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Couldn't find a dedicated thread for Union Station, but I wanted to pluck this out of the article about the Hunt-Realty Reunion site:


"Hunt Realty unveils $5 billion redevelopment plan for downtown Dallas’ Reunion project"

Architect’s renderings for the Reunion development show a dozen new high-rises between Interstate 35E and Houston Street. Construction across the railroad tracks would link Union Station more directly to the Hyatt.

“We have huge aspirations to redevelop Union Station,” Fitzgibbons [President of Hunt Realty Investments] said. “Other stations around the country have been redeveloped to other uses.”

- https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/12/15/hunt-realty-rolls-out-a-new-5-billion-redevelopment-plan-for-downtown-dallas-reunion/

Previously, we had this rendering from this CBS News report a year ago.

Does Hunt own air rights over the tracks? The elevated pedestrian bridge is also interesting. It's an active freight line so I imagine any structure would need to be pretty high (the reason the overhead bridges were replaced with the pedestrian tunnel in the first place).

dfwcre8tive wrote:Does Hunt own air rights over the tracks? The elevated pedestrian bridge is also interesting. It's an active freight line so I imagine any structure would need to be pretty high (the reason the overhead bridges were replaced with the pedestrian tunnel in the first place).

It's likely not even real thing, you can get to Reunion Tower from Union station already. Theres a tunnel near the DART station that connects to the Hotel

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:

dfwcre8tive wrote:Does Hunt own air rights over the tracks? The elevated pedestrian bridge is also interesting. It's an active freight line so I imagine any structure would need to be pretty high (the reason the overhead bridges were replaced with the pedestrian tunnel in the first place).

It's likely not even real thing, you can get to Reunion Tower from Union station already. Theres a tunnel near the DART station that connects to the Hotel

Yes, when the overhead was removed and replaced with the tunnel it used to lead out to a larger parking lot (current location of Reunion) for Union Station passengers. The tunnel was retained and connected to Reunion Tower; it's still maintained as access to the platforms so I doubt that will go away.

I always thought the 1928 Rail Relocation plan was interesting idea, as one of the first plans to redevelop the Union Station area as the Trinity River was pushed further west.