DALLAS | Development Updates - Page 14

dfwcr8tive · #**261** Posted **Jul 7, 2009, 7:33 PM**

An AT&T Experience store has opened at the base of AT&T's headquarters building downtown and the lobby has been renovated to house "The Spirit of Communication," which was moved here from New Jersey.

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/a...ronze-stu.html

dfwcr8tive · #**262** Posted **Jul 19, 2009, 4:53 PM**

Some updates from http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com:

Saint Ann Court (from TexasStar)

17Seventeen McKinney (from TexasStar)

T. Boone Pickens YMCA renovation (from TexasStar)

Comerica Bank Tower plaza addition - Dallas Chop House Restaurant (from NThomas)

The Arts, Apartments by Jefferson (from MarkyPants2023)

Main Street Garden Park - opening October (from NThomas)

texcolo · #**263** Posted **Jul 21, 2009, 3:36 AM**

I really like the addition to the Comerica Bank Tower. It takes away a dead spot for pedestrian activity, and it looks great.

SpawnOfVulcan · #**264** Posted **Aug 2, 2009, 3:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by njjeppson

An AT&T Experience store has opened at the base of AT&T's headquarters building downtown and the lobby has been renovated to house "The Spirit of Communication," which was moved here from New Jersey.

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/a...ronze-stu.html

That's a beautiful statue! It reminds me of the statue that we have on top of the Alabama Power Headquarters tower in downtown Birmingham.

dfwcr8tive · #**265** Posted **Aug 19, 2009, 9:56 PM**

Eating Out: A First Look at the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park's Planned Restaurant and Performance Pavillion
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfa...ook_at_the.php

Plans call for a full restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating as well as a quick, casual café for people who wish to pick up a meal to enjoy in the park. The restaurant will also include space available to rent for private events.

The adjacent performance pavilion will be a central gathering space in the middle of The Park and serve as a place for free concerts and events. When not in use, the performance pavilion will have moveable tables and chairs for additional outdoor dining.

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dfwcr8tive · #**266** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 7:38 PM**

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/sharedcont...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.

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JoninATX · #**267** Posted **Sep 14, 2009, 9:04 PM**

Alright way to go Dallas!!!

, now if we can get the ball rolling for The Museum Tower...

dollaztx · #**268** Posted **Sep 16, 2009, 4:08 AM**

Dallas Convention Center Hotel Breaks Ground
Construction begins on city-owned hotel after many years of controversy
By KEN KALTHOFF
Updated 10:15 PM CDT, Tue, Sep 15, 2009
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/...-59412847.html

After a bitter referendum battle and decades of debate, Dallas broke ground Tuesday on the city-owned Dallas Convention Center Hotel.
City leaders marked the occasion with confetti, a marching band and a "Big D" hoisted by crane above the construction site on Lamar and Young streets
Voters endorsed the $500 million, city-owned hotel in May after a bitter referendum campaign, but the debate has...

dfwcr8tive · #**269** Posted **Sep 16, 2009, 3:36 PM**

Here's the latest rendering:

Night View

TexasStar · #**270** Posted **Sep 16, 2009, 4:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alabadrock

That's a beautiful statue! It reminds me of the statue that we have on top of the Alabama Power Headquarters tower in downtown Birmingham.

Those two would make an electric couple.

stranger · #**271** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by TexasStar

Those two would make an electric couple.

dfwcr8tive · #**272** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 2:40 PM**

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.

TexasStar · #**273** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 5:39 PM**

Renderings for Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Victory Park

trainiac · #**274** Posted **Sep 18, 2009, 1:39 AM**

Sorry if this is the wrong thread.... have they got the DART line finished yet to the State Fair grounds? I was there in January and it looked like they might make it. I'm hoping that will revitalize Deep Ellum a little bit

TexasStar · #**275** Posted **Sep 18, 2009, 8:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by trainiac

Sorry if this is the wrong thread.... have they got the DART line finished yet to the State Fair grounds? I was there in January and it looked like they might make it. I'm hoping that will revitalize Deep Ellum a little bit

Yes, the DART has opened 4 new stations on the new Green Line (including 2 that serve Fair Park) just in time for this year's State Fair of Texas.

dfwcr8tive · #**276** Posted **Sep 23, 2009, 5:32 PM**

Main Street Garden Park opens in November

JoninATX · #**277** Posted **Sep 23, 2009, 11:22 PM**

Park looks good, what are they going to do with the old cc hotel to the right of the park?

dfwcr8tive · #**278** Posted **Sep 24, 2009, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by JoninATX

Park looks good, what are they going to do with the old cc hotel to the right of the park?

The old Dallas Statler Hilton is just sitting there for now, owned by foreign investors. Hopefully when the park is finished someone will want to use it for something. The Dallas Landmark Commission is pushing hard to save the structure ever since it was listed on the NTHP Most Endangered list in 2008. Here's a recent good article about the challenges: http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/re...-53071057.html

stranger · #**279** Posted **Sep 24, 2009, 3:55 PM**

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge progress

http://www.trinityrivercorridor.org/...ics/index.html

Coming along- sorry, my work denies access to any websites that would allow me to host an image.

dollaztx · #**280** Posted **Sep 25, 2009, 2:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by nschmoyer

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge progress

http://www.trinityrivercorridor.org/...ics/index.html

Coming along- sorry, my work denies access to any websites that would allow me to host an image.

Since were talking about the trinity and parks. It was announced yesterday that the Continental bridge (which is the one on the left on that link you posted) will turn into a pedestrian bridge. Heres the article:

Trinity project gets $10 million gift to transform Continental bridge into pedestrian overpass
12:00 AM CDT on Friday, September 25, 2009

By RUDOLPH BUSH / The Dallas Morning News
rbush@dallasnews.com
A plan to convert the Continental Avenue bridge between downtown and West Dallas into an elaborate pedestrian boulevard complete with sidewalks, bike lanes and green spaces received a major boost Thursday.

The private Trinity Trust announced an anonymous $10 million gift to fund construction of many of the bridge's planned features, including a winding, tree-covered walkway.

The gift, in honor of Trinity Trust chairwoman Mary McDermott Cook, is expected to speed the bridge's transformation from a busy thoroughfare into a 2,000-foot-long, 50-foot-wide park between the levees.

"I'm so glad we are going to do something that will make a place in the Trinity – before we get all of the other work done – for all of the people of Dallas," said McDermott Cook, who has asked that the bridge not be renamed for her.

Thursday's announcement at the Trinity Trust on Oak Lawn Avenue was attended by celebrated Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, designer of two soaring white-steel bridges that supporters of the Trinity River project hope will become symbols of Dallas and a signal of the city's commitment to culture and beauty.

The first Calatrava-designed bridge, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, is under construction between the Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Singleton Boulevard...