Dallas Blog

The units in that building have a great view of downtown. Too bad there are so many vacant lots between The Beat and downtown. Eventually the view will be of other tall buildings, not the Dallas skyline.

I've never been into the building, but the building itself sure is an eye sore. Of course, there are about 100 others near by.

This is the same Matthews Southwest that will be building the Convention Center Hotel and developing the area around it, right?

I suppose it is only fitting, can I go ahead and put in my Hotwire bit for a room at the hotel? $100 for the week.

so does this mean i should bake some cookies to welcome you to the neighborhood robert?

this area is cool and i love living where i am (over at southside on lamar).

Robert, What # are you phoning me at, no call or message yet.

cynical old bastard: understandable comment but you are wrong, we hired Fosters and partners of the UK to masterplan the area and glad to say we have addressed that outcome.

Grumpy Demo: "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated" :) I have always wanted to use that line. We are in great shape I am happy to report.

GeorgeT: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", we just took you off the res list.

brian Nesbitt: My kind of guy, I love you man.

Come Come Now: Come Come now yourself, you dont sound like a real urban person.

Jack Matthews

@come come now:

i live on the side that faces lamar, on the end closer to brooklyn. when i'm sitting in my living room at night i can hear a little bit of street noise but no noise directly from brooklyn. now, i'm about to move to the end of the building that faces brooklyn so that may change slightly but that's what happens when you choose to live in downtown. i never hear the warehouse. and only occasionally hear sirens (and i face the police station). once i'm in my bedroom i don't hear a thing.

as for walking after dark, i walk to lee harvey's, off the bone bbq, brooklyn, poor david's pub, the loft, the palladium, and sala all the time and never have any trouble. just as with any neighborhood you have to be careful and keep your eyes open but i've never had any trouble at all. in all the time that i have been living here (over 2 years) i've only been approached by homeless people a handful of times. i get panhandled more at mockingbird station and victory park than i do here. we have a wonderful security force that keeps incidents to a minimum.

and most of the guests i've had over in the last 2 years haven't had any trouble at all finding parking.

if your experiences here were different, i'd be willing to bet they were from more than 2 years ago. this place rocks and i have no intention of leaving anytime soon!

Come come now,

It's not for everyone. Nor is Plano. But there's no shortage of people who see the appeal.

I would live there if I weren't a Pa. It would be a sucky place to raise a young'un, that much I'll acknowledge.