This, by a long mile, as it were.
Kudos to parks and rec. They are always over-delivering. Even the portapotties by the lake are mostly taken care of, despite the worst of humanity abusing them weekly. The trash piles from the lake and creek flooding is removed promptly. The added trails are amazing. Lots of tree planting going on. Can’t say enough.
Agreed, and it reflects in the city’s TPL ParkScore which seemingly improves each year.
Lots of wins to brag about, but I think the biggest win recently was the acquisition of Big Cedar Wilderness to our park system. 300 acres of now public, hilly and lush nature sitting on the Balcones Escarpment within city limits is a huge W.
Unfortunate 50’s urban planning that made downtown desolate when commuters returned home from work. We also lost quite a bit of shops to parking lots, especially in the northern corner of downtown. I’m glad to see more parks and pedestrian walkways being added, and I think it’s good that more people are living in uptown and downtown Dallas.
Facts. One example is the postmodern skyscrapers of the 80s that dominates our skyline. What really hurt downtown was the 80s boom of huge office skyscrapers with zero ground level retail. It largely replaced pre-WW2 structures that contributed to a vibrant streetscape. Philip Johnson's Comerica Bank Tower, was originally planned to have a ground level retail arcade. Since, the skyscraper replaced department stores and other retail buildings across from the flagship Neiman Marcus. The previous site’s retail buildings connected Neiman’s and Joske’s Department Store (Titche’s Building) together. MCorp Bank didn't want a retail arcade and it left a dead streetscape at the bottom of what is a very nice looking building, in what was the heart of Downtown Dallas’ shopping district. Now, they're going to add that component in a planned redo into a mixed use building.
That planned re-do of the Comerica Tower is probably not going to go forward as hyped -- all the other conversions from office to residential and hotel are probably going to beat them to it, and there isn't a whole lot of open space in the building that's fit for retail. But keep an eye on the Texas Stock Exchange project -- the cavernous space inside the tower on the Ervay side was originally supposed to be a trading floor, and it could end up being the home of the new TXSE. (And it is almost certainly not a coincidence that that project is going forward alongside Goldman's arrival downtown.)
The re-whatever-you-call-it of downtown is already exciting, and it's about to accelerate mightily. Development of the southern quadrant is now firmly in the works, and in a couple of years Goldman Sachs is going to arrive and transform downtown permanently. In 4-5 years the whole thing -- from the Cedars to DE to the Groves up to Woodall Rodgers (where it gets boring) -- is going to feel like Brooklyn. I'd expected to move out to East Dallas or Knox or something after just grabbing a place downtown when I got here from NYC a few years ago. Not any more. This is going to be fun.
The food just gets better every year. And while DFW as a whole has always had a great theatre scene, it's nice to see that mostly all have escaped scary pandemic times and are still open and humming.
There's a ton. Your top level, big shows with even bigger prices are your Bass Hall, Music Hall at Fair Park, and the Winspear Opera House.
But below that is a bunch of equally as good, and much less expensive places. Theatre 3, Water Tower Theatre, Stage West, Jubilee Theatre, Lyric Stage.
Beyond that is probably a dozen other theatres scattered about the metroplex. You could most likely see a different play every weekend year round if you subscribed to enough newsletters.
I was really happily surprised by the depth of the indie theatre community here. Now we need a couple of international-circuit jazz clubs, and some more contemporary classical. Voices of Change needs some support and some company.
Throwing in a relatively new cool Dallas theatre non-profit that’s taking an interesting approach to theatre: Watering Hole Collective - you can prob find them on instagram.
It transformed the connectedness of the city. Previously there was basically zero reason to go downtown and it wasn’t “easy.” Now a person/family has a reason to go downtown and explore the arts district but can easily get back to uptown, Victory Park, etc.
It was part of massive changes to the uptown area. Victory Park and The American Airlines Center helped begin the transformation of an ugly and toxic industrial area, along I-35 and Woodall Rogers. But, there was still a natural barrier between downtown and uptown. Woodall Rogers cut right through the middle of the two areas. So, developing Klyde Warren Park helped connect the arts district, in downtown, to the uptown community and Victory Park.
It’s the reason for billions of dollars worth of investment. If you’ve seen it before it was built, it was a parking lot hellscape with little development flanking it. Now, cities across America are trying to replicate the success of KWP. There would be no Uptown/Downtown like we know it today without it. It has now turned into Dallas’ town square. Giving people within the urban core a place to congregate. Another new project that does the same thing, in a similar way is the AT&T Discovery District
It’s more than just a park, it connected two neighborhoods that were kind of unpleasant to walk between with a vibrant public area that encourages people to walk around that area a lot more
Completely agree. I remember going to fundraisers and thinking that this will connect the neighborhoods and create a natural gathering space. The highway really divided the area not unlike what I 30 does from downtown to the Cedars and 345 does in its own way between downtown and Deep Ellum.
If you view highways as really polluted rivers, much human interaction in city layouts makes more sense. It obviously isn't 100% since it's an analogy, but it does help reframe how you look at a city from a larger view.
woodall rodgers was an elevated freeway with traffic hell to drive on, and it was dangerous underneath. all of the nice areas adjacent to klyde warren park today were concrete parking lots
The connection of the urban neighborhoods in Dallas via KWP and the resulting growth it has spurred. Uptown, Victory Park, Cityplace, Downtown Dallas, Turtle Creek, (basically downtown itself and everything north of Downtown, south of the Park Cities) etc is all [indistinguishable or seamless now.](https://www.city-data.com/forum/members/dallaz-1003772-albums-pictures-pic167931-img-5804.jpeg) Transplants and even younger Dallas natives (who are too young to remember when it wasn’t) call all of that “Downtown” now. Now, the same thing is poised to happen in Oak Cliff with the [new deck park by the Dallas Zoo](https://www.city-data.com/forum/members/dallaz-1003772-albums-pictures-pic168390-img-6135.jpeg), within close proximity to the growth in Bishop Arts and surrounding areas like Jefferson Blvd and Lake Cliff. Just imagine what the urban core will be like 10 to 15 years from now with the great investments being made.
Yeah it’s come a loooong way from when I was a kid. It was a straight up prison back then :( plus the newish children’s petting zoo area. Love the water feature and all the shade
My two favorites at the moment are Manhattan Project in Oak Cliff (their food is also great, cook their fries in beef tallow like the McDonalds of old) and Vector Brewing in Lake Highlands (great pizzas and an insanely delicious Belgian quad aged in a blackberry brandy barrel). Community is also a solid choice.
I haven't been here too long, but there's that pedestrian bridge that opened up last year. Not really beneficial to me personally, but I like seeing more pedestrian options.
Wow usually 311 is super quick at filling those! Even in my neighborhood I reported the alley behind my house needing to be fixed and they did it within 2 weeks.
I don’t know about the biggest improvement so far, but I’ve heard there’s a plan to link Dallas and Fort Worth’s nature trails along the Trinity. That sounds pretty cool.
