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"But Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months." "Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actuall...

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^ You won't find many people in this neighborhood who will agree with you.

Bad development is worse than no development.

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I really can't remember what color the appliances were. Probably avocado. But the countertops were definitely formica!

And I almost forgot about the shag carpet...

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cowboyeagle05 wrote:What is funny is you can get a 730 sqft studio with walk in closet, gas oven/range, granite counter-tops built in 2019 etc in Knox/Henderson for $2100 so if anyone is curious how this stacks up in pricing to other areas.

Remembering when I paid $300/month for the 1980's equivalent...

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Deep Ellum project gets a reboot for a COVID-19 world

Still ugly and totally out of place.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... -19-world/

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It's just so nice to see them actually pay attention to those kinds of walkable details and just get it done. If only the city could be so nimble and make such changes in other areas of Dallas. Look carefully at the second of mdg109's pictures. You see the back of that sign mounted on the pole? It'...

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Forbes: Waymo Taps Texas As Its Robot Truck Hub With Dallas Depot. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2020/08/25/waymo-taps-texas-as-its-robot-truck-hub-with-new-dallas-depot/ "Waymo, the leading U.S. self-driving vehicle company, is expanding its robot truck program by moving into Texas ...

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Jbarn wrote:I wonder if other big city downtowns are hurting as bad as Dallas?

This commentary has been blowing up the Interwebs: https://nypost.com/2020/08/17/nyc-is-de ... -altucher/

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Why downtown Dallas walkin’ man Mike Rhyner is trying to keep the faith amid the pandemic and protests

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/comment ... -protests/

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You know some folks at DART are going "Thank God for COVID-19. Now we'll have an excuse when ridership on this line is 10% of projections!"

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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Wilds of Africa section designed so that a large portion of it can only be seen from the monorail?

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I'd love to see Southland Life/Sheraton lit up again. But AFAIK they ripped out everything when they renovated it in the 80's. The cost of re-wiring it from scratch would be ridiculous. As for Republic, IIRC they updated the "rocket" lighting sometime in the 90's. The problem there is that...

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Downtown Dallas landmark skyscraper will shine again this week https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/08/04/downtown-dallas-landmark-skyscraper-will-shine-again-this-week/ https://dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/DqHjYUCU1j0wz0iHkKwHMs692f0=/1660x0/smart/filters:no_u...

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Warrior2015 wrote:It sucks having so much competition nearby for office workers such as plano, frisco, etc.

How does that suck? Competition is the best thing for us all. Competition drives everyone to step up their game.

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^ The implosion of the old Hyatt -- where Terminal D now sits -- was originally scheduled for September 16, 2001. It was delayed until October 7th for obvious reasons. There were also some delays due to design changes due to 9/11.

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Mostly shot in Hamilton, Ontario, though I understand they did shoot some stuff locally in places like Dealey Plaza.

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The residents choose to live there because they don't have to follow city building codes, follow city laws or pay city taxes. But they want city services -- just as long as they don't have to pay for them.

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^ I didn't know that. Thanks.

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^ *****

Great irony -- DPD HQ being located on a street named after one of their innocent victims.

But when will we get a street or park named after Santos Rodriguez? Seattle has a park named after him and we don't?

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"...on the banks of the Trinity River."

Only in May.

1/2 mile away the rest of the year.

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^ What makes you think they're embarrassed by it?

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Homebuilders just saw the strongest June sales since the last housing boom, as pandemic pushes more buyers to the suburbs

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/13/homebui ... -boom.html

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THRILLHO wrote:Looks like some of the facade on the garage has gone up.

The aren't even using real bricks put down by real bricklayers. Just precast panels trucked in.

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"The World's Busiest Airport" I do like the sound of that. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airports/touchless-how-the-worlds-busiest-airport-envisions-post-covid-travel-idUSKCN24D0B8 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-airport-thats-buzzing-as-covid-shuts-down-wo...

