Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/ Dallas Fort Worth Architecture, Urban Development, City Issues, City Planning, Public Policy, Public Affairs, Urban Photos, Skyscrapers, High Rises, Towers, Buildings, Discussion Forum with Chat en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:34:50 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/images/misc/rss.png Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/ (carrollton)La Sombra Apartments to come down http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103195-(carrollton)La-Sombra-Apartments-to-come-down?goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:49 GMT Lindamood Demolition announced recently, that The la Sombra appartments in Carrollton will be coming down soon, the apartments built in 1970 take up 94,000 sqaure feet. Currently the apartment are being cleaned out and asbestos abatement is... Lindamood Demolition announced recently, that The la Sombra appartments in Carrollton will be coming down soon, the apartments built in 1970 take up 94,000 sqaure feet. Currently the apartment are being cleaned out and asbestos abatement is currently going on. I was able to go yesterday and take a few photos they can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdorn.

Hopefully as demolition gets underway I can grab a couple of photos from the street.

The city of Carrollton is looking to redevelop the property and the area. Next door the crosby creek apartment are still occupied but hopefully soon those will be demolished too. ]]> Suburban/Exurban/Regional City Issues + News DP Scott Dorn http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103195-(carrollton)La-Sombra-Apartments-to-come-down Dallas high schools with the biggest academic gains http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103194-Dallas-high-schools-with-the-biggest-academic-gains?goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:05:24 GMT http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/woodrow-wilson-and-sunset-top-dallas-isd-high-schools-making-big-academic-gains.html/ 1. Woodrow Wilson, 49.4 2. Sunset, 26.5 3. Bryan Adams, 23.4 4. Wilmer-Hutchins, 20.9 http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/...ic-gains.html/

1. Woodrow Wilson, 49.4

2. Sunset, 26.5

3. Bryan Adams, 23.4

4. Wilmer-Hutchins, 20.9

5. Molina, 15.2

6. Carter, 11.9

7. North Dallas, 11.1

8. Seagoville, 9.8

9. Kimball, 7.2

10. W.T. White, 5.6

11. SOC, 3.9

12. Conrad, 3.6 ]]> City Issues + News Lakewooder http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103194-Dallas-high-schools-with-the-biggest-academic-gains <![CDATA[bcWORKSHOP's SHOPFRONT]]> http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103193-bcWORKSHOP-s-SHOPFRONT?goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:24:44 GMT Hey all, so bcW started a design series where we open up the front of our office for monthly exhibits/speakers. The first one featured Rick Lowe of Project Row House fame - also doing a Nasher Xchange installation in Vickery Meadow that will be... Hey all, so bcW started a design series where we open up the front of our office for monthly exhibits/speakers. The first one featured Rick Lowe of Project Row House fame - also doing a Nasher Xchange installation in Vickery Meadow that will be pretty cool - and has featured a couple more since. The next one is this coming Thursday, and I just thought I'd post it on here if any of you were interested!

PUBLIC DESIGN IN THE CRESCENT CITY:
a conversation with Maurice Cox

As part of the bcSHOPFRONT series of programs centered on the exhibit, "Texas Design Schools," Maurice Cox will speak on the connection between community design centers and university schools of architecture. Currently serving as the Associate Dean for Community Engagement at Tulane University, Maurice will draw insights from Tulane’s work and impact on the city of New Orleans...

More info and RSVP: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=...6&e=b124cfd517

And we are located at 416 S Ervay caddy corner from City Hall, across the street from the library and next to the legendary TOPS fine seafood, burgers, asian, and more. ]]> Art + Sol Mark Lea http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103193-bcWORKSHOP-s-SHOPFRONT Wood Partners kicking families out of their homes for new project http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103191-Wood-Partners-kicking-families-out-of-their-homes-for-new-project?goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:49 GMT I have not seen this in the English speaking media yet, the story below is about the families being forced out of their mobile homes to make way for Wood Partners/Sylvan 30 project, an extension of the original plat. Stinks because the city is... I have not seen this in the English speaking media yet, the story below is about the families being forced out of their mobile homes to make way for Wood Partners/Sylvan 30 project, an extension of the original plat.

Stinks because the city is the one giving them the boot. Some of you may say they only live in mobile homes. Well, they call it home and so do their kids.

http://univisiondallas.univision.com...ber-a-donde-ir

This is the reason why the city abruptly ended the Trinity River Corridor Meeting last night 6/13 at Methodist Hospital. The city was scared of children and their parents about to be made homeless.

