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- 14 Sep 2022 16:35
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 141063
Re: Fair Park
^ This will be the only vote on the projects that goes before the public. If this passes then the city has cart blanche to do whatever they want, including taking money that supposedly is going to fair park and redirecting to the convention center (or other projects). This has happened multiple time...
- 14 Sep 2022 16:30
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Greater DFW-area trails
- Replies: 21
- Views: 23195
Re: Greater DFW-area trails
^ If the Kingstons are involved you know there's probably something fishy going on.
- 13 Sep 2022 14:44
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs -- looking good.
BTW, the filings and news reports that called this a rehab were wrong. This is totally new construction.
BTW, the filings and news reports that called this a rehab were wrong. This is totally new construction.
- 12 Sep 2022 16:14
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Energy Plaza
- Replies: 149
- Views: 55483
Re: Downtown Dallas: Energy Plaza
Why Empty Offices Are Becoming Apartments in Texas’s Big Cities With workers continuing to stay home post-pandemic and housing in short supply, developers in the state’s largest metros are giving a second life to old buildings. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/downtown-offices-apartments-...
- 12 Sep 2022 16:06
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 141063
Re: Fair Park
^ The scam begins.
80% of the tax money will go to the white elephant convention center, but all you'll ever hear about between now and the vote will be Fair Park.
80% of the tax money will go to the white elephant convention center, but all you'll ever hear about between now and the vote will be Fair Park.
- 25 Aug 2022 19:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
^ It sounds like you're new to Deep Ellum. Here's the reality: Whenever crime becomes an issue, the city's modus operandi is to drive the victims and complainers out of the area. It's the easiest way of stopping the bad press. For example, the city's top law enforcement priority this year has been t...
- 18 Aug 2022 13:46
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum - 2800 Taylor Street
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3120
Re: Deep Ellum - 2800 Taylor Street
It really would have been nice to bury the DART rail line in Deep Ellum and then convert it to some sort of walking path or something. I think better connecting Deep Ellum to East Dallas would be more worthwhile than trying to connect it to the CBD. What's wrong with the Santa Fe Trail? https://www...
- 26 Jul 2022 14:23
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Arlington Development and Transportation Projects
- Replies: 129
- Views: 83320
- 14 Jul 2022 17:10
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
^ Sad news. The tenant, Art Company, is a great small live music venue with both indoor and outdoor stages and a great outdoor area. It's like something you would expect to find in Austin.
It will be missed.
It will be missed.
- 14 Jul 2022 17:07
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Radiance Plaza
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2617
Re: Downtown Dallas: Radiance Plaza
^ My recollection is that it was Dahl, but who knows.
- 07 Jul 2022 15:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Radiance Plaza
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2617
Re: Downtown Dallas: Radiance Plaza
The building was constructed in the late 40s/early 50s as the HQ for Employer's insurance. The architect was none other than the great George Dahl. It received a major facelift in the 1980s, which IIRC won some architectural awards.
- 07 Jul 2022 15:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
If you want to throw up in your mouth go look what Federales did at the corner of Malcolm X and Commerce. They totally gutted the building, even removing the roof and slab. Kept most of the exterior walls - then totally covered them up. Nothing of the original building is visible. I'm guessing that ...
- 07 Jul 2022 15:15
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 804
- Views: 367946
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
cowboyeagle05 wrote:I realized I like a museum of art more cause at least there the kid's cant touch things, and I wonder if there is even a market for a science museum that can appeal to adults.
I've been to two adults-only private events there, and both were very successful/popular.
- 07 Jul 2022 15:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
- Replies: 104
- Views: 56508
Re: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
^ I noticed that the other day. I haven't heard of anything in the works for that property. Stillwater Capital bought in 2020. Their current project portfolio doesn't shown them doing anything I would call "urban". Among other things they're currently doing the PGA HQ and Link mixed use pr...
- 01 Jul 2022 13:48
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 347652
Re: DFW Airport
https://www.wfaa.com/article/travel/british-airways-airbus-a380-arrive-dfw-airport-july-1-increased-demand-capacity/287-3d3375cd-8de7-4c1d-a6e7-dddfbda36bdf A rare, very big bird flies into town: A British Airways Airbus A380 is scheduled to land at DFW Airport on Friday More visits will follow, but...
- 01 Jul 2022 11:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
^ No recent news.
