Cool picture I found, about all Dallas Construction cranes.

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/371/everchanginglandscapesu6.jpg

That is a BAD picture of the Dallas skyline.

I would consider it that BAD, in caps... It's just a not much seen view of Downtown. I can clearly see North Downtown from my house right now and it's very bland (the W sorta added some color) I find that a refreshing view from a different view, plus you can see uptown from above.

Dallas officials to pursue relocating College Football Hall of Fame to downtown
12:22 PM Mon, Apr 13, 2009
Dave Levinthal/Reporter
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/dallas-officials-to-pursue-rel.html

A group of area political and civic leaders, as well as football legends such as Roger Staubach and Deion Sanders, are pursuing relocating the College Football Hall of Fame from South Bend, Ind., to downtown Dallas, they announced today.

The group, which includes Mayor Tom Leppert and billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, says its willing to pay for the entire cost of relocating, building and launching the facility, which would be slated for construction next to a planned Dallas Convention Center hotel at Young, Market and Lamar streets.

"This is a great fooball city. Dallas would be a great place for it. We're a much more accessable city," Leppert said. "They've been very open to the ideas that we're putting forward."

The Dallasites pursuing the College Football Hall of Fame say they're in the process of crafting a formal proposal, which they expect to be finished later this year.

Asked how realisitic moving the College Football Hall of Fame to Dallas is, Leppert said, "we have a lot of work to do," but expressed optimism that hall officials will find Dallas' proposal "very attractive."


from http://www.tm.com/haulthehall/index.html

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/collegehall.jpg

^^ That would be great, especially if Leppert and Pickens are willing too pay for everything, I don't see why this wouldn't happen. It would definitely bring more life too Downtown.

Rail funding bill clears final Senate hurdle

The Senate just seconds ago voted 21-9 to give third and final approval to a bill authored by Sen. John Carona, a measure that would give counties the right to hold elections in which voters can decide to raises their own taxes and other fees to pay for rail expansion in the suburbs.

Communities like Dallas that already invest heavily in transit could ask voters to pay more to fund highway improvements as well. The menu of possible tax increases includes increases of up to 10 cents per gallon of gasoline, higher vehicle registration fees and a new resident "impact fee" for folks who move to Texas and register a car from out of town. (A full list of the possible increases can be found at the end of this article.)

The bill lost some support over the weekend, but still easily passed with no debate. Concerns raised last week by Sen. Steve Ogden about its constitutionality were not entirely resolved, as some of the bill's backers in North Texas had reported last week. Nine senators voted against the bill Tuesday.

It now must pass in the House, where Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Southlake, is its sponsor.

Gov. Rick Perry has said he is concerned about the bill, but has not said he will veto it.

source: http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/north-texas-rail-funding-bill.html

Dallas officials to pursue relocating College Football Hall of Fame to downtown
12:22 PM Mon, Apr 13, 2009
Dave Levinthal/Reporter
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/dallas-officials-to-pursue-rel.html

Dallas would be a better location then South Bend. How do you even get there?

Sign the petition in the link of the College Football hall of Fame site, it's in ()_t's post!

I cant find it. Post a link please.

More renderings For the Future Collage Football Hall of Fame:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2947/rendering1.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3191/rendering2.jpg

Heres the link: http://www.tm.com/haulthehall/index.html

You should find where too sign, just look around.

The college football hall of fame looks amazing I wonder were they will put it.

best thing about this, 2 millionaires, and dare I say billionaires are willing to pay for it all. The City does not have to use a dime.

^^
All I can say is, "Why not?"

It's a Win-Win situation for the city. Tourists visit, spend money, city earns money through taxes.

need the idiots to move it from South Bend first

Where is south bend?

Reunion Arena is coming down!

VIDEO: http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=352913

STORY:

Reunion Arena scoreboard comes down; clock is ticking on demolition
02:15 PM CDT on Friday, April 17, 2009

By MARK NORRIS / The Dallas Morning News
mnorris@dallasnews.com
Dallas officials and demolition workers this morning gave details on how Reunion Arena will be taken apart – then lowered the arena's scoreboard.

The work will progress in stages through the spring, summer and fall.

The scoreboard – which drew no bidders last summer during an auction of Reunion memorabilia – will be dismantled over the next few days. There's still a possibility that the scoreboard will be sold, officials said, but nothing has been finalized.

Discussing the overall demolition, city officials repeatedly pledged to recycle materials when possible.

"It will reflect the city’s commitment to the environment," said Martha Welch of the city’s facilities planning and construction office.


The dirty work has begun inside, where crews from A&R Demolition started on Monday. Already the north end of the lower seating bowl has been ripped out, leaving a gaping hole where Reunion Rowdies once sat.

The entire lower bowl will be gone by summer, allowing crews to implode the upper seating bowl. The implosion will occur inside the arena, though, and will not be visible from outside.