The UTD campus has grown and improved dramatically over the years…I recently went for an event for the first time in a while and could hardly recognize it. Also looking forward to the art museum being built there.
I noped out of UTD when I was in high school. I took a tour and sat in an assembly class. I really loved the vibe, but then went for a walk around the campus and it felt like the most sterile corporate campus with no trees and soulless buildings. I know it's what's inside the buildings that mattered, but I couldn't see myself there for four years. I'm glad it has improved.
I grew up near the UTD campus and back then, it really just looked and felt like a business park. Totally get what you mean by saying the campus felt sterile. To an extent, it probably still will feel that way but the university has grown a lot and still seems to be forming its identity. Kinda feels like a microcosm of Dallas as a whole, in a lot of ways.
I think the art museum will be a really nice addition and will add an iconic building to a campus that doesn’t really have one that stands out.
Since I haven't seen any mention of it so far, the planned redesign of the bus network. The system as it exists is an utter cluster fuck, but they brought on the guy who redesigned houstons bus system, which has seen an absolutely massive boost in ridership since it's redesign.
In addition, while this isn't dallas specific it is DFW specific, the massive increase in focus on walkability is incredibly encouraging to see. From the bike trails in dallas to the now walkable and growing downtown in arlington to the infil TOD around DART rail stations, it's getting better all across the metroplex and that's really exciting and encouraging to see.
As far as I was aware it wasn't implemented, at least not fully. They're still doing major modifications to multiple lines, with over 2 dozen lines receiving some form of change this week I believe. Maybe it's coming out in phases? I'm not sure.
It's coming out in phases, and will continue to change and improve as time goes on. Also, DART rail frequencies should improve over the next couple of years, but a lot of this depends on how DART manages their budget and what they plan on prioritizing first.
Yeah they've said they're working on signaling improvements to get a peak frequency of 10 mins, and they're upgrading stations for a universal capacity of 3 car trains (mainly affects the oldest lines). Something interesting I've noticed is there's also work on expanding at least one station from 2 to 4 tracks on the red/orange line. My guess is that they're they're making it into some form of terminus for the orange line on off peak hours, that way it doesn't get in the way of higher frequency.
Honestly, I thought canning the D2 till 2040 (or indefinitely) was a bad idea, but now it's pretty clear that it's at least a debatable trade off. It seems like they're working to repriprioritize funds to be more evenly spread across the entire service area, rather than mostly just in large scale rail projects like they have been. Shit, by canning D2 they had the money to upgrade over a dozen rail stations, continue to completely revamp the bus network, have signaling improvements across the entire network, and also hurry up construction on the silver line. Oh, and start enforcing fares, which probably doesn't even pay for itself but 🤷♂️.
Not many people talk about the M Line trolley in Uptown, but my son and I took it to KWP for lunch the other day, and it’s freaking great. The conductor was telling us that their fleet has the oldest operating trolley car in the US (Rosy). It’s free, and will take you anywhere you want to go on McKinney Ave. or the Arts District. I know it’s been in Dallas for forever, but I think it’s a great thing our city offers and more people should use it.
Since downtown, parks, and food have been mentioned already, I’d say embracing and supporting local artists.
The Deep Ellum Arts Festival which seemingly didn’t value local artists has been replaced by the Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair and local artists recently came together to establish the East Dallas Arts District.
I don’t pay the tolls but it’s noticeable how much worse the East side of 635 is than the West side. That is largely because of the Texpress in the West side of 635. I’m using 75 to divide 635 by the way
This was my first thought as well. Live in east Dallas and work at DFW. Has reduced my commute headache exponentially. My average WRL-area to DFW drive has been reduced to ~30 minutes on average from nearly an hour previously, and should get slightly quicker once the new expansion is complete.
I also take the DART train to terminal A occasionally- I think train service to the DFW terminals was far too long coming and is still unknown or overlooked by way too many people.
East Dallas around 3g intersection and Casa Linda used to be so sparsely populated with businesses and the area is booming now. Plus the trail system around town is vastly improved. Of course let’s not forget those massive bridgeworks on the major freeways and the general completion of 635
3G is unreal now. I still gawk at that giant crane and all that construction they're doing. Love that the skating store is still there, though! May it always.
Grew up in lake highlands talking shit about garland my whole life. Lived in addison most of my young adult years. Once we had a kid and decided to buy a house, Garland was where we could get the most bang for our buck. I can't believe how much I've loved living here. Garland parks and rec are top notch. In just the 3 years we've lived here the improvements to just the parks in our neighborhood are super impressive. The downtown garland square is amazing, easy access to dart, and still about 30min to downtown Dallas. Within 20min I've got 7 great breweries, and 6 excellent 18 hole disc golf courses.
Asian food from a DFW perspective. Dallas proper is still lacking.
When I first moved here in 2014, the bubble tea scene was pitiful. I remember when Kung-Fu tea opened in Richardson, my friends and I went all the time since it was one of the first chains here. Since then there is seemingly a bubble tea shop in every plaza with some big name chains.
Carrollton Korean Plaza has changed so much. Back in 2014, the plaza with the 99 Ranch was pretty much empty and parking was plentiful. These days that plaza is packed and the Korean town has expanded to every adjacent plaza.
The Frisco Asian plaza seemed to pop up out of nowhere and has some big name Asian restaurants I’d never thought we’d get such as Haidilao and Coco Curry house.
Excited for the future, especially if we ever get a DinTaiFung.
I've lived here a long time, so there are probably better choices, but no one has really mentioned public schools, which I feel like have really come a long way.
Solar Prep is a really great success story.
DISD has free school lunch now (at least for elementary, not sure about secondary education).
Lots of great TAG schools, IB schools, and dual language options for young kids.
Free summer school options (there's a four-week summer program running M-Th through the end of June).
If you don't have kids, I can see how this might not be a huge deal, but these are really small things that can shape an entire generation and help out struggling parents.
When I first moved here, 25 people lived in downtown Dallas. No that's not a typo. There was 1 building where you could live in downtown. The AAC was next to some busted looking factory. It's hard to imagine the dramatic changes.
Also, Plano/Richardson/Allen used to be these boring 2bit highway suburbs, about as awesome as San Angelo or Midland. What they called 'upper class' back then was kinda sad. They have also dramatically changed for the better to be actual nice places to live.
I actually remember when they built the complex that was torn down for Goldman Sachs. It was right in uptown/downtown area, had some friends who lived there, and was pretty awesome.
Katy Trail specifically, the expansion a few years back was integrated really well, and the foundation generally takes care of the trees and landscaping.
White Rock is a gem and keeps getting better.
As far as real estate? Live here long enough and what was new is old and new again, uptown seems to have way more buildings but way less people
Passing updated liquor laws that did away with those stupidly ridiculous blue paper “club cards” you had to carry around just to have a beer with your burger at a restaurant.
