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http://dallas.towers.net/2017/03/22/creative-housing-for-creatives-flora-street-lofts/ Stantec and ADD Inc. designed the project and will oversee construction. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and reach completion in 2020. That's odd. That Towers.net story was published the s...

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willyk wrote:
tamtagon wrote:Finally, at long last, the end is in sight for East Dallas to continue as a suburban addition to downtown.

...yes! And to bridge the dead zone between downtown, Lower Greenville and Lakewood. Won't that be nice.

Gaston and Ross need drastic make overs for that to happen!

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I can't see the lizard lounge stay open. It will be developed eventually.

I hope some of the Deep Ellum momentum crosses over to fair park

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Another European country moving toward banning traditional combustion engines ... this time England with a goal of 2040. Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 Plans follow French commitment to take polluting vehicles off the road owing to effect of poor air quality on...

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A First Look at The Proposed Trinity River Local Government Corporation

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2 ... rporation/

Usual Dallas Shadiness going on here.

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City wide Zoning that Moves the surface parking lots away from the street front would do wonders for the walk-ability of city; too bad we're talking about a city that is inept when it comes Urban planning here.

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The area needs more residential. a corner store would be wonderful.. a grocer even better.

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Is Spin Cycle a competitor to Soul Cycle?

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I really wish that on ramp was not there on field. Would be nice if a nice pedestrian promenade would be built that connected The Asian museum with the Perot Museum. If they build a connector from the park to the Perot tower could they also extend that to the Asian museum? It would obviously be tri...

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I really wish that on ramp was not there on field. Would be nice if a nice pedestrian promenade would be built that connected The Asian museum with the Perot Museum.

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I will tell you that I've spoken with a number of people at the City of Irving and they are all over this! They do think it would be a perfect fit for the old Texas Stadium site. It is being considered as a potential location. Now, do I think cricket will find success in the USA? I highly doubt it,...

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This is something the downtown Dallas core has always wanted. A stadium that could host more than its intended sport. Hopefully the old Reunion Arena site is being looked at as well as the Spire site. This would be a big win for downtown. I'm not opposed to the Las Colinas site where the Texas Stad...

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tamtagon wrote:...still waiting on the SE Asian Museum.

That's an Urban Legend at this point!

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Does anyone know of anything is in the works for Target Shopping center. That to me is also a waste.

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^They gotta make those batteries somewhere, and if the lithium comes from Bolivia, well just put it on a ship to Houston.... We'll still need jet fuel. But I know and I agree Houston will need something to make up the difference in the long term decline of fossil fuel. True... But on a side note, S...

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Seems like each time this has happened in Houston, that economy has emerge a more diversified. There's at least 20 more years of fossil fuel demand, but renewable sources with far less damaging pollution is on track to lead the energy industry through the second half of the first half of the centur...

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Surprisingly Tesla is not here.

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Ok.. there's several lil good spots in Garland/Richardson. In Garland I like their Latin food. The Tacos on Miller Rd and Garland Rd in a gas station. I also like the Gran Machu Picchu (Peruvian) on NW and Saturn rd. (it may be Dallas). There's also good amount of Salvadoran Pupuserias. Richardson i...

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With two Korean restaurants going in here, wouldn't it be cool to see a Korean enclave develop like the areas around 35/Royal, and in Carrollton? Most of the authentic Asian food places are so far from the city center. It would be great to see local Asian business owners invest in the city center. ...

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The slowest 4 story project of all-time

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My question is so how will access be designed if there isn't even a garden Blvd style road through the flood zone? I don't think a road in the levees is practical nor aesthetically pleasing. I think the original 1992 master plan is the best. It called for repurposing River Front Blvd. It runs all a...

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^ya, totally, but does the anticipated no-tollway vote also come with a vote to get started on the park? I believe it does. At least that's what Rawlings seems to be hinting at. Here D-magazines take on the DMN story. https://www.dmagazine.com/urbanism-transportation/2017/07/is-the-city-council-abo...

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So.... there's a pending city council vote expected to officially drop any version of an expressway or thru-way that comes with a warning bank of red-flags signaling delays across the board and who knows what it'll do to the $50 million Sammons donation.... All the contrary. If the Toll Road does g...

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It's too bad we don't have a recent example of newly-developed park space leading to a giant spike in development in the immediate and ancillary areas around the park. OH, I have an idea! Hear me out on this one. . . . . Deck park over the Trinity. Hahaha. That would be hilarious. Can we build a la...

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Also is anyone upset that they are naming the Park after Harold Simmons? It's not that I'm ungrateful... It's just the city needs to have a Park that the City and Region identifies with. I find it similar to how the the Continental Bridge was renamed.. Quite Frankly, I find it inconsiderate that Raw...