This same kind of thing happened with State Thomas and Little Mexico in the 1990s. ]]> City Issues + News CasperITL http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103191-Wood-Partners-kicking-families-out-of-their-homes-for-new-project Theater http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103189-Theater?goto=newpost Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:49:36 GMT Everyone knows New York can support Broadway shows with its global tourist trade, financial industry largesse, and metro population.
But New York pre-Depression was the size of today's DFW, and supported those things, nonetheless. Ideas why we don't?

From what I read, movies are not the whole story; from 1910 to '30, theaters increased eightfold in New York City, say some sources, but few of these were conversions from stage to screen theater, and the Golden Age of musicals came later... ]]> Opolis Blueprints I45Tex http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103189-Theater Rackspace v Softlayer v Amazon http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103188-Rackspace-v-Softlayer-v-Amazon?goto=newpost Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:48:32 GMT Fortunes of all three took a turn this week with IBM's acquiring Dallas cloud hosting company SoftLayer. DBJ has a quote that claims,

"'If IBM is going to build a software center that will compete with Amazon, it will be based in Dallas -- that's terrific.'

It should spawn opportunities for growth locally in the tech sector." ]]> City Issues + News I45Tex http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103188-Rackspace-v-Softlayer-v-Amazon Dallas to be site of the New Cities Summit - 2014 http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103187-Dallas-to-be-site-of-the-New-Cities-Summit-2014?goto=newpost Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:19:21 GMT *Dallas will be the site of the New Cities Summit in 2014* http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/mayor-mike-rawlings-dma-director-maxwell-anderson-make-major-announcement-in-brazil-dallas-will-be-the-site-of-the-new-cities-summit-in-2014.html/ ... Dallas will be the site of the New Cities Summit in 2014

http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/...-in-2014.html/

"– They plan to announce that Dallas will be the site of the 2014 New Cities Summit, penciled in for the Arts District on June 17-18, 2014.

– The New Cities Foundation, in partnership with the Dallas Arts District, is launching in Dallas the Global Cultural Districts Network, which defines itself as an international consortium of cultural districts in large cities. Anderson will be a founding co-chairman.

Organizers say the foundation, whose partners include the Dallas Arts District, “will be the first network of its kind. It will support cultural districts — both planned and existing — and their contribution to the vitality and competitiveness of 21st century cities. GCDN members will work together on a long-term basis on the management and future planning of cultural districts worldwide...”

"...Anderson issued a statement in which he said that GCDN “seeks to elevate the role of urban cultural districts worldwide. The implications for our collective impact is vast — estimated to be $250 billion in cultural infrastructure investment within the next decade — spurring cultural exchange, progressive urban planning, economic development, and travel and tourism.”

The release issued today describes the Global Cultural Districts Network as “a high-level group of decision-makers involved in conceiving, planning, building and directing urban cultural districts. Over 50 new cultural districts are being planned or recently constructed around the world. These include Beijing’s Olympic Green; Dallas Arts District; Chicago’s Millennium Park; Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District; Singapore’s Esplanade and Doha’s Cultural District.....” ]]> City Issues + News slfunk http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103187-Dallas-to-be-site-of-the-New-Cities-Summit-2014 <![CDATA['Round House', JanMar, 7507 Baxtershire]]> http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103186-Round-House-JanMar-7507-Baxtershire?goto=newpost Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:35:34 GMT Attachment 1980 (http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1980) Some recent details on this classic Dallas home... http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/18731-organic-modern-in-texas/page-2 and some older ones... w475h356wm.jpg

Some recent details on this classic Dallas home...

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/h...n-texas/page-2

and some older ones now digitized.

http://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com...e-round-house/
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]]> Art + Sol I45Tex http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103186-Round-House-JanMar-7507-Baxtershire Virgin Hotel Dallas http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103185-Virgin-Hotel-Dallas?goto=newpost Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:25:54 GMT My only question here is where? Cityplace/West Village area?

