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by emmasensei
17 Apr 2023 15:27
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Yes. They've been hauling stuff out of that weird Warby Parker building and the one next to it all week--kind of stripping it for parts. Those buildings aren't long for the world.
by emmasensei
28 Mar 2023 10:04
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

also, that's me in the first reply to the Twitter post, so if any of you are on Twitter, let me know or shoot a message! I tweet about urbanism quite a bit.
by emmasensei
28 Mar 2023 10:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Sweet new retail on Henderson.

https://twitter.com/Advocate_ED/status/ ... gr%5Etweet

Everybody in Cochran Heights is thrilled about it.
by emmasensei
15 Feb 2023 09:37
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418049

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

Small update: This project is nowhere near dead. I'm still working with HEB on the design/layout of the interior of this store (we have another discussion tomorrow, actually). Likely to be quite different from other CMs. These people are extremely methodical and determined to get the store exactly r...
by emmasensei
25 Jan 2023 08:49
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

eburress wrote:
dzh wrote:I think they're kicking out all the retail in that building. I know Henderson Taphouse is closing too.


Nooooo! I don't want them kicked out! Just fix the sidewalks :|
by emmasensei
24 Jan 2023 19:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Very excited for development here, since this is my neighborhood, but the "rejuvination" of the strip center has pushed out my favorite wine bar, Veritas. Apparently they just bought it and immediately doubled the rent. Not cool. Gentrification is truly a double-edged sword. I only moved ...
by emmasensei
24 Jan 2023 15:56
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Did you all catch the allusion to a "refresh" of the existing properties they own? That's pretty exciting IF true. I hate the layout of that Gemma/Veritas/Muse strip mall. Treeless expanse of empty parking lot. It's always looked cheap.
by emmasensei
24 Jan 2023 15:13
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Hey, kids. What time is it? Time for the annual DMN story about the new development coming soon to Henderson! https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/01/24/new-retail-construction-in-the-works-for-east-dallas-henderson-avenue/ This story says the new owners, Acadia Realty Trust, plan t...
by emmasensei
29 Dec 2022 12:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: The Carlisle on the Creek (~360 FT | 30 ST)
Replies: 80
Views: 23221

Re: The Carlisle on the Creek

Frankly, I feel "citizens" are some of the last people who should have a say in the development process. "Citizens" generally don't know what they're talking about and tend to only care about their own interests, giving little to no consideration to bigger pictures, the overall ...
by emmasensei
19 Nov 2022 09:47
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418049

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

I can't say much because I agreed to not reveal details, but I just participated in a rather intense paid focus group hosted by HEB about this exact project. In fact, we were told that we were the first of 9 focus groups dedicated to figuring out, essentially, how to lay out the interior of this sto...
by emmasensei
31 Oct 2022 16:47
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox District / Knox Park

No doubt Berkley Market is counting on foot traffic from Katy Trail. I walk the trail most days and have long wished for a place where I can easily pop in and grab something (Knox Starbucks is always a mess, long lines and I can't go in with my dogs). And I will say that Foxtrot has been packed ever...
by emmasensei
31 Oct 2022 13:36
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox District / Knox Park

On the heels of Foxtrot Market opening less than a week ago....I'm not sure if we knew this already? A sign is up for Berkley's Market, just steps away from Foxtrot. Going in next to Pegasus Bank where the garden center used to be. I'm pleased that this little neglected corner of Knox is getting som...
by emmasensei
25 Apr 2022 13:40
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Also good to see that Masinter and team are still involved and reinvesting in the project. Makes the line that the project will start soon more believable. That being said, wont get my hopes up too high until we see some dirt moving. Been waiting for this since I bought my house in the area more th...
by emmasensei
23 Apr 2022 08:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2022/04/22/new-york-investor-bets-on-dallas-popular-henderson-avenue-retail-district/ Looks like this tract has finally changed hands. New owners seem promising. Hoping for some movement soon While ownership is new. I don't know of the neighborhood NI...
by emmasensei
15 Apr 2022 13:33
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

R1070 wrote:Those mattress shops are so lame.


Funny you should say that; I noticed one of them is now for lease. Good!
by emmasensei
08 Oct 2021 17:53
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

The detail that always sticks in my mind about 77 Degrees is that the staircases were, apparently, extremely narrow and made of some kind of meshed metal that caused women's heels to get stuck in them, which caused human traffic jams. Plus the odd decorative bars that started falling off immediately...
by emmasensei
08 Oct 2021 13:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

On that note, anybody know what's going on at the former Capitol Pub? Please let it not be another...pub. Or if it must be a drinking establishment, not another dive-y, rowdy bar. Also I'm morbidly delighted to see that the unbearably stupid building which houses 77 Degrees and that Irish pub, Jack ...
by emmasensei
07 Oct 2021 17:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

