Also it was dark, cave-like, rundown and always smelled bad in there.
The one in Plano smelled super bad too.
Also it was dark, cave-like, rundown and always smelled bad in there.
cowboyeagle05 wrote:As long as it's not turned into another CoWorking office space...
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:cowboyeagle05 wrote:As long as it's not turned into another CoWorking office space...
I think it would make a cool restaurant and bar. It definitely needs better lighting. Hopefully a fresh new concept comes through. The area could use something like that. There's no bar in this area.
John Zogg, a lifelong Dallas resident and managing director of Crescent Real Estate, has seen the West End through many incarnations. But this tranformation, he says, is different.
“Today, you see highly capitalized owners coming in and buying the assets. What they've done over the last three to five years is pour millions upon millions of dollars into those assets,” Zogg said.
“Over the last three years, there has been more capital spent in the West End than in the previous 30 years combined.”
There are new buildings, including The Luminary office building by Crescent Real Estate; and Factory Six03, the former West End Marketplace that Granite Properties reworked and reopened to tenants.
In addition, the West End is now home to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Uber's Dallas office, the Dallas Innovation Alliance, Dallas Entrepreneur Center, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas' Innovation Lab, Sam’s Club’s technology division, and numerous tech and other startups. All are relatively new additions to the district.
lakewoodhobo wrote:Now with Spaghetti Warehouse gone, there really needs to be another push for a brewery in the West End. This could be right building for it because it is way too big for one restaurant anyway.
Progress! The City of Dallas is installing an ADA accessible ramp and a new crosswalk to better connect the West End to Victory Park. Thank you to David Blewett, Dallas City Council D14 for advocating for this welcomed and much needed improvement.
DPatel304 wrote:Progress! The City of Dallas is installing an ADA accessible ramp and a new crosswalk to better connect the West End to Victory Park. Thank you to David Blewett, Dallas City Council D14 for advocating for this welcomed and much needed improvement.
https://www.facebook.com/DtownDallasInc ... 138143540/
Actually, it looks like my question has been answered already. I've biked through this alley once or twice, so I welcome this change. However, it seems strange given that there isn't really a cross walk here, so it's a bit unsafe to actually use this.
willyk wrote:They tore down the part of the building that held the Stark Club. It appeared to be a later addition to the original structure.
The building is wedged between Woodall and Continental. They need to do something to get a walking connection to VP and the West End.
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:willyk wrote:They tore down the part of the building that held the Stark Club. It appeared to be a later addition to the original structure.
The building is wedged between Woodall and Continental. They need to do something to get a walking connection to VP and the West End.
Bumping this up...
lakewoodhobo wrote:West End Hotel Project Tries Playing Nice With Dallas’ Most Historic Parking Garage
https://dallas.towers.net/2018/08/13/we ... ng-garage/Anderson’s client, Irving-based hotel developer Icon Lodging, wants to convert the building into a 120-foot-tall boutique hotel — but the height limit in the West End is 100 feet. Commissioners acknowledged that some buildings at the periphery of the district have slightly exceeded the height limit, but never in the heart of the West End.
The building at 711 Elm Street has no name, because it’s a parking garage — but it was downtown’s first multi-level parking structure when it was erected in 1925 to serve customers of the Sanger Brothers Department Store, making it a historic parking garage.
The top floor will include a hotel lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms and reaches a height of 108 feet. The addition and renovation will increase the building gross square footage to 98,550 SF.
It will have 39 guest rooms in the upper two levels of the original structure and a total of 115 guest rooms. From a birds-eye view, it will appear to have 10 stories, but there is a basement and sub-level for a total of 12 levels.
rono3849 wrote:The West End would take off again if some developer would be bold enough to build a 30 to 40 story building, either a hotel or office/condo/hotel combo. The location has a lot of potential. I'm surprised they have never done this since there were once a lot of restaurants in the area, along with the Kennedy Museum, & proximity to AAC, Aquarium, and Perot Museum.
rono3849 wrote:The West End would take off again if some developer would be bold enough to build a 30 to 40 story building, either a hotel or office/condo/hotel combo. The location has a lot of potential. I'm surprised they have never done this since there were once a lot of restaurants in the area, along with the Kennedy Museum, & proximity to AAC, Aquarium, and Perot Museum.
R1070 wrote:The success of West End will happen when the small surface lots are developed and the DART station loiterers are addressed.
mdg109 wrote:My friends and I were at the West End this past weekend trying to visit a few of the museums. A lot of people were out and about. Both the JFK and the Museum of Illusions were sold out. I'm surprised more things haven't opened up here. Just add a coffee shop, pub, and a few small boutique shops like Bishop Arts, and it would be such a cool little neighborhood.
cowboyeagle05 wrote:mdg109 wrote:My friends and I were at the West End this past weekend trying to visit a few of the museums. A lot of people were out and about. Both the JFK and the Museum of Illusions were sold out. I'm surprised more things haven't opened up here. Just add a coffee shop, pub, and a few small boutique shops like Bishop Arts, and it would be such a cool little neighborhood.
This is also DARTS busiest station according to them so much so they will make the CB2 line cross here to make connections with a underground hub. This area has plenty of people moving about at all times but it lacks a few things that make the Bishop Arts pop but the West End just float along.
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:West End doesn't have a draw anymore. Back in the day, there were big things like planet Hollywood, the countless shops inside the Factory Six03 building and unique eateries.
Also,west end was dying before firewheel and dead by legacy.
I think West Ends future will be community driven. Convert some of that space to residential and build more mixed use.
Get more butts down there will support the local businesses daily. Things are looking up for West End the new holocaust Museum and Park help.