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I read this this other day. I'm skeptical. Rawlings and the Dallas Citizens Council and their backers will fight to the death. But if NTTA and TxDOT have no funding.. then it's dead in bed.

Who knows maybe they've been delaying this park for this very reason to find funding. IDK...

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Austin55 wrote:I see that construction permits have been filed, with an expected start of October (take that with a grain of salt though as it doesnt always come true)

Great find!

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Dallas needs to look at Seattle. They prioritize buses and get people where they need to go on time via buses. Take note Dart.

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I get it, though, and do not disagree with how wacky and expensive suburban environment building can be. Building a better urban environment is the only way many/most of the suburban inhabitants will ever understand. Is this really true? I know I hear it a lot and then watch the cost of living in u...

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I'm not sure if they are going to start construction on the Canyon. I think TxDOT is debating different plans over the Canyon. The options they are considering includes demolishing the Canyon and rerouting 30 altogether. Not sure how that will pan out. But it's something they are seriously consider...

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When is the Margaret McDermott Bridge (pedestrian) supposed to open..

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thanks for the description Tam. I knew it had to be lovely. The tree canopy in Atlanta is amazing. I lived in SoCal for 5 years and prefer the hills and forest you described. I'm going to prepare a presentation for the city council, our new city manager and see what response I get to a public/priva...

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dukemeredith wrote:Seems like a small space for a grocery, but I hope this happens.

Royal Blue Grocers are super small for the most part.

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R1070 wrote:I really really wish they would go ahead and build the apartment tower now.

Any ideas when they plan on bringing that forward? Or is this another switch a roo?

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Seems worse to me as well. The lanes seem smaller on the overpasses as well.

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Benjamin wrote:Pretty amazing that with all the development and density in this area and our point in the cycle, that the grocery store site just sits idle. Huge potential exists there.

That in addition to the CVS and the gas station next to Land and Cattle.

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The West End has definitely changed for the better. Just four years ago, it didn't feel at all safe when I would wait for the train at the West End station. I guess the city finally did something about the panhandlers and dopeheads that would hang around there. It was so bad in the summer of 2013 t...

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A skyline outside of Downtown is known as a sprawl line.. Lets not be Houston.

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Both proposals, cotton belt and D2, both accomplish the same goals- redundancy in the rail network. That is what we need most. It doesn't matter if it's downtown or in north Dallas as long as we get that redundancy. What do yu mean? There's nothing redundant about the Cotton Belt. It's an entirely ...

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dpl-1202 wrote:http://dallas.towers.net/2017/06/30/centurion-american-plans-mixed-use-project-in-main-street-district/

Wow....this is exactly what this part of the town needs.

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We may need two systems DART for regional and DUTS (Dallas uban transportion system) for the urban city. Dallas really isn't being correctly served from and urban perspective. Many of us living in the urban core still have to use our vehicles to get around our area which makes no sense. If there wa...

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Man, the DART board has really shot itself in the foot on this one. We NEED both the cotton belt and D2, and now we may get neither. Now the suburban DART members might even pull out of the organization completely. Fucking morons. Sadly I have to agree with this. Everyone should know by now that DA...

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Hey Tivo, I'm not sure that Chicago has much appeal anymore. For starters, it has been losing population for more than a few years now, it's crime rate is out of control and it's in a state that's about to declare bankruptcy. I know that Dallas is not perfect but those attributes I just mentioned c...

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So you Battle congestion by inviting people to drive...but this time on a tollway.

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DART needs to get away from the idea that service is determined by being within 1/4 mile of a stop. I realize that is the commonly accepted service radius, but in sprawling cities such as our own, it simply leads to inefficient routes and excessive wait times. Besides, we could all use a bit more o...

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I think these are primarily the people that are from Plano/Frisco/etc who come from areas where immediate parking is just assumed instead of the Dallas residents that walk or take DART/trolley. They don't want to look for parking or park farther away than one block. The parking garage idea is geare...

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Maybe, perhaps, by chance, conceivably, weather permitting this refreshing of the DART board membership comes with the shift in operational function and focus away from how to build it bigger and toward how to use it better. https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/06/why-tomorrows-dart-board-app...

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Seriously, if the extension of the "Park" has a garage on it ...then is it really a "Park" extension?..

..Well I guess it depends what type of "Park" you're talking about.

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Dallas can't seem to understand parks are not meant for parks. The city boosters just can't grasp the concept.

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I know these are just averages so they may be completely wrong, but I'm just saying that somebody needs to be looking more closely at stuff like this if fixing the system is ever going to happen. No Need. Status Quo is DART's forte. As long as Cities give them 1% they don't care what the numbers are.

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