I think this space couldn't possibly transform into something on Klyde Warren's scale. It's simply not that big, and rather narrow. My neighborhood has been begging me to fence off a small portion of Cochran Park for a dog park (can't do it, too small) or add infrastructure for Solar Prep kids to pl...
by emmasensei
07 Oct 2021 15:15
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

I'm unofficially in charge of developing Cochran Park on behalf of my neighborhood group (I sit on the board as well). I can tell you that the vocal members of my group would LOVE this area, or part of it, to be a structured park. We are desperate for more functional greenspace, including event spac...
by emmasensei
21 Sep 2021 19:23
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

Well, it seems that the neighborhood gossips were wrong, because Village Bakery is moving into the ground floor of Weir's, not Res Ipsa--the signage went up today. So I wouldn't put any stock in the Four Seasons rumor either. Although the bakery building is certainly getting demo'd ASAP for something.
by emmasensei
19 Sep 2021 08:35
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

I have some answers to some questions: Yes to Yeti moving, and yes, Vince is already open (I went inside). The justification for the Four Seasons rumor is that the law offices moving into Weir's are requesting a nice boutique hotel in the neighborhood for clients. And apparently the bakery move is k...
by emmasensei
18 Sep 2021 20:13
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

I went to several shops in Knox today and the current rumor is that Village Bakery is soon moving into the former Res Ipsa space, the freestanding bakery building will be demo'ed, and the Four Seasons Hotel built in its place, across the street from the new Weirs tower. I think that sounds completel...
by emmasensei
07 Sep 2021 10:35
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352096

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

"Just to make my point clear, I think relocating 1000 miles away from home to a place you are at best ambivalent about just so you can sit at a desk in a cubicle while working in a computer application that's accessible anywhere that has internet seems so 1998." You are absolutely not wron...
by emmasensei
05 Sep 2021 15:29
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352096

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

I am reluctant to get political here, but I'll add that many people move to Texas FOR a job--as opposed to moving for a particular culture, or for family, or some other reason. They move for the job. Because Texas cities are growing so quickly, many industries need to continue staffing up, and monet...
by emmasensei
15 Jun 2021 14:00
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

If anybody still had doubts about Henderson Avenue becoming a fully-gentrified little playground for the upwardly mobile: a small real estate office flipped over and will now be a medspa (Botox, fillers, facials, that kind of thing). It opens next month. There are also rumors of an upscale teashop a...
by emmasensei
10 May 2021 13:34
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Found out from looking on shopcompanies.com that Jake's on Henderson has apparently sold, and thank God, because I loathe that tacky suburban-style building (it's always looked like an Applebee's...) and it being abandoned is a real blight. All the website says is that it's leased and a new "re...
by emmasensei
19 Apr 2021 09:34
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Unfortunately, Cochran Heights doesn't wield much political clout because we're a super small neighborhood with low civic participation, because we have a lot of SMU renters (although I'm trying to change this). To my knowledge, there were a few extra loud voices in CH opposing this development, but...
by emmasensei
02 Apr 2021 11:19
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
Replies: 171
Views: 122271

Re: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce

I love it. More, please.
by emmasensei
10 Feb 2021 11:49
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

Yes, Grange Hall is getting moved into the new complex on Fitzhugh where Beverley's is. Big if true, but also, I'm not surprised by the Travis Street densification. Everything in that area feels shabby and temporary, as though developers were just waiting for some Ts and Is to get crossed/dotted bef...
by emmasensei
14 Jan 2021 12:36
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

Village Bakery is already open; I went today and it was jumping. This area will be really great once the construction is over.
by emmasensei
05 Oct 2020 13:43
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

It's happening because the Cochran Heights Neighborhood Association complained that the bumpouts were too extreme and were causing minor accidents. The good news is that while they now have to re-angle several of the bumpouts, we also argued for an illuminated crosswalk and extra signage at one of t...
by emmasensei
04 Sep 2020 16:43
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Most Exciting Projects of 2020
Replies: 44
Views: 30795

Re: Most Exciting Projects of 2020

When I'm out walking, I hew to a route closer to Dalat Thai and go straight down the southern end of Manett so I can safely avoid the Laundromat/S&S Food Shop. However, when we first moved here 2 years ago, I was told that Manett was the street you avoided going down even while in a car, lol. No...
by emmasensei
04 Sep 2020 16:32
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418049

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

yaaaaaaaaay! This might be a Top 3 project for me. Very happy to see it's alive!
by emmasensei
04 Sep 2020 16:27
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Most Exciting Projects of 2020
Replies: 44
Views: 30795

Re: Most Exciting Projects of 2020

...and right in that same area, immediately behind the strip mall with the La Michoacana grocery store (which I love and hope never leaves) and the S&S food shop, a vacant lot is being scraped for condos. It's interesting. That corner S&S Food Shop is the only place in the city where I've be...
by emmasensei
12 Aug 2020 13:28
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
Replies: 543
Views: 485203

Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)

