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joshua.dodd

Also, I would like to point out when I worked in Deep Ellum after the 90's crime wave that turned into a police state then everyone left the area and bars closed there was almost no crime because there was no one to rob/mame etc. Crime has increased because of the demographics and the number of thi...

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Now that's a cool looking building.

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I hope they design the tower to compliment Cityplace Tower's architecture. No stucco. And not too much glass. Something classy and southwestern, with a throwback to art deco, like Cityplace Tower.

joshua.dodd

Actually, the problem is the Bridge and its location in Downtown. The Bridge needs to be relocated somewhere away from the central core of the city.

joshua.dodd

Is the city going to do anything about the homeless situation? Downtown Dallas is starting to turn into a shithole with homeless camping out on the sidewalks and literally shitting on the streets. It's becoming a serious problem. And from what I have heard, many businesses are wanting to relocate a...

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Is the city going to do anything about the homeless situation? Downtown Dallas is starting to turn into a shithole with homeless camping out on the sidewalks and literally shitting on the streets. It's becoming a serious problem. And from what I have heard, many businesses are wanting to relocate aw...

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I really wish they would stop building skyscrapers with parking garage bases...

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If it's not being splashed across the local media as the next great project in Downtown by Downtown Dallas Inc so I am very suspicious this is bad news. They could effectively build a short garage here with less height than the previously proposed one and leave us with another dead weight anchor ri...

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I like the building as it is. This just kills its character.

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One reason Fort Worth's lagging Dallas: Billions invested with public transit https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/12/22/one-reason-fort-worths-lagging-dallas-billions-invested-public-transit “Fort Worth has fallen behind its competition,” the report said. “The threats facing the city...

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I hope that's not the final cladding. It does not look very good...

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If anything, Waxahachie should have the HEB office since Waxahachie is the only town in the Metroplex with an HEB.

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I really wish developers would build parking garages below ground instead of above as they have finally done with this project. Nothing looks worse than a tower sitting on a parking garage podium. We have enough of that garbage...

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So prices are finally starting to level out. It's about time.

joshua.dodd

"Extended MATA from McKinney/Cole to Cedar Springs to Olive to Houston Street to Union Station." Yeah, that's never going to happen. MATA can't even survive without DART funding. Your best bet is for the DART streetcar to extend service into the West End. Also, the city and DART needs to g...

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This tower is either cursed or there is fraud happening somewhere.

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The road patchwork looks really terrible.

joshua.dodd

Everyone on this board lives in a fantasy.

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Which streetcars? MATA or the Bishops Arts cars?

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19000 a month...
Oh. My. God.
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I pray to Buddha they do not end up demolishing this building. That would be absolutely horrible. This poor building is cursed.

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Why is this project taking so incredibly long?

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Absolute waste of land. Just like the Mutts dog park in the West Village.

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https://flic.kr/p/21L7UNM Edit: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4530/38567966681_a02d9ceacb_z.jpg Hall Residence by g bud , on Flickr Why do we have ugly overhead wires downtown? The more density starts to encroach upon this side of town, the further the overhead wires will recess.

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Honestly, the new architectural detailing at the base of this building does not fit it at all and looks absolutely terrible. This building was mutilated by additions that will be removed in 15 years.

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Why is this taking so long to build?

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I like the center transit idea. That looks like it could work.

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Looks suburban as hell. Gross.

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They have been doing utility work along Pearl. Looks like they're definitely preparing for something.

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I like that midrise.

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What they really need to do is restore the original architectural facade this once boasted.

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ArtVandelay wrote:My kiddo loves the water features (that are in working order). The litter box is off putting as are the junkies/bums lurking around the blind spots. I hope the renovation happens.

I've also noticed that the bums and junkies are becoming a progressively huge problem in the city.

joshua.dodd

Please build! Victory Park needs a signature tower. Something that actually looks good, unlike the monstrosity that is the W Hotel.

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Urbandreamer wrote:8BD9E6BE-DBAA-468A-AA6D-22C4ECE20D10.jpegA5F93DF5-EE31-402F-BA04-4FD798CFAA10.jpeg

Explain what is going on here...

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I would bet it was gossip. But I've heard people say that another Irish style pub is going back into the corner building. Maybe they are mistaking that for the restaurant in the base of the new tower?

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Then there's some major misunderstanding in the Uptown community. Everyone in Uptown is claiming the project is dead.

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Has anyone else heard that this project has fell through? I’m pretty sure that has been the case for quite a while if memory serves correctly. I thought the neighborhood association protested the rezoning or something along those lines. I could be way off. That was many moons ago. The neighborhood ...

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Has anyone else heard that this project has fell through?

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I believe we are finally starting to see a slowdown in the market. Even the tower that was supposed to replace Idle Rich off McKinney and Boll fell through.

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This project is making a massively substantial change to the dynamics of the area. It's actually quite amazing.

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I like how this project is situated between two buildings and doesn't take up an entire block. I'd personally like to see more developments that are built this way. It adds a nice touch of aesthetic cohesion.

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Let's pray it's not a stand alone suburban style CVS...

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The southern sector of the city is less dense and less populated than the northern districts, which is why new warehouse districts are popping up and why it is the perfect location for a new jail. . .

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Looks like water. But, that looks really bad.

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Further from the city center. The 20 corridor in Dallas is essentially a warehouse district now.

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This is the property Mark Cuban owns, right?

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I'll be honest. I hate this building. It's so damn ugly. Especially the top.

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I wonder if Foster is trying to mimick this old project, Griffin Square Tower, which never came to life.

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mwaskow wrote:Found this rendering I had never seen before. I hope someday this project is built! In my opinion this would trump the BOA Tower as the king of the Dallas skyline.

If that is to scale, how tall is that? Compared to the Fountain Place, it is a mammoth.

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