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It was the West Village before the West Village existed...one of the few alternatives to Highland Park Village. ...funny, I lived on McKinney about half way between Knox and Fitzhugh for a while, and I got made when Crate n Barrel replaced the neighborhood grocery store. Knox has been a destination...

^Sweet!

I could do without the occasional auto-tune, but Clara La San and Joyce Wrice & Kay Franklin fit like a glove.

Did Spire even throw their hat in the ring? I know I really liked the idea that Spire, Billingsley and Hall could present an Arts District - Deep Ellum proposal to Amazon, but I don't remember specifically that Spire's exceptionally potent real estate was part of initial run for the HQ2. Whoever end...

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exelone31 wrote:Wow, that looks waaaaaaaay cooler out there.

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So, the Bush Center has been open 5 years.... that's enough time for many of the mission statements and goals to have mingled and made attempts. We ought to see existential transforming into substantive in another 5 years, give or take. Interesting to think Jeff Bezos might be interested in the work...

So.... in the spreadsheet world of paying taxes on profit the biggest company in the world gets a touch more public assistance to lease empty buildings draining neighborhoods. So not paying taxes on income you didn't make is now considered "public assistance"? No. Purposefully taking a lo...

That business plan has totally changed and today they wouldn't pay $19.50 PSF for a store in the heart of Dallas for a Neighborhood Market. By your own logic, they are (still) paying that. You say they are paying $19.50 for a 35k sq ft place which is $682,500 in rent. I doubt they are paying that m...

If city building had been the primary objective of HQ2, this would have been a great site proposal. Add to that longest of shots, Red Bird Airport could take over for Love Field, opening the gates to Middle Dallas while Oak Cliff takes over for downtown Fort Worth and Tolled-Frisco/Plano --- actuall...

I'd like AAC to have a nice long run like Madison Square Garden, 50 more years of Mavericks basketball and Stars hockey.

Maybe they'll have a kick off party to raise awareness, get folks walking around. Taste of Dallas seems to have made a perfect home at Fair Park, and I would not want it to move, but VP could use something like that. Also seems likely the Film Festival will have reasons to screen at the VP theater n...

That Walmart lease is until 2032, right? That's a looooong time. Whatever Walmart Neighborhood Market, this is one failed business plan fertilizing an already bad reputation. Let it sit idle for a while, sure. This should turn out to be a much better location for thoughtfully designed residential wi...

LongonBigD wrote: NOVE at KNOX. Any guesses on how this would be pronounced? Or meaning? Isnt it Italian for “nine?”

How about like the bird, Dove?

WalMart is known to lease an empty space for years simply to keep out a potential competitor; nothing illegal about it, but is a terrible neighbor to have. The LG location doesn't seem to be one of those anti-competitor deals -- isn't the nearest Walmart retail store in West Village? or Skillman@NW ...

what a waste

...and making sure AAC has ample, reasonably priced parking is just as important to the livability of Victory Park as it is to making sure the stadium has no idle time.

Frankly, the only concern I have regarding the typical Dallas suburban expansion along I-30 between Kessler and South Side Fort Worth is that it might stop. Grand Prairie and Arlington are such regressive, ignorant hold outs resisting public transportation integration (ironic clamoring for a high sp...

Brettoj wrote:
tamtagon wrote: More than likely, this elusive hotel will be a favorite brand of Latin Americans.

LaQuinta?

Belmond?

Is it too much to hope that enthusiastic partnerships will extend TRE to Kaufman County, using that subway plan?

I suspect the Texas exclusives like Prada, Goyard, Givenche, Loewe, Marni or whatever other brands I don't know (hahaha) will compete for stalwart space at NorthPark when there's a 5 Star Resort Hotel anchor. More than likely, this elusive hotel will be a favorite brand of Latin Americans.

It's not Bishop Arts, but it's certainly an important sign of achievement for what used to be no-man's land for these mundane restaurants. It's on the highway and the area is just beginning to thaw... I wouldn't expect stewards of the neighborhood to fret over the suburban land use -- the East Dalla...

The sad thing is when Cambria is no longer the flag for this hotel will the next owner update the sign or remove it? Should have gone with TOWER. Also, I believe they got approval for taking the bus lane away with plans for a patio on Elm with wider sidewalks with trees. The key seems to be 1700 Pa...

Harwood will eventually add a hotel to the mix, that's when much of the retail becomes activated, I would imagine.

^Isn't there supposed to be a bike shop occupying one of the retail suites of the building, reinforced by a connection to the Katy Trail? Maybe that'll come later...? also, wasn't there supposed to be some variation of a neighborhood grocery store?

Is 2929 Oak Lawn asking for money, too?!?! I know there's the one on between Katy Trail and Carslile(?) asking for money, which is pretty ridiculous. The request for substantial financial municipal participation in all of these developments is appropriate, without question, and that participation is...

