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Coming soon to rail stations near you.

https://www.railwayage.com/news/dart-wi ... ick-maker/

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It does. It was made the terminus of D-Link when it switched to electric buses, and now is the terminus of route 749, which now uses the ex-D-Link buses. The requisite investment in a bus charging station is also probably part of why they want to find ways to continue using the electrics. I did not...

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Cava offered free meals today (1/20) and will open for regular service on 1/21. The hours will be 10:45 am to 10 pm daily. This is the new restaurant in the Spaces building at McKinney and St. Paul.

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Discovery District in downtown Dallas on tap for restaurant beer garden Downtown Dallas is on tap to get a new restaurant and beer garden, just in time for spring. Called Jaxon Texas Kitchen & Beer Garden, it's a new concept featuring modern Texas fare and 34 beers on tap, and will open in the ...

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flyswatter wrote:Sooooo after all the rumors of closing by New Years is Gingerman still open?

It appears they open and plan to stay open. Their FB page is active and is announcing music dates for this month and a chili cook-off for Lesp Day.

https://www.facebook.com/TheGingerManDallas/

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DART agrees to TOD deal with Trammell Crow at SMU/Mockingbird Station. https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/press-release/21118117/dallas-area-rapid-transit-dart-dart-moves-forward-with-development-agreement-for-smumockingbird-station https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_ra...

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The website shows that pre-leasing starts in January and move-ins start in March.

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I saw this and thought it was interesting. https://archpaper.com/2019/12/kansas-city-first-major-us-city-free-public-transit/ Kansas City is not the first major US city with free transit. Those of us of a certain age will remember Austin's short but failed experiment from 30 years ago. Paragraph 9 ...

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The site has had a rent-a-fence around it for about a week. A large backhoe has knocked down 2 of the 3 buildings on the site. I expect the other building and the trees to be gone next week. This project and the TC Oak Grove Tower across the street could be going up at the same time. Well, the thir...

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Here is an article on Gaslight which is taking over the Eastwoods space.

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/resta ... -gaslight/

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THE LOON IS CLOSED!!!

Long live the Loon.

Here is the story.

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/resta ... adwinners/

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The site has had a rent-a-fence around it for about a week. A large backhoe has knocked down 2 of the 3 buildings on the site. I expect the other building and the trees to be gone next week.

This project and the TC Oak Grove Tower across the street could be going up at the same time.

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I got a notification from DART. On Monday, Nov. 18 actual work will actually begin on the Silver Line.....actually.

https://www.dart.org/about/expansion/co ... on=12nov19

Mostly it will be removing the existing track and some utility relocation.

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^^^ Close, it will be CutiePies Pizza. Here is their FB page.

https://m.facebook.com/CutiePiesPizza/

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The tower crane is going up today.

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Here is a Gordon Dickson article from the Fort Worth Star Telegram about possible interline operation of TexRail and DART's Silver Line. It also mentions a possible regional commuter rail agency under NCTCOG.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/busi ... 06857.html

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Here is Channel 8's report with a video.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local ... 575cb173d3

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A new cafe called Sloane's Corner will be opening this month in Trammel Crow Center at the Ross and Olive corner. Here is their FB page.

https://m.facebook.com/sloanescorner/

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The Royal Blue grocery opened September 22 in the Trammel Crow Center at the Ross and Harwood corner.

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CiboDivino Centro has opened in Bryan Tower at Federal and Harwood.

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TaTa Asian Cuisine opened up in the space vacated by Gui Korean Japanese Bistro at 2719 Mckinney Ave. It appears they had their soft opening on June 3. TaTa just went ta-ta. The space is now Lover's Egg Roll. New signage was up yesterday. It's the same owner. I guess TaTa Asian Cuisine was not as p...

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Another D-Town doing a transit study. Sound familiar?

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/10/02/r ... ne-genova/

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Here is the implosion report.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/traffic/im ... d4af068919

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The Holocaust Museum will opening its new building Wednesday, September 18.

Here a Channel 5 report with a video.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Exclu ... 74611.html

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Dear Friend, (...) ...and join the thousands of Texans who want a seat on the Texas Train! For Texas, Holly Reed I've read the reports on this, but most of them are just copy-pastes of the press release. I still don't understand how this fits into the FRA approval process or how it represents a tan...

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What it we just build a giant zip line between Dallas and Houston? Will that satisfy all parties? For those curious, I just did a calculation off a zip line tutorial, and the Dallas-to-Houston zip line would only need to be about 60,000 feet tall. Totally doable! You can probably get a government g...