Throughout the process, concrete will be finely crushed to be used as fill material.

After the seating bowls are gone, the outer wall of the arena will be taken down, leaving only the roof and its supports. The roof will be demolished by excavators and other large machines.


note;
Sports and Hotel Streets will be blocked during demolition, but will reopen after the work is done.

Where is south bend?

Exactly! Its where ND is. The Loosing Irish!

Who would want too go there? They should've at least made it in a major city.

Arlington and Dallas compete for College Football Hall of Fame
BY ANDREA AHLES
aahles@star-telegram.com

It’s another round of Dallas versus Arlington.

On Monday, the city of Dallas announced that it is trying to lure the College Football Hall of Fame, the same museum in South Bend, Ind., that Arlington has been talking to about relocating to the entertainment district since 2005.

"Is it a done deal? No. We are going to have to work hard," said Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert. "But clearly we would not be pursuing this unless we had a good sense from our conversations that success was possible."

Dallas wants to place the museum next to its convention center and proposed convention center hotel, about which Dallas residents will vote in May elections. The city has created a task force that would raise private funds to build a new hall of fame.

Although Arlington beat out Dallas for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, which will open in June, Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck said that if it comes down to money, Dallas may have an edge with its private donors.

Arlington initiated talks with the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. It would place the hall in the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, Cluck said.

The city’s most recent discussions with representatives occurred about two months ago, Cluck said. However, the city has not yet put together any economic incentives for the hall, he said.

"We have not offered a specific proposal because they haven’t asked for one," Cluck said.

The hall of fame is in the middle of a five-year agreement with the city of South Bend that it signed in July 2006. Rumors that the hall might move to North Texas intensified in 2007, when the National Football Foundation, which runs the hall, moved its headquarters to Irving.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has expressed interest in having the hall at his new stadium in Arlington. The team has had discussions with the National Football Foundation, but it is still examining the logistics of locating the hall at the stadium, said Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels.

"We think it’s something great for our region," said Daniels. "If it’s in Dallas or Arlington, we think it would be a win for the community."

Is it a done deal? No. We are going to have to work hard."

Tom Leppert,
mayor of Dallas

Hey D Star. What's your thoughts on the Dallas CC Hotel?

Convention Center Hotel will be great, but possibly empty at many times.

Anyways, I really hope the CFHOF doesn't goto Arington, it's not like they need it anymore.

I think all it has to do is be full for each convention and bring 2 or 3 more a year in and it is a success.

WHO SAW THE DALLAS COWBOYS NEW STADIUM ON BUILD IT BIGGER????????????!!!!!!!!

IM GIDDY LIKE A PRE TEEN GIRL AT A JONAS BROTHER CONCERT.........EEEEEEEEE!!!!

^^ Eh, I don't have Science Channel. I only have like 4 channels that I actually watch.

by by Reunion Arena
http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/sports/index.html?nvid=352913&shu=1

That's HOT!

Love this

It would be nice if Atlanta had an Arts District with a Sculpture museum and other specialized museums. Unfortunately, the Arts are not as high on the philanthropic totem pole in Atlanta as they are in Dallas, Ft. Worth and Houston.

I'd love to see the fairly new Nasher Sculpture Museum!!

LOL funny, I went to Nasher last month, and I also drove by a museum to go too the TuT's exhibit with some friends.

Cowboys Talk Draft at new stadium

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/sports/index.html?nvid=354762&shu=1

They did not want any 1st round picks????

Hey Texas Star, I think our links are helping this room. The numbers are going up rapidly! WOO WOO

YEY! Hopefully, maybe soon Texas will get it's own sub-forum!

Anything new on this? Is it u/c?

http://urbandallas.us/images/harwood_01.jpg

Harwood builds a new tower at the rate of 1 every 3 years. They have been building their district that separates Uptown Dallas from VP since the mid 80's.

I never say anyhting of theirs is dead, just waiting.

Hard to say what their intentions are. BOKA Powell is their main partner in most of their developments and BOKA is also a partner in the Convention Center hotel project. I wouldn't say they are dead, but I would be comfortable saying they pushed back some of their projects, maybe even this one.

....ya, thats what I said. Their master plan will be completed at some points (5 or more towers)

Hmm, I heard that the current owners of VP filed for bankruptcy so idk... Anyhow, I really hope this project can push through.

If I had a choice between this or CC Hotel I'd go for CC Hotel because that region need more activity.

The CC Hotel will get built. VP is now under control of a German company (which will hopefully put in more economic living then high end living) and Harwood will eventually finish its master plan.....YES....HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Cool Metroplex night shot.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/ISS007-E-16538a.jpg

Look up Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan Area on Wikipidia and be amazed by how many towns and cities make up our slice of heaven.

