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Dallas dog park Mutts is on the move Despite the headline, Mutts isn't leaving its Uptown spot, but is franchising the concept to other markets, including Austin. https://www.guidelive.com/fun-places-and-events/2019/02/15/mutts-dallas-dog-park-bar-franchising-growing#_ga=2.144902646.310371321.15502...

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Half-century-old Northeast Dallas retail village is getting a new look

Lakeridge shopping center at Audelia/Walnut Hill is being remodeled.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... g-new-look

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And here it comes: Fans are irate at Rangers’ ticket pricing plans for new ballpark

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/sp ... 74755.html

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We really need to talk about Dallas' ridiculous $5M pedestrian bridge over Harry Hines Three years after writing about it previously, our Mr. Wilonsky tries again to ask around about the whys and reasonings about a virtually unused pedestrian bridge. There are so many other things that could have b...

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Money Questions Pop Up in Dallas’ Bond-Funded Plan to Add a 50-Mile Trail Loop https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-11.13.34-AM1-677x451.png https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/02/money-questions-pop-up-in-dallas-bond-funded-plan-to-add-a-50-mile...

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Infomart owners gearing up for $138 million data center expansion Plans are proceeding, but the article doesn't say if the addition will be on the side (north side is the likeliest since there's really no room outwardly in other directions), or on top. The plans still call for 4 stories, and over 2...

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Local media in Amarillo has learned that the American Quarter Horse Association headquarters could be moving to Fort Worth. There is an AQHA museum up there adjacent to the association's current headquarters site. I would guess that if the offices move, they would likely move their museum as well. ...

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The master plan is meticulous, but some say the developer isn’t sticking to it https://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/76ajju/picture226163430/alternates/FREE_1140/Walsh%20expansion Several residents there say there's already a difference in direction by the developers as opposed to what they wer...

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First look: Plano's Collin Creek mall reimagined as mixed-use project https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1550088679-collincreekplan.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=600 Centurion American wants to begin construction as early as this summer, after all the last pre-project items are checked off. htt...

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Local media in Amarillo has learned that the American Quarter Horse Association headquarters could be moving to Fort Worth. There is an AQHA museum up there adjacent to the association's current headquarters site. I would guess that if the offices move, they would likely move their museum as well. A...

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OK, kids, not sure how believable this is, but... I just saw this posting on my Facebook page about Trammell Crow Center and the 2000 Ross block. Despite one commenter's post (and what we've all seen up to now with the site), someone representing Trammell Crow Center's FB account answers the guy bac...

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IINM, the new downtown Amarillo Embassy doesn't have an atrium, either. I think that's a mistake on Hilton's part. Atriums have been one of the signature elements of an Embassy Suites property, pretty much anywhere you go. Without an atrium, Embassy will look like any other chain. Similar to Marriot...

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That it has. Not sure how much luck they'll have filling it, after not having any takers yet for the corner spot by the Hampton (the Fireside Pies tease notwithstanding).

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Kids are already going wild for the new Peppa Pig playplace in Grapevine

Apparently the soft opening for it happened already, the official opening is this coming week.

https://www.guidelive.com/take-the-kids ... -grapevine

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The Hampton Inn/AC Hotel/Residence Inn garage, as of a week or so ago. I don't know if the white at each end is the color that will be used for the outside or if that's a primer coat.

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D Magazine's version:

https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/20 ... fe-burger/

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KXAS/5 gets a peek inside the upcoming arena, which will open to the public 9 months from now.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Exclu ... 14371.html

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Dallas Fuel president Geoff Moore sees the future of esports looking a lot like music festivals

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/spo ... -festivals

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May election to include $1B bond program for Dallas County's community colleges

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/educati ... y-colleges

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Redevelopment of old Braniff base at Dallas Love Field heads toward finish

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ard-finish

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Here's why it's taking so long to revive downtown Dallas' 115-year-old Ambassador Hotel

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm ... ador-hotel

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John Tesar is the seventh local chef to exit Plano's Legacy Hall

https://www.guidelive.com/restaurant-op ... egacy-hall

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Why Fort Worth (probably) can’t have a TEXRail system as large as Dallas’ DART trains Trinity Metro is now looking into the possibility of extending the TexRail service over to the Medical District and down to a spot near Berry St. and TCU. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/traffic/honkin-mad-blog...

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A screening of the movie "True Stories" is scheduled for March 14, at the Angelika-Mockingbird Station. David Byrne will be in attendance, and will be interviewed after the screening. By then, a Blu-Ray version of "True Stories" will be released, with the movie's soundtrack inclu...

