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- 16 May 2024 19:04
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: New Census Population Estimates
- Replies: 318
- Views: 306985
Re: New Census Population Estimates
It's interesting how many towns/cities lost population in the fastest growing metro area in the country. IcedCowboyCoffee, do you have access to this data in a spreadsheet or table format? I'm curious to see how the growth rate compares to the DART service area. Last time I ran the numbers 97% of DF...
- 15 May 2024 15:12
- Forum: U.S. + World City Issues/News
- Topic: Dallas ranks among wealthiest cities in the world
- Replies: 0
- Views: 56
Dallas ranks among wealthiest cities in the world
From https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2024/05/10/dallas-ranks-among-wealthiest-cities-in-the-world-as-millionaire-count-grows/ Dallas ranks among wealthiest cities in the world as millionaire count grows Dallas is the 22nd most wealthy city in the world as its number of millionaire residents has ...
- 01 May 2024 17:14
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Streetcar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10955
Re: Dallas Streetcar
For those interested in such things, as part of the Commerce Street reconstruction project the contractor has started removing the existing pavement and is digging up (and cutting up) the old streetcar tracks.
- 22 Apr 2024 17:48
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Restaurants: general news/development
- Replies: 173
- Views: 199551
Re: Restaurants: general news/development
itsjrd1964 wrote:Canadian doughnut king Tim Hortons to open 2 locations in Dallas-Fort Worth
One will be on 121 in Coppell, the other in Denton on University. The Coppell location should be open by the end of this year.
Makes sense -- that's halfway to Canada.
- 21 Apr 2024 00:02
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: DFW in the Media
- Replies: 83
- Views: 77854
Re: DFW in the Media
From Forbes: The Perfect Itinerary For A Weekend In Dallas
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- 13 Apr 2024 15:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Steve Brown Retiring
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2083
Re: Steve Brown Retiring
From Steve's replacement, Anna Butler: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2024/04/12/lower-water-data-center-concept-heading-to-irving/ "The data center will be built for high-density artificial intelligence. It will be located east of Highway 12 and south of Highway 183 at 505 Nor...
- 10 Apr 2024 14:13
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336760
Re: I-345
Live Oak and Pacific are less than 1000' apart at that point. There's no way you could have intersections at both and do what you propose with any kind of reasonable grade.
- 09 Apr 2024 19:41
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336760
Re: I-345
Keep in mind that a primary objective in this design is minimizing the footprint. What you're seeing here is Cesar Chavez following almost the exact same route it does now, just above I-345 instead of below it. You move it to either side and you're going to have to acquire more land (and probably so...
- 08 Apr 2024 16:24
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336760
Re: I-345
Just imagine if we had dedicated a fraction of that budget they received to rail and mass transit...we would not have nearly the level of endless sprawl that we currently have today. You need to lay off the Kool-Aid. DART spends $1 billion per year to move 2-3% of area commuters. Their own numbers....
- 05 Apr 2024 13:01
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336760
Re: I-345
During public comment my comment to them was basically that for a grid of all origins and destinations, there is almost always already a better bypass built for travelers to travel than to take I-30 *to* Central or Schepps to your desired destination. Likewise than to take Central or Schepps to I-3...
- 05 Apr 2024 12:45
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336760
Re: I-345
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2024/04/05/will-dallas-take-the-wheel-of-i-345-reconstruction-plans/ "We wish city and state officials hadn’t been so quick to dismiss a smarter alternative. A slimmer elevated highway that is designed for underpass pedestrian crossings from Deep El...
- 26 Mar 2024 21:23
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: McDonald's
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1438
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: 410
- Views: 260974
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: 1438
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: 793082
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: 45
- Views: 10095
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: 361999
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: 361999
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: 361999
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: 361999
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: 998
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: 12499
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: 410
- Views: 260974
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: 43075
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: 149
- Views: 129896
Re: Margaret McDermott Bridge by Santiago Calatrava
Still the classiest, best looking bridge over the Trinity.
- 20 Nov 2023 21:17
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: New Census Population Estimates
- Replies: 318
- Views: 306985
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: 28755
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: 361999
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: 121262
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: 89639
- 22 Oct 2023 14:21
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: MATA: M-Line Trolley
- Replies: 98
- Views: 110112
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: 2273
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: 128439
- 04 Oct 2023 22:20
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 361999
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: 361999
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: 1025
- Views: 812724
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
^ Taylor Street gets a heck of a makeover in that rendering.
- 28 Sep 2023 13:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Pegasus Place Tower
- Replies: 32
- Views: 23046
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: 10184
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: 2052
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: 101052
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: 152234
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: 1552
- 04 Sep 2023 16:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Mockingbird Station
- Replies: 165
- Views: 131454
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: 318
- Views: 306985
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: 143723
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: 6344
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: 6344
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: 101052
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: 1658
- Views: 911043
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.
- 05 Aug 2023 17:17
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Downtown Progress
- Replies: 359
- Views: 251558
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...