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Info on Arlington’s Hike and Bike Trail Plan and Meeting
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Here is an email that I got about tomorrows town hall meeting about the proposed Arlington Thoroughfare Plan which includes the Hike and Bike trail. It is from a candidate for the city council, who I’m not sure if I support or not, but it has some good links to further information. Having trouble viewing this … [View Details]
A critic from Chicago writes: Dallas Arts District has stunning buildings. Just no life.
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Staff Writer Matthew Haag passed this along: Blair Kamin, the architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, visited the Dallas Arts District and came away disappointed. The buildings bowled him over. The Arts District, he notes, “may be the only place on earth where buildings by four Pritzker Architecture Prize winners (in this case, I.M. Pei, … [View Details]
Deep Ellum Blog comments on Dallas’ new restrictions on Farmers Markets.
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Deep Ellum Outdoor Market Blog: The City of Dallas’ attempt at progress. In 2010, the City of Dallas had enacted a moratorium on public markets. They had suspended the licensing of markets in general to figure how they wanted to legislate their implementation. Given the increased interest in community gardens, the City wanted to make … [View Details]
Arlington City Council approves rezoning for ‘green’ town homes
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BY SUSAN SCHROCK sschrock@star-telegram.com ARLINGTON — The City Council narrowly approved rezoning land downtown Tuesday night for a proposed “green” town home development that would include affordable housing for eight low-income families. The nonprofit Tarrant County Housing Partnership of Fort Worth plans to build a two-story, 11-unit complex with energy-efficient and environmentally friendly features on … [View Details]
An Urgent Plea
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Please, this is an urgent plea to all of you who live in our wonderful neighborhood and value the progress that it has made in the past couple of years and want to have your opinion heard by those who are going to make some decisions regarding its future. The Heart of Arlington Neighborhood Association … [View Details]
Maverick Village under construction | Center and Main Street
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Maverick Village under construction | Center and Main Street. Here is a good post on the great blog Center and Main Street about the controversial Maverick Village development on Davis and Abram Streets. I like this post because it includes renderings of what the buildings are going to look like. As you might know, I … [View Details]
Save Our Street: Why Abram Street Needs Four Lanes
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Thirty to forty years ago Arlington’s old downtown was torn down by well intentioned people in the name of a fad in city planning called Urban Renewal. The old buildings were torn down in order to create what was then just starting to be called a Central Business District. Public money was put behind this … [View Details]
Ground Broken on College Park
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ARLINGTON — Cranes, backhoes and mounds of dirt dot the landscape along Pecan and Center streets at the University of Texas at Arlington, but in a couple of years the corridor will be part of a pedestrian-friendly urban area with shopping, dining and entertainment. College Park District, a mixed-use development on more than 20 acres, … [View Details]
Downtown Development News
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This week there is a new zoning change request on Abram St. about 400 ft. from the southwest corner at Cooper St. It is to change a vacant lot, which appears to have had a house on it, from an office zone to one that permits townhouses. This is a narrow and deep lot so … [View Details]
I Call This My Retirement Fund
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Every 24 hours, the site on the University of Texas at Arlington campus yields enough gas to meet the needs of 877 homes for an entire year, the American Gas Association calculated Thursday. via UT-Arlington pad site exemplifies new drilling trend | Barnett Shale | Dallas Business, …. I expect to be receiving my checks … [View Details]
