Progress Race:Dallas,Houston,Austin,San Antonio (Fort Worth, Groves: apartment, amusement park)

[dallasboi]

Out of the Texas Big 4 cities,Which city do you think will make the most dramatic change in its core within the next 5 years?

[marcopolo2000]

Houston will have 3 sports stadiums in its downtown and with the plans for additional rail lines and the convention center district; I'd say that Houston's core will be pretty busy for years to come.

[dv1033]

That's a tough one. I voted for Houston because of it's economy. But then again what is the core? The immediate areas surrounding downtown or we talking about a five mile radius.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by dv1033

That's a tough one. I voted for Houston because of it's economy. But then again what is the core? The immediate areas surrounding downtown or we talking about a five mile radius.

Yes Downtown and immediate surrounding areas.

[sxrckr]

It was Austin the last 5 years. From what I'm hearing about stadiums, rail, housing it will be Houston next (though already started a few years back).

[dallasboi]

Well These are the reasons i choose Dallas:

*Belo Gardens
*The Joule Expansion with 5-star Retail
*The Statler Hotel rennovation
* The build-out of the Omni hotel(development around the hotel)
*The extention of the MATA streetcar into dontown on to oak cliff
* Opening of the orange line to DFW(Will increase downtown foot traffic)
*Two Arts Plaza
*The addition of the City Performance Hall in the Arts District.
*The Woodall Rodgers Deck Park
*The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge
*Trinity Groves Development
*The I-30 Bridge
*The Museum of Nature And Science
*The Victory fill-in(Its already Cranking up)
*The tallest ride in the World(arrives fall 2012 Fair Park)
*The Spire Development
*The mutiple towers and development included in the Cityplace-West Village build out(awsome density)
* The Street car Turn-Table(one of only two in the U.S)
*The Farmers market re-vamp
*The Farmers market residential build-out(good dense infill)
*Multiple residential additions to the design District
*The continetal Bridge Park Development
*Harwood addition to uptown(at least 30 stories)
*The Ross Avenue re-Vamp
*A Year-round Amusement Park.... Fair Park
*At least 5 rennovation apartment projects DownTown
And all of this is in the next 5 years...Oh and only in the downtown area..I could name alot of other stuff away fron downtown too...but thats another thread...

[MobileDave]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Well These are the reasons i choose Dallas:

*Belo Gardens
*The Joule Expansion with 5-star Retail
*The Statler Hotel rennovation
* The build-out of the Omni hotel(development around the hotel)
*The extention of the MATA streetcar into dontown on to oak cliff
* Opening of the orange line to DFW(Will increase downtown foot traffic)
*Two Arts Plaza
*The addition of the City Performance Hall in the Arts District.
*The Woodall Rodgers Deck Park
*The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge
*Trinity Groves Development
*The I-30 Bridge
*The Museum of Nature And Science
*The Victory fill-in(Its already Cranking up)
*The tallest ride in the World(arrives fall 2012 Fair Park)
*The Spire Development
*The mutiple towers and development included in the Cityplace-West Village build out(awsome density)
* The Street car Turn-Table(one of only two in the U.S)
*The Farmers market re-vamp
*The Farmers market residential build-out(good dense infill)
*Multiple residential additions to the design District
*The continetal Bridge Park Development
*Harwood addition to uptown(at least 30 stories)
*The Ross Avenue re-Vamp
*A Year-round Amusement Park.... Fair Park
*At least 5 rennovation apartment projects DownTown
And all of this is in the next 5 years...Oh and only in the downtown area..I could name alot of other stuff away fron downtown too...but thats another thread...

I don't recall you're thread question ending in, "and why?" I can probably pick four threads on the Texas forum right now where reason after reason has already been listed for both cities, and you have participated in all of them. You asked a question, we answered.

Most of things you have listed for Dallas look good for the city. The only thing I have a problem with is Dallas marketing this new addition to the State Fair as a the tallest "ride" in the world. Like it's some kind of roller coaster or something. I'm sure it will be fun to go to the top and back down again (maybe once, and will probably be filled with senior citizens) but they need to call it what it is, an "observation tower."

[Exult.Q36]

Where is Fort Worth?

[Exult.Q36]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Out of the Texas Big 4 cities,Which city do you think will make the most dramatic change in its core within the next 5 years?

You mean big 5 right ?

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Yes Downtown and immediate surrounding areas.

Then Austin hands down.