Master plan for "Midtown" (Dallas, Addison: home, luxury, high school)

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by Macbeth2003

Some of them are, but some up in that area are not what they were, at least that was the case 5 years ago when I ocassionally booked a sitting there. Still my overall poimnt is that Dallas is short of that kind of housoing, and it would be nice to see some of that be a focus in city funded/assisted mixed use developments.

It does seem odd. I think it has to do with visibility from the Hwy. My BIL who used to be in management at Best buy said when they moved out of the underground bunker under the old Toys R US, they never considered that corner, because the Walnut Hill facing buildings weren't visible at all when Southbound, or visible when Northbound until you had passed the exit ramp. A minor thing, but with so much real estate in the area(Park, Meadow, Etc) it is probably enough to dissuade people from that exact spot.

Good point about housing in Dallas, and I agree; it seems like the city is bent on ridding itself of its middle class.

Originally Posted by RonnieinDallas

Lots of tolls just to check it out. 121 is expensive to drive on.

I know.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

The NW corner of that is rumored to be a Trader Joe's but I haven't seen any progress on that site in a long time; it's been empty for quite a while. The Dave and Buster's at the NE corner just moved across the street to the SE corner, so the NE corner is even more dead now with a D&B corpse and a Kroger corpse. I don't understand why that corner is so freaking dead, it's prime real estate.

I know. It's crazy. Spec's on the southeast side, where the old Toys R Us was, is happening though! I think the place (Midtown) I was talking about is along Meadow, couldn't remember exactly where but they tore down more apts there and I think they were planning on another medical park. They did some nice landscaping along Meadow and the area looks much nicer, but no buildings? Still hoping for that Trader Joe's! I keep wondering if there are plans to demolish that shopping center where the Kroger corpse and D&B corpse are, and maybe that's who nobody ever took over that Kroger store? The only business that I can think of that I actually use in there is Leslie's Pool Supplies. Without D&B it's going to be about 90% dead.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

^ Back in the day on NE coner of Walunt Hill and Central there was Flannigan's disco, Magoo's, etc...it was all so 'North Dallas'.

I remember when Valley View was only the Sears store when LBJ was still under construction. Everyone thought they were nuts to build so far north...and indeed that area and beyond was known as "Far North Dallas".

Mid- ? Midway to Oklahoma?

I remember that, as well! I have vague memories late 60s into the early 70s, growing up around Forest and Inwood area (so far "out" my mother was angry with my dad for buying there!). My dad would suggest a Sunday drive in the country. I think it must have been around Alpha or so, but my memory is foggy as I was young. We didn't have to get on a highway, just drive 10 minutes or so and we were in the country.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

I know. It's crazy. Spec's on the southeast side, where the old Toys R Us was, is happening though! I think the place (Midtown) I was talking about is along Meadow, couldn't remember exactly where but they tore down more apts there and I think they were planning on another medical park. They did some nice landscaping along Meadow and the area looks much nicer, but no buildings? Still hoping for that Trader Joe's! I keep wondering if there are plans to demolish that shopping center where the Kroger corpse and D&B corpse are, and maybe that's who nobody ever took over that Kroger store? The only business that I can think of that I actually use in there is Leslie's Pool Supplies. Without D&B it's going to be about 90% dead.

I haven't been to Spec's but I hear it's a real adventure.

I hope they do something with the north side of Walnut Hill between 75 and the DART rail; it's a real shame to see prime real estate just sitting there doing nothing.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

I remember that, as well! I have vague memories late 60s into the early 70s, growing up around Forest and Inwood area (so far "out" my mother was angry with my dad for buying there!). My dad would suggest a Sunday drive in the country. I think it must have been around Alpha or so, but my memory is foggy as I was young. We didn't have to get on a highway, just drive 10 minutes or so and we were in the country.

I also remember when Forest Lane was a two-lane black top country road in the late 60s (really it was in the city by then but they took a long time in widening it).

The people who bought land to the north or already owned some really cleaned up...I remember when the Byron Nelson moved to Preston Trail and everyone thought that was the edge of the earth...just country blinking lights, no stop lights that far out...I remember cruising out there in high school and we turned around just north of that as there was nothing else to see...

[dollaztx]

Midtown? Can't they coin a new name like Upmost Village, Uptown Heights, Northtown Gardens, Northside Place, Upper Place, Northtown, Summitown, North Edge, UpEnd

[Lakewooder]

Well, we already had "Northtown Mall"...

[rantanamo]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

I haven't been to Spec's but I hear it's a real adventure.

I hope they do something with the north side of Walnut Hill between 75 and the DART rail; it's a real shame to see prime real estate just sitting there doing nothing.

There's already a huge development planned there if you mean the west side of central. Soil samples are being collected right now.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by rantanamo

There's already a huge development planned there if you mean the west side of central. Soil samples are being collected right now.

I know the west side of Central is supposed to be a Trader Joe's eventually; I'm talking about the east side.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

I haven't been to Spec's but I hear it's a real adventure.

I hope they do something with the north side of Walnut Hill between 75 and the DART rail; it's a real shame to see prime real estate just sitting there doing nothing.

Spec's is great. Like Disney World for adults.