The CC Hotel will get built. VP is now under control of a German company (which will hopefully put in more economic living then high end living) and Harwood will eventually finish its master plan.....YES....HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Cool Metroplex night shot.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/ISS007-E-16538a.jpg

Look up Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan Area on Wikipidia and be amazed by how many towns and cities make up our slice of heaven.

That blob of light, probably houses more people than some states in the U.S.

I know right!

so...any news to report?

nope, just really busy in real life. This week has been packed with exams, and problems in real life. That's pretty much why this is the first time I've logged in in like 3-4 days.

ya. I just cant find time to zip to Downtown every weekend.

ya. I just cant find time to zip to Downtown every weekend.

Heh, Dallas Cowboys practice training center collapsed. I can't see it from my house anymore lol... I can usually clearly see the bubble. I saw it collapse on the news!!!

I SAW THAT TOO.
CRAZY. I hope everyone is ok.

This are from a week ago,

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/1381/oklahomacitymayo2009016.jpg


http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3760/oklahomacitymayo2009008.jpg

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And one panoramic view, sorry about the crop.

scroll>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


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video from Valley Ranch

http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=357671&shu=1

http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=357672&shu=1

http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=357678&shu=1

Word from Jerry
http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=357680&shu=1

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=357745&shu=1

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/sports/index.html?nvid=357870&shu=1

Best
http://www.wfaa.com/video/?nvid=357675&shu=1

http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=357759&shu=1

WE ARE GETTING A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.....WOOOOOOO!!!!

After Years of Trying to Bring Minor-League Ball to Dallas, Confidence ... and Property
By Robert Wilonsky in Business News for People Who Don't Read Business News, Sports
Thursday, May. 7 2009 @ 10:01AM
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/05/ng_t2010weve_done_this_before.php

A couple of weeks back we learned that United League Baseball would be setting up shop on the shores of the Trinity River, in the very same 60-acre spot where Irving-based JPI abandoned its own ambitious plans. So happens that at 3:30 p.m. today, ULB co-founders John Bryant and Byron Pierce are meeting with their architects to finalize their abbreviated time line that has them throwing out the first pitch by next season.

"In my mind, I hope we begin construction mid- to late summer," Pierce tells Unfair Park this morning. "I'm probably going to be told that today. That'll give us plenty of time to build it. I don't want to get into January and have five months to build it and face that squeeze." The W.W. Samuell High grad -- about whom I wrote 10 years ago, as he was reviving the Fort Worth Cats and LaGrave Field -- says he and Bryant have built ballparks on short notice before, including Price Cutter Park in Ozark, Missouri, which is currently without a team.

Two weeks ago, there had been a report that Oak Cliff developer Richard Seib and Bryant and Pierce's Reunion Sports Group hadn't yet bought the property out of foreclosure. Pierce dismisses the piece as a hit piece "written by a competitor for a minor-league rag" and says the Seib has indeed acquired the land. That's the reason Bryant and Pierce are confident Dallas is soon to have its own minor-league team -- because, unlike 2007's failed, forgotten efforts to bring minor-league baseball to downtown, Seib "has the property now," Pierce says. "We didn't then. And property is the key."

Pierce, incidentally, tells Unfair Park that the ballpark will go as planned regardless of Saturday's vote on the convention center hotel. He insists that the April 22 press release wasn't timed to coincide with referendum -- they just wanted to get it out there sooner than later to begin marketing and ticket sales, which Pierce says will commence shortly.

Of course, having a hotel there wouldn't hurt ...

"It would help a little bit if it were to be passed because of the amount of people it would bring in," he says. "And there will be overflow into the amenities we would provide outside of baseball," including a mixed-use development and a water park. "But it doesn't tie into the vote. We just made the announcement to get this thing on track."

As for what the ballpark is going to look like, well, that conceptual rendering is but a glimpse, he says -- an aerial shot that doesn't offer a look at the park's frontage. Because, at the moment, they're not sure what it will look like, only that it will blend in with the rest of the surrounding development. Today, he says, they may have a better idea of how the pieces of the puzzle will fit together.

At the same time Bryant and Pierce are moving forward with the ballpark, Seib's working with the city's Office of Economic Development; its director, Karl Zavitkovsky , will meet with the group this month. (Zavitkovsky 's been in meetings all morning and was unavailable to talk.) But Pierce insists this deal's going to happen -- after 17 years of trying to bring minor-league baseball to Dallas.

"We've been looking in the Dallas area since 1992, 1993," he says. "We looked at the old Burnett Field site for a while, and that was unavailable. ... We worked with Dick on that, and when he got this [property], we hopped in the wagon with him. Independent baseball and affiliated baseball are very prosperous these days. There hasn't been a decline in minor large baseball in 15 years. And it's catching hold in larger cities. Used to be they'd be in cities like San Angelo and Amarillo. But teams in Chicago and St. Louis are doing bustling business now. And just look at Frisco. The populations are so strong. The only difference is the marketing. The big-league teams get front page coverage. Here, you have to fight for every inch of media."

