lakewoodhobo wrote:The eastern sides of Malcolm X and Commerce have always been an unfortunate dead zone with its service stations and parking lots that don't really fit with the rest of Deep Ellum.
Fortunately it looks like we're getting a popular fried chicken place on the SE corner and add some much needed life to this part of the intersection:
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken is coming to Dallas' Deep Ellum
http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/resta ... eep-ellum/
dd_dweller wrote:Whats going on with the lots around exposition and main? The one random yellow house building and the old tattoo shop are fenced up.
lakewoodhobo wrote:dd_dweller wrote:Whats going on with the lots around exposition and main? The one random yellow house building and the old tattoo shop are fenced up.
Bummer.
A New 7-Eleven (Complete With Gas Pumps And All) Will Open In Deep Ellum’s Eastern Edge In 2020, Replacing A Popular Instagram Photo Shoot Destination.
https://www.centraltrack.com/deep-ellum ... -7-eleven/
mcrdal15 wrote:Absolutely disgusting
lakewoodhobo wrote:Bummer
lakewoodhobo wrote:dd_dweller wrote:Whats going on with the lots around exposition and main? The one random yellow house building and the old tattoo shop are fenced up.
Bummer.
A New 7-Eleven (Complete With Gas Pumps And All) Will Open In Deep Ellum’s Eastern Edge In 2020, Replacing A Popular Instagram Photo Shoot Destination.
https://www.centraltrack.com/deep-ellum ... -7-eleven/
Hannibal Lecter wrote:mcrdal15 wrote:Absolutely disgustinglakewoodhobo wrote:Bummer
Let me guess...neither of you actually live or work in Deep Ellum. Right?
tamtagon wrote:This is more Expo Park than Deep Ellum, though, right?
mdg109 wrote:It's only been a yellow house for a couple years. I didn't think it was that beloved of a site. Before that, I think it was used as a parking lot. Sure, a smaller scale, mixed-use development would've been great. Interestingly though, wasn't Bowls and Tacos across the street a former gas station like way back in the day (1940s/50s?).
muncien wrote:One of the best deterrents of crime is getting more places for the common folk to gather and make their presence known in their community.
Hannibal Lecter wrote:muncien wrote:One of the best deterrents of crime is getting more places for the common folk to gather and make their presence known in their community.
"Common folk" won't gather where they're harassed for money every 20 feet. Common folk won't sit and relax in a seat soaked in urine because the last occupant was too stoned or lazy to stand up. Or where some old women stops five feet away and vomits in front of them (happened to me three days ago outside Radiator Ally). Common folk won't visit a neighborhood with random gunfire (the last two weekends, including one block away last Saturday).
I know the theory is that if you get enough "good" folks then the vagrants and criminals will go somewhere else. Well, that hasn't worked here. When you have more prey you get more predators, not less.
Hannibal Lecter wrote:On the bright side, I've saved thousands of dollars in property taxes over the past 15 years. When I protested my valuation back in the early 2000's when this stuff was happening the DCAD appraiser told me about how the Dallas police had harassed her family and arrested her teenage brother leaving a restaurant after Thanksgiving dinner. She then reduced my valuation to my low ball value. That one incident saved me $10-15,000 in property taxes.
ContriveDallasite wrote:Hannibal Lecter wrote:On the bright side, I've saved thousands of dollars in property taxes over the past 15 years. When I protested my valuation back in the early 2000's when this stuff was happening the DCAD appraiser told me about how the Dallas police had harassed her family and arrested her teenage brother leaving a restaurant after Thanksgiving dinner. She then reduced my valuation to my low ball value. That one incident saved me $10-15,000 in property taxes.
You can't make this shit up.... But this time, Deep Ellum is changing for a more serious note. When was the last time we have seen this amount of development anywhere this close to Fair Park?
cowboyeagle05 wrote:
6th street has been a crazy part of Austin for late nights for years but it seems like they can handle it as well.
homeworld1031tx wrote:There are major fights every weekend on 6th street, but they are always just drunken brawls that are broken up by the mounted police (lol.) and it's almost part of the party vibe.
If Deep Ellum is actually experiencing violent crime on a weekly basis, especially ones involving gunfire, then we have a different and bigger problem.
DPatel304 wrote:homeworld1031tx wrote:There are major fights every weekend on 6th street, but they are always just drunken brawls that are broken up by the mounted police (lol.) and it's almost part of the party vibe.
If Deep Ellum is actually experiencing violent crime on a weekly basis, especially ones involving gunfire, then we have a different and bigger problem.
Sunday, July 7th: Two in hospital after shooting on East Sixth Street
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-in ... xth-street
Sunday, March 17th: Shooting In Austin Near SXSW Leaves at Least One Person Injured, Police Confirm
https://deadline.com/2019/03/shooting-a ... 202577063/
Sunday, August 11th: Police hunt for suspects, Cadillac after 1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting outside north Austin bar
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/1-dead- ... ot-sunday/
These are not necessarily on 6th, just in the general Downtown area, and it doesn't seem like it's as bad as Deep Ellum at this point in time, but I have definitely noticed more violent crime in Ausitn as well.
Warrior2015 wrote:Austin has been experiencing lots of violent crime lately. The other night 5 people were shot outside a bar after a fight in north austin and someone was stabbed downtown austin that same night. Austin news is starting to sound more like dallas everyday
Glitzy Uptown Dallas bar moves to where the action is: Deep Ellum
Deep Ellum literally gets a piece of Uptown Dallas, with the looming migration of Citizen Dallas, a glossy bar on Fairmount that's relocating to a vintage building at 2511 Swiss Ave., right by the Deep Ellum DART Rail station.
DPatel304 wrote:homeworld1031tx wrote:There are major fights every weekend on 6th street, but they are always just drunken brawls that are broken up by the mounted police (lol.) and it's almost part of the party vibe.
If Deep Ellum is actually experiencing violent crime on a weekly basis, especially ones involving gunfire, then we have a different and bigger problem.
Sunday, July 7th: Two in hospital after shooting on East Sixth Street
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-in ... xth-street
Sunday, March 17th: Shooting In Austin Near SXSW Leaves at Least One Person Injured, Police Confirm
https://deadline.com/2019/03/shooting-a ... 202577063/
Sunday, August 11th: Police hunt for suspects, Cadillac after 1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting outside north Austin bar
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/1-dead- ... ot-sunday/
These are not necessarily on 6th, just in the general Downtown area, and it doesn't seem like it's as bad as Deep Ellum at this point in time, but I have definitely noticed more violent crime in Ausitn as well.
Tucy wrote:So... three incidents this year? And FWIW, the third incident, in "north Austin" was at 10205 N. Lamar Boulevard, not in the general downtown Austin area by any stretch.
Jbarn wrote:Another fight and shooting in Deep Ellum this past weekend. Seems to be some sort of incident down there every weekend now according to the local news. Unfortunately, for most folks, perception is reality, and if it is perceived as a dangerous place, folks will stop going. They better get a handle on this, or Deep Ellum is done.
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