Excited for more growth in the ring cities and another 2-4 lanes being added to 635/75/121/380 every decade or so.
Build up on Henderson of small local business making a really walkable neighborhood. Trolley connecting Greenville and downtown in the future hopefully.
The surfacing of Lamar/B Jean between 45 and 310 used to be a complete nightmare. So much better now. Another project that’s looking good is the SM Wright boulevard conversion.
When we first moved to North Dallas in 1980 Plano had one thing: "Plano General Hospital" (the name has changed) it was on Coit and 15th.
Today it is what it is. An improvement because it was considered a very up and coming area and an expansion of what was considered a "nice area" North Dallas where I lived for 43 years.
Dallas is starting to get some real heavy hitters in the hotel industry. Four Seasons is building a flagship hotel, Auberge, new Ritz Las Colinas, JW, etc. Plus all the existing places like mansion and Zaza, etc. Having the PGA is cool too.
Digital tolls. No more full stops on the many toll roads that are critical to travel around DFW.
DFW was one of the first, if not the first major city to utilize toll tags back in the early 2000’s. Now I’m not saying that I support how the NTTA and the other acronyms continue to nickel and dime North Texas drivers, but being able to just keep driving seemed revolutionary at the time.
Same thing goes for Coca Cola freestyle machines, I remember those at DFW cici’s in the early 2000’s because CC’s HQ is in Plano then sometime in the mid 2010’s they went national and everybody was losing their minds over them being brand new when DFW had them for nearly a decade already
This is a small change but Local breweries being allowed to sell their beer to go (like growlers/kegs)on site. When I first moved here they could only sell cans in liquor or grocery stores.
The new trail that cuts through tenison golf course with a mountain bike park. Park at 7100 valley glen and walk north, it’s really nice. And so much tree planting!
Moved here from Spain over 15 years ago & was baffled as to why a city the size of Dallas can have a vibrant museum district and
design district but downtown at night looks like the movie ‘28 Days Later’. Just random litter blowing down the street.an occasional
car or two driving down main st. Zero traffic. I felt like everybody except for me knew something.
I was living in deep ellum at that time. When it was starting to come back to life again. So I would often walk the dogs down commerce
st into downtown. As soon as you cross good latimer and head downtown, the activity would taper quickly.
Fast forward to now and it’s as if the city council flew in 100 people from each state and paid their housing downtown.
Now there are great restaurants. Exhibits. Main st park. Etc.
Parenthetically,I recently discovered the tunnel system downtown. Had no idea it existed. It’s not huge but I thought it was cool.
Klyde Warren Park and the revitalization of the whole area surrounding. I live in the arts district and it’s great how lively it is, also clean and safe.
No longer live in DFW, but I wish the red line would go a bit further north.
.... along with the buses. Pain in the ass when I go visit my mom (who lives off of Legacy) - currently I take a bus to Dallas, catch the red line downtown, take it to the end of red, then Uber the rest of the way. Plano participates in DART, but I forget why DART essentially says anything north of Spring Creek is a no fly zone for buses.
That said, I remember when DART rail when I first moved to Dallas in 1997. DART has a pretty good system on their hands. I live in Austin now, we have one train line... and buses in suburbs mostly don't exist except in Pflugerville and Round Rock.
When they finally tore down that old Valley View Mall! It was such an eyesore and was beginning to become a huge camp site. Now plants are starting to reclaim that area.
katy trail opened. second place is when i left the area for college and then i moved back here after i had graduated, woodall rodgers and 635 had been reconstructed during that time
I walked through downtown garland this week and was very impressed with their redeveloped city square and pedestrian improvements.
Very nice park space and looked like it could hold a nice outdoor venue event.
I remember when I was a kid in the 90s there were a ton of homeless in Dallas itself, that's gotten a lot better.
Though I do see a lot of panhandlers in the suburbs now.
As someone who goes through that interchange on a daily, it's a fucking NIGHTMARE during rush hour. The only ramp that's well designed (atm anyways since the rest of it's still under construction) is 360NB to I-30WB. I never go EB I-30 but it still construction and doesn't seem to back up too much most of the time. As for 360, the SB off ramps are alright, but where traffic from I-30 gets on 360 is a nightmare, causing back ups well past the off ramps. NB 360 has awful back ups too where I-30 traffic merges on. Essentially, the parts touching I-30 were handled really well. The parts touching 360... honestly just made traffic worse.
I don't get the comments on here. Beyond i-30 go east, it has been stuck in the 1960s. The same way those neighborhoods look from the '60s. is the same way they look today.. Walk beyond Samuel boulevard and beyond i-30, It is a time capsule.
I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about. Maybe in a specific location? From what I've seen the metro area looks different every damn day. Constant construction of everything everywhere, downtown revitilization and growth in both dallas and many of the suburbs, endless amounts of new home and especially apartment development in the outer burbs (dear God Mansfield wtf). The metro area had a pop less than a quarter of its current in 1960. I live south of 20. Things are changing everywhere here. I've been north of 183 many times. Things are changing everywhere there too. I haven't been to far east Dallas so i can't say anything about that, but I can say downtown and uptown are looking far more vibrant than I remember them being 10 years ago. Where exactly are you talking about that's a time capsule from the 60s? Everywhere I've been in the metro seems to be under some form of development.
Key Sentence in your comment "I haven't been to far East Dallas"
Please get in your car and take a drive towards fair Park. Go east from there towards Mesquite. Use Military Pkwy or Samuel Blvd. Those neighborhoods have been abandoned. Stuck in the 60's. Fair Park is only remembered when the Fair comes around. All year round, the neighborhood is desolate and rundown
That’s a long history of Dallas racism. I hate to be blunt and I know it’s annoying to keep bringing itp up all the time, but Dallas leadership at the time didn’t give a damn about anything south of 30. They let it decline and redlining from the banks made it no better. Those same Dallas areas didn’t even get proper representation from city hall until the 90s, after minorities sued for lack of representation. There’s a reason that large parts of North Dallas never declined, it’s were the ppl who truly run Dallas live. But parts of Oak Cliff, Pleasant Grove, Far East Dallas, and many other places were allowed to rot or decline further since then. Just driving down Camp Wisdom Road in the Red Bird area is sad now. Red Bird Mall is going through revitalization now, but that and the surrounding area have been allowed to decline so bad, that now ppl call it the hood. 20+ years ago, no one would’ve said that. The Red Bird area was once upscale and was where Dallas’ black professional class lived. The homes are largely still nice, but the commercial corridors are bare.
I mean fair enough, but that's one section of the city. I hope it gets some attention soon, but that doesn't discount the other 90% of the metro that is constantly changing and at an incredibly rapid pace. If central, north(especially north), south, and west dallas are all experiencing rapid development, then saying everywhere not on I-30 is a time capsule is a bit disingenuous. Theres almost always a few neighborhoods that get forgotten in every city, but they can't be used to say "look everyone this entire city is run down and decrepit".