AND A DOWNTOWN WATER PARK.......WOOOOO!!!

(Insert Dallas Skyline in background of photo)
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/assets_c/2009/05/DallasBaseball-thumb-500x235.jpg

161 Near the TRE West Irving station,

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7886/photo0181.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6241/photo0180g.jpg

I think that is the George Bush Turnpike extension.

heh, it's still in the middle of nowhere.

Convention Center Win!

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/051009dnmetreferenda.4638df0.html

I think that is the George Bush Turnpike extension.

This is the part that starts near the airport on 183 and ends on I-20.

ya. I have been waiting for this to open.

Go Convention Hotel! BUILD BABY BUILD.... And lets drill in Alaska!

LOLz... Why not, if we don't cause enough global warming China will most certainly surpass us this year.

hells ya

Leaving town for Austin, will be back on Monday.

Awesome 200 day photo collection of DTWN Dallas

This is pretty amazing:
http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff307/Random_Traffic_Guy/?action=view&current=HillBridgeanim.flv

.........................

I believe it's the Marget Hill Bridge, if you wanna do some research on the project yourself check out this site here. http://www.trinityrivercorridor.com/html/trinity_project.html

what bridge is that being built in the foreground?

I think it's the Margret Hill Bridge, check out the site for yourself here:
http://www.trinityrivercorridor.com/html/trinity_project.html

GOOD NEWS

we are now beating Raleigh Non-Downtown Development News Thread!!!

"Non-Downtown" sadly there are only 2 regular posters. Raleigh has maybe 5. Plus the post like every single little apartment complex being designed. This thread would be at least 20 pages longer if I were too go into detail about every single apartment in Dallas.

we only report on News worthy construction. The Apartments under construction across from me mean nothing to me!

Heh. Anyhow, lots going on in Highland Park. Just came back from there today.

I hate Highland park news. That gets its own thread on Dallas Metroplex and it is sooo boring. Its just houses.

Boring? Maybe around SMU it'd be boring but closer towards the west end (DTWND) it's very lively. With many small boutique stores and lots of street life.

All these photo links im about to post are from NThomas

Ritz II

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St Anne

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2000 McKinney

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Aloft Hotel (Santa Fe IV Redevelopment)

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City Performance Hall at the Arts District

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one of the needed downtown parks under construction in Dallas

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Take the Rieligh!

Take the Rieligh!
Were you able to get drunk between 3:26 and 3:27? lol

LOLz nice Ganis.

its memorial day right? So yes..

we are gunning for Nashville now!

its memorial day right? So yes..

we are gunning for Nashville now!
haha true. I neglected to go to any celebration because I had too much sun yesterday and it took its toll on my back and my shoulders. Aloe is a blessing though.

O god i hear you. Lake party at Lake Luisville saturday. Ow. Im a lobster. But you know what...."Im drunk. your Drunk... Were all drunk!"

2011 Host committee site is finally up

http://www.northtexassuperbowl.com/

Dallas Cowboys Stadium [May 27, 2009]

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/3575245678_0bffa34e8d_o.jpg

wow

I hate Highland park news. That gets its own thread on Dallas Metroplex and it is sooo boring. Its just houses.

People in Highland Park are so high-class that they don't get the clap; they get the applause. :banana:

That is cool. Looks a little like a space ship.

THE DEEP ELLUM TRAVELING MAN

Already under construction. The Tallest man will stand 35 feet and all 3 will be along the New DART Green line.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Traveling-Man-Dallas/80647469633?ref=share

http://deepellumgateway.com/

http://deepellumgateway.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/awakening_lores.jpg
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Sorry I haven't been active ganis. Working right now, so hopefully I can be more active :)

THE DEEP ELLUM TRAVELING MAN

Already under construction. The Tallest man will stand 35 feet and all 3 will be along the New DART Green line.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Traveling-Man-Dallas/80647469633?ref=share

http://deepellumgateway.com/

http://deepellumgateway.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/awakening_lores.jpg
http://deepellumgateway.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/overview_lores.jpg
http://deepellumgateway.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/waiting_a_lores.jpg
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http://deepellumgateway.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/walking_a_lores.jpg

Is this forreal? Would definitely fit in around Mocking Bird station.

as far as i know the legs and waists are up.

Somebody help me with the name of these projects, ups.


Number 1

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http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4816/swimmingpool20090286514.jpg


http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4413/lastdaywork2009033.jpg

Number 2

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2972/swimmingpool20090256501.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3180/swimmingpool20090166475.jpg

1. is 17Seventeen McKinney (Office/Resedintial)

http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp101/brinkwest/Picture1-1.png

2. is Saint Ann's Court (Office)

Thanks, nice render.

Mostly from Oak Cliff and downtown...

