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Etihad announced new DFW-Abu Dhabi service for 2014:
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I have a question. Does Dallas have a transient/homeless problem in their downtown/midtown areas like Houston?
Yes. The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center (which sees 1,200 people per day), permanent supportive housing programs and anti-panhandling ordinances have made a difference, but it's still an issue.
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I agree with DFW Cre8tive, the Dallas Galleria is becoming the new Valley View mall. And I believe it will share the same future.
Which is part of the reason for the area plan, I think. There are good older neighborhoods in this area but Valley View's decline has caused the immediate area to spiral downhill. Having a plan in place to encourage smart development and reinvestment may be one way to stabilize the area and protect the Galleria from a similar fate.
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The Dallas Galleria is transitioning to more of a middle-level mall and siphoning remaining stores from Valley View Center (which, in leasable area, was a larger mall). Saks Fifth Avenue will soon be replaced with a flagship Belk, for example. Most of the high-end retailers have moved to NorthPark Center (the largest in the region) or boutiques in smaller retail centers (like Highland Park Village). The consolidation of retail over the past few years has left Valley View Center obsolete.
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It's been a few years since I've been there but the last time I was in Dallas it was surrounded by wide open, flat, cheap land all the way to the Oklahoma border. Did some geographical anomaly occur in the last 12 years or so that prevents developers from buying that land and putting up more suburbs?
The City of Dallas is surrounded by other cities (suburbs) and unable to annex more land. Redeveloping underutilized areas helps keep the tax dollars in the city, and there are plenty of areas within the city limits where this can happen.
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Here are some ideas by the new owners to correct the mistakes present in Victory Park
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Break out your pencils and draw one then. No one said that those buildings would be constructed. That is simply a drawing of what it COULD look like in 20 or 30 years IF developers all followed one person's idea of what buildings should be built in what locations. It is a safe bet that it will never look like that.
Yeah, it's unlikely the final product will look anything like the rendering. I do think the central park has a chance of being built and that would encourage SOME residential development in the area. Being surrounded by suburbs, Dallas is starting to realize the only way to grow is to add density (but creating this new North Dallas "town center" won't help downtown at all).
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This is a long-term plan to redevelop the area near the Galleria at the Dallas North Tollway and IH635. The current Valley View Center has been in decline for several years and will be replaced with a mixed-use district. The new Area Plan for 400+ acres was approved a few weeks ago but will take years (if not decades) to fully implement.
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You know, that dfwcr8ive dude never posts THOSE Dallas articles.
That's because, as a downtown resident, I'm more concerned about the livability of the neighborhood rather than commercial statistics. Most of my focus has been on parks, community groups, and infrastructure/transportation improvements (jealous of the Houston bike-share program). Downtown Dallas has a long way to come, but it has improved a lot in the past decade and there are more residents taking an active role in its evolution.
We're experimenting with ideas that are successful in other cities and celebrating the small wins. Things like parklets, two-way street conversions, bike lanes, "glass box retail" and even busking programs do improve the urban experience. Out of curiosity, does Houston have grass roots organizations or city support behind these types of urban interventions?
Both cities could learn a lot from each other.
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Just the first 11 gates. Now that the new gates are open, the old concourse can be demolished and the final 8 gates constructed.
http://keranews.org/post/dallas-21st-century-love-field-upgrade-opens-today
Photos: http://www.dallasnews.com/photos/20130410-dallas-love-field-debuts-new-terminal-restaurants.ece
Offsite, the old 1950s sign has been restored and reinstalled as well.
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Funding was approved to extend the Oak Cliff streetcar, which starts construction this spring.
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I don't think it will be the least bit interesting. Even if one station at the airport caused a massive 20% increase in systemwide ridership (it won't), DART would still only be at 1,200 per mile ridership. It would still only be the 20th busiest LR system, hardly worth celebrating. Besides, I don't think that the DFW extension has even started construction. DART...and you...will simply have to promise us how great it will be someday in the future, even though there is not one single shred of evidence that it will have any more ridership than it already doesn't.
Face it, using DART as your argument for Houston rail expansion is the quickest way to kill off Houston rail forever.
Construction of the DFW Airport DART station started in August and will open in December 2014.
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7-11 was born in Houston, Southland Corp. was Houston based. 7-11 started as an ice company that started selling bread and milk then went on to selling cigarettes. I worked for 7-11 my jr. year of high school back in 1968. 7-11 was the 1st convenance store chain in Houston.
7-Eleven started in Dallas (the first location was in Oak Cliff). The company is headquartered in One Arts Plaza.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Eleven
They have been expanding in Dallas as well and experimenting with urban stores (5 new stores in downtown Dallas in the past 3 years).
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Seems to be a hit with the crowds, so far.