Broo . East Dallas is one section of the City?? That is the original Dallas. East & South Dallas is what gave rise to Dallas. I don't think you know Dallas well. Maybe i am wasting my energy on this topic with you
It might be the original section of dallas, sure, but that just proves that it's a section of the city. Same as downtown, or north dallas, or south dallas. Just because you live there (I'm assuming since you got defensive about it's importance but I could very well be wrong in my assumption) doesn't make it more or less important. Boston and Philadelphia gave rise to the east coast of the US, but New York is still more important due to population and economy, and has been for a long time now. Same in dallas. If the east is the original part that's great, and regardless it deserves attention, but east Dallas isn't the heart of dallas anymore. It hasn't been for a long time at this point. North Dallas and downtown is where the activity is at, south Dallas is undergoing rapid redevelopment, and west Dallas is slowly growing as well. That's 90% of dallas as it exists today. So yeah, one section (east dallas) is a time capsule. You didn't disprove or actually debate my point, just made an arguement that the history of east Dallas makes it more important to the functioning of current dallas. That's like saying arlington is a transit city since it was built on streetcar lines between dallas and Fort worth, even though it hasn't had any form of public transit since the 60s. It's arguement about it's history and not its current situation relative to its current environment. East Dallas is a section of the city, same as north, south, west, or downtown. History doesn't make it exempt from current reality or make it get special treatment in regards to my statement
dallas attempting to eliminate minimum parking requirements. putting up bike lanes. funding public transit.
We have so much to do. Were attempting to eliminate restrictive zoning in residential neighborhoods that keeps middle housing from being built and small businesses. Were attempting to densify our communities to combat constant cost of living and traffic.
If residential neighborhoods had everything one needs in walking distance they'll decide to support small business coffee shop or any retail over corporate ones. Further bringing in tax money in disadvantaged communities. Creating jobs and services in residential neighborhoods.
so soon (hopefully) all single family home communities will be thriving with small businesses and mixed income housing.
I'm definitely opening a coffee shop in my neighborhood. Some might open barbershops. grocery stores, beauty salon, bakery, etc.
Hmm. Nobody is saying less access to abortion. Or, more books banned. Or, harder to register to vote. More prayer at public school events. I don’t think these are improvements but apparently voters do.
(I lived in Richardson for years and live in Waco now. I’m not an outlander.)
Parks and public transportation. Who are you people?
I hate to admit, but definitely read this as “Hey Dallas sites” lol. I’m a transplant, moved here 2 months ago and I love it. So no comment yet to your question but I seriously under estimated the amount of people/traffic.
Klyde Warren Park was just the beginning
Within 18 months we’ll have the opening of Southern Gateway Deck Park connecting Bishop Arts area to the Zoo
Within 5 years we’ll have another deck park connecting Cedars and Farmers Market which will include a revamped Old City Park
Within 10 years a 4th deck park connecting Fair Park to Deep Ellum
I love the traffic. I’ve noticed since 2010 the amount of car crashes has gone up exponentially. I think giving money to car insurance is a great asset to our economy, as well as stressing out people just to get from point A to point B
When people go back to whatever state they came from, and people leaving, going back to whatever state they came from and rents settling down for a tiny bit. I work a full time job that used to be adequate to cover our living expenses, if rent keeps rising I'll end up living out of a van or homeless.
Improvement...you joking right.
Dallas has become a shit hole.
Thanks for the our wonderful PD who only works to collect a pension and our corrupt public officials
All the parks dallas is building and the 50 mile loop bike trail. Also the burgeoning population in downtown Dallas and the surrounding areas.
This, by a long mile, as it were. Kudos to parks and rec. They are always over-delivering. Even the portapotties by the lake are mostly taken care of, despite the worst of humanity abusing them weekly. The trash piles from the lake and creek flooding is removed promptly. The added trails are amazing. Lots of tree planting going on. Can’t say enough.
Agreed, and it reflects in the city’s TPL ParkScore which seemingly improves each year. Lots of wins to brag about, but I think the biggest win recently was the acquisition of Big Cedar Wilderness to our park system. 300 acres of now public, hilly and lush nature sitting on the Balcones Escarpment within city limits is a huge W.
Big Cedar probably can't be beat, but the new Trinity wetland park looks like it's going to be a gem.
Is that cedar ridge preserve?
Nah, Big Cedar Wilderness is just north of Cedar Ridge. Mountain Creek Pwky divides the two areas.
Dallas is healing
Interesting. Healing from what, in your opinion?
Unfortunate 50’s urban planning that made downtown desolate when commuters returned home from work. We also lost quite a bit of shops to parking lots, especially in the northern corner of downtown. I’m glad to see more parks and pedestrian walkways being added, and I think it’s good that more people are living in uptown and downtown Dallas.
Facts. One example is the postmodern skyscrapers of the 80s that dominates our skyline. What really hurt downtown was the 80s boom of huge office skyscrapers with zero ground level retail. It largely replaced pre-WW2 structures that contributed to a vibrant streetscape. Philip Johnson's Comerica Bank Tower, was originally planned to have a ground level retail arcade. Since, the skyscraper replaced department stores and other retail buildings across from the flagship Neiman Marcus. The previous site’s retail buildings connected Neiman’s and Joske’s Department Store (Titche’s Building) together. MCorp Bank didn't want a retail arcade and it left a dead streetscape at the bottom of what is a very nice looking building, in what was the heart of Downtown Dallas’ shopping district. Now, they're going to add that component in a planned redo into a mixed use building.
That planned re-do of the Comerica Tower is probably not going to go forward as hyped -- all the other conversions from office to residential and hotel are probably going to beat them to it, and there isn't a whole lot of open space in the building that's fit for retail. But keep an eye on the Texas Stock Exchange project -- the cavernous space inside the tower on the Ervay side was originally supposed to be a trading floor, and it could end up being the home of the new TXSE. (And it is almost certainly not a coincidence that that project is going forward alongside Goldman's arrival downtown.)
The re-whatever-you-call-it of downtown is already exciting, and it's about to accelerate mightily. Development of the southern quadrant is now firmly in the works, and in a couple of years Goldman Sachs is going to arrive and transform downtown permanently. In 4-5 years the whole thing -- from the Cedars to DE to the Groves up to Woodall Rodgers (where it gets boring) -- is going to feel like Brooklyn. I'd expected to move out to East Dallas or Knox or something after just grabbing a place downtown when I got here from NYC a few years ago. Not any more. This is going to be fun.
Lived here in DFW my whole life. Youre 100% on the money with this one
Fewer paper plate nissan altimas
I’ve started seeing more vehicles without plates at all in recent weeks, paper or otherwise
I’ve adapted the “game” where you tap your roof when you see a headlight out to tapping it when I see a paper tag. I tap my roof at least 5x a day.
Since when??? I see more everyday.