- 26 Jun 2022 15:52
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
- Replies: 629
- Views: 359728
Re: North Dallas: Galleria
^ Without knowing any of the details (or having even been to that mall in decades), my suspicion is that leasing efforts prioritize those empty spaces that aren't still collecting rent on.
- 23 Jun 2022 13:37
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
- Replies: 563
- Views: 546194
- 15 Jun 2022 17:13
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 347652
Re: DFW Airport
International travel surge propels DFW Airport to pre-pandemic levels Booming foreign flying propelled DFW Airport to its first positive month of passenger traffic compared with 2019. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2022/06/15/international-travel-surge-propels-dfw-airport-to-pre-pande...
- 14 Jun 2022 13:00
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: Alliance Airport
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10620
Re: Alliance Airport
I guess that's better than the Dallas system of naming things after two-bit politicians (Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Ron Kirk Bridge) and crooks (Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station, Al Lipscomb Way).
- 31 May 2022 15:14
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 449
- Views: 323362
Re: I-345
The big question I have is why does Hawkins need to cross over I345 to Canton? The severe skew causes clunky bridges that could interfere with 2 possible deck park locations. Hopefully the city will rethink this. I suspect that this may be to throw a bone to the clueless "re-stitch the street ...
- 29 May 2022 17:25
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: New Census Population Estimates
- Replies: 307
- Views: 294449
Re: New Census Population Estimates
Told to me in the men's room of an Arlington restaurant around 40 years ago:
Q: What's the one thing Fort Worth has that Dallas doesn't?
A: A major city 30 miles away.
Some things never change....
Q: What's the one thing Fort Worth has that Dallas doesn't?
A: A major city 30 miles away.
Some things never change....
- 18 May 2022 12:56
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 449
- Views: 323362
Re: I-345
You act like traffic is a bad thing. Traffic is a good thing. Hell, traffic is a GREAT thing! Traffic is people going where they want and goods getting where they are wanted. Traffic means economic activity. Traffic is the lifeblood of a city. One of the primary reasons for Dallas's economic growth ...
- 09 May 2022 16:33
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-30 South & East Dallas reconstruction
- Replies: 131
- Views: 125727
- 29 Apr 2022 09:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
- Replies: 109
- Views: 49797
Lincoln Property - Cedar Springs at Fairmount
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2022/04/29/three-new-towers-will-add-to-uptown-dallas-building-boom/ Excerpts: "One of the biggest local commercial property firms has lassoed a prime building site near the Crescent where it plans to build a large office tower and two residential...
- 14 Apr 2022 19:08
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 441035
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Your boy sounds like a Grade A wuss who has never been on public transit in any large city "Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries over the last decade. Working both in the aviation ind...
- 14 Apr 2022 14:22
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 441035
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Presented without comment, except to mention this is widely read airline industry/travel blog. MY (MIS)ADVENTURES ON THE DALLAS DART… Someone could have warned me that I probably should have avoided the Dallas DART (light rail) when traveling from DFW Airport to central Dallas. Then again, then I wo...
- 28 Mar 2022 10:51
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 347652
Re: DFW Airport
Originally Qantas planned to uses 787s on the SYD-DFW route, but when that plane was delayed they used 747s and A380s as a temporary replacement -- only to find that not only were the larger planes filling up, but that they needed to add even more flights each week. This route has been a gold mine f...
- 22 Mar 2022 14:18
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: DART: Bus system
- Replies: 105
- Views: 118338
Re: DART: Bus system
potatocoins wrote:I'm speaking as someone who almost never rides the DART, but those numbers certainly sound positive!
I'm not sure I would call this positive...
- 17 Feb 2022 15:19
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: urban cable car aerial tramway
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4778
Re: urban cable car aerial tramway
They work so well in Dallas winds....
- 11 Feb 2022 09:40
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
- Replies: 767
- Views: 549869
Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Let the conjecture begin.... Top Amazon exec has moved to Dallas from the Seattle area One of the top executives at Amazon has moved to North Texas from the Seattle area. Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon worldwide consumer, moved to Dallas in the fall a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. Business Insider ...
- 11 Feb 2022 09:37
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Little Mexico/Uptown: Pike Park
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2710
Re: Little Mexico/Uptown: Pike Park
Long overdue.