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I worked there around 1977. It was actually a pretty nice building for that era. Great location. A funny story about Logan's Run: The building was supposedly located inside a domed city. Now look at that second picture above. What do you see? Clouds. Lots of clouds reflected in the glass. Which was ...

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CTroyMathis wrote:I think it was just POA Hotel for quite some time originally.

IIRC It was originally under the Trust-House Forte banner, a European brand.

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From 1962, starting at 6:45: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6qegpm

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^ Some people have short memories....

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The developer still seems to be actively developing other projects, at least as recently as early this year. So I guess they just "ran out of money" that they are willing to commit to this downtown Dallas project. Or was this just a bait and switch all along?? The vast majority of develop...

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/tech/mic ... index.html

Microsoft is closing all of its stores

Microsoft is getting out of the brick-and-mortar retail business.

The company announced Friday it will close down all of its 83 physical stores and switch to online only.

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^ Henry Moore's "The Dallas Piece"?

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What to expect: https://www.ajc.com/news/local/atlanta-streetcar-ridership-plummets-and-many-don-pay/5zo9Wiujugtp7WqLgHbARI/ Ridership on the Atlanta Streetcar plummeted 58 percent last year as the city began charging to ride. What’s more, as many as half of those who took a spin on the downtown rai...

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You have to admit the new location makes a lot more sense for them, in terms of proximity to their target demographic.

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^ Many times.It was a fun place.

Pepe and Mito's is a more than adequate replacement. Great margaritas and the best guacamole in town.

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tamtagon wrote:WAIT --- is this going where Sol's Taco Lounge used to be?

Sol's was where the original side of The Free Man is now.

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Losing our view of Pegasus today.

For one of the ugliest buildings ever conceived.

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CTroyMathis wrote:Sell it to those of us who ride everyday and just want to get to a and b without delay, posthaste even.

You left out "...or paying more than a tiny percent of the cost, either".

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I got the number from https://disween.com/dallas-tx-us/DAL#:~:text=Total%20distance%20from%20Dallas%20to,flight%20distance%20as%20a%20line. Your starting point United States, Dallas is located at (32.7825, -96.8207). Your ending point United States, Dallas Love Field (DAL) is located at (32.84709930...

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flyswatter wrote:ATL is a much better run airport and airspace than here as well.

You've apparently never been through TSA at ATL.

As for the airspace, ATL has a nice little monopoly. They don't have another major airport less than 5 miles away to complicate things.

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Doesn't CNN have a bureau in Dallas? If they still do (because I've heard they had one in Dallas before), it would be silly of them to put Dallas down like that if they go to the trouble of having a bureau here. I guess they can present news and data how they want, but you'd think if they really di...

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You won't see this one on CNN... DFW becomes the world’s busiest airport during COVID-19 downturn DFW International Airport was the world’s busiest airport in May, leaping ahead of other major travel hubs that have downsized during the COVID-19 pandemic. DFW, still running a fraction of the flights ...

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A play for more $$$ when DART needs to buy the property? "Hey, we were going to build a 60 story building on it!"

Interesting, the DCAD map shows at least three separate owners for the block, including the city. Probably out of date, knowing DCAD.

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In looking at March 26, 2020 census.gov data, RELEASE NUMBER CB20-53, it shows Dallas County grew by 6,166 year-over-year July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019: Population increased slightly, but only due to births over deaths. More live folks voting with their feet moved out than moved in. Fiscal 2019 birt...

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^ Jack Kilby of TI won the Nobel Prize for it. Good enough for me.

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^ Keep in mind that DART itself has no desire to build D2.

The push for the subterranean albatross is coming from the Dallas City Council, which has never met a boondoggle it didn't love -- as long as another taxing authority was on the hook for it.

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I think, however, a History Museum and Library would be better housed through an expansion at the City Library. That side of town needs a significant venue - new bright and shiny!! - to increase the flow of philanthropic billions into the city's array of cultural destinations. The city has written ...

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^ The Dallas Bar Association has owned it for over 40 years.

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^ Fantastic info. Thanks for the links!

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Simply not true.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... in-us.html

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It's been lit up for months.

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