The connection needs to extend all the way to William Blair, Jr (formerly Rochester Park). Over the next 50-100 years, the neighborhoods between the forest and downtown will experience the next great conversion.

I don't know why that The Melrose doesn't go for gay vacation urban resort deal with a residential tower, but whatever about that.

Good to see the neighborhood conversion is steady and progressive.

The one thing the downtown area park initiative continues to lack is a linear mobility-park, specific example is Harwood Street from Katy Trail to Old City Park.

The Sheraton becomes an entirely different property with a park across the street.

I don't remember -- is this park on top of a big parking garage?

^I've known a woman who commuted to Regal Row from Wichita Falls! A man who commuted from Palm Springs to Pasadena! I never want to understand the acceptance of such long commutes. Groups of flight attendants have been known to share a dwelling, one owner 10 roommates, this would seem a likely arran...

I don't really think Victory is a good fit for Amazon. It was too many cobbled together parcels and seemed a bit spread-out to make sense. I would agree if HQ2's millions of square footage hadn't been laid out over a 10 or 15 year period. As it's planned, though, Amazon would 'average' one new buil...

^An idea I cannot believe lives on this forum only.

so, like, describing the lobby and common areas of a new hotel as "tech-enabled" isn't that like describing a new cars as "comes with brakes?" Where's the request for a public-private partnership to turn Turtle Creek through the Design District into a lush, cafe lined riverwalk l...

Las Colinas is in position to be like Addison was 30 years ago-- turning into a destination alternative for the Dallas Night Life. If Irving starts municipal management like it's a world city instead of a rural Texas town, Las Colinas will turn into the third "downtown" in North Texas, but...

I think express trains are a critical next step to evolve the system into something people can use. Perhaps TXDoT can cough up a billion to retrofit ~half of the system station for train leap-frog during rush hour. Until the law is changed to allow regional funding rather than municipal funding, I w...

If it's not one thing, it's another. Flaming water spigot is good at parties!

We ought to see some phenomenal growth in Corpus Christi, especially if the extractors can get the natural gas piped there.

In the 90s, I believe a handful of hometown clothing designers had stores in Deep Ellum, one in Fair Park. That would be nice have back. Isn't there one or more designers making it in West Village?

I think you can add all the museums and cultural amenities you want but it will never compare to central Dallas or central Fort Worth because you can't manufacture history and character. I know both have a limited history in the grand scope of things, but it is still much longer than Plano, which l...

Fort Worth CBD is smaller than many office markets in North Texas. Attached link is a year old, but lays out office markets in this general rank by square footage: file:///C:/Users/Michael/Downloads/Central%20-%20Dallas%20Fort%20Worth%20Office%20Outlook%20-%20Q1%202017.pdf Dallas CBD - 33 Dallas Upt...

^only as much as Las Colinas was the new downtown 20 years ago. Downtown Fort Worth has stagnated for decades, it a small employment center compared to Las Colinas and Plano/Frisco, but it's an actual downtown with actual downtown amenities.... just because a lot of people work there doesn't mean it...

KDGE used to have concerts by the Mustangs, some pretty big alternative names of the day... and that was surreal, too. Las Colinas has had a handful of near misses, one of these days it'll stick, probably this is it.

This population center needs a comprehensive cover of urban growth boundaries.

I'd be fine with North Shore Amazon. The sooner Las Colinas, UTSW-Parkland medical and Downtown Dallas employment centers grow into each other, the better. I think Amazon is heading toward a corporate split of some sort so we'll put that one in Las Colinas; go ahead and reserve DTD for a Google HQ t...

Hopefully the next unforeseen glitch will not be as tragic.

What is Texas doing to take the economy past oil? Somebody in Fort Worth really ought to be looking into this sinkhole thing out in West Texas... https://phys.org/news/2018-03-radar-images-large-swath-texas.html I think the Barnett Shale is mostly tapped out, but if it gets going again through anot...

Such a forgotten park, I'd bet half the people in Dallas don't even know it exists. I've never been there, but doesn't the park have an active calendar of events like Jazz Age Sunday Social? Number One mandate-candidate for TXDoT to repair with a deck park over a sunken highway; number two mandate-c...

I like that the Cotton Belt seem headed to redirect and put a station at Cypress Waters.

I'll be happy when the Maverick's Design District HQ is a state of the art everything to every Mavericks Fan, but I doubt the team will move from the AAC -- the location is already fantastic and as the city grows the arena location becomes even better; by 2031 the stadium will be ancient by the disp...

Nostalgia is great, institutional to any State Fair, a celebration rich in remembering, sharing and teaching. But a State Fair is supposed to celebrate the future, too. Here is an example of what should cornerstone to the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, but is currently part of what has become SXSW. ...

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