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A downtrend from smoking hot to glowing red is still a market full of enthusiasm.... Uptown is among the most expensive in South Central US, but compared to similar submarkets of pier cities across the country, Uptown is a bargain. At some point, the location will have to be accepted as one that com...

Well, if it's gotta be, then I set the minimum tallest in Dallas at 1,200.

Wow, um, two things -- 1) those are awful names: Bandits, Rattlers, Sprawl, Assassins, Gunslingers, Wranglers, Armadillos, Y'all, Giddy Ups, Desperados 2) the Fort Worth Star Telegram poll is asking about the name for Dallas' XFL franchise that'll play in Arlington at the abandoned baseball stadium:...

I would love to see ATT as the founding sponsor for a vintage streetcar and pedestrian corridor running from Union Station to proposed Harwood Park to Old City Park and Griffin St under ConvCtr back to Union Station. There's a handful of other billion dollar entities/developers along this route to p...

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Also ....ROFL LOLOLOLOL!

Also ....ROFL LOLOLOLOLOL!

Pioneer Park should have been expanded years ago, turned into a beer garden and picnic area. This is where Dallas needs one of those big public fountains, casual dining seating for as many as 1,000(?) people at a time.... Years ago when Phillip Jones was still fresh, data collection analysis reveale...

Farmers Market, Fair Park and Convention Center -- all three have not approached potential under municipal management. I would guess this is not unusual in cities across the country, that when the gatekeepers of regulation manage those entities being regulated or monitored for compliance.... the bus...

Probably a good thing.

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When I was in high school, I took pictures for the yearbook at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Hereford! hahahaha

Corpus is the next Beaumont-Port Arthur! Actually, I've always wondered what was keeping Corpus from really taking off; now with liquid natural gas poised to activate the port, maybe it'll stick. Camping at the natural seashore during a full moon was one of my absolute favorite times. Hopefully the ...

Isn't Oak Cliff the next Austin? Denton is Denton, Dynamic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgUFcYGKYk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8awJ5T3I364

The GDP thing is interesting... consider that Dallas GDP in five years ('12-'17) increased almost as much at the total for Austin in 2014.

The Epic office space in Deep Ellum is nice new office space (not as fancy as Victory/Uptown), but different because of the neighborhood; it's important to watch how Epic does because it could be an office space ice-breaker for this side of town - Deep Ellum, Farmers Market, Cedars. It's the cool so...

That's a long way to go, North Texas is 5, Austin is 1.5

If Austin blossoms into new The Bay Area, Dallas is the new Los Angeles.

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To be world class, they'll need some signatures bridges

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joshua.dodd wrote:Gross. This tower is way too generic for such a location. This is prime real estate that deserves something of great character, less glass, more charm, and more distinction. Dallas has been overwhelmed by generic glass towers. Needless to say, not a fan of this.

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I like the picture of the highrise in Houston more than the one building next to Fountain Place.

Exxon does a periodic real estate review, like every four or five years I think, something like that, and with train to Houston looking more and more likely, we might see Exxon-Mobile move into the Smart District. Sure would make some sense. Whatever....

^It really should go over by Bachman Lake DART station.

^haha that seems very true, but Grapevine has been become quite the family destination.

Moderately priced for the neighborhood? It's normal for residences in the middle of things to cost more than the suburbs and edge of town. Exall Lake is up to a 30 minute walk. Maybe we're at the point where it's more difficult to consolidate smaller parcels for a large mixed use project than to bui...

DFW-Houston is the obvious route for high volume and lowered construction red-tape; the I-35 corridor will do more for the state's economy and livability but has a huge number of negotiating municipalities. Establishing an easy and convenient rail connection from DFW Airport to San Antonio, Austin, ...

I keep wondering if a vintage streetcar could get a neighborhood funding source like MATA that connects Union Station, ATT, East Quarter and Deep Ellum....

One of the most critical aspects of train service to DFW airport is travel time to the central business districts that's at least as quick as travel by car, and potentially quicker during peak commuter traffic. But is that even a goal of DART or Trinity Metro? Express trains that go from Union Stati...

^Thank Goodness from whom all blessings flow Uptown was not shackled by special use permit zoning. Now if we can only get remove the SUP currently shackling Deep Ellum, the city will be able to breath, new life. Isn't there still a rule that tattoo parlors must be at least 1,000 apart? Stupid ignora...