- 09 Feb 2022 19:33
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Convention Center
- Replies: 219
- Views: 92222
- 21 Jan 2022 11:16
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Downtown Progress
- Replies: 359
- Views: 243776
Re: Downtown Progress
Dallas’ Field Street is the new ‘center of gravity’ downtown The latest from Steve Brown https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2022/01/21/dallas-field-street-is-the-new-center-of-gravity-downtown/ Is Field Street the new main street in Dallas? Billions of dollars in high-rise building pro...
- 18 Jan 2022 13:25
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: DART: Bus system
- Replies: 105
- Views: 118338
Re: DART: Bus system
For those that don't know, there's a reason why Matilda was bus route #1. Here's some history on Matilda.
https://flashbackdallas.com/2018/04/20/ ... tcar-line/
https://flashbackdallas.com/2018/04/20/ ... tcar-line/
- 17 Jan 2022 12:36
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: DART: Bus system
- Replies: 105
- Views: 118338
Re: DART: Bus system
They killed Matilda?
- 12 Jan 2022 14:18
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: El Fenix site
- Replies: 31
- Views: 53402
Re: El Fenix site
Major development is in the works for downtown Dallas’ landmark El Fenix property The more than century-old Mexican restaurant would stay put under the building plan. A high-rise real estate project is on the drawing boards for what’s considered one of the most prime development sites of downtown D...
- 28 Dec 2021 13:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: 2500 Ross Avenue
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6045
2500 Ross Avenue
Atlanta developer plans downtown Dallas towers The Dallas Gateway project will include 700 apartments, a 400,000-square-foot office building and 45,000 square feet of retail space, Portman Residential says in its plans. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/12/28/atlanta-developer-pl...
- 14 Dec 2021 13:33
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
- 07 Dec 2021 12:09
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
- Replies: 670
- Views: 595184
- 30 Nov 2021 12:13
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
New tower crane going up this morning. Looks to be at the "Good E" (God, I hate that name) development, though it might be nearby.
- 16 Nov 2021 11:43
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Issues/News
- Topic: ADUs/Granny Flats... Legal to build!?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4434
Re: ADUs/Granny Flats... Legal to build!?
The Dallas ordinance on ADUs is pretty complicated. A neighborhood has to opt-in to allow them, then you have to get a special permit.
Some background: https://candysdirt.com/2020/08/24/dalla ... questions/
Some background: https://candysdirt.com/2020/08/24/dalla ... questions/
- 25 Oct 2021 10:28
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: North Dallas: Campbell Centre => The Gild
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3969
Re: North Dallas: Campbell Centre => The Gild
Campbell Centre had a cameo as "The World's Tallest Building" in the disaster-movie-within-the movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074433/
- 25 Oct 2021 10:23
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 796822
- 22 Oct 2021 14:17
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
- Replies: 636
- Views: 648460
Re: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
Do these bars that are short-lived actually make financial sense? It seems like we've seen a few bars in Uptown that have popped up and only last a year or so before shutting down. From https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/10/21/north-texas-nightclub-king-is-on-trial-for-allegedly-allowing-co...
- 19 Oct 2021 16:04
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 418159
Re: DART D2 Subway
^ Why spend $1.3+ billion dollars to, by DART's own estimates, add only a few dozen new riders to the system per day? The two excuses are: 1) To add capacity. But why spend $$$$ to add capacity to a rail system that has lost ridership every year that it has been operational but one, except for years...
- 19 Oct 2021 09:11
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: DART D2 Subway
- Replies: 508
- Views: 418159
Re: DART D2 Subway
The good news: The latest proposal keeps D2 out of Deep Ellum.
The bad news: They still haven't put a stake through the heart of this abomination.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/city- ... e/2773147/
The bad news: They still haven't put a stake through the heart of this abomination.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/city- ... e/2773147/
- 11 Oct 2021 11:09
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Flower Mound: Misc. Developments
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4607
- 06 Oct 2021 21:44
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Homelessness
- Replies: 81
- Views: 70941
Re: Homelessness
mdg109 wrote:My understanding of the homelessness issue is that you need both shelter and services (for the mentally ill and substance issues, et al) to start resolving it.
Name one U.S. city that has "solved" homelessness.
Not all problems have solutions.
- 06 Oct 2021 16:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
- Replies: 361
- Views: 292392
Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor
eburress wrote:How do your property values look now, NIMBYs? hahahahahahahahaha
I don't think they're too upset...
https://mensbook.com/6-most-expensive-n ... -in-dallas
https://www.neighborhoods.com/blog/the- ... -in-dallas
https://moneyinc.com/richest-neighborhoods-dallas/