Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

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California has a mild climate (for the most part), and a natural beauty that few other areas can even come close to. That aspect I miss dearly. And for that reason alone, people will always want to live there, regardless of the meat bags running the state. The government there in essence gets a free...

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I think I bought a pair of jeans at Express in Northpark about nine years ago. Unfortunately, those jeans only lasted about four years and other than going to the theater at Northpark, I haven't purchased anything there since. My version of the ideal 'shopping experience' involves finding positive a...

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LA's biggest issue for some time has been the disparity between income and housing prices. Sure, much of coastal CA is expensive, but nearly all of it makes up with it to a degree with higher incomes. This is not so much the case with Los Angeles, however. One of the reasons transit (particularly 'b...

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I'm waiting for them to say that the marble is 'structurally deficient' or something like that, and that it cannot be put back on. There is nothing in particular that leads me to this conclusion, yet I feel like it is a real possibility. What will we do then? Perhaps I'm just being paranoid!

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When you look at the density of employers, residents, and retail (mostly restaurants) in this area, a transit line like the Cotton Belt and it's station location seem like a slam dunk. But in reality, the are is all disjointed and there is very little connectivity. While this place is 'mostly' autom...

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With all the talk of the Tesla Semi... I really think Volvo's alternative is the right way go to. https://electrek.co/2018/09/13/volvo-all-electric-autonomous-truck-without-a-cab/ All electric No cab No driver Fully autonomous They mention here that this is intended mainly for 'urban' transport (due...

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Slightly off topic. But what happened to CityMAP? That plan of rerouting i-30 would be tremendous for the city of Dallas. Particularly for this area. I'd take the trench/deckpark over the reroute any day. I really hate how much nature that reroute plan would gobble up. It would be quite depressing...

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I really wish the stretch of Addison along Belt Line rd were more walkable. Addison is kinda the 'anti-urban' suburb. It seems that they are built around the automobile and have little interest in getting away from that. I know some may say that its because they don't have rail, but I don't buy that...

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Other than a blurry visit to City Tavern a few weeks ago, it has been a while since I hung out around here... But I was curious... Is One Eyed Penguin still a place? Did/Does Adam Salazar own that as well (or, at least as a landlord)?

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Still more delays for this project. I remember City Tavern was supposed to open up here in June. It is now set to open at the end of September or early October, according to this article: https://dallas.eater.com/2018/9/11/17842384/city-tavern-moving-elm-street-chef-roe-dileo-opening-fall-2018 City...

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The top sponsor of the event is a new nonprofit group, the Washington Housing Initiative, dedicated to addressing the area's shortage of affordable housing, a problem that some local experts say Amazon's arrival could exacerbate. If indeed the DC area is selected for HQ2, it will certainly be proof...

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Do we have any idea what part of the shopping center will go away for the park? I have stared at the google map and tried to guestimate since they announced this idea months ago but still no layout in an article. I am curious how central the so-called park will be for the development vs just a way ...

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I wonder if Jackson St could be narrowed or even closed here to give the district a pedestrian-oriented focal point . Build something with balconies on the other side, similar in scale to the French quarter, and connect it all with festival lights to give it some personality so walking is less of a...

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If they could just find a way to attach the Los Angeles Class Nuclear Attack submarine USS DALLAS to the wheel itself, I'd be totally on board...

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Typically, DPD gets a pretty good discount at these downtown apartments. I knew many officers living in the Dallas Power & Light building way back when I lived there, and I want to say it was close to 30%. More than a few times, having them in the building was EXTREMELY helpful. I remember once ...

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It's funny to me on a slightly personal note; I have a cousin who's lived in Plano for ~30 years, and about 15 years ago her mom moved to Allen to be close to family but still out of town and in the country. I suggested Allen might have couple decades of rural life left. Anecdotes like this are com...

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Which is not a bad thing^. Lord knows I wish crosswalks in other neighborhoods had as much success getting people not to speed over human beings as much as those around Klyde Warren. Service roads have to coexist within the main street grid and are set at much slower speeds than the freeway forcing...

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Plus churches are special they can do no wrong so there tend to be ways they can skirt a lot of taxes aka cost and churches in North Texas particularly are profit driven which I assume is because God deems it so... They can also work with developer to ensure that whatever is built doesn't have exce...

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I happened to walk through Irving mall a month or so ago while I was having my car stereo worked on a Best Buy. I have always been surprised by that mall's ability to not only survive, but actually thrive (for it's age anyway). There are very few empty store fronts (food court are is the exception),...

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I was watching this morning when this went down... Dude seems pretty unhinged. The Fox4 studio has always seemed so ready for a remake. This obviously isn't what I had in mind... But, perhaps any repairs they do will include adding bollards along the sidewalk to prevent vehicles from getting too clo...

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"...staff encouraged the applicant to consider offering a minimum amount of mixed-income housing." In other words, blackmail. That's not 'blackmail', that's negotiation. The developer is asking for a variance to what is currently allowed on the site, and the city is asking for something i...

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cowboyeagle05 wrote:Lord knows I would like something better to look at than the Borg cube known as the Richards Group.

Not sure the Borg will take too kindly to such a comment. #borgstrong #borgtoo

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Both Preston and Coit stations have been “deferred”, sort of a mix between delayed and cancelled. Which means DART has no intentions to build these stations anytime soon, but like Lake Highlands they could be built later without much ado because the EIS has already been performed on them. So the on...

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Very cool to see this coming to LC!

