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Honestly I think the biggest hurdle to a DNT-adjacent line is the Highland Park folks. That line would have to be built hovering over the tollway for a good stretch of it which would be hella expensive--yet cheaper than tunneling or using eminent domain on some of the most expensive property in DFW....

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That is a surprisingly very forward-looking mindset for an exurb. I guess it will all depend on if the residents warm up to the idea. If they plan it right they could be the modern day equivalent of what Denison was during the heyday of the interurban railway. A moderately thriving end-of-the-line d...

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D Magazine had an interview with the president of the park regarding the expansion, and, it sounds like, the "Visitors Center" within the building has essentially been reduced to a ticket counter after the whole VisitDallas debacle. What We Know about the Klyde Warren Park Expansion “We co...

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quixomniac wrote:Now just paint the rest of the wall.
Ideally something simple, either brick color, or blue like the sky. With some clouds.

Like this Toy Story hotel

https://twitter.com/tdrexplorer/status/1403238096444051456?s=20

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Just be careful throwing land at parks without actual intentional design being put forth into their location and function. Its just as bad as developers calling shopping centers "Plazas" like a parking lot is a real place people gather and hangout. I completely agree. There are so many qu...

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undefinedprocess wrote:I want to see Uniqlo, so damn badly.

Seriously. I have heard rumors floating around about Uniqlo coming here for what seems like a decade at this point but nothing ever materializes.

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Or perhaps I mixed up the components. Sometimes it’s easier to find things on this forum than on other websites. Instead of moving the HSR closer to union, they wanted to move the transit hub closer to HSR , across the highway, next to the convention center. This would still be incredible, and woul...

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quixomniac wrote:Hey now hey now. No need for low blows.
Ill have you know, this building has 4 walls, none of them blank!

Fair

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Thanks for the vid.
Cutting off that top floor really didn't do it any favors... Makes it just another set of boxes like the Stack.
I pulled a few renderings from it:

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Awesome to see. 300+ more people milling about the core is great.

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Today was the ceremony day, so it is now officially, finally open.

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It's described as Mint's "corporate office"... I hope that includes a standard dentist office so I can get my teeth cleaned from the 71st floor.

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Thanks for the pics kingpin. I'm excited to see this when the scaffolding comes down.

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As young as I am and as little exposure as I've had to anything Epcot related, the people movers & trains have always struck me the most. I can't believe the APT hasn't been decommissioned too, and didn't know about it for awhile, but damn is it cool. I really hope it stays around. I would love...

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It's going to be great to see some vertical construction in the Urban Center! Should be a nice project. I always find myself cheering on any sort of development in this area just for the APT, to drive more use of those cute little trains and keep them running. It's a miracle the APT wasn't decommis...

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I hope I like this new ramp... Southbound 35E to Woodall always stressed me out because I could NEVER remember which lane I needed to be in early enough, and by the time the signs come into view traffic would be at a standstill.

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undefinedprocess wrote:Confirmed was just part of the disassembly.

Never seen one taken down so I figured there was just something I was missing, ahah. Today I learned!

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So, uh, how's that crane disassembly going? https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/nkzbh7/did_a_crane_fall_over_near_victory_park/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 I assume laying it on its side is not part of the process? :) But I guess if you've got a massive parking lot for s...

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quixomniac wrote:Or you can add some antennas for an eye of sauron vibe
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Some strong Batman vibes here. I love it.

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I have been assuming the current cut out look is because they will have to construct support for the overhang differently than the usual floor supports.

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I can't understand why these guys are so focused on a single use office building. A year after the pandemic and a complete shake up of office culture this seems like such a hard sell. Add to it that the building is bland as could be....Do they even actually want to build a tower here or what? For r...

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Exactly my sentiment. They're going overboard by calling this an icon. Love it or hate it, boa1.jpeg THIS would have been an icon. I know this design is polarizing here, but I prefer big design swings like this. They could even shrink it down to 38 stories and I'd still be more interested in this t...

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Man, what a height downgrade from the old cylinder design. Visually it looks... unoffensive? It's fine. I'm hard to please when it comes to glass towers though. It certainly looks nice from the klyde park point-of-view at least. The tower’s 16th floor would have a public “sky lobby,” 16 floors aint ...

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The A's won't be coming, but I still think it would be nice to have a national league team here. Chicago's market has supported two teams for a century with a fraction of DFW's current population.

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"Less is more: New downtown Dallas hotel offers plush but small rooms" - Dallas Morning News

It's more spacious and 'luxurious' than I expected from a micro hotel but this is Dallas so I don't know what I was thinking.

Downtown could use something more in the $75 range.