This morning we talked to Virgin Hotels CEO Raul Leal (snapped today at the NYU hotel conference) who broke the news they'll do a $200M 300-key hotel in the red hot NoMad area of NY at 29th and Broadway, to deliver in mid-'16. Their first ever hotel is under construction in Chicago, to open mid-'14. They hope to announce locations in Dallas and SF in a couple of months. And he says they are actively scouting locations in LA and DC.

http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-rea...e-near-finish/ ]]> Urban Development Tnekster http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103185-Virgin-Hotel-Dallas Cityplace/West Village: Richards Group HQ http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103184-Cityplace-West-Village-Richards-Group-HQ?goto=newpost Fri, 31 May 2013 15:44:35 GMT In recent months our Steve Brown has written about The Richards Group’s search for a site for its new HQ — maybe in Uptown, possibly downtown, probably near Cityplace.

Make that definitely near Cityplace — on N. Central Expressway at Blackburn Street, to be specific, next to Forest City’s planned 20-story residential tower in the West Village.

That’s according to Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans, who says a memo will be sent to the Dallas City Council tonight concerning incentives the city is offering the advertising-and-marketing agency to build a 250,000-square foot office building on the 2.5-acre site. We called Evans this morning after noticing a very brief mention of it on the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the council’s Economic Development Committee, which says only: “The Richards Group/SBR Real Estate Holdings, LP.”

According to Evans, the development will be 15 stories, and is expected to cost $45 million. He says The Richards Group, which has been in its current HQ across from NorthPark Center since 1995, wants the city to help defray some of those costs by offering a 10-year, 50-percent real property tax abatement. Evans will recommend that the council OK the deal, saying that it comes to about $1,795,000 in incentives while the “net fiscal impact for the city comes to about $4.3 million” in new tax revenue.

Evans says the site will house The Richards Group’s HQ, and that the agency is promising not only to keep its 600 existing employees but add 50 more within the next two years. Evans adds that the development group, consisting of Richards Group namesake Stan Richards and PBRS Development, will put 10,000 square feet of retail and residential on the ground floor of the office building; there will also be a multi-level office structure.

“I think this shows the continuation of interest in the downtown area from existing corporations and those looking to come in,” says Evans, who’s been brokering the deal with the agency for at least a couple of months. Messages have been left for The Richards Group.

The city council will vote on the tax abatement at its June 26 meeting.

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2...f-dallas.html/ ]]> Urban Development hamiltonpl http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103184-Cityplace-West-Village-Richards-Group-HQ Top 3 Houston Projects in the works http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103183-Top-3-Houston-Projects-in-the-works?goto=newpost Fri, 31 May 2013 03:47:28 GMT 2 HUGE projects in the works for Houston, TX Both on IH-10 (near houstons energy corridor) 1.) Attachment 1950 (http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1950)Attachment 1951... 2 HUGE projects in the works for Houston, TX


Both on IH-10 (near houstons energy corridor)
1.)
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2.)Corporate_Development_1.jpgCorporate_Development_2.jpgCorporate_Development_3.jpgCorporate_Development_4.jpgCorporate_Development_5.jpg
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]]> City/Regional Issues + News TowerSpotter-haif http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103183-Top-3-Houston-Projects-in-the-works Lemmon Ave. between Oak Lawn and Tollway http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103178-Lemmon-Ave-between-Oak-Lawn-and-Tollway?goto=newpost Tue, 28 May 2013 16:04:26 GMT Is anyone else noticing the disconnect between what it happening in the overall uptown Oak Lawn area and this part of Lemmon Ave. still looking like rundown strip centers from the 1970's. This parcel of road feels beyond ripe for development. My suggestions are making this a 4 lane boulevard with planted medians and having midrise residential development over retail. It really is feeling like the ugly stepchild of the overall urban area of Dallas. Even the other side of the tollway to Love Field is looking more put together and developed. ]]> Urban Development CDallas http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103178-Lemmon-Ave-between-Oak-Lawn-and-Tollway Dragon Boat Festival - 2013 http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103177-Dragon-Boat-Festival-2013?goto=newpost Tue, 28 May 2013 03:43:20 GMT Los Colinas Urban Center





















]]> Urban Photography TexasStar http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103177-Dragon-Boat-Festival-2013 Dallas Downtown Proposed Marriott near Reunion Tower http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103176-Dallas-Downtown-Proposed-Marriott-near-Reunion-Tower?goto=newpost Mon, 27 May 2013 04:05:44 GMT Here is a rendering for the proposed Marriott near Reunion Tower Attachment 1945 (http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1945) Here is a rendering for the proposed Marriott near Reunion Tower

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Extremely Nice, skyline changing project.
Heres the link
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfa..._will_3_bi.php
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