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm53/wayne2k33/June2009237.jpg?t=1245701385

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm53/wayne2k33/June2009220-1.jpg?t=1245701792

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Photos by totheskies

Oh I didn't realize these were someone else's pics until I saw the bottom of your post. I was about to mention how good they were, and ask if you were about 4 ft tall, cuz I felt really short looking at my screen. ha ha

Center for Performing Arts has put these cool photos up on their Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=131168&id=109727801144&ref=mf

Some photos from last month from Texas Star

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Tashard Choice gives tour of new stadium

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Nice took a trip down too greenville weds. Looks like a lot is going on saw like 20 redbull trucks, guess they're getting ready for the show in Ft Worth coming up.

Finally had night shots taken of 2000 McKinney with more of the exterior lights on... though the curved roof lighting was not active when these were taken. Photos by J. Davis.

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Nice pics, that one looks very nice at night.

Nice 2000 Mckinney looks lovely, just wish they could of put in some retail in the bottom floor.

There is going to be a 5 story bank building built on that empty lot on the right

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we are catching up to NASVILLE! WOOOO!

yehaw! Any rendering on the 5 story bank yet?

we are catching up to NASVILLE! WOOOO!

???

Reunion Arena, downtown Dallas, going down.


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its almost time to go!

Dallas from 12/2008:

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enjoy

wow, one of the best skylines out there, in my opinion

I can see my house in the last picture :)

(or the general vicinity where it's located)

Winspear Opera House News

http://www.wfaa.com/video/gmtgeneral-index.html?nvid=378802&noad=yes&shu=1

from the brilliant Ninjatune

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during last weeks storms from Ninjatune.

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: )

GORGEOUS

Late news but good news. TONY ROMO DUMPED JESSICA SYMPSON!

Here is how Hitler reacted...

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Shots of Dallas Skyline from Oak Cliff

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Link to large here (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3759589185_7242a18a49_o.jpg)

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Link to large here (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/3756565733_20463863a8_o.jpg)

Give thanks to Ninjatune

Traveling Man!
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Another YouTube video with the artists
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Fair Station Time lapse

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Part 2
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By Maconahey

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Link to OVERLY LARGE!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maconahey/3841082375/sizes/o/

Harwood International is building a 53 story 550+ ft residential tower called the Lexi. There are no renderings yet!

I found out why the victory tower project was cancelled. "We just walked away from our Dallas project," Richard Baker, Mandarin Oriental executive vice president, said during a panel discussion at a New York University hotel-industry conference in Manhattan on Monday. "That city has been overdeveloped in luxury, both hotel and residential." We still have Museum Tower!!!!!!!

I found out why the victory tower project was cancelled. "We just walked away from our Dallas project," Richard Baker, Mandarin Oriental executive vice president, said during a panel discussion at a New York University hotel-industry conference in Manhattan on Monday. "That city has been overdeveloped in luxury, both hotel and residential." We still have Museum Tower!!!!!!!

do you have a link to the article?

do you have a link to the article?Yes!!! Here it is: http://www.developerimplode.com/Mandarin-Oriental-Cancels-Victory-Park-Dallas-Project-2009-06-03.html

do you have a link to the article?

no need for a link, he speaks the truth. If there was no recession then it would have been built.

no need for a link, he speaks the truth. If there was no recession then it would have been built.

doesnt have anything to do with verification... :crazy2:

i wanted to read the rest of the story... lol

Photos of the near completed Wyly theater, Winspear and the progress on the Dallas City performance hall and a few apartments by City council member Angela Hunt

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelahunt/sets/72157622099238850/show/

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Entrance
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Winspear

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City Performance Hall and apartments

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Naice! Sorry, I've been dead for awhile, and I was just revived. :)

Wow, amazing pics of the skyline plus nice updates on the Cultural District.

Green Line/ Deep Ellum gate way art is FINISHED! And BEAUTIFUL!

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thank you ninjatune

The Green Line is OPEN!

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Groundbreaking for Woodall Rodgers park was today:

Ground breaking takes place for Woodall Rodgers deck park in Dallas
01:42 PM CDT on Monday, September 14, 2009
By CHRIS DELL / The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091509dnmetpark.17bdaad49.html

The 5.2-acre Woodall Rodgers deck park that some doubted would ever get built took one step closer to reality this morning as officials gathered for a groundbreaking.

The Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation held a celebration in Dallas, marking the end of the five-year planning phase of the urban park that will span across the freeway. The park will stretch three blocks between Pearl and St. Paul streets, linking the Uptown and downtown areas.

"Many people felt this couldn't be done – it's too complicated, too expensive and too much of a challenge for the city of Dallas. Today, we proved them wrong," said Jody Grant, park foundation chairman, during the celebration at the Parkside Condos.

...

video of ground breaking ceremony

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=398218&shu=1

Dallas looking pretty good. Great city!!!