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Nosh & Bottle Brings a Wine Shop, Market, Deli and Date Spot to Toyota Music Factory

https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaura ... y-11546508

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In some ways, it's a similar conversion to the LTV Tower of a few short years ago. Both buildings were built with a bank and office space in mind, not apartments, hotel, and restaurant in mind. The apartments and hotel will require much in the way of water lines (especially hot water, which the buil...

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And Downtown Dallas Drinkers Rejoiced: City Tavern Is Back

The new location opened last week. Open daily 11am-2am. Interior pics and menu are posted with the article.

https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaura ... t-11546399

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R1070 wrote:I wonder when we will see Loews, Mandarin, St Regis, Intercontinental, etc. come to the core of the city.

It will be interesting to see if they get a brand for this, and which one.

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Controversy, Complaints Surrounding South Dallas Recycling Plant Continue

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Contr ... 94701.html

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Major Texas hospital merger between Memorial Hermann and Baylor Scott & White called off

http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city ... alled-off/

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Major Texas hospital merger between Memorial Hermann and Baylor Scott & White called off

http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city ... alled-off/

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Lidl, a German grocery chain (similar to Aldi, a competitor, but has larger stores) that has spread from Europe to the U.S. east coast, has long been rumored to be buying lots in north TX for future stores. Now, the announcement of a new retail/restaurant center in north Fort Worth at N. Blue Mound/...

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Victory Shops at Basswood, a new retail/restaurant development, will be located at N. Blue Mound/Basswood. The first openings are set for later this spring. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/growth/article225552915.html http://segoviaretailgroup.com/listings/victory-shops-at-basswood-ft-wo...

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One portion of the displays at the new Museum will include a holographic interview/interaction with a local survivor, Max Glauben. Interesting that the Museum is going outside the usual recorded video type of content for this exhibit. Apparently Glauben relates in great detail and length about his e...

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I had no idea Richard Branson was interested in trains/high-speed rail.

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More about this part of The Gate, called "Auspire"... no timelines were disclosed.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... evelopment

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DART secures funds to extend Dallas' rail stations for bigger, longer trains The stations that will be affected are just on the Red and Blue lines. All stations on the Red line south and north of downtown, as well as all but 5 (UNT-Dallas, Camp Wisdom, Ledbetter, Lake Highlands, and Rowlett) on the...

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Finally the article says to have a park named after you, you must be dead at least 2 years or 70 years old. So how did we get K lyde Warren Park? Because Klyde Warren isn't officially a city park, or run by the Parks/Rec Department. Much of the $$$$$ for it was privately raised and isn't being supp...

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Shannon Wynne Wants to Rename Oak Lawn Park for Stanley Marcus

Apparently some have another idea, though: "Turtle Creek Park".

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2 ... ey-marcus/

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Faking it: Texas Rangers opt for artificial playing surface instead of natural grass at new stadium

http://www.fox4news.com/sports/rangers/ ... ew-stadium

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Interstate 30 divided Dallas. Its reconstruction must knit us back together

DMN editorial about the I-30 counter-proposal by the City.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edit ... k-together

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The latest on the City's opinion on the I-30 proposal. This includes downtown, eastward to just past Fair Park. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-hall/2019/01/28/dallas-city-hall-beats-back-txdots-early-plans-30s-13-billion-makeover https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/01/city-finds-...

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25 years and still going strong: The Ticket mines the rarest of radio gold--sustained listener loyalty I never cease to be amazed at how The Ticket keeps it going, especially in the face of an industry which has very few success stories like this anymore. They have somehow kept from being affected ...

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Plano residents get first look at Collin Creek mall redo plan

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... -redo-plan

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How to take Fort Worth’s new TEXRail commuter line to Dallas Love Field Airport

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/traf ... 54745.html

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Holy Cow! A JW Marriott at Northpark! This would be the first JW in Dallas correct? It would be the first JW in Dallas and north TX. Currently in TX, there is one, a golf course resort in far north San Antonio, 2 in Houston (downtown, and by the Houston Galleria), and a new one in downtown Austin.

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Some information about the upcoming bars/restaurants at the Sheraton: http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/01-24-19-sheraton-dallas-downtown-coffee-shop-sports-bar/ I always felt that the Sheraton had too few food/drink options for the hotel's size. At least they're rectifying that so...

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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.

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One more look north on the west-side platform before boarding the train. 20190121_114332.jpg There were already a few riders, I guess they'd gotten on at one of the other stations, as only one other person got on at DFW besides me. It wasn't packed--yet. I didn't get a good look around the train car...

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Near the north end of the platform, this possibly-temporary sign is attached to the separating metal fence between the 2 tracks. If this "Westbound to Fort Worth" sign is not permanent, it will be interesting to see what gets placed instead, especially with the need for more guide signage ...

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