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The Embarcadero Freeway was pretty much a glorified off ramp. It's traffic count was about 1/3 that of I-345. Removing it just meant dumping local traffic onto city streets a few blocks earlier. The local equivalent would be the Good-Latimer exit off of US-75 southbound. Thanks for that nugget of i...

New mural coming soon. The artist will paint a large piece throughout November (the month of gratitude).

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It took a *while*, but now the TexRail route has started appearing on printed maps as well as those on displays at train stations/transit centers. Some of the maps (not unlike for other routes) are more than a bit out-of-whack and not to scale. 20190918_004403.jpg 20190918_004424.jpg This one is an...

With hate rising, the Dallas Holocaust Museum unveils a new home, and an expanded mission The $73.5 million facility traces an arc from genocide and human rights. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2019/09/15/with-hate-rising-the-dallas-holocaust-museum-unveils-a-new-home-an...

Unfortunately, probably I. M. Pei's least distinguished work. The original 1977 plan had all phases designed by Henry Cobb and the shapes were more cohesive. Two Dallas Centre was to be a chevron-shaped tower with 30 floors of office space topped with 21 floors of hotel space. Three Dallas Centre w...

Maybe the time capsule will be ready to open around the same date the hotel portion is complete.

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Here's the original plan for Dallas Centre.

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Here's a good example of new TOD. It turns an empty parking lot adjacent to BART (Oakland) into: 32-story tower 1,032 apartments 41,135 sf commercial space 59 parking spaces (parking maximums here instead of parking minimums) https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/26/20833353/titanic-west-oakland-housing-proj...

Flashback article; interesting read from 30 years ago: CITYPLACE - A WORLD APART - Southland's new headquarters sits alone in its unfinished setting Dallas Morning News, The (TX) (Published as The Dallas Morning News) March 19, 1989 Author/Byline: David Dillon, Architecture Critic of The Dallas Morn...

Pretty cool article summarizing the 1401 Elm project (probably need to stop calling it The Drever) and highlighting a few of the other projects swirling around downtown. I gotta say, was in several Dallas neighborhoods today, including much of downtown, and it really feels like the entire city is u...

There's a call to artists for an upcoming mural project at Thanks-Giving Square. This project will cover a large portion of one concrete wall with a temporary mural installation. Please pass this information on to any interested artists. https://www.thanksgiving.org/2019/08/05/highlight-the-good-mur...

Interesting read about the plans for IH-45 in Houston.

Houston’s $7 billion solution to gridlock is more highways

https://www.curbed.com/2019/8/5/20754435/houston-traffic-highway-i-45-north-txdot?fbclid=IwAR2p_3FIkRyC4N3l-aAkOHbapp13jBvlAEWTJpBPFS30DjhfJHECq4cUo2c

Hopefully, the architecture will be less stucco and less hip/modern garbage for this site. The West End deserves old, traditional industrial-style architecture. Need more buildings like this in the West End area. http://mithun.com/project/weyerhaeuser-headquarters-at-200-occidental/ http://mithun.c...

That's a nice little building, any story on this one? That alley would make a nice little patio/green space. The story? It was the last downtown building tied to the cotton industry. Adding about 20 spots in a parking lot was more valuable (could have made a nice boutique hotel). But all is not los...

Todd Interests is referring to it as 1401 Elm at this time. They have several hundred workers on-site every day to keep things moving quickly.

Last week The Thanks-Giving Foundation conducted a design charrette to discuss opportunities within the upcoming rejuvenation plan. It was an exciting and intense working session involving a large group of architects and stakeholders (including Alan Ritchie from PJAR Architects in NYC). The conversa...

^hahahaha I was going to say The Sundance Square of Dallas!!! It'll be nice if "Discovery" District turns into a memorable place people seek out, like Rockefeller Center, or Sundance Square. Since ATT's Spirit of Communication is naked, does anyone think the righteous folks of Dallas will...

longhorn wrote:So how does one go from the fast growing north Dallas area to I-45 bound for Houston if there is no I-345?

IH-635/IH-20?

I'm sure it's been shared before, but I was watching this footage again from the city's official U.S. Bicentennial celebration at Old City Park: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674009/m1/1/high_res/ My understanding is that a nonprofit, the Dallas American Revolution Bicentennial Corp...

H. L. Hunt died in the 70’s, Thanksgiving Tower is early 1980s. Perhaps his children developed Thanksgiving Tower (HuntOil?). I do recall that all original occupants were primarily companies owned by or doing business with the Hunts, sorta the 1980s version of Old Parkland. Hunt Petroleum / Hunt En...

Here's a new one in San Francisco that looks pretty nice.

https://www.wrnsstudio.com/project/miss ... structure/

I believe the city still has structured all incentives so that the tunnels have to be closed as part of these vacant redos cause most council members still think they alone are the reason retail isn't on the ground floor of the crappy designed office buildings the city has allowed and continues to ...

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/59548664_2440669549297992_3600329015308582912_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=901d034aeccf1ffd516fd883d4c9d924&oe=5D2CF365 This was posted in the Downtown Residents Council (Dallas) Facebook group. Anybody heard anything about...

Do you know if the arch lights will extend all the way through the old Dallas Alley? Unfortunately Granite Properties removed the arches from their portion of the alley. Screen Shot 2019-04-24 at 2.46.18 PM.jpg Looking at google streetview, it looks like there used to be more of a ramp on to the st...

