Comments by Michael Davis
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Posted on November 11, 2009 at 7:19 p.m.
it means out in the open vs inside of a house/building/etc i.e. the way they've been doing at this car wash for years while the owner claims he knows nothing.
On Dallas Police cracking down on Car Wash on MLK for "open air drug sales"
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.
This is a great piece. A lot of prostitutes do want to get out of that life but feel like they have no options. This program shows that there is hope for those that want to make a change.
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.
Rudolph's!
On Eats has list of places in Dallas to get your burgers ground fresh
Posted on October 13, 2009 at 7:51 p.m.
that ploy of "keeping out riff raff" by blocking rail has always failed, no matter what the city.
Example: Lake Highlands didn't want a rail stop when DART was first built. Now, we're retrofitting the Lake Highlands Town Center area with...a DART station.
The train stations inside of Plano are always packed. People from Allen, Mckinney, and Plano flood the DART Parker Road station to the point where people are parking illegally just to make the train.
Collin County is putting itself at a disadvantage by ignoring mass transit, especially as other suburban counties embrace the concept.
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 9:57 p.m.
There are a ton of good ideas on this board. There's a lot of passion about Deep Ellum, what is lacking is the $$$. But there's creative things around that.
While music and arts is at the core of the history of Deep Ellum.
The one challenge is that Deep Ellum is never going to be heavily populated with the current setup of the buildings. Still, here's a few things that I think the city should do:
Get with the owners of the Knights of Pythias bldg and do something with it. Having it become a possible future victim of demolition by neglect is borderline criminal.
http://www.dallascityhall.com/histori...
Renovate and turn into office space? Who knows, but do something.
Sponsor a community garden on a piece of open space.
The people from the future UNT Law School will want excuses to hangout near downtown after class. The food aspect is there, so fill in the rest.
Get someone to build a basketball court or two. I envision something like the courts in NYC like "The Cage" in GreenwichVillage at 4th Street or Rucker Park. Get Nike to pay for it or Mark Cuban or someone like that. Have Frank Campagna (sp?) and the crew paint a massive mural on one wall.
100,000 people a year go to see games at the Cage each year. They have to eat somewhere; the neighborhood needs other things around it to make it more cohesive.
Then down the line somebody builds a 3 story building on the outskirts with a Lucky Strike bowling spot or a place like that. Bowling. Basketball. Grocery. A branch of the Art Institute. A cigar shop. A place that sells one of a kind sneakers like the place that was in Bishop Arts.
Do whatever it takes to bring people out during the day.
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 12:34 p.m.
I took a lot of abuse during the Deep Ellum rezoning. The trash clubs like Uropa (sp?) had to go. Some things I voted for at City Plan didn't make it.
The area still has the same real estate. I've been in some of the spaces and yes they're old but some of them are just in need elbow grease. You can see several shops being improved for businesses in spite of the economy.
I do try to support. I've been to Trees and Tuckers Blues. Twisted Root can get my money if the line isn't out the door. Rudolph's is a great butcher shop. There's a great barbershop that opened in the 2900 block of Elm after being on Murray for a while. Pepe & Mitos is packed at lunch.
I would like to see someone open up a laundromat/drycleaners or a little bodega that cooked breakfast sandwiches and had groceries. Also, I hope that the DART green line will run later into the night at some point.
Deep Ellum will continue to come back. It will just take time.
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 1:59 p.m.
where on Main Street?
On A production crew will film later today (Sept. 30) on Main St. in downtown Dallas
Posted on September 29, 2009 at 9:12 a.m.
I know things get demolished, as that's part of business. The owner of this strip probably got a great $$$ figure for selling to Chase. In this economy, who can blame him.
The Sigel's is different. THAT was a landmark, and I still hold a slight grudge for Sigel's taking that sign to an Addison store.
On Landmark strip on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas razed for new bank
Posted on September 29, 2009 at 9:10 a.m.
Glad to see this one got some comments. I couldn't believe people thought this way either.
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Posted on November 22, 2009 at 5:54 p.m.
^ will do. I love burgers like Ron Burgundy loves scotch and tigers love pepper
On Dallas Progress on the opening of Smashburger in Addison