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These estimates should be viewed with hefty skepticism, given the significant gap between the estimates for the states and official state numbers that were released last next. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/27/2020-census-undercount/%3foutputType=amp If anythin...

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That data suggests that DFW again had the largest growth in number of people with 119,748 new folks. The previous year it was 117,380.

Phoenix grew by 106,008.

Houston grew by 91,078.

Chicago apparently shrunk by 47,644, so our gap with them is continuing to shrink.

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Are there any proposals for the remaining surface lot near the AAC?

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Just some more data showing how much longer the renovation will take including an unfinished 11th floor addition, perhaps partial coverage over current roof. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2021004603 Has anyone been by here lately or heard any updates on this project? I see this...

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We should definitely have more mini hotels like this. They appeal to travelers who just need a cheap place to crash after being out most of the day, but we basically only have the Deep Ellum Hostel down the street. Not every hotel needs to be an experience in itself if the city is appealing on its o...

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I agree. I think East Quarter, Design District, and Cedars will be the areas to watch grow this decade (in that order). Meanwhile Deep Ellum and maybe Trinity Groves will be adding decent height.

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Here is a picture of the installation progress: https://twitter.com/DoyleRader/status/1387042522468257798?s=20 D Magazine did a write-up and has an additional picture: Massive Public Art Piece Returning to New Downtown Dallas Park I can't wait to see what sort of impact this park and Harwood park ha...

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The Portal sculpture is being reinstalled, and several trees have been put in in the past couple of weeks. This park is coming along nicely.

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Is there an organization that tracks the number of residents in the Dallas core/loop? I would love to follow that data as it changes.

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When the northern burbs were as undeveloped as all the southern burbs currently are (1960s?), I think all of the same descriptors would have applied to them. It's just a matter of building up an area day by day, brick by brick. Southern DFW could get there someday. Here's to hoping the high speed ra...

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Strangely, I'm okay with sprawl occurring to the south. I feel like it helps 'pull' the center of DFW back towards Downtown. At the moment, with all the sprawl happening up north, it feels more like the Addison and airport are the 'center' of DFW, and Downtown is more south. Of course, maybe I just...

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You can only build so far north before you start losing the benefit of close proximity to Dallas & DFW Airport, and I think Prosper is that upper limit. If we were a sensible region we would be trying to mitigate sprawl. Not gonna happen, but if we had a modicum of sense we would at least be rap...

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Were the deck park plans abandoned? I hadn't heard anything so I just assumed it was going to happen eventually. Well, this is better than it was before that's for sure. The Legacy developments are so inward facing that it will be difficult to glue them together without a deck park. I don't see why...

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Were the deck park plans abandoned? I hadn't heard anything so I just assumed it was going to happen eventually.

Well, this is better than it was before that's for sure. The Legacy developments are so inward facing that it will be difficult to glue them together without a deck park.

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Awesome, another project that can be watched from the Epic construction cam.

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Well don't get any hopes up: "Plano gives thumbs down on Bush Turnpike mixed-use project" https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/04/06/plano-gives-thumbs-down-on-bush-turnpike-mixed-use-project/ plan commissioners weren’t having it and voted overwhelmingly against the develop...

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If D2 does get scrapped I wonder how, if at all, it impacts all of the proposed developments around the western portion of the line: Field Street district and the North End apartments site. I feel like that amount of density was planned partially around expecting a rail station at their front doorst...

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It does a pretty good job disguising that half of it is parking.

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Preview of the mural being painted on The Stack:
https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/2021/03/16/a-new-8500-square-foot-mural-in-deep-ellum-is-artist-tristan-eatons-tribute-to-texas/

It looks incredible. I hope it stays well after the 10 year mark passes.

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"DFW Airport plans to renovate one of its original terminals while new sixth terminal is on hold" - Dallas Morning News The airport board of directors approved a $75 million design management project Thursday that will kickstart upgrades on Terminal C, the 28-gate terminal that is one of t...

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Both towers are sitting on what are currently empty lots.

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Plano residents striking down the Plano Tomorrow plan will stand as one of the worst planning decisions that city has ever made and will impact the entire region for years to come.

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"At Dallas’s Hall of State, a Return to Majesty" - https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/cultural-architecture/dallas-hall-of-state-restoration/pic/106491/ Restoration finished up last month. The pictures here are incredible looking, and I had no idea they were adding a wheelchair ram...

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I assume if they had came to Dallas they would have gone with a completely different design, but can you just imagine this building at any of the proposed Dallas sites? Gaudiness has no problem finding a home here in Dallas, but this looks ridiculous even for us. Truly one of the goofiest looking bu...

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I'm not the only one seeing a poop emoji right

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