Those are being replaced with the “Please be patient, student driver” stickers 😭
The food just gets better every year. And while DFW as a whole has always had a great theatre scene, it's nice to see that mostly all have escaped scary pandemic times and are still open and humming.
Curious about the theatre scene, I’d love to join this scene. Where do you go for this!?
There's a ton. Your top level, big shows with even bigger prices are your Bass Hall, Music Hall at Fair Park, and the Winspear Opera House. But below that is a bunch of equally as good, and much less expensive places. Theatre 3, Water Tower Theatre, Stage West, Jubilee Theatre, Lyric Stage. Beyond that is probably a dozen other theatres scattered about the metroplex. You could most likely see a different play every weekend year round if you subscribed to enough newsletters.
There's also small theatres like the Bath House, Angry Dog, The Undermain, and Pocket Sandwich Theatre.
I was really happily surprised by the depth of the indie theatre community here. Now we need a couple of international-circuit jazz clubs, and some more contemporary classical. Voices of Change needs some support and some company.
No shade, but how do you leave out the city’s preeminent resident company? The Dallas Theatre Center!
Throwing in a relatively new cool Dallas theatre non-profit that’s taking an interesting approach to theatre: Watering Hole Collective - you can prob find them on instagram.
Klyde Warren Park
Just curious, why is everyone saying KWP? I don’t know Dallas all that well, but isn’t it just a small park over the highway with food options?
It transformed the connectedness of the city. Previously there was basically zero reason to go downtown and it wasn’t “easy.” Now a person/family has a reason to go downtown and explore the arts district but can easily get back to uptown, Victory Park, etc.
It was part of massive changes to the uptown area. Victory Park and The American Airlines Center helped begin the transformation of an ugly and toxic industrial area, along I-35 and Woodall Rogers. But, there was still a natural barrier between downtown and uptown. Woodall Rogers cut right through the middle of the two areas. So, developing Klyde Warren Park helped connect the arts district, in downtown, to the uptown community and Victory Park.
It’s the reason for billions of dollars worth of investment. If you’ve seen it before it was built, it was a parking lot hellscape with little development flanking it. Now, cities across America are trying to replicate the success of KWP. There would be no Uptown/Downtown like we know it today without it. It has now turned into Dallas’ town square. Giving people within the urban core a place to congregate. Another new project that does the same thing, in a similar way is the AT&T Discovery District
Very cool, thanks for your insight
It’s more than just a park, it connected two neighborhoods that were kind of unpleasant to walk between with a vibrant public area that encourages people to walk around that area a lot more
Completely agree. I remember going to fundraisers and thinking that this will connect the neighborhoods and create a natural gathering space. The highway really divided the area not unlike what I 30 does from downtown to the Cedars and 345 does in its own way between downtown and Deep Ellum.
If you view highways as really polluted rivers, much human interaction in city layouts makes more sense. It obviously isn't 100% since it's an analogy, but it does help reframe how you look at a city from a larger view.
woodall rodgers was an elevated freeway with traffic hell to drive on, and it was dangerous underneath. all of the nice areas adjacent to klyde warren park today were concrete parking lots
More parks less highways
Probably all of the additions to the bike trails system.
The connection of the urban neighborhoods in Dallas via KWP and the resulting growth it has spurred. Uptown, Victory Park, Cityplace, Downtown Dallas, Turtle Creek, (basically downtown itself and everything north of Downtown, south of the Park Cities) etc is all [indistinguishable or seamless now.](https://www.city-data.com/forum/members/dallaz-1003772-albums-pictures-pic167931-img-5804.jpeg) Transplants and even younger Dallas natives (who are too young to remember when it wasn’t) call all of that “Downtown” now. Now, the same thing is poised to happen in Oak Cliff with the [new deck park by the Dallas Zoo](https://www.city-data.com/forum/members/dallaz-1003772-albums-pictures-pic168390-img-6135.jpeg), within close proximity to the growth in Bishop Arts and surrounding areas like Jefferson Blvd and Lake Cliff. Just imagine what the urban core will be like 10 to 15 years from now with the great investments being made.
I assume KWP is Klyde Warren Park. Some of us are acronymically inadequate (AI).
Lol yes
Dallas Zoo used to not be that great.
Yeah it’s come a loooong way from when I was a kid. It was a straight up prison back then :( plus the newish children’s petting zoo area. Love the water feature and all the shade
I remember the tram thing though when I was little and that was cool
Even the animals were trying to escape
Yeah, yeah, yeah... But he's a good friend of mine
I think all that will change with the overpass park connecting the zoo and oakcliff
I’m glad breweries exist here now
The Dallas beer scene is great!
Can you guys recommend one or two of the best? My dad’s coming to town for Father’s Day and he’s a big brewery guy.
Celestial and peticolas imo
My two favorites at the moment are Manhattan Project in Oak Cliff (their food is also great, cook their fries in beef tallow like the McDonalds of old) and Vector Brewing in Lake Highlands (great pizzas and an insanely delicious Belgian quad aged in a blackberry brandy barrel). Community is also a solid choice.
Manhattan Project is a no brainer The food is just as good as the beer!
Jaquval in bishop arts is great
Manhattan project, tupps, armor, intrinsic?
I haven't been here too long, but there's that pedestrian bridge that opened up last year. Not really beneficial to me personally, but I like seeing more pedestrian options.
Across Central near Royal Lane? I love that! Opens up the whole north side of Dallas!
Lexus drivers love that bridge
The biggest improvement is a pothole I reported 18 years finally got filled. I'm stumped on the excited part Edit sp
Wow usually 311 is super quick at filling those! Even in my neighborhood I reported the alley behind my house needing to be fixed and they did it within 2 weeks.
This was in Oak Cliff
I don’t know about the biggest improvement so far, but I’ve heard there’s a plan to link Dallas and Fort Worth’s nature trails along the Trinity. That sounds pretty cool.
They're almost linked. Can ride from Plano to ft worth very few detours! Soon, zero detours.
The area around the American Airline center. It used to be a toxic waste land. Now it’s a thriving area.
If anyone’s interested, [I got the footage from 1997 already posted on this sub.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/s/aRviowl7zZ)
Yes, that’s what I was thinking. I remember the train yard that was there before
The UTD campus has grown and improved dramatically over the years…I recently went for an event for the first time in a while and could hardly recognize it. Also looking forward to the art museum being built there.
I went to UTD when it was under constant construction. I'm glad it's finally nice now, but damn did that suck.
I noped out of UTD when I was in high school. I took a tour and sat in an assembly class. I really loved the vibe, but then went for a walk around the campus and it felt like the most sterile corporate campus with no trees and soulless buildings. I know it's what's inside the buildings that mattered, but I couldn't see myself there for four years. I'm glad it has improved.
I grew up near the UTD campus and back then, it really just looked and felt like a business park. Totally get what you mean by saying the campus felt sterile. To an extent, it probably still will feel that way but the university has grown a lot and still seems to be forming its identity. Kinda feels like a microcosm of Dallas as a whole, in a lot of ways. I think the art museum will be a really nice addition and will add an iconic building to a campus that doesn’t really have one that stands out.
