Comments by SkyHigh
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Posted on June 13, 2009 at 8:28 a.m.
Victory Park IS down AND out. I feel sorry for the last few restaurants that have chosen to die a slow death.
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Posted on June 10, 2009 at 11:39 a.m.
Returning to Dallas to fail again??? 7 Restaurants have failed in Vacant Park - HRC next?
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Posted on February 5, 2009 at 11:24 a.m.
Victory Park never built the 4,000 units of housing they promised to get public financing. They never created the neighborhood. The final 6-7 retailers will be closed before the Summer.
Had Perot honored his promise to create the "critical mass" of residential - Victory Park probably would have been successful.
Broken promises have a price. Does anyone else think it's time to give the "Victory" part of the name back? Failure Park seems more appropriate.
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Posted on January 15, 2009 at 5:46 p.m.
Victory Park isn't the "epicenter" of anything.
What a mess. More restaurants/retailers are closing. The House may become a "rental" property.
I think the name Victory Park was premature. We now call it Vacant Park.
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Posted on September 15, 2008 at 6:58 p.m.
It's not the restaurant - it's the LOCATION. Victory Park is not working because the restaurants and retailers have no customers. Victory Park and the AAC were sold with the "promise" of +6,000 new residential units. They have only built 600. Victory Park won't work until it becomes a neighborhood.
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Posted on June 30, 2008 at 9:58 a.m.
NOVE and NINE at Victory Park are next. They're supposed to close in July unless Perot takes them over.
Urban retail/restaurants will never survive without people "living" nearby. Victory Park was supposed to deliver 4,000 new residential units - they've only completed about 600.
It's the same downtown - without the +10,000 residents everyone talks about, retail will be almost impossible without public subsidy. Public Market won't stay open when their subsidy runs out.
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Posted on May 23, 2008 at 4:47 p.m.
Because business is so slow in Victory Park, many of the stores and restaurants have cut back on staffing. A few retailers have closed already. It's going to be a long, hot summer for VP. They were supposed to have thousands of people living down there - I guess until that happens it will be in decline.
Posted on May 8, 2008 at 10:23 a.m.
Hope this helps. There has been a persistent rumor that the restaurant may close. VP retailers have a had a tough time because people attending games (Mavs/Stars) haven't been shopping/dining and they don't have a residential base to count on.
If people remember, when the AAC-VP was originally negotiated 4,000 - 6,000 units of housing were promised. So far, only 600. It makes it hard for retail/entertainment businesses.
VP needs more residents to survive.
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Posted on April 10, 2008 at 10:29 p.m.
When do we get the Study regarding the Taxpayers having to fund most (60-70%) of the cost? Probably about $400 million. I'd like to see that Study.
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Posted on June 29, 2009 at 1:21 p.m.
There were only 300 people at this March for Equality. Not very successful. Pathetic, in fact.
Maybe this idea of angry protests doesn't make any sense. Out of 6 million people in DFW only 300 people showed up. A bunch of the attendees were actually reporters or non-profit organizers PAID to be there.
Maybe there is a smarter way to seek equal rights for gays. Marches don't change minds. That's the problem. Saying "we're real mad and we're not going to take it anymore" begs the question "what's next?" In another act of anger will you stop designing things? Will you stop styling our hair? Will you stop gentrifying our neighborhoods? Will you become a rude flight attendant? Will service in restaurants suffer?
See, marching and demanding is threatening and you don't have anything to happen "next." No boycott. No violence. No nothing.
Let's think of a better, smarter way to handle the very important issue of equal rights for all people. Marching around colorfully upset doesn't help anything. It isn't even fun to watch.
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