Here's the latest rendering of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel, which had its groundbreaking yesterday:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/bAerial%20Light.jpg

Night View (http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/600*429/Convention-Center-Hotel-Aer.jpg)

possibility for LED Lighting on all the floors!

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/index.html?nvid=399005

Design unveiled for Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Victory Park

The planned Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Victory Park, designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Thom Mayne and his California architecture firm Morphosis, is expected to break ground later this year and open in 2013.

possibility for LED Lighting on all the floors!

That is so Dallas. I hope they go for it!

New screen shots of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science

http://urbandallas.us/images/museum1.jpg

http://urbandallas.us/images/museum2.jpg

http://urbandallas.us/images/museum3.jpg

That is so Dallas. I hope they go for it!

They better. Members of the Dallas City Council and Mayor TLep went to Shanghai early in the year and loved all the lights in the Central business district. They want more lighting in DT Dallas to liven things up from street level and the air.


LOVE THE MUSEUM DESIGNS

for all those who missed them. I wanna post them again!

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VIDEO!
http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/local_state/index.html?nvid=399005&shu=1


What city has 4 Pritzker Prize winning architects designs in a 1 mile radius? DALLAS!

Man I saw that on Dallas News a few days back but you guys all beat me too the news.

Here's the latest rendering of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel, which had its groundbreaking yesterday:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/bAerial%20Light.jpg

Night View (http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/600*429/Convention-Center-Hotel-Aer.jpg)

Wasn't the Omni supposed to go right in front of the W? Or was that the Mandarin Oriental...? What happened with that project?

Wasn't the Omni supposed to go right in front of the W? Or was that the Mandarin Oriental...? What happened with that project?

That was the Mandarin Oriental, but that project has been on hold indefinitely. Apparently they still want to enter the Dallas market, but not with Victory Tower.

Wasn't the Omni supposed to go right in front of the W? Or was that the Mandarin Oriental...? What happened with that project?

W AND MANDARIN ARE VICTORY PARK. sorry for the caps, didn't turn it off after last post.

Mandarin is waiting to see how The Dallas Hotel market grows before moving forward on Mandarin Dallas.

George Bush Library on SMU Campus

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Main Street Garden Park opens in November

http://www.downtowndallas.org/documents/msg.jpg

They better. Members of the Dallas City Council and Mayor TLep went to Shanghai early in the year and loved all the lights in the Central business district. They want more lighting in DT Dallas to liven things up from street level and the air.



If you like fancy lights, just wait until you see what is planned for Main Street and Main Street Garden... and Reunion Tower

Very nice updates you all.

If you like fancy lights, just wait until you see what is planned for Main Street and Main Street Garden... and Reunion Tower

I thought the Reunion Renovation was done and no new lighting was added?

Also WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DEMO THE DALLAS GRANFD HOTEL!?

I thought the Reunion Renovation was done and no new lighting was added?

Also WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DEMO THE DALLAS GRANFD HOTEL!?

The restaurant in Reunion Tower was finished, but the observation deck and lights haven't been done. Look for those at the end of the year.

As for the Statler, hopefully the Landmark Commission will get the old hotel protected so that it cannot be demolished. I have a feeling that when the park is open the foreign investors will finally sell to someone that wants to reuse it. Here's a recent article: http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/real-estate/Shells-of-Our-City-53071057.html

If you like fancy lights, just wait until you see what is planned for Main Street and Main Street Garden... and Reunion Tower

Any clues or links to info?

Any clues or links to info?

The park will have lots of interactive LEDs (as indicated on the site plan) and the first lighting for the park will be November 5. Can't reveal much about Main Street, but everything should be up and going by the CityLights festival on November 21. Look for Reunion Tower at the end of the year. It's very exciting!

an amazing photo by Ninjatune

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/3949301309_399ba70a62_o.jpg

AT&T Arts Plaza is now open. Some photos I found on Flickr of the New Winspear Opera House:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dallasterry/sets/72157622543407900/

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The Park (formerly Woodall Rodgers Deck Park) has started construction. This weekend the freeway will be closed to remove some of the overhead bridges.

There's a new website here: http://www.theparkdallas.org/

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Im gonna beat you to post thoses pics here


FRom ninjatune....

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Apparently they still want to enter the Dallas market, but not with Victory Tower.

Any more inside info on this? I believe that St. Regis still wants to build its property and I believe that Four Seasons was looking to build another property at NorthPark Center.

Any more inside info on this? I believe that St. Regis still wants to build its property and I believe that Four Seasons was looking to build another property at NorthPark Center.

Yes and Yes, Four Seasons look to be in the lead but still in the future. At this point the only Hotel going up in Dallas is the Convention Center Hotel.

I believe they started work on the Woodall Rogers Park. Can someone get some pics on this, thanks!

