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joshua.dodd

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. Man, I REALLY dislike this tower and its lazy, inelegant design. Give me pretty much any Pelli/SOM/Pei tower over this turd. I have to ...

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These parking garages are very contradicting. The city and these developers are trying to make Dallas more like a real urban city with urban density. Yet they keep building these buildings with parking garage podiums. The developers are still pandering to that god awful suburban, car-oriented mental...

joshua.dodd

I'm glad Idle Rich is finally about to close. Can't wait to see it demolished and a new tower rise in it's place!

joshua.dodd

The Christopher really does add depth to this area. I can't believe how this area went from open spaces to suddenly striking canyons of glass.

joshua.dodd

I'm referring to signs outside apartments around Uptown saying the first 8 weeks rent free.

joshua.dodd

Time will tell. But it really does seem like a slowdown to me.

joshua.dodd

Is there credible rumor that this project has been canned? I hope not. However, I'm starting to see signs that there's a slowdown in the housing market.

joshua.dodd

What's going on with this site? I pass by it nearly every day and for the past few weeks I have seen practically no work being done.

joshua.dodd

I noticed a sign out front of M-Line Tower that says the first 8 weeks are rent free. Is this just a gimmick to attract tenets or could it be a sign of a slowdown in the market?

joshua.dodd

What a waste of property. This plot of land could have been far more efficiently used had they built a tower here.

joshua.dodd

Could use better architecture.

joshua.dodd

Now show me the projected traffic numbers on 635/George Bush Turnpike. Inevitably these corridors will only grow worse with congestion.

joshua.dodd

It's god awfully ugly.

joshua.dodd

Crime and homeless people are synonymous to Oak Cliff. Let's get real. The concern is about the Bishops Arts District, which is a distinct island from the true horrors that is Oak Cliff.

joshua.dodd

Where is Dorothy Spur?

joshua.dodd

Arlington needs to focus on establishing a public transit system. Buses. They keep experimenting with this and that while traffic gets worse and their infrastructure gets worse. Arlington has this really bad suburban mentality that focuses too much on sports entertainment rather than essential trans...

joshua.dodd

The tower crane is, in fact, up.

joshua.dodd

This building really is turning into a very very expensive redevelopment. It's going to be a long time until all of these loans can be paid off...

joshua.dodd

I'm really excited about this

joshua.dodd

flyswatter wrote:There's quite a few electrical contractor vehicles parked out front of the building today. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, and thinking they're doing work inside to keep the building from falling into disrepair.

Funny you mention that. The parking lot lights were all on tonight.

joshua.dodd

trueicon wrote:Turns Out, The Drever has Been Posted for Foreclosure

Sigh...

joshua.dodd

This is my only problem with many of these buildings going up. They all look the same. Dallas needs more architectural variety in its developments, and less stucco, of course.

joshua.dodd

Yeah, the third one was Emma. But she had a malfunction and has been in the barn. She should be running Friday.

joshua.dodd

I vaguely recall hearing it had some electrical component fail a few months ago, can't remember where or when though. I'm just glad they're back to having enough operable cars to run three in regular service, instead of just two like they did for a while. They will be running three cars by January....

joshua.dodd

Cbdallas wrote:Does anyone know what happened to EMMA I have not seen her run in a long while.

Emma's sitting in the barn. She often has trouble when she goes into service. Nothing has been done with her yet as workers are working on the ex Toronto car at the moment.

joshua.dodd

That's funny because you would think that the developers of these projects would add first level retail to their projects around the Farmer's Market. Apparently not.

joshua.dodd

I personally think that Dallas has had enough glass. We need more brick and traditional style architecture to add into the aesthetic feature.

joshua.dodd

How awful. And right after the marble is removed.
I'm afraid this skyscraper will eventually be demolished due to all of this mess.

joshua.dodd

This building turned out nicely.

joshua.dodd

This went up really fast.

joshua.dodd

I really like that they used brick for the tower's facade and not stucco.

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joshua.dodd

I like the tower, but the street interaction is just god awful.

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Why can't dallas build apartments with some more exciting architecture? It seems like this is the most apt spot to really try something fresh. Sandwiched between the energy of the EMC and the energy of the farmers market. It's truly prime real estate! Attached are some new designs/buildings in DC a...

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Gross

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What's caused it to stall for so long?

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2027 completion date? Jesus...

joshua.dodd

Tunneling 345 is a pipe dream. It's just not going to happen. It would conflict with the DART subway line, whose portal is too close to the 345 corridor. The amount of effort, engineering and conflicts of interest would make the costs too high. It's just not practical. The best option is simply turn...

joshua.dodd

I believe the funds are coming from federal grants. Since the MATA has taken federal grant money, there have been a lot of changes in the business now that it is under federal mandates. But, as I am aware, the Knox Henderson is going to happen.

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MATA is currently working on plans to expand the trolley line to Henderson and Knox, and possibly to Cityplace. They are going ahead with the plans.

joshua.dodd

It's funny to me when I head California described as not "business-friendly." Somehow 3 of the 4 largest companies in the world managed to be born there, 2 of which in the last 20 years. Plus, developing the center of innovation that presumably drives future growth. Sounds pretty business...

joshua.dodd

Study names New York No. 1 contender for Amazon HQ2, with San Francisco and Seattle close behind "The study looked at data on public transportation, cost of living and doing business, quality of life amenities, the size of the tech workforce, access to higher education and tax policies to form...

joshua.dodd

Gross. Looks like the mammoth shopping center off 77 and 287 in Waxahachie.

joshua.dodd

Tnexster wrote:I went by today to take a look, there is definitely not much a hole and and the foundation is being set. I was looking for signs of a crane base but nothing yet. I would expect the bases to appear shortly.

Nice poetry

joshua.dodd

The fact that only 1.35% (and dropping) of workers in DFW use mass transit to get to work suggests that "indifferent" is not a false claim, except that it may be too generous. Of the 20 largest metros in the country, only Riverside/San Bernadino CA and Tampa/St. Pete FL have lower transit...

joshua.dodd

Their indifference to Transit and underwhelming Urban Fabric This is a rather unfair assertion that is further from the truth. Compared to east coast cities like New York and Philadelphia, Dallas is a very young city. The city itself is no more than 170 years old. It's an evolving city, and so is i...

joshua.dodd

Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis are equally as young and have better transit. So I disagree...They're indifferent to improving transit... 10 years to fix buses when cities equally as young can get it done overnight, is proof. Do not forget the dynamic that most commuters who work in Downtown live in...

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