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A few months ago, when I asked them about this, they indicated that they planned on making it a very quick move. Like, a week or so... Not sure if that's still in the cards as it seems aggressive, and a lot of time has passed since then, but that's what they mentioned. FWIW This has always been my f...

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Other than a few neighborhoods very close to the city center, I can't think of any population centers in the DART service area that aren't adjacent to a freeway. Downtown Garland comes to mind, but they DO have rail. Following the freeways seems to have made sense for LRT. Again... I think the issue...

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Ah, the mythical lakes. There's never been a plan to build lakes. The so-called lakes were what we in Texas call stock ponds. Say "lake" and people think White Rock. In actuality all the proposed ponds total about 1/3 the size of Bachman. Combined. Puddles with delusions of grandeur. Beca...

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Just to be clear... The Corps of Engineers plan for the trinity river requires hundreds of acres of forested wetlands to be planted within the floodway. The purpose is to filter the water, prevent erosion, capture nutrients, support habitat, and manage river flow speeds. Some of that information can...

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Personally, I feel the D2 'subway' is too much an attempt to be something we are not, and the limited benefits it offers don't warrant the price. I also don't have much faith in streetcar systems, but at least it would expand the footprint of the service area. While I see your point, same could be ...

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At least we aren't calling them 'Garden' anymore... Seriously, 'Belo Garden' and 'Main Street Garden' are terrible names. lol Not to sound too much like a copy cat, I always felt that incorporating 'Square' into a downtown core plaza like Belo or Main Street do a much better job at establishing a se...

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I'm all for replacing D2 (in it's current form) with a streetcar network. They both would serve the same general area, and are interchangeable. Personally, I feel the D2 'subway' is too much an attempt to be something we are not, and the limited benefits it offers don't warrant the price. I also don...

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A marquis along the base of that video board would be brilliant...

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I honestly don't know why another track would be needed between Union & Victory. It's not like we'd be running multiple lines through there, and there are switches on both sides. It blew my mind the first time I noticed that track was there. The Pearl options sounds pretty solid as well. Persona...

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My only concern for the VP proposal is that it's a little to high-rise oriented. Perhaps that is what Amazon wants, I don't know. But, I would much rather prefer 20, eight story buildings, over eight 20-story buildings. I don't think VP has the real estate to pull that off. My preference would be an...

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At one time, this mess of an intersection was on the 'outskirts' of downtown, and it make sense to design it the way it is. But, as it stands now, it's as dense, or even more dense than any other area of downtown, and it's time for a serious reworking of these streets. One thing that is a bit of a s...

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I hope I kept the receipt for my pitchfork...

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Low ridership = higher fares...that'll definitely get more people on! For the AM/PM commuter, sure, it goes up a buck. The big change in the fare structure is that people no longer have to decide in advance whether they need a day pass or single ride. Plus, the PM pass (at $3) costs a little more t...

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I found some great little historical pics and accompanying information regarding downtown Dallas on this site... Amazing, some of the architecture we used to have.
https://flashbackdallas.com/category/neighborhoods/downtown/

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TXGunLover wrote:Was iPic possibly originally going into that dev or am I thinking of something else?

They were... But, I think that was three or four iterations ago.

- before Alamo -

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The Blue Star / Lincoln Property Development at 114 and 161 is coming before P&Z this Monday. They're seeking approval for 4 lots on about 30 acres. Good to see it moving forward. Will be curious to see what they have planned. I know previously the talk was that a Sandman Signature Hotel with a...

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Is there any evidence that adding a people mover is going to increase usage? I'm not even talking about increasing it enough to justify the cost -- that's beyond pie-in-the-sky. Let's be realistic: how many people are there really who don't rider DART to Love Field now that would start just because...

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Looks like Noah's Ark... Is that what they were going for?

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I would argue it needs a better public school district first, instead of CFB. I am a product of the CFB school system - compared to the alternative of Irving ISD, I do not know what your complaint is. I grew up in the Hackberry area and had friends living less than a mile apart who were in the Copp...

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A good public transport link would reduce the amount of Uber/Lyft cars going in and out of the airport. Just saying!!! Which is why building the people mover system to Burbank and SW Headquarters makes sense. SW employees can either park out there or ride DART and then take the people mover to the ...

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Katy Station Lofts Mixed-use, mixed-income transit-oriented development located across the street from TRE's T&P Station The project is being developed by the Fort Worth housing solutions in close cooperation with the Fort Worth Transit Authority, Near Southside Inc. and the City of Fort Worth....

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Interesting proposal. I think the hardest part will be bridging Bachman lake. The road could be surface grade through most of the airport property and would just need to sneak underground for 1 or 2 taxi way alignments. I don't think the orientation of the new terminal building a huge deal as the n...

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Can't they just eat up a surface lot right around there? We need some of those smaller surface lots to be redeveloped to connect with the core of downtown better. Totally! The funny thing is, I actually really like the design of the addition... just NOT when it's placed directly on top of the exist...

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^^^ Totally... Both Trophy and Valor should both have bollards available at all ends so they can be reconfigured as necessary at certain times. Laying pavers, as you suggested, is a great way to tie all these areas together without fully restricting automobile uses. Not sure who would manage such a ...

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Now... If they could only get some 'Rail' into that mix.

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Curious which/how many of the Big Beat venues they will actively occupy. Many of them are distinct spaces that cannot easily be combined. I assume some of them will remain vacant...? I wouldn't be surprised to see that this deal only occupies a portion of what is there, and the rest get leased to so...

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