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Here's a mega list of restaurant openings put together by CultureMap.

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/resta ... -openings/

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Cbdallas wrote:Would love to see some construction equipment start moving dirt on this one.....

A coring truck was working again today. And a large construction debris bin was set near the building. Maybe they are ready to strip out the building.

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A little luck....maybe something good will happen here. Just read on Nextdoor that the security guard there (gas station/car wash at Lemmon/Cole) is saying it is to be a RaceTrac. For the love of God I hope this is a very misinformed source. Just when you thought that block couldn’t get worse than ...

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A little luck....maybe something good will happen here. Just read on Nextdoor that the security guard there (gas station/car wash at Lemmon/Cole) is saying it is to be a RaceTrac. For the love of God I hope this is a very misinformed source. Just when you thought that block couldn’t get worse than ...

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Just noticed TEXRail will have a bus bridge between Fort Worth Central Station (former ITC) and Fort Worth T&P Station in July 28 until 3 PM. Not the best timing, but at least it's not in the middle of the route. TrinityMetroAlerts (@TrinityMetroAlt) Tweeted: If you're traveling Sunday morning, ...

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Texrail has announced their increased schedule to begin Sunday, July 28. A simplified description: 30 minute headway will leave Fort Worth T&P Station between 4:43 and 10:43 am and between 3:43 and 7:43 pm. Midday and after 7:43 pm will hourly headway. The one-way schedule has been lengthened by...

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Here is CultureMap's take on the Hall restaurant news.

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/resta ... ic-dreyer/

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Car wash/gas station closed?

The car wash/gas station at Lemmon East and Cole has all the pay slots on the car wash and gas pumps covered over and marked out of service. There was a small rig taking samples. Perhaps checking for gasoline leaks.

Has anyone heard of a problem there?

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On the Orange Line, the Carpenter Ranch Station is now called Hidden Ridge Station.

https://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1389

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R1070 wrote:And all of the fountain place windows were fixed this week. That was fast.

I noticed that, too. I assume the building under construction has an ample supply of matching glass.

Are the existing FP and the new one under the same ownership?

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Foxtrot corner store has set a planned opening date of Tuesday, June 25.

Here is a DMN article.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... rsity-park

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Here is a rendering I stole from a DALBruin post from last July.

download/file.php?id=1123&mode=view

The slant has begun on one corner but on the other side the apartments will continue for several more floors.

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Here is the link to the changes coming to the bus routes on August 12.

https://www.dart.org/incs/meetingsincs/ ... #establish

Note: Core Frequent Route Network is DARTspeak for running buses on near light rail frequencies and service hours.

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electricron wrote:
Redblock wrote:DART has ordered 8 FLIRT Emus from Stadler.
https://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1402

They will be DMUs, not EMUs.

Of course you are right and I knew that. I don't know if that was my bad typing or auto-cottect.

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DART has ordered 8 FLIRT DMUs from Stadler.

https://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1402

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A banner just appeared on the construction fence showing retail space available Third Quarter 2020.

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CTroyMathis wrote:Miriam Cocina Latina is open for (currently) dinner meals now at the former Lark On The Park and also MIXT is open at M&O Tower.

Here is the menu for Miriam's. It is open for dinner only.

https://www.miriamcocina.com/menu

Tap on the page to get it to open.

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I am involved with the McKinney Avenue Streetcar. We were told before the construction began on the parking garage that they would need us to relocate some of our poles along Olive Street that hold up the wire. This would accommodate access to the apartment tower. Well, now they say it will be at le...

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A coring truck has been working in the parking lot this week. There was some coring done a year ago. Maybe potential contractors wanted more info before submitting bids.

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LongonBigD wrote:Don’t you get a discount I’d you wear Cowboy logo on Sunday or something?

The discount is on game days.

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Here is another video of Reunion Tower under construction. The general fireman used his CB radio to schedule workers and supplies. The height of the tower also led him talk to people across the country and around the world. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrvoshJZd8&fbclid=IwAR2NUPCPfBCumkYkepBj9...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_reaiwbIM I don't remember this being posted before, but it's gold. It is a 70's Soviet documentary on life in Dallas that devolves into JFK conspiracy stuff by the end. I saw and translated this when I worked at the Dallas Historical Society years ago, but had com...

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^^^ I had thought the solid white clading would be boring. This shows the play of light and shadow will be quite interesting.

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