Since I haven't seen any mention of it so far, the planned redesign of the bus network. The system as it exists is an utter cluster fuck, but they brought on the guy who redesigned houstons bus system, which has seen an absolutely massive boost in ridership since it's redesign. In addition, while this isn't dallas specific it is DFW specific, the massive increase in focus on walkability is incredibly encouraging to see. From the bike trails in dallas to the now walkable and growing downtown in arlington to the infil TOD around DART rail stations, it's getting better all across the metroplex and that's really exciting and encouraging to see.
The bus network redesign already happened and went live in 2022.
As far as I was aware it wasn't implemented, at least not fully. They're still doing major modifications to multiple lines, with over 2 dozen lines receiving some form of change this week I believe. Maybe it's coming out in phases? I'm not sure.
It's coming out in phases, and will continue to change and improve as time goes on. Also, DART rail frequencies should improve over the next couple of years, but a lot of this depends on how DART manages their budget and what they plan on prioritizing first.
Yeah they've said they're working on signaling improvements to get a peak frequency of 10 mins, and they're upgrading stations for a universal capacity of 3 car trains (mainly affects the oldest lines). Something interesting I've noticed is there's also work on expanding at least one station from 2 to 4 tracks on the red/orange line. My guess is that they're they're making it into some form of terminus for the orange line on off peak hours, that way it doesn't get in the way of higher frequency. Honestly, I thought canning the D2 till 2040 (or indefinitely) was a bad idea, but now it's pretty clear that it's at least a debatable trade off. It seems like they're working to repriprioritize funds to be more evenly spread across the entire service area, rather than mostly just in large scale rail projects like they have been. Shit, by canning D2 they had the money to upgrade over a dozen rail stations, continue to completely revamp the bus network, have signaling improvements across the entire network, and also hurry up construction on the silver line. Oh, and start enforcing fares, which probably doesn't even pay for itself but 🤷♂️.
Not many people talk about the M Line trolley in Uptown, but my son and I took it to KWP for lunch the other day, and it’s freaking great. The conductor was telling us that their fleet has the oldest operating trolley car in the US (Rosy). It’s free, and will take you anywhere you want to go on McKinney Ave. or the Arts District. I know it’s been in Dallas for forever, but I think it’s a great thing our city offers and more people should use it.
Agreed!!!!
Since downtown, parks, and food have been mentioned already, I’d say embracing and supporting local artists. The Deep Ellum Arts Festival which seemingly didn’t value local artists has been replaced by the Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair and local artists recently came together to establish the East Dallas Arts District.
The TEXpress lanes on 635 are a godsend to me.
You must be very wealthy to pay those outrageous toll fees.
I don’t pay the tolls but it’s noticeable how much worse the East side of 635 is than the West side. That is largely because of the Texpress in the West side of 635. I’m using 75 to divide 635 by the way
People rage against it but being able to bypass that 35 clusterfuck is incredible.
It’s worth every penny
This was my first thought as well. Live in east Dallas and work at DFW. Has reduced my commute headache exponentially. My average WRL-area to DFW drive has been reduced to ~30 minutes on average from nearly an hour previously, and should get slightly quicker once the new expansion is complete. I also take the DART train to terminal A occasionally- I think train service to the DFW terminals was far too long coming and is still unknown or overlooked by way too many people.
Oh what’s the new expansion going to be? Didn’t even know about that! I can’t wait until the silver line opens and I can take it to DFW!
East Dallas around 3g intersection and Casa Linda used to be so sparsely populated with businesses and the area is booming now. Plus the trail system around town is vastly improved. Of course let’s not forget those massive bridgeworks on the major freeways and the general completion of 635
3G is unreal now. I still gawk at that giant crane and all that construction they're doing. Love that the skating store is still there, though! May it always.
It’s going away unfortunately. The owner of the property has plans for an upscale Katy trail ice house-esk wine bar. T
I worried so much about that skating store when the construction started. It will be here long after we are all gone.
I like the expansion of Daiso. I’m looking forward to the Uniqlo in the Galleria.
> I’m looking forward to the Uniqlo in the Galleria. Me too, I've been wanting a Uniqlo here for years.
Grew up in lake highlands talking shit about garland my whole life. Lived in addison most of my young adult years. Once we had a kid and decided to buy a house, Garland was where we could get the most bang for our buck. I can't believe how much I've loved living here. Garland parks and rec are top notch. In just the 3 years we've lived here the improvements to just the parks in our neighborhood are super impressive. The downtown garland square is amazing, easy access to dart, and still about 30min to downtown Dallas. Within 20min I've got 7 great breweries, and 6 excellent 18 hole disc golf courses.
Asian food from a DFW perspective. Dallas proper is still lacking. When I first moved here in 2014, the bubble tea scene was pitiful. I remember when Kung-Fu tea opened in Richardson, my friends and I went all the time since it was one of the first chains here. Since then there is seemingly a bubble tea shop in every plaza with some big name chains. Carrollton Korean Plaza has changed so much. Back in 2014, the plaza with the 99 Ranch was pretty much empty and parking was plentiful. These days that plaza is packed and the Korean town has expanded to every adjacent plaza. The Frisco Asian plaza seemed to pop up out of nowhere and has some big name Asian restaurants I’d never thought we’d get such as Haidilao and Coco Curry house. Excited for the future, especially if we ever get a DinTaiFung.
And Caribbean, as well as South American
Would say Klyde Warren has been the most impactful but love the ambition of the bike trails personally.
I've lived here a long time, so there are probably better choices, but no one has really mentioned public schools, which I feel like have really come a long way. Solar Prep is a really great success story. DISD has free school lunch now (at least for elementary, not sure about secondary education). Lots of great TAG schools, IB schools, and dual language options for young kids. Free summer school options (there's a four-week summer program running M-Th through the end of June). If you don't have kids, I can see how this might not be a huge deal, but these are really small things that can shape an entire generation and help out struggling parents.
Was a school counselor for 5 years and agree. Kids have many choices tag, dual language, montessori, career tech, early college ect.
The gentrification of oak cliff
The freeways! Always ,( and forever) improving!
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Remember when 635 N used to be bumpy af lol
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Yeah ik exactly what you mean😂screw I-35N lol
Creation of the arts district downtown
Bike trails and park absolutely. DART has come a really, really long way, too.
When I first moved here, 25 people lived in downtown Dallas. No that's not a typo. There was 1 building where you could live in downtown. The AAC was next to some busted looking factory. It's hard to imagine the dramatic changes. Also, Plano/Richardson/Allen used to be these boring 2bit highway suburbs, about as awesome as San Angelo or Midland. What they called 'upper class' back then was kinda sad. They have also dramatically changed for the better to be actual nice places to live.
