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https://inewhomes.com/the-central-phase-one-complex Can anyone confirm a groundbreaking on this site. Apparently a residential component (17 story high rise) is under construction. This interesting. Originally, the plan called for the following: "Plans for the first phase of The Central includ...

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rono3849 wrote:
undefinedprocess wrote:Probably just strapped for cash like we all thought. I agree, it’s a disaster on many levels.

The site is a dust bowl now. Why the movie theater is still standing is beyond me.

Ppl still go to the movies?

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I suppose they don't care because it faces I-35. I'll say this though,
I35 is nothing but ugly garages. Funny how "Highway Architecture" the one thing we thought Dallas did well isn't som much the case

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WTF is that grotesque abomination of a garage on that rendering? Hines went from "well done" in making the Victor garage to "let's half ass it".

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Looks amazing

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Just remember, everything you spend money on now to put down there can be washed away or damaged beyond repair on the very next flood, which could be next week, next month, next year away. Well obviously, no one is proposing to build Crystal Palace in the Trinity. There's so many good examples of a...

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That electric pole is begging to be buried.

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The third tower is the garage guys

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Interesting that we are getting all of these so called condo people from the coast and they still have zero sale months. One would think they would get snapped up more quickly unless maybe those condo folk come here and don't buy condos. How many "Coasters" you know own million dollar con...

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Are the people who oppose putting a QuickTrip on Lemmon in Uptown, also opposed to a putting a drug manufacturing plant on a pretty darn good multi-purpose site in Deep Ellum? The gas station idea I hate; but I'm ok with this they're just rehabbing a building. And bringing a nice new venture to town.

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They take you down to lovely Riverfront BLVD!

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They have an actual river.

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I bet Mr. Santiago Calatrava has a contractual ban of painted symbols or painted concrete to try to organize the types of traffic. His style is bright white everything... He already threw a fit when the city talked about colorful LED lighting for the bridge. The problem with high profile Celeb-Arch...

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cowboyeagle05 wrote:There is your answer then it will match. After all in the Texas sun it would look like the Eye of Saron with rays shining off towards the Stemmons and DNT.

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I have no problems with that lol

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Is there a possibility of getting a gasless QT like in Atlanta? https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7773849,-84.3843705,3a,75y,54.99h,84.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGfkKkAreYlCEYzEcO6aTvg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 I doubt it. But now that i think of convenience store would be alright. But would rather it not be a...

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It's interesting how big this site will be if QT has the restaurant plot too. Plus, it'll have both Lemmon Espressoways as entrances probably. This place will likely do rather well for myriad reasons. It's not remotely an exciting urban infill or final-use development for sure - obviously. The exis...

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R1070 wrote:We need to fight this.

This is horrible..i hope we see a Sam's Club deux.

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We need a grocery store in West Dallas. Tom thumb where u at?!

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Doesn't look like anything has changed since the renders first came out

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Dallas Gypsy wrote:Considering the cheap and incredibly badly built apartment complexes that have been built with their stucco and slapped together facades, I would think that a lot of these buildings will look like trash in a few years.

I approve this message

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"The city has promised that this plan will not gather dust on a shelf like so many others have over the years. Now it has guidance. It is up to the city to follow it."

Don't hold your breath. Dallas is the city that loves to plan; but hates to act.

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Mi cocina is a Great restaurant?

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The way the structure is masked is well done. If only AMLI cared like this.

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The way the structure is makes is well done. If only AMLI cared like this.

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Those magnolia apartments are cheap looking with that beige stucco

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This building is so Harwood

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^That's great to hear. There's no reason to keep Lemmon sequestered in the 1980s. The old Branniff terminal at Love Field will be up and running in the next couple years, the collection of fancy car dealership is known to people all over the world, Uptown has crossed the threshold from developers d...

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From SF to Denton. What a shift.

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Are there any plans with the gigantic parking lot behind the school. Something facing the new park would be great.

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So I guess Dallas is okay with planting big stand alone parking garages right in front of a residential neighborhood. Can you imagine if this was proposed anywhere else...i see no real "master plan" in connecting and respecting the existing neighborhood..

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R1070 wrote:Once the DART lots are built on, this area will be a lot different.

Does anyone know what the master plan is for the lots? I hoped the kroger gets redeveloped to mixed use.

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^Zang flats is the name of the small apartments across spiral.

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So I take it that Jim Lake is going to focus on this and just forget about the old Ambassador Hotel that burned to a crisp.

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An overpass has the advantage that the land underneath is by default usable (if gloomy), unlike a trench where the deck has to be added. I think a reduced overpass that is just the through lanes with no exits is viable, maybe stacked double-decker style to minimize footprint. That modified footprin...

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The on ramps for i345 are horrible at street level; i wouldn't give engineers that much credit... I345 wouldnt be so bad if it was just an over pass. But it's not...

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Noice

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This project rightfully got blasted by Mark Lamster for being fake urbanism lol

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I'd rather trench and cover i-35 than 345

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I'm telling u!

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alkilo wrote:Condos at Canton & Park

Thanks for posting? Anyone got more details on this one. Haven't heard of it.

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I feel like ross was missed opportunity. More retail could have been implemented in these projects. That would have connected Ross and LG nicely.

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I did my usual walk through Downtown today for the first time in months and, despite the weather being pretty perfect, much of Downtown felt pretty dead to me. Victory Park was a ghost town, as was the West End, and Main Street also felt pretty dead as well. Fortunately the Discovery District was b...

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willyk wrote:They tore down the part of the building that held the Stark Club. It appeared to be a later addition to the original structure.

The building is wedged between Woodall and Continental. They need to do something to get a walking connection to VP and the West End.

Bumping this up...

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https://i.imgur.com/jdFhQck.jpg I forgot the name of this development, and I'm not entirely sure if this area is still considered Victory Park. This is just north of Wooddall Rogers right across the street from where the Hard Rock Cafe used to be. This is the old stark club. There's a thread for th...

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That's an entirely different type of project. It's less urban and more office Park. Mid town is more complex just because of the location itself.

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This development will not come to fruition as originally planned. It will be a vestige of the original plans. This pandemic isn't helping either. However, I would have expected more residential and infrastructure at least be put in place. But very little has occurred. Perhaps the developer should ju...

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But will there be LEDs? That's the key here.

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Any pics of the lobby/ entrance from the outside

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Harwood: Ok give me your best design possible..

Architect: Awesome.. Here you go!

Hardwood: WOW! AMAZING! ...Now remove 75% of the Design. Less Design more Tissue Box..You feel me?

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Harwood just can't seem to ever do it in a cool or imaginative way. Ah yes, the old 'eff-up' a wet dream. If all we can ever say is "it's better than nothing" or "at least that's one less parking lot" than I will no longer EVER let myself get excited about 90% of these rendering...

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