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I like how the plan is to cut $5 billion from Texas education (already near last in education funding) while absorbing the influx of new students moving into the state, while at the same time demanding a $10000 degree... and we expect to have an educated workforce in the future.

Calm down buddy... I've worked at LBJ, rotated at Ben Taub, and currently work at Parkland. This new hospital undoubtedly makes Ben Taub and LBJ look shabby, its just a simple fact. It makes the current Parkland look shabby. Both Ben Taub and Parkland are awesome training grounds.

New Parkland hospital construction is underway... $1.3 billion county hospital right on the light rail. Makes Ben Taub and LBJ look pretty shabby.

http://www.buildingparkland.com/

The nearly 2 million-square-foot Parkland hospital will replace the existing 55-year-old facility, and, when complete, will be the largest public hospital building in the nation built in one phase. The $1.27 billion project will include a new, 862-bed hospital, as well as a separate clinic building, parking structures and other support facilities.

Who remembers the local restaurant in Midtown called Pig Stand No. 8 located at 4120 Main St.?

I grew up in JV... live in Dallas now.

Certain areas of Jersey Village have never flooded (including my mom's house)... other areas have been a disaster in the past and shouldn't be touched. Nice neighborhood with some really old parts (original JV houses of 1950ish) and some really nice parts in the back. JV police department is great and keeps the neighborhood quiet.

Junction of Bwy 8 and 290 could potentially be quite nice in 15 years or so... but of course 290 is a disaster now.

Interesting article about how American developers tend to be conservative and focused on cost, while the Chinese are more ambitious, value engineering, and willing to pay to realize architectural flourishes...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/business/16build.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

I'm glad taxpayer dollars incentivized this beauty.

Actually, what's funny to me is that people are surprised that other folks are commenting on BRUTALLY painful architecture on an architectural forum!

Isn't that what this forum is for?????

I agree... interesting how people love to come onto an architecture site and b"tch and moan about people critiquing architecture.

This is probably the ugliest building to go up downtown in the last 30 years... the worst part is it's prime location on the park and the fact that the city subsidized this crap.

I mean if you're going to incentivize building something right on the CBD's most attractive feature, you should be able to demand a certain level of quality in design...

I must say that The Niche's constant antagonism makes me less inclined to post on this site...

DT turned out better than I expected. Makes a nice impression from the park... it looks modern and the turbines do add an aesthetic flare.

Too bad I can't say the same thing for the ugly and uninteresting Embassy Suites...

Honestly, DART is 50 miles of track. Metro is 7 miles of track (and goes from DT to TMC). There's really not much of a comparison. If Metro ever gets enough funding to head to the burbs, as Dallas has done, then the stations would look barren as well.

Also, DARTs most established line (red) has spawned two fairly nice ($100s of million) mixed-use TOD in Mockingbird Station and Park Lane. The Metro? Houston pavillions...

I rode the Metro light rail everyday for four years, but Metro's lack of grade separation makes DART far superior.

The pyramid structure they put on the roof looks totally retarded. Pretty lame building in my opinion.

It's awesome. The resolution upgrade is sweet, and text looks great if you read a lot on your iphone, which I do. Battery life is the 2nd best improvement. FaceTime will be cool eventually (limited number of friends with 4, wi-fi only). Photo quality is significantly improved.

I haven't had any dropped calls (in Dallas).

You can make WAY more money by convincing your neighbors to rent out their home to 2 or 3 hot Croatian dudes and then turn around and rent out your house to a bunch of gay men who can stalk them. Central/Eastern Euro porn is all the rage.

Pretty strange statement.

This a movie based on one of the fake trailers before Tarantino/Rogriguez's Grindhouse... kind of silly.

It'll be interesting to see how closely this one resembles the cartoonish rendering. At 19 stories, it looks like it is over halfway up... pretty short, but I guess something is better than nothing.

This Dallas vs Houston stuff is ridiculous...

Too bad there's such limited residential options...

Dallas vacancy rates within earshot of Detroit's... pretty bad. Fort Worth could handle another office tower.

Pretty ugly... perhaps their budget limited the design possibilities.

Drove by the segment near Parkland/Children's a few days ago... very nice. DART really is much more impressive than Metro LRT.

Pretty small floor plates.

Aw, man...that's very disappointing. At least the current crappy Market Square is not totally useless, in the fact that you can see clear across it.

But I guess all those dog owners that live around Market Square will like the fact now their dogs have a place to "walk".

This would be really cool...if it were in 1986 San Leon.

I disagree... I think it is a definite improvement over what currently exists. And adding the Nikko Nikko's Cafe should bring people to the park. The surrounding businesses will gain customers.