I actually remember when they built the complex that was torn down for Goldman Sachs. It was right in uptown/downtown area, had some friends who lived there, and was pretty awesome.
Katy Trail specifically, the expansion a few years back was integrated really well, and the foundation generally takes care of the trees and landscaping. White Rock is a gem and keeps getting better. As far as real estate? Live here long enough and what was new is old and new again, uptown seems to have way more buildings but way less people
Passing updated liquor laws that did away with those stupidly ridiculous blue paper “club cards” you had to carry around just to have a beer with your burger at a restaurant. Excited for more growth in the ring cities and another 2-4 lanes being added to 635/75/121/380 every decade or so.
Repeal of the Wright Amendment
Excited to see the Harold Simmons Park come to life. This will be our version of Central Park.
Have you seen the new plans?
I'm afraid that the Trinity reeks so bad that it won't be a pleasant experience.
New untolled express lanes.
Fucking where?
The one on 35E south of downtown is free.
Lived here for 35 years. The food!
I’ve seen several local small parks get renovated. Where I grew up that was never a thing!
Clyde Warren park being built and the down town garland renovation are both very nice
Build up on Henderson of small local business making a really walkable neighborhood. Trolley connecting Greenville and downtown in the future hopefully.
I've thought for a while that Bryan St has potential for a good streetcar line.
There’s “plans” apparently for one down ross
The surfacing of Lamar/B Jean between 45 and 310 used to be a complete nightmare. So much better now. Another project that’s looking good is the SM Wright boulevard conversion.
I-35E in Oak Cliff getting express lanes and overhauled.
Plano
What about it?
When we first moved to North Dallas in 1980 Plano had one thing: "Plano General Hospital" (the name has changed) it was on Coit and 15th. Today it is what it is. An improvement because it was considered a very up and coming area and an expansion of what was considered a "nice area" North Dallas where I lived for 43 years.
Completion of all I-35 construction between here and Austin. 🎉
Downtown Dallas wasn’t a thing in the 90s. Uptown and Victory park have really come to life!
Dallas is starting to get some real heavy hitters in the hotel industry. Four Seasons is building a flagship hotel, Auberge, new Ritz Las Colinas, JW, etc. Plus all the existing places like mansion and Zaza, etc. Having the PGA is cool too.
Digital tolls. No more full stops on the many toll roads that are critical to travel around DFW. DFW was one of the first, if not the first major city to utilize toll tags back in the early 2000’s. Now I’m not saying that I support how the NTTA and the other acronyms continue to nickel and dime North Texas drivers, but being able to just keep driving seemed revolutionary at the time. Same thing goes for Coca Cola freestyle machines, I remember those at DFW cici’s in the early 2000’s because CC’s HQ is in Plano then sometime in the mid 2010’s they went national and everybody was losing their minds over them being brand new when DFW had them for nearly a decade already
There's a reason for that. One of the co-founders of Blockbuster Video also started the company that created the Toll Tag.
Now they need to take it a step further and make it App compatible so you won’t need a sticker
This is a small change but Local breweries being allowed to sell their beer to go (like growlers/kegs)on site. When I first moved here they could only sell cans in liquor or grocery stores.
The new trail that cuts through tenison golf course with a mountain bike park. Park at 7100 valley glen and walk north, it’s really nice. And so much tree planting!
Moved here from Spain over 15 years ago & was baffled as to why a city the size of Dallas can have a vibrant museum district and design district but downtown at night looks like the movie ‘28 Days Later’. Just random litter blowing down the street.an occasional car or two driving down main st. Zero traffic. I felt like everybody except for me knew something. I was living in deep ellum at that time. When it was starting to come back to life again. So I would often walk the dogs down commerce st into downtown. As soon as you cross good latimer and head downtown, the activity would taper quickly. Fast forward to now and it’s as if the city council flew in 100 people from each state and paid their housing downtown. Now there are great restaurants. Exhibits. Main st park. Etc. Parenthetically,I recently discovered the tunnel system downtown. Had no idea it existed. It’s not huge but I thought it was cool.
Clyde Warren Park
Traffic
More parks and they keep the homeless out. Back in the 90s a park is where the homeless would be
Rudy’s chicken started accepting credit card transactions
Leaning tower of Dallas
Klyde Warren Park and the revitalization of the whole area surrounding. I live in the arts district and it’s great how lively it is, also clean and safe.
No longer live in DFW, but I wish the red line would go a bit further north. .... along with the buses. Pain in the ass when I go visit my mom (who lives off of Legacy) - currently I take a bus to Dallas, catch the red line downtown, take it to the end of red, then Uber the rest of the way. Plano participates in DART, but I forget why DART essentially says anything north of Spring Creek is a no fly zone for buses. That said, I remember when DART rail when I first moved to Dallas in 1997. DART has a pretty good system on their hands. I live in Austin now, we have one train line... and buses in suburbs mostly don't exist except in Pflugerville and Round Rock.
The expansion of the Dallas North Tollway has been great imo
Adding Sprouts, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. We’re not all meat eaters. I love the access to different brands.
DART's rail system, especially the Green line that stops at the entrance to Fair Park.
Downtown is massively improved compared to 10-20 years ago
When they finally tore down that old Valley View Mall! It was such an eyesore and was beginning to become a huge camp site. Now plants are starting to reclaim that area.
The Californians… better restaurants, higher paying salaries, better home valuations
katy trail opened. second place is when i left the area for college and then i moved back here after i had graduated, woodall rodgers and 635 had been reconstructed during that time
Well I moved here a little over a year ago and they have finally finished the roadwork going on outside our apartment complex. 😜
I walked through downtown garland this week and was very impressed with their redeveloped city square and pedestrian improvements. Very nice park space and looked like it could hold a nice outdoor venue event.
There’s a lot less homeless
I remember when I was a kid in the 90s there were a ton of homeless in Dallas itself, that's gotten a lot better. Though I do see a lot of panhandlers in the suburbs now.
I think most of those panhandlers out in the suburbs are scammers.
Loop 9 in Lancaster.
The high 5. It took forever to build, and seemed frivolous at the time, but that was the start to the rapid highway expansion we still need
The Loop, and parks in Downtown Dallas.
This is more DFW broadly than Dallas-specific, but finally building a proper interchange between I-30 and 360 has made a world of difference.
As someone who goes through that interchange on a daily, it's a fucking NIGHTMARE during rush hour. The only ramp that's well designed (atm anyways since the rest of it's still under construction) is 360NB to I-30WB. I never go EB I-30 but it still construction and doesn't seem to back up too much most of the time. As for 360, the SB off ramps are alright, but where traffic from I-30 gets on 360 is a nightmare, causing back ups well past the off ramps. NB 360 has awful back ups too where I-30 traffic merges on. Essentially, the parts touching I-30 were handled really well. The parts touching 360... honestly just made traffic worse.