There's also a neat graphic on Conde Nast Traveler with details of the museum HERE
Visitors flocked to Perot Museum in its first month
By DAVID FLICK Staff Writer
Published: 31 December 2012 11:09 PM
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science has been open exactly one month, but it’s safe to say it’s a hit.
By midday Monday, 116,000 visitors had passed through the museum since Dec. 1, when it opened to local fanfare and national praise.
In addition, 12,000 memberships were sold in December.
Museum CEO Nicole Small said the figures were higher than expected. “We’re pleased with the overwhelming response from the community.”
She attributed the crowds to favorable publicity and strong word-of-mouth response by visitors.
Museum leaders have steadfastly avoided making attendance projections, though some have hinted that they hope for a million visitors the first year. Monday’s numbers would put the museum on a pace to easily surpass that figure.
The numbers could have been much higher. But the facility’s planners imposed a ticket system that limits the number of visitors. Tickets are dispensed in time-specific half-hour blocks.
While emphasizing that the number varies daily, museum officials said about 350 tickets are sold in each block. When the quota is reached, potential visitors must await the next opening.
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DART's Orange line opened to Irving/Las Colinas today. The next extension to DFW Airport property opens in December, followed by direct rail service to the airport's terminals in 2014.
http://www.nbcdfw.co...-164247146.html
University of Dallas Station:
Las Colinas Urban Center Station:
Irving Convention Center Station:
From DART Image Library: http://www.dart.org/...magelibrary.asp
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Some cool retailers are coming to the Joule Hotel expansion. Tim Headington is sinking a lot of money into restoring a block of buildings around the flagship Neiman Marcus and bringing several unique boutiques to Main Street. The hotel expansion and shops open in January.
Headington Cos. to expand luxury retail in Dallas with shops at Joule hotelBy MARIA HALKIAS Staff Writer mhalkias@dallasnews.com
Published: 06 July 2012 08:40 PM
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International luxury book publisher Taschen is opening a library bookstore in the Joule’s lobby. It will be only the fifth U.S. store for Taschen, known for its richly illustrated books about architecture, design, photography, lifestyle and classics.
Among the shops coming by January are a Tenoversix boutique, a first Texas leap from Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The boutique specializes in high-end clothing for men and women as well as other items.
Joule will also house an 8,000-square-foot Espa Spa with a 1,200-square-foot shop selling the U.K. spa’s products.
Traffic Los Angeles will have both a 2,000-square-foot men’s and a 950-square-foot women’s store connected by Main Street Alley. Some stores will have entrances from both the hotel and Main or Commerce, and Joule’s lobby is being expanded to be accessible from both streets.
The new stores join the Next Vintage Wine shop. A sundries shop and an epicurean shop with food to go are also coming.
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Here's an earlier rendering:
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Here's the DMN response to that article: http://popcultureblo...-on-dudes.html/
As you can see by the lack of comments, it seems only a few journalists are interested.
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Interesting concept: http://www.freightshuttle.com/
Freight normally hauled by trucks could one day soon be shipped on an electric-powered, overhead guideway across Texas ... but Texas officials are encouraging a privately-funded business to get the project up and running, perhaps within six years."We think it’s happening at just the right time in our country,” said Stephen Roop, an assistant director at Texas A&M University’s Texas Transportation Institute, and developer of the so-called Freight Shuttle concept. “It can operate in the air space of a highway median.”
Read more here: http://blogs.star-te...l#storylink=cpy
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I don't understand why they left the street in the middle of the park, Is it Field st? I forget. But with Pearl being a 2 way street literally feet away you would thing that it would be able to sufficiently hold the traffic, especially since you have to go to pearl anyway to get on the highway.
That's Olive Street (Harwood Street was the only one closed through the park). Construction is currently extending the MATA streetcar from Uptown to the DART St Paul Station. The current route will be extended south on St Paul Street (at the far end of the park) and back north on Olive Street. There will be a transit plaza at the park, and the street can be closed during festivals/events. The service roads have been narrowed, on-street parking added and traffic signals un-synced to slow crossing traffic in the area.
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Looks pretty, but what is it's purpose? Looks like a good place to walk through but not stay.
Main Street Garden (on the other end of Main Street) was designed to be an active park with children's playground, dog park, cafe, performance lawn, etc. Belo Garden was designed to be a quieter park surrounded by large office buildings. Lots of lunch/picnic furniture, shade, color gardens and a fountain.
Dallas proposal to eliminate i-345 elevated through deep ellum/east downtown denied
in Dallas/Fort Worth/Metroplex
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TREC to fund study eyeing controversial I-345 projecthttp://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/03/12/trec-to-fund-study-eyeing-controversial-i-345.html