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by Hannibal Lecter
10 Mar 2024 21:41
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Replies: 44
Views: 7045

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
05 Feb 2024 16:58
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
05 Feb 2024 16:50
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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.
by Hannibal Lecter
01 Feb 2024 17:08
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
31 Jan 2024 16:59
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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.
by Hannibal Lecter
21 Jan 2024 22:28
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: 2625 Elm Street - RXR Highrise Apartments
Replies: 1
Views: 755

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
06 Jan 2024 00:21
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Replies: 63
Views: 9899

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
20 Dec 2023 11:02
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
Replies: 401
Views: 243008

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
20 Dec 2023 10:53
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Rowlett: Crystal Lagoon
Replies: 51
Views: 40646

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
04 Dec 2023 16:10
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: Margaret McDermott Bridge by Santiago Calatrava
Replies: 148
Views: 114837

Re: Margaret McDermott Bridge by Santiago Calatrava

Still the classiest, best looking bridge over the Trinity.

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by Hannibal Lecter
20 Nov 2023 21:17
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: New Census Population Estimates
Replies: 307
Views: 284382

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
19 Nov 2023 19:55
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: Street name changes/proposals
Replies: 25
Views: 26824

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.
by Hannibal Lecter
02 Nov 2023 13:21
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
01 Nov 2023 16:55
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: DART: Bus system
Replies: 105
Views: 114921

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
22 Oct 2023 14:21
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: MATA: M-Line Trolley
Replies: 98
Views: 104441

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.
by Hannibal Lecter
19 Oct 2023 14:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: The Hill Shopping Center - NCX/Walnut Hill
Replies: 6
Views: 1985

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
04 Oct 2023 22:20
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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-...
by Hannibal Lecter
04 Oct 2023 22:17
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328406

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.
by Hannibal Lecter
30 Sep 2023 14:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
Replies: 1020
Views: 772844

Re: Deep Ellum 1.0

^ Taylor Street gets a heck of a makeover in that rendering. :-)
by Hannibal Lecter
28 Sep 2023 13:43
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Pegasus Place Tower
Replies: 32
Views: 21385

Re: Pegasus Place Tower

^ Other than employees, who actually goes there in person? Everything's online.
by Hannibal Lecter
26 Sep 2023 17:20
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Turtle Creek: Kalita Humphreys Theater
Replies: 15
Views: 9561

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/
by Hannibal Lecter
26 Sep 2023 17:17
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Dallas 2024 Bond Election
Replies: 0
Views: 1197

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 ...
by Hannibal Lecter
15 Sep 2023 16:26
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 89128

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
14 Sep 2023 13:21
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Dallas: Medical District
Replies: 179
Views: 145892

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
04 Sep 2023 16:01
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Dallas Mockingbird Station
Replies: 165
Views: 126049

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.
by Hannibal Lecter
30 Aug 2023 20:34
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: New Census Population Estimates
Replies: 307
Views: 284382

Re: New Census Population Estimates

^ See "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea" by Arthur C. Clarke (1957).
by Hannibal Lecter
30 Aug 2023 20:31
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Fair Park
Replies: 165
Views: 137562

Re: Fair Park

^ IMHO, the redesign does the opposite, which is what the neighborhood desires.
by Hannibal Lecter
08 Aug 2023 19:20
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
Replies: 22
Views: 5191

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
07 Aug 2023 17:36
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Sherman - TI Chip Factory
Replies: 22
Views: 5191

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
06 Aug 2023 14:35
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 89128

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
05 Aug 2023 17:20
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Northpark Center
Replies: 1615
Views: 832679

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. :-)
by Hannibal Lecter
05 Aug 2023 17:17
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Downtown Progress
Replies: 358
Views: 233314

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
04 Aug 2023 17:04
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Northpark Center
Replies: 1615
Views: 832679

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/
by Hannibal Lecter
04 Aug 2023 15:00
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Downtown Progress
Replies: 358
Views: 233314

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
by Hannibal Lecter
03 Aug 2023 01:59
Forum: Art + Sol
Topic: Dallas Museum of Art
Replies: 34
Views: 21173

Re: Dallas Museum of Art

And the win goes to Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos.

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta ... expansion/
by Hannibal Lecter
03 Aug 2023 01:51
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 345972

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
29 Jul 2023 04:00
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Fair Park
Replies: 165
Views: 137562

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
28 Jul 2023 18:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 89128

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
28 Jul 2023 18:36
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Fair Park
Replies: 165
Views: 137562

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
28 Jul 2023 15:02
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Fair Park
Replies: 165
Views: 137562

Re: Fair Park

Tnexster, where did you find that site plan?
by Hannibal Lecter
28 Jul 2023 14:57
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
Replies: 1020
Views: 772844

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
28 Jul 2023 14:53
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
Replies: 1020
Views: 772844

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
19 Jul 2023 15:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Park Lane/NCX Development
Replies: 16
Views: 13475

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...
by Hannibal Lecter
19 Jul 2023 15:36
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Park Lane/NCX Development
Replies: 16
Views: 13475

Re: Park Lane/NCX Development

I've always wondered if there was a way to make walking to both easier. Make Park lane pedestrian only, mini park with like food truck or something. Maybe a way to cross the NB service road easier? With Texas weather, the only way you'll get people to walk between the two would be an enclosed, air ...
by Hannibal Lecter
12 Jul 2023 16:34
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: New Census Population Estimates
Replies: 307
Views: 284382

Re: New Census Population Estimates

A couple years ago I saw a world map that tried to project the effects of climate change on a local level. Surprisingly, northeast Texas was one of very few areas where they projected a slightly cooler, wetter climate, similar to central Louisiana today. Of course there are 10,000 different maps, no...
by Hannibal Lecter
12 Jul 2023 16:23
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446230

Re: Trinity River Park

quixomniac wrote:Pretty good idea. i just dont see the white rock NIMBYs going for it. they dont want anything that could possibly attract a crowd into their own private backyard


Spot on. There's a reason that the so-called Runner's Lot has no water fountains, no bathrooms and isn't even paved.
by Hannibal Lecter
27 Jun 2023 15:28
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown: Carlisle St. Urban Renewal Project/Block 968
Replies: 49
Views: 31737

Re: Uptown: Carlisle St. Urban Renewal Project/Block 968

tamtagon wrote:Anyone remember all the dissatisfaction with the hole on cole?

Definitely.