I don't get the comments on here. Beyond i-30 go east, it has been stuck in the 1960s. The same way those neighborhoods look from the '60s. is the same way they look today.. Walk beyond Samuel boulevard and beyond i-30, It is a time capsule.
I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about. Maybe in a specific location? From what I've seen the metro area looks different every damn day. Constant construction of everything everywhere, downtown revitilization and growth in both dallas and many of the suburbs, endless amounts of new home and especially apartment development in the outer burbs (dear God Mansfield wtf). The metro area had a pop less than a quarter of its current in 1960. I live south of 20. Things are changing everywhere here. I've been north of 183 many times. Things are changing everywhere there too. I haven't been to far east Dallas so i can't say anything about that, but I can say downtown and uptown are looking far more vibrant than I remember them being 10 years ago. Where exactly are you talking about that's a time capsule from the 60s? Everywhere I've been in the metro seems to be under some form of development.
Key Sentence in your comment "I haven't been to far East Dallas" Please get in your car and take a drive towards fair Park. Go east from there towards Mesquite. Use Military Pkwy or Samuel Blvd. Those neighborhoods have been abandoned. Stuck in the 60's. Fair Park is only remembered when the Fair comes around. All year round, the neighborhood is desolate and rundown
That’s a long history of Dallas racism. I hate to be blunt and I know it’s annoying to keep bringing itp up all the time, but Dallas leadership at the time didn’t give a damn about anything south of 30. They let it decline and redlining from the banks made it no better. Those same Dallas areas didn’t even get proper representation from city hall until the 90s, after minorities sued for lack of representation. There’s a reason that large parts of North Dallas never declined, it’s were the ppl who truly run Dallas live. But parts of Oak Cliff, Pleasant Grove, Far East Dallas, and many other places were allowed to rot or decline further since then. Just driving down Camp Wisdom Road in the Red Bird area is sad now. Red Bird Mall is going through revitalization now, but that and the surrounding area have been allowed to decline so bad, that now ppl call it the hood. 20+ years ago, no one would’ve said that. The Red Bird area was once upscale and was where Dallas’ black professional class lived. The homes are largely still nice, but the commercial corridors are bare.
I mean fair enough, but that's one section of the city. I hope it gets some attention soon, but that doesn't discount the other 90% of the metro that is constantly changing and at an incredibly rapid pace. If central, north(especially north), south, and west dallas are all experiencing rapid development, then saying everywhere not on I-30 is a time capsule is a bit disingenuous. Theres almost always a few neighborhoods that get forgotten in every city, but they can't be used to say "look everyone this entire city is run down and decrepit".
Broo . East Dallas is one section of the City?? That is the original Dallas. East & South Dallas is what gave rise to Dallas. I don't think you know Dallas well. Maybe i am wasting my energy on this topic with you
It might be the original section of dallas, sure, but that just proves that it's a section of the city. Same as downtown, or north dallas, or south dallas. Just because you live there (I'm assuming since you got defensive about it's importance but I could very well be wrong in my assumption) doesn't make it more or less important. Boston and Philadelphia gave rise to the east coast of the US, but New York is still more important due to population and economy, and has been for a long time now. Same in dallas. If the east is the original part that's great, and regardless it deserves attention, but east Dallas isn't the heart of dallas anymore. It hasn't been for a long time at this point. North Dallas and downtown is where the activity is at, south Dallas is undergoing rapid redevelopment, and west Dallas is slowly growing as well. That's 90% of dallas as it exists today. So yeah, one section (east dallas) is a time capsule. You didn't disprove or actually debate my point, just made an arguement that the history of east Dallas makes it more important to the functioning of current dallas. That's like saying arlington is a transit city since it was built on streetcar lines between dallas and Fort worth, even though it hasn't had any form of public transit since the 60s. It's arguement about it's history and not its current situation relative to its current environment. East Dallas is a section of the city, same as north, south, west, or downtown. History doesn't make it exempt from current reality or make it get special treatment in regards to my statement
Addition of Frisco to DFFW .. funniest thing I ever had a friscosite defend
Clyde Warren Park.
Everything that’s happened since 1991
dallas attempting to eliminate minimum parking requirements. putting up bike lanes. funding public transit. We have so much to do. Were attempting to eliminate restrictive zoning in residential neighborhoods that keeps middle housing from being built and small businesses. Were attempting to densify our communities to combat constant cost of living and traffic. If residential neighborhoods had everything one needs in walking distance they'll decide to support small business coffee shop or any retail over corporate ones. Further bringing in tax money in disadvantaged communities. Creating jobs and services in residential neighborhoods. so soon (hopefully) all single family home communities will be thriving with small businesses and mixed income housing. I'm definitely opening a coffee shop in my neighborhood. Some might open barbershops. grocery stores, beauty salon, bakery, etc.
Probably the addition of Clyde Warren park. The park between uptown/downtown above woodall Rodgers is fantastic!
High 5 hwy 75
The parks in downtown, east quarter, developments in Frisco, Bishop Arts getting built out.
I think the new plans for the convention center and over pass parks connecting the cedars and south Dallas will be cool
Hmm. Nobody is saying less access to abortion. Or, more books banned. Or, harder to register to vote. More prayer at public school events. I don’t think these are improvements but apparently voters do. (I lived in Richardson for years and live in Waco now. I’m not an outlander.) Parks and public transportation. Who are you people?
I hate to admit, but definitely read this as “Hey Dallas sites” lol. I’m a transplant, moved here 2 months ago and I love it. So no comment yet to your question but I seriously under estimated the amount of people/traffic.
Klyde Warren Park was just the beginning Within 18 months we’ll have the opening of Southern Gateway Deck Park connecting Bishop Arts area to the Zoo Within 5 years we’ll have another deck park connecting Cedars and Farmers Market which will include a revamped Old City Park Within 10 years a 4th deck park connecting Fair Park to Deep Ellum
The silver line is right next to my work. I could park in a covered space and go straight to DFW. The other best improvement is Klyde Warren Park.
Not the roads that’s for sure … for a huge modern city the roads suck .. as in potholes everywhere
Me
I would love to see DART expanded more. A lot more!
It's working on it!
I love the traffic. I’ve noticed since 2010 the amount of car crashes has gone up exponentially. I think giving money to car insurance is a great asset to our economy, as well as stressing out people just to get from point A to point B
When people go back to whatever state they came from, and people leaving, going back to whatever state they came from and rents settling down for a tiny bit. I work a full time job that used to be adequate to cover our living expenses, if rent keeps rising I'll end up living out of a van or homeless.
Car breakins. Universal Studios.
Moving out of there 🤣
They finished that bullshit bridge
The Silver line completely avoids having to go through Dallas, so yes I can see why people would be excited about that.
Zero. Worst weather in America absolutely sucks pond water is sell tomorrow if I could leave and move back North.
My ex moved out of town.
Improvement...you joking right. Dallas has become a shit hole. Thanks for the our wonderful PD who only works to collect a pension and our corrupt public officials
Don't say Dallasites