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Okay, finally this is all making sense. The linked article explains that the building will host 77 Degrees on the second/third floors and the Irish bar on the first floor.

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"Joie is as relevant as Draper James a Department store filler or dude." This sentence is too garbled to fully understand. It's missing a few commas and end punctuation. However, I think you're declaring yourself the arbiter of taste in luxury women's fashion. If so, well, then go off, dud...

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Eh, I've been hitting Amex offers for years now and Sandro and Maje appeared on my cards when I lived in Boston and when I lived in rural Virginia. Some local offers certainly do appear on the cards (restaurants in particular, with increasing frequency/accuracy) but overall the Amex offer algorithm ...

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I'm a little envious of the folks who will move into this development--that immediate area of Knox is so nice and walkable...Trader Joe's is on the doorstep, the Katy Trail, all the shops and restaurants and amenities of Knox. Such a nice little pocket surrounded by soon-to-be upgraded retail. And y...

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I've been to Mudhen a couple of times, usually for brunch, and while I love the space and surrounding area--I really WANT to love Mudhen--the food itself is really uneven. Twice, I've had dishes that were missing a couple of key ingredients explicitly called out in the menu description. Like...once ...

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Ugh, I know. I used to visit the CVS a stone's throw from my house in Boston almost daily, but it was a proper urban-style convenience-type store oriented to pedestrians with great healthy snacks, and there was a spot to tie up my dog for a quick run-in. It was truly, y'know, convenient. Now I live ...

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Love it all (mostly). Love the density, the wide sidewalks, the tree buffer between peds and cars, the two-way street (!) Only way it could be improved is if they built this out to accommodate smaller retail opportunities on the street-facing side of the CM, but overall, so pleased with how this wil...

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yes, that definitely shows how this is an upgraded corner. I hope Foxtrot sets a new standard along McKinney for how well it draws people in and invites them to linger/socialize on the street.

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^^ Whoa, that is super news! This is within walking distance from my house and that little area already has so much cool potential (please, Jimmy's Food Store, never leave us). I'm always amused by real estate agents' insistence on branding this part of the neighborhood "The East Village" ...

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Went to Foxtrot Corner Market on McKinney this morning for their grand opening (hey, they were giving out free coffee!). The store itself is fine, but what I really liked was the store's integration with the pedestrian realm. The patio is the real star of the show, and there was a nice bustle with l...

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We were surprised too, especially since the old Eberhard sign is still in front of the site. The construction on that building is taking for-ev-er and it truly sticks out like a sore thumb because it's so much bigger than everything else. If I'd purchased one of the many new condos directly behind i...

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Not to my knowledge, unfortunately. I'm a member of the Cochran Heights Neighborhood Association and there has been no discussion. The only thing I know for certain is that they're funding the Henderson improvements directly in front of the parcel, so it would seem logical to assume that something b...

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I was delighted by this article in D Magazine detailing the changes along Henderson Avenue--also contains some answers to questions I've had for a long time (i.e., what is that enormous two-story building under construction on Henderson?! Answer: Apparently, an Irish bar imported from Austin). I liv...

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I also see your point. It's my biggest frustration with CityPlace tower, too. I want all the density I can get, but if nobody is going to build over that dumdum suburban strip w/ Target and OfficeMax literally next door to CityPlace Tower, let's at least do something to better integrate the tower in...

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Spouse and I have shared a single small EV for the last year -- granted, we arrived in Dallas with 0 cars, and going from 0 to 2 straight away would have been jarring. I work mostly from home. His commute to UT-Southwestern is 15 minutes, and we picked our neighborhood because all the basics are wal...

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Some people buy very fancy cars to soothe their souls about their frustrating commutes, when that money may be better spent on rearranging their home/work combo in order to recapture more of what we all need and want: time. (which is something I think eburress is actually doing this year, no?) An ar...

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"driving a car is joy and privilege that should be preserved." Out of the last 100 conversations I've had that included driving or driving-adjacent topics, I am absolutely confident that 99 or more of them were full of decidedly joyless complaints complaints about traffic and/or other driv...

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One thing that people also don't seem to understand is that the pedestrian activity that results from density also results in more feet on the street and eyes on each other. A de facto neighborhood watch, if you will. As a young woman who has lived in a variety of suburban and (legitimately) urban n...

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Count me in as another person getting really tired of the *hand waves* ~Californians~ ruining everything. It's a statement that conveniently excuses the swarms of people from places like Tulsa, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, AND the zillions of tiny towns EVERWHERE--including rural Texas, which is...

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I also read that there will be a guest house (call it a hotel if you want) featuring all RH furniture, though it will only be 36 keys total. And yes, a restaurant as well, though whether it will be a dedicated space or something more integrated into the showroom itself remains to be seen. From Candy...

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*nods, tips fedora*

indeed, chaps

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I'm within walking distance from it off Henderson, in Cochran Heights, and we very much consider ourselves part of East Dallas. *shrug* "East Dallas" certainly covers a pretty massive area encompassing lots of different areas, and I live on the edge of it by any definition (because the oth...

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There's a vacant office building a bit south of those condos, right on Fitzhugh and across from that proposed The Terminal mixed-use development, that's also being demo'ed. Anybody know what's going on there? It spills directly onto the trail, like the Terminal will. That portion of Fitzhugh is gett...

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It definitely has a looming, imposing presence in East Dallas (one that I personally like). I attended a neighborhood meeting recently and there were some mutterings about "living in a canyon instead of a community" from a couple folks living in the M Streets. hehe. The Knox district is go...

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Butters, I made that exact concession in my post. I literally said, "Northpark has done a much better job than your typical middle America town mall at courting interesting boutique retail to replace stodgy old mall mainstays like Bath and Body Works and GNC." I'm finished with this debate...