I like it too, and I think it looks very different in photographs than it does up (very close). I remember being wowed by the facade last time I walked past a few weeks ago.
by emmasensei
27 Jul 2020 20:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: AT&T Discovery District
Replies: 451
Views: 382664

Re: AT&T Discovery District

I know this is getting repetitive lol, but another one chiming in to say that this project is SO good and will be so much fun to visit once the world fixes itself. Coaxed a longtime Dallas resident friend to come downtown with me and she was blown away that this even existed.
by emmasensei
17 Jul 2020 15:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583840

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

It's tough. In my opinion, there's SO much construction chaos in such a small area that even if the streets were closed to traffic (which I'm all for), walking around Knox is pretty unpleasant right now. At this point, I'm just hoping the end of COVID dovetails with the completion of some of these p...
by emmasensei
07 Jul 2020 14:12
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

YOU'RE ALL MANIFESTING THIS INTO EXISTENCE. HAVEN'T YOU READ THE SECRET?! Don't invoke powers you don't understand! (Obviously I'm joking. But we already have one terrible CVS in the neighborhood and NO DOUBT somebody is going to knock down the Mexican grocery store with the dank af taco bar and bui...
by emmasensei
07 Jul 2020 09:08
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

That's exactly what I find myself saying on a near-daily basis when I take the dogs to the park. "You guys know this is a neighborhood smack in the middle of one of the biggest and fastest-growing cities in the country, and technically any single-family zoning this close in is inappropriate and...
by emmasensei
06 Jul 2020 19:13
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Regarding the empty parcels, I've heard unsubstantiated neighborhood rumors that Vickery Place is still vigorously fighting the development, and consequently, the plans were only recently (as in, late 2019) finalized and approved. But also that, yes, there are still plans and intentions to develop.
by emmasensei
04 Jul 2020 14:36
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Yes. There's been quite a bit of tree planting, thank goodness. I don't know if I'd call it "thick," but they're certainly a welcome addition to what was a depressingly flat and dusty landscape.
by emmasensei
04 Jul 2020 10:01
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

I assume because it absorbs significantly less heat, thereby making the pedestrian experience more enjoyable?
by emmasensei
02 Jul 2020 15:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

They've been spending a lot of time on landscaping and building drainage, and there's near-daily activity on my end of Henderson--mostly ripping up the road over and over to run electricity to each of the new lightposts. I was told that the actual road pavement will be the very last thing they do.
by emmasensei
04 Jun 2020 12:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park: The Victor (~453FT / 39ST)
Replies: 177
Views: 165707

Re: Victory Park: The Victor (~453FT / 39ST)

Or maybe it's easy to keep the sites fully staffed (or working overtime) now that unemployment is so high? I know less than nothing about construction staffing.
by emmasensei
01 Jun 2020 15:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas Retail
Replies: 445
Views: 379321

Re: Downtown Dallas Retail

Yeah, contractors just leave supplies strewn on sidewalks for months on end in this town. There were bricks (and piles of wires, and trash, and plastic wrapping on the ADA-compliant curbs, and even entire street signs which could be an interesting projectile in a storm...) alongside Henderson Ave fo...
by emmasensei
24 Mar 2020 18:32
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Lower Greenville Development
Replies: 179
Views: 160607

Re: Lower Greenville Development

I saw quite a lot of active home construction while out on my walk with the dogs today. I do hope those workers are staying safe, but I was also scared about the pandemic's impact on infrastructure (especially Henderson Ave., which is half-done and looks terrible right now). I hope the city commits ...
by emmasensei
06 Mar 2020 12:53
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Another tidbit because I enjoy making fun of 77 Degrees: We recently observed workers diligently stripping off the many custom wood...um...sticks decorating the exterior and replacing them with metal, which was amusing, but then this article today in D Magazine cited that 77 Degrees isn't closed bec...
by emmasensei
25 Feb 2020 14:16
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: The Christopher @The Union (31 ST) + The Union office tower (22 ST)
Replies: 217
Views: 232185

Re: The Christopher @The Union (31 ST) + The Union office tower (22 ST)

We've tried a few times to make a sorta short term reservation at The Henry and there was no hope. It's always full.
by emmasensei
13 Feb 2020 14:18
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
Replies: 361
Views: 285052

Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor

Uno Mas opens the 28th, Barcelona "sometime next week," and Enrique Tomas opened yesterday.

Also, today, these rather large decorative lightpoles are beginning to be installed. I like them. I especially like that they'll make walking down Henderson feel much safer.
by emmasensei
12 Feb 2020 12:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: East Dallas: Kroger
Replies: 73
Views: 50004

Re: East Dallas: Kroger

Parking at the Cityplace Kroger is always, always, always a crowded nightmare. I feel like East Dallas is overwhelmed by grocery stores, and yet. Apparently there's demand for a lackluster grocery experience. Also, there always seem to be at least two firetrucks parked there with their lights flashi...