Update on the North Dallas Design District? (Addison, Henderson: houses, luxury)

[Yellow pool of piddle]

I can't find any information on this once burgeoning furniture and home furnishing district. Does it still exist? Its web page no longer works. Its competition is fierce. I have assumed the area isn't what it use to be having to endure the reconstruction of the LBJ freeway.

[LeagleEagleDFW]

The Design District is nowhere near LBJ. Do you just make things up completely?

[Made_it_To_the_Metroplex]

Wonder if he's referring to a collection of European furniture places in a semi-industrial looking area near the Galleria?

[beerandon]

At first, I too, thought s/he was talking about the only Design District I was aware of, just west of the AAC, but the title mentions N. Dallas. I was going to be bummed if things had changed for the worse since I was over there last.

[TurtleCreek80]

A lot of furniture and interiors companies office and warehouse near Alpha between Inwood & Midway. Those companies are still there. It wouldn't make sense to move their warehouses to more expensive and smaller space in the Design District.

[Yellow pool of piddle]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

A lot of furniture and interiors companies office and warehouse near Alpha between Inwood & Midway. Those companies are still there. It wouldn't make sense to move their warehouses to more expensive and smaller space in the Design District.

Thank you.

I find this incredible. At one time in an area a little over a square mile there were about ten department stores in three malls and a shopping center - five of these luxury stores. On top of that, figure there was another four hundred little shops or so within those shopping centers as well. Add in with that the North Dallas Design Destrict I was asking about and about a hundred and seventy-five restaurants in the city of Addison. Am I the only one marveling about this?

To the other poster wondering about the distinction, the Dallas Desin District is mostly wholesale. It does have some stores open to the public. The North Dallas District is retail and was touting itself as the largest district of furniture and home furnishing stores in the nation in one place.

[Yellow pool of piddle]

Originally Posted by beerandon

At first, I too, thought s/he was talking about the only Design District I was aware of, just west of the AAC, but the title mentions N. Dallas. I was going to be bummed if things had changed for the worse since I was over there last.

I am a man. So much so, in fact, that this amount of retai makes me feel feint. Draw a line starting from the Dallas Design District. It too specialises in furniture and home furnishings in over 300 stores. From the Design District, draw the line to Knox Street. I was reading that the Weir's located there is the highest selling volume store in the nation. It is one of a number of furniture and home furnishing along Knox - Henderson. Draw the line next to the North Dallas Design District which I already mentioned. From it, draw the line further to the Shop at Willow Bend. Again, this mall has made somewhat of a rebound because of a number of home furnishing stores. Finally, draw the line the rest of the way to the Nebraska Furniture Store - the largest store in Texas - and an anchor for even more furniture and home furnishing stores. Thank God that he created women with the instinct to shop. As a man, I wouldn't know where to begin shopping.

[LeagleEagleDFW]

Originally Posted by Yellow pool of piddle

I am a man. So much so, in fact, that this amount of retai makes me feel feint. Draw a line starting from the Dallas Design District. It too specialises in furniture and home furnishings in over 300 stores. From the Design District, draw the line to Knox Street. I was reading that the Weir's located there is the highest selling volume store in the nation. It is one of a number of furniture and home furnishing along Knox - Henderson. Draw the line next to the North Dallas Design District which I already mentioned. From it, draw the line further to the Shop at Willow Bend. Again, this mall has made somewhat of a rebound because of a number of home furnishing stores. Finally, draw the line the rest of the way to the Nebraska Furniture Store - the largest store in Texas - and an anchor for even more furniture and home furnishing stores. Thank God that he created women with the instinct to shop. As a man, I wouldn't know where to begin shopping.

Have a little more sexism with your post. Please. There wasn't quite enough there.

[Yellow pool of piddle]

Originally Posted by LeagleEagleDFW

Have a little more sexism with your post. Please. There wasn't quite enough there.

My grandmother was 4' 8" tall and worked as a plumber. My other grandmother was just as proficient swinging a hammer. My mother and my aunts are all wonderful. I have a sister.

Do you ever have anything nice to comment about?

The point I am attempting to make in these threads is that the retail in Dallas and North Texas is not chop liver. It is not ho hum and typical. It is a big hunk of beef that can be expressed on many levels. Again, most haven't given the matter much thought as they have theirs eyes fixated on all those huge empty skyscrapers erected downtown.

By the way, now that AT&T has decided to remain in their present campus of skyscrapers, what do you think Ross Perot is going to build on that choice piece of property downtown in place of that skyscraper he proposed? I don't think the diwntown market can handle another skyscraper.

[Yellow pool of piddle]

Originally Posted by Made_it_To_the_Metroplex

Wonder if he's referring to a collection of European furniture places in a semi-industrial looking area near the Galleria?

I found only one video about this area, but it does an excellent job describing the overall depth of the district.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=01uMTHWQOK4