I believe they started work on the Woodall Rogers Park. Can someone get some pics on this, thanks!

http://picasaweb.google.com/mstephdallas/DallasArtsDistrictWalk102409#slideshow/5396596458041955666

Here's a great article discussing all the features of the park including some things we haven't heard about!

Willis Winters Gives Us a Slightly Soggy, Kind of Early Walking Tour of Main Street Garden
By Robert Wilonsky in News You Can Actually Use, Actually
Tue., Oct. 27 2009 @ 2:11PM
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/10/a_slightly_soggy_kind_of_early.php

​Willis Winters, assistant director of the city's Park and Recreation Department, was kind enough to give Unfair Park a tour of the $17-million Main Street Garden this morning -- and by "garden," I mean mud pit and swimmin' hole. Hence, Winters's acknowledgment that, yes, it's quite likely the garden -- the first of several planned downtown parks -- won't be quite ready for its November 13 official debut, especially with more rain in the forecast for week's end.

"The rain is killin' us," says Winters. "We were originally shooting for November 5, and actually there will be quite a bit done by November 5. It will be presentable by November 13. We're trying to prioritize what will be finished right now. There's a slight chance that date will change. But that's due to scheduling, not construction." He's referring to the fact several council members are scheduled to attend the National League of Cities convention in San Antonio that week.

​Still, he says, the park's "in good shape" for the November 20 City Lights Christmas-tree lighting ceremony, when DowntownDallas will debut New York-based landscape architect Thomas Balsley's 60-foot-tall tree. (Addison-based Excitement Technologies, which has done work at Cowboys Stadium, is handling the lighting and production, says DowntownDallas's Kourtney Garrett.)

"As you can see, we're trying to work around" the mud and water, Winters says. "All the activity today is on the perimeter, and we're trying to scrape the mud to the center. That's the easiest thing to finish at the last, so now they're just using it as a staging area."

After the jump, Winters walks us through the park's amenities. But first question's first: Will the Lily Pad, the city's first foray into the eat-and-drink business, serve alcohol? "They want to," he says, mentioning beer and wine and the TABC. So, with that out of the way ... jump, but watch the mud.
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Which brings us to an area that, at present, looks like a cemetery -- but only because, well, it is. What you see here are rescued remnants of buildings that once stood on this part of downtown, which Winters, who's also a noted city historian, was delighted to keep in order to pay homage to downtown's past.

"For example, if you look across the street and look at the limestone on the original Hilton, we took the stone and saved them to redisplay them here," he says, noting that they do, indeed, look like tombstones. "It's an artifact to commemorate the buildings. And there will be an interpretive graphic that will talk about the history of this part of downtown and its development from the 1870s to current day and show how it transformed from small houses to big buildings."

​And, finally, our last stop: the stage. Though Winters says there will actually be two -- including a smaller one just to the left of the main one, closer to Commerce Street. Also near there will be the old neon "PARK" sign once directing people to the gold-ringed parking garage that used to sit on the spot. It's being refurbished for installation next month.

"I just love the fact this park is surrounded by so many eras of Dallas architecture," Winter says. "There's the 1913 City Hall, the 1926 Hilton, the Tiches building from the '20s, the Mercantile from the late '40s, the Statler and library form the late '50s and the Comerica building from the '80s. It's surrounded by all these significant buildings, and we felt by putting this park here it would open up all these great vistas and remind people of their prominence and importance."

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Yes and Yes, Four Seasons look to be in the lead but still in the future. At this point the only Hotel going up in Dallas is the Convention Center Hotel.

Any idea of when we could see all three hotel chains move forward?

Love the pics. Dallas/Fort Worth is a much prettier place than it gets credit for.

Has the Museum Tower been aborted?

Has the Museum Tower been aborted?

no, but it hasn't started either...

http://www.museumtowerdallas.com/

Has the Museum Tower been aborted?

i think you meant canceled...no.

Here's the restored fountain at Fair Park.

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awesome

Seems like a sketchy way to bring down a huge over hang like this... but they say they are pros

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=412204&shu=1

This week in Dallas...

Main Street Garden was dedicated on Friday, and will open with the CityLights celebration on Friday.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/bushlibrary/stories/DN-mainstreetgarden_13met.ART.State.Edition1.4b77c87.html

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The Perot Museum of Nature and Science had its groundbreaking.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/111809dnmetnature.3a2507f.html

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The design for the George W. Bush Presidential Center was unveiled.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/111809dnmetbushlib.3fc0e31.html

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The last bit of Reunion Arena was finally demolished.

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-reunion_18met.ART.State.Edition1.4ba3818.html

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Here's a video showing CityLights and Main Street Garden:

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Great to see a major city like Dallas investing in its downtown like it is with parks and cultural facilities. Dallas is truly stepping its game up!