That's actually a really good picture of it. Last time I saw it in person, it looked like hell. I'm curious how much it was purchased for. I'm sure it wasn't for much at all. I know a LOT of these buildings that we see go down are acquired for extremely cheap (First Baptist purchased theirs for $1....

itsjrd1964 wrote:So, what was this? I don't recognize it with just the trees.

http://www.preservationtexas.org/endang ... -building/

^ Finally, the Sheraton Dallas installed two four-sided, LED video columns at the hotel’s entrance that feature works of art as a way of showcasing the hotel’s connection to the arts district. :roll: Something like these? https://images.ctfassets.net/sahy2rpqbnsp/4yu7PDpKgoGoMKuaqO84WG/f1a75ba74d42...

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This property could make for a unique residential conversion. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/02/28/landmark-dallas-office-tower-campus-grabs Landmark Dallas office tower campus is up for grabs Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor A landmark Dallas office development is up for grabs....

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 ...

R1070 wrote:Wouldn't that be looking from Elm street?

Yes; that's Elm.

Just like transit must not be a thing, the head of Amazon's Austin operations has crowed, "We're not big on sterile environments here," and yet today's brand new Amazon lease is for half of this extremely sterile fortress: https://www.endeavor-re.com/properties/domain-10/ (quote source: h...

ArtVandelay wrote:Permits have been issued for the demolition and construction of a 13 level parking garage.

For 505 North Ervay? Is it for the entire lot or partial? Could there be a conversion of the building into residential + new parking structure proposed if new developers are involved?

I'm finding lots of goodies in the archives of The Thanks-Giving Foundation (albums of photos/slides of downtown Dallas in the 1960s-1980s). Digitizing everything will be a big undertaking. Chapel of Thanksgiving looking from Elm Street, circa 1981. https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/5124...

lakewoodhobo wrote:Didn't realize that they're finally expanding the Elm St. sidewalk in front of 211 Ervay. cowboyeagle05 you've really let me down.

One lane of Ervay also needs to be removed and converted to sidewalk space.

An old holiday card I found recently.

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Some paint is needed It's come a long way in the past year but I agree some paint would help top it off. Maybe they are waiting to do that last. Hope so. Do you mean cleaning the surface of the chapel? It's poured-in-place white marble aggregate and not paint, and it does need to be cleaned/restore...

Looks like they're starting to plant new trees on the corner of Harwood and Elm. IMG_5947.jpg Harwood / Pacific. I wonder if they kept the "Aston Park" dedication marker and will reincorporate it somewhere within the park. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/DallasAstonPar...

Have not been inside yet but have seen it on the go and it is a beauty. We need more of these and the extension to Knox. And need some double-ended cars painted in the Dallas PCC livery (like this one in San Francisco that I see nearly every day). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thum...

Major announcement. UT Dallas acquires Crow Museum of Asian Art, advancing its place in the region’s arts scene https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/museums/2019/01/24/advancing-place-regions-arts-scene-ut-dallas-acquires-crow-collection-asian-art The University of Texas at Dallas unveiled this week yet ...

That will fit in really nicely with the area, and replace a dilapidated old junk building. Very nice. I agree with the middle windows being too small, though. Using a couple of the larger 3-section windows there would improve the aesthetics a lot. Agree about the size of the windows. The lot is sur...

I had no idea there was this much artwork at Love now. I sure didn't know the red "Venture" sculpture was out of hiding, much less that it would be added to Love's artwork. The salvaged windows from Trinity Lutheran Church on Gaston Ave look great in the new terminal as well. I'm glad the...

As part of the Parking Garage C building program Alexander Liberman's sculpture "Venture" was installed along the drive. The red sculpture used to live downtown at Bank of America, removed in 2013 for the auto court and donated to the City of Dallas. http://www.lovefieldartprogram.com/ htt...

Here are a few vintage DFW videos shared by the airport this week.

"The Air is our Ocean" https://www.facebook.com/DFWAirport/vid ... 799435545/
"The Field (1976-1983)" https://www.facebook.com/DFWAirport/vid ... 590020771/

Hannibal Lecter wrote:^ The building was designed to look like Independence Hall. Removing that would pretty much ruin that.

Agree. Remove the New England decorative top and it would just be a beige brick box.

This area is one of the donut holes within downtown that'll take some time to hit critical mass. I've worked in a building here for 12 years now and love that we're getting Pacific Plaza, but aside from this and the redevelopment of One Dallas Center and Crozier, plus the MATA extension, we're a bi...

More information including renderings on the church website. Link: http://www.firstdallas.org/generation-now/horner-family-center-expansion/ "This expansion will provide an additional 80,500 square feet of educational space, nearly doubling the size of the existing Horner Family Center." h...

No mention of the demolition of other buildings (505 North Ervay) or additional projects, yet. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/01/17/downtown-dallas-first-baptist-ready-kick-35-million-campus-expansion Downtown Dallas' First Baptist Church is breaking ground this weekend on a $3...

The building is not a Dallas Landmark (most protected) but it is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Regardless, interiors are not landmarked. Link: http://www.thc.texas.gov/content/tax-credit-program-highlight-interurban-building If AT&T wants it for parking they could demolish and rebuild the ...

A couple of upcoming events. https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49895571_2211901812195360_4160879091328745472_n.png?_nc_cat=101&_nc_eui2=AeFMwuWpG4Op5zTXGQhiNCjZqS5GgnaAtA3ZS93T5KHA_ivrycjHysUu7xEAH69I3JeTFYsrJzRhFeThI1RHmVOmeWsTFIWzRd8sOyabg8NvWw&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=...

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