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"Looks like you are in the minority but enjoy buying your gap online and missing all the hot talent af one of the best 5 shopping centers in the country" ...lol, that's exactly my point. Who shops at Gap anymore, in person OR online?! I absolutely did 20 years ago, in the late 1990s, when ...

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it's just, like, my opinion, man--haha I just really hate enclosed shopping malls and disliked Northpark in particular. Personal preference. If I want to see art (and I do--we're especially happy with the symphony, opera, and ballet performances we've seen in Dallas so far), I prefer visiting public...

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This ex-high school English teacher also loves the name. "No, kids, a scarlet pimpernel is a flower, not a zit."

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^^ Agreed. And in addition to Uptown, did you also miss the sweeping change in the East Dallas neighborhoods surrounding that vacant Cityplace land? Hundreds of condos, townhomes, and luxury apartments being built at a frantic pace, all starting in the high 300s-low 400s. If you build six 450k condo...

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I’ve been to Eatalys 2 new locations in Boston and LA which are both in busy shopping centers and they are both busier than Chicago which is like Uptown . The Pirch location has its own parking lot which is perfect for Eataly. They picked the busiest location in Dallas which is smart The Boston Eat...

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It looks like fun, but it also looks LOUD. It's getting to the point where I'm honestly considering bringing earplugs everywhere I go because those high ceilings, wide open spaces, concrete, exposed ductwork, and complete lack of soft surfaces makes everything in Dallas SO. LOUD. (Yeah I sound like ...

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I tend to like any project that activates the pedestrian experience, no matter what it looks like otherwise

Bring it on!

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Of course I couldn't possibly have as much information as somebody who lives full time in Seattle, but my experience from my recent trip to Seattle (staying downtown) makes me suspect that that article is...rather hyperbolic, and very charged with emotional language. The author wants you to watch hi...

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Looks fantastic

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I have no information on the buildings. I'm just relaying what I know about the street. *shrug*

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Yes, Henderson Avenue will be reconstructed in a total of five phases, with Phase 1 taking the most time. As it creeps down the street, private developers will make contributions to improvements on the portion of the street directly in front of their parcels.

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Construction on the Complete Streets officially begins Monday the 18th. Phase 1 will be the portion closest to the Central Expressway, which is fantastic news for those of us (i.e., me) who would really, really like to have an easier time walking between Henderson and Knox. Phase 1 is expected to ta...

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My personal hope is that if more people begin using the Ridgewood Trail, it'll prod the City to plant more shade trees. It's a great little bike trail that connects to the Katy Trail and also White Rock Lake, but the lack of shade is brutal. We were on the Santa Fe Trail this weekend (rented some Pe...

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While I haven't seen the finalized plans, I saw the drafts and it's pretty comprehensive. Lane narrowing, addition of parallel parking, trees planted as buffers, decorative pavement, bumpouts, streetlights, neighborhood entry signage and some more complex work closer to 75 to clear up the congestion...

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Exchanged emails with the gentlemen heading up the Complete Streets initiative and he shared the best possible news with me: "Your email is quite timely as construction is scheduled to begin later this month, after the St. Patrick’s Day parade. I spoke to the project manager and construction is...

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Glad to hear chatter about the RH Gallery (so it's an absolutely sure thing?!) because it really says something that Dallas will have one. I'm meh on RH as a consumer, but I will say that the Gallery spaces themselves are mind-boggling. I've been to the Boston, New York, and Chicago spaces, and the ...

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I'm trying to understand the orientation in that rendering. Is that supposed to be people making the trek across a tree-lined Central Expressway on foot? Or is the Expressway in the background of the drawing? I am dying to be able to comfortably cross the Expressway on foot or on bike. I live just o...

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oh yes, I'm looking forward to the new FC too, but I'm guessing Mixt will open sooner. I just joined the WeWork on McKinney Avenue (not something I'd typically pay for, but my company is covering my membership, so...) any healthy, fast-casual spot within a 3 minute walk is a big bonus for me.

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I'm excited to see Mixt because I moved here from the East Coast and as a basic, stereotypical urban Millennial, I'm in severe Sweetgreen withdrawal. I have yet to have a bad meal in Dallas, but the upscale, very healthy, salad-with-unique-ingredients trend has yet to hit here (Crisp on Lower Greenv...

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Chiming in to share that spouse and I went to the test run/soft opening of The Henry in VP. I genuinely have no idea how I got on their mailing list, but free food is free food. It was impressive. The Henry is very chic indoors and out, although overall it isn't really to my taste (I prefer cozy hol...

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Yeah, and I mentioned Boston's Newbury Street post--the weather there is pretty much terrible for one reason or another every day, except for 3 days in May and 3 days in February. (Maybe I'm exaggerating for comedic effect, but not by much.) Doesn't stop anybody from hitting the Newbury Street shops...

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Speaking as a ~Millennial~ East Dallas resident who moved here from central Boston (where we enjoyed several lively, urban, walkable, dedicated shopping districts), it absolutely is annoying trying to "go shopping" in Dallas. There is no one place with a good diversity of interesting shops...

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Isn't Cole another street that will be undergoing a re-do soon? I was under the impression it will be converted back to a two-way street and the sidewalks redone.

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Funny to see these mentioned here...we actually seriously considered purchasing one of these when we moved to Dallas last year (the loan product we chose ultimately limited us to SFHs, though). The finishes are really nice and the location is perfect.

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Welcome to the neighborhood! I'm happy to have another urban/civic-minded person in Knox-Henderson. We've only been here 7 months, but we've already seen significant changes. Generally speaking, it feels like the city is just rushing to keep up with the explosive population growth in this area; part...

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