Thanks for the photos DFW, I haven't been downtown in 7 months. Found the info about the neon "PARK" sign funny, and glad to see it saved. Won't miss the f-ugly gold rings. I hope the Grand will be more attractive to developers now... that end of downtown has needed a shot in the arm for some time. Have they decided to save the old Commerce trading buildings... which haven't been occupied in years. I always thought they're much better than surface parking, but the plan was to raze it.

Love the Mercantile, but I had heard it was loaded with asbestos. What's the latest on that?

I had not heard that the city nixed the plan to put parking under the park... though. The plan does look nice.

Thanks again.

I think all the asbestos was cleaned out when it was gutted by Forrest Properties for the conversion.

The new performing arts complex is impressive!

Love the Mercantile, but I had heard it was loaded with asbestos. What's the latest on that?


Do you mean the Statler Hilton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Statler_Hilton)? It's still empty, waiting for conversion. Hopefully the new park will help spur interest.

I hope the new park spurs an interest in knocking it down and building something better. I think im the only person on this forum and the DFW only one that can not stand the Old Dallas Grand. ITS A WRECK! The floor and ceilings are to close to each other and it has had so many open windows that over the past 10 years it is like Katrina in there.

Here's a photo I took yesterday of Main Street Garden.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Msgpark.jpg

^Main Street Garden put me in the mind of Center City Park in Greensboro, NC, which was completed a few years ago:

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Wow! Dallas is looking beautiful :) Can't believe I haven't been there for more than 2 years now :(

Ha. Main Street gardens looks awesome! I don't remember what the park was to be called but they're going to be installing an "over the highway" park. Too bridge the gap between uptown and downtown. I'll get some pics from my phone next time I pass by.

Ha. Main Street gardens looks awesome! I don't remember what the park was to be called but they're going to be installing an "over the highway" park. Too bridge the gap between uptown and downtown. I'll get some pics from my phone next time I pass by.

"The Park" over Woodall Rodgers Freeway, now under construction. See post #903.

http://www.woodallrodgerspark.org/Blogs.aspx?TopicId=2

Here's a photo I took yesterday of Main Street Garden.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Msgpark.jpg


this is a pretty dinky little park

this is a pretty dinky little park

The "dinky" park is a great new asset to downtown Dallas. The size doesn't really matter, as long as it's active and brings people to the area (and provides a great space for the surrounding residents). There will be volleyball and other activities during the week and movie series/concerts on the weekends. Everything should be finished and opened for spring.

The NBA All-Star Game is coming soon...

http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=574

"The Park" over Woodall Rodgers Freeway, now under construction. See post #903.

http://www.woodallrodgerspark.org/Blogs.aspx?TopicId=2

Yeah I just drove past there on Sat. pics uploading right now.

Pictures up: please note the quality and image SUCK. I snapped them all off in literally under a minute, because I was in a big rush. Anyhow, I'll take some decent ones when I have more time, and it isn't raining.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennymesser/sets/72157623291323530/

Here's a shot of the "PARK" sign at Main Street Garden back in the 80s...

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The Arts apartments:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2897/jpiarts.jpg

More good news for the Woodall Rodgers Park:

$3 million donation from Chase major piece of $24.6 million raised so far for Dallas Deck Park
6:13 PM Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Rudolph Bush/Reporter
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/02/3-million-donation-from-chase.html

One of the most important parks ever developed in Dallas received a major private donation Monday.

JPMorgan Chase officials announced the company is giving $3 million to fund the development of the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park that will one day link downtown to Uptown and, for a few blocks at least, mitigate the physical divisions created by the city's freeway system.

The park's main mall, a crescent-shaped, tree-lined walkway that will run the length of the 5.2 acre park, will be named the Chase Promenade in recognition of the donation.

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The new Dallas Area Plan, called Dallas 360, is now under development. The results will be presented this summer and will show ways to link areas of activity in and around downtown (and make everything much more pedestrian-friendly). There are several presentations here at the website: http://www.downtowndallas360.com/

There's an update the news reported on today: http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/02/downtown-dallas-plan-at-key-st.html

Hey DFWCr8tive, it think it's time for a new thread are you in? I'll see if I can get a moderator too agree, and I'll add the new list of construction/proposed/UC.

Hey DFWCr8tive, it think it's time for a new thread are you in? I'll see if I can get a moderator too agree, and I'll add the new list of construction/proposed/UC.
Contact Jmancuso and ask to have a new thread created once this one hits 1,000. I'm pretty sure a new thread is created once a thread hits 1,000.

Contact Jmancuso and ask to have a new thread created once this one hits 1,000. I'm pretty sure a new thread is created once a thread hits 1,000.
Just to add on some more. Just say that a couple people agree that a new thread should be created because the user that posted the list of developments on the first page is inactive and this thread is almost 5 years old from the first post.

There's no post limit anymore. But if you want to create a new thread, go ahead and I'll sticky it and archive this one. Just PM me the link.

Dallas star, you have the privilege. :)

The light is green. :)