like they're going to redirect all traffic on 1st Avenue onto westbound I-30, but that makes no sense. More likely they're j...
- 28 Jul 2023 15:02
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 138167
Re: Fair Park
Tnexster, where did you find that site plan?
- 28 Jul 2023 14:57
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 776500
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
I actually don't see the issue with a school being here. It's not like the hours of the schools are going to overlap with the bar crowd, so it's nice that this adds some variety to the demographics in the area and gives people nearby access to this school. It opened in 2010. It's closing and moving...
- 28 Jul 2023 14:53
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 776500
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
A high-rise on this property just seems crazy to me. Driving down Elm Street is already a slalom course most of the time as you try to get past the various delivery vans and trucks, Ubers, beer bikes, buses, trash trucks, folks trying to parallel park, etc... blocking the lanes. Once the city conver...
- 19 Jul 2023 15:41
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Park Lane/NCX Development
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13530
Re: Park Lane/NCX Development
I’m sure they are connected enough to pull some strings with DOT. First world problem, right? It has been a long time, but the relationship between the two was extremely strained when they re-built Central. TxDOT had to use eminent domain to acquire ROW from the mall, and the mall sued them for the...