Perception is the biggest hurdle for downtown area residents, now. Geographic definitions are less important than proximity and neighborhood walkability. The Farmers Market is far more connected to Deep Ellum than to The West End -- it's about the same distance from FM to Baylor Hospital as it is to...

I'm surprised there's only one Ritz in Dallas-Plano.

...and the NorthPark area is long overdue for a heavy dose of office space.

We need more micro - small units. You might as well be living in SF for that price. You're spot on to recoil from the ever increasing rental prices, but contemplate that urban but not quite "city" neighborhoods in Dallas may have been artificially low for decades -- and that's primarily b...

At some point, the quiet areas of the CBD will become a welcome block or two of inactivity for residents. As long as the busy "24 Hour" hives of activity are generally contained, the whole city benefits by a varied array of activity.... eventually.

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It's a no-brainer; I'm not so concerned what sort of vehicle is used, just that the connection is made, Mall-Downtown-Cotton Belt.

^Considering the remarkable financial gift from the city of Dallas, Cypress Waters should pay for the outstanding pedestrian-train infrastructure so this development becomes walking distance to the airport.

Does UTD have a music school? I've always loved the idea that one of universities would develop at Fair Park something along the lines of The Institute of Texas Cultures operated by UTSA. I had always though UNT would be ideal for an initiative like this since Fair Park so heavily oriented to art an...

^funny thing about selling/rebranding/presenting nostalgic experiences.... it's not just the reliving of youth among older folks that make the opportunity, the essence of the experience appeals to everyone but is available only as contemporary trends, fashion and style allows. What was so popular tw...

So, like, this sounds pretty good, just the sort recycle/reuse approach that'll work. ...taking a call out the Uptown Dallas playbook, Downtown Plano is on the verge of whole new world with this shopping center conversion into a significant residential address. Run a streetcar from the Collin Creek ...

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/01-24-19-sheraton-dallas-downtown-coffee-shop-sports-bar/ The Sheraton Dallas has been at the forefront of Marriott's move to transform the Sheraton Hotels & Resorts brand, with a design strategy that emphasizes community, collaboration, and ex...

seems kinda weird...

Look at dusty old Oak Cliff, leap-frogging into the Austin-Tech touting modern times!

...Very few North American cities, even the densest few with "hub and spoke" passenger rail networks, have invested in a ring linking the spokes. Most transit lines have a few "insertion points" where extra trains can be added or removed in one direction or the other. But we hav...

Thanks for the thorough trip log!!!

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/01/17/dr-pepper-shops-frisco-locations-potential-office-move-plano Dr Pepper shops Frisco, other sites for potential office move from Plano Two generations ago, companies like Dr Pepper set up shop one the affluent edge of rapidly growing 'cities...

why not something ultra modern, or at least as different from the surroundings as Fountain Place back in the day.

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http://atwonline.com/daily-news/atw-announces-2019-award-winners Airport of the Year, to Dallas Fort Worth International, which has managed growth while continuing to add enhancements that ease the passenger’s journey. DFW has transformed into a global mega-hub, investing in new facilities, infrast...

Some big names from the past! Maybe the new operators of Fair Park will improve on staging these annual events in North Texas by use the three day music festival as an anchor weekend for the (hopefully) inevitable three weeks in April/May Spring Fair.

I'll try to remember to move this tangent to the Parkland Hospital thread over the weekend(ish). Yes, the whole Taj Mahal extravaganza tugging is a collection of empty reasons to be angry about paying taxes. Public hospitals are an investment, like public education, that is very difficult to show me...

Hannibal Lecter wrote:^ Yet only two counties in NE Texas have public hospitals. All the other counties seem to do just fine without them. That doesn't appear to support them being a "necessity".

Well, then, trigger a referendum and put it to a vote.

Apparently, "the community" see the hospital as a necessity along the lines of a fire department, police department, sanitation department, parks, street lights.... whatever There's way too much nuance in my opinion to try to lay it all out. I'm not trying to get roasted for grumbling abo...

Apparently, "the community" see the hospital as a necessity along the lines of a fire department, police department, sanitation department, parks, street lights.... whatever

HarryMoto wrote:That Atlas Metal Works ... I thought it would make for some sort of music/art makeover, like what would eventually happen with The Bomb Factory.

that would be great!

hahaha I just saw the 88 and remembered the good times, back before the turn of the century when the Cowboys were good. I cannot believe it's been so long since the Cowboys got deep into the play offs.... The corporate presence of galactic ATT really should turn into a cornerstone for this side of ...

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