ericthegardener

Yeah, when were they ever in Bishop Arts? Couldn't have been for too long if true.

1. Buskers!

I've been there twice since it opened and loved it! I think it does a better job than Wholefoods of serving a larger slice of the community.

I'm hoping one will open in Oak Cliff.

I'm sure I'm just missing it but how does one win free tickets to this show?

I love Sprouts and wish they would open in East Dallas or Oak Cliff!

I sometimes shop at the Sprouts at Forest & Marsh even though I live in East Dallas. I love it. They'd be great in East Dallas or Oak Cliff.

Ed, I'm not sure whether I agree with you or not. Paragraph breaks would help.

No offense intended.

I watched all the videos a few days ago. So glad that they put them up because I couldn't make this community meeting when it was first held.

I understand that community activists would prefer that developers stick to the zoning plan for Henderson that was hammered out some years ago, but with their track record it is really hard for me to see the Andres Brothers as bad guys. I don't know that you could find developers that care about that neighborhood more than them.

One question though. Is the plan that the Andres Brothers have submitted the only plan that could make financial sense for them? Is there any room for compromise? Perhaps increasing the maximum residential density to somewhere between the 30 units per acre currently allowed and the 85 units per acre that the Andres Brothers propose.

I would like to think that those opposing this development are wary because they know how multi-family zoning has negatively affected East Dallas in the past and they want to be careful. I hope their opposition in not just neighborhood politics that will end up hurting the community. There are much worse things that are currently permissible that could end up on that lot.

I just asked my boss (who moved here recently from NYC) about grinders and he gave me a puzzled look.

He was familiar with the terms sub, hero, hoagie and wedge but not grinder.

According to wikipedia the term grinder is used in the Midwest, New England, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Riverside, CA. Also, a hot hoagie may be referred to as a Grinder in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Weird. Anyway, I look forward to trying Oak Cliff Pizza & Pasta.

Old books in a used book store? I am as shocked as you are crowlogic.

What's the harm?!

The goal for creationists is to totally replace the teaching of evolution.

The simple truth is that creationism is NOT science and should not be taught as such.

There is a great, even-handed article by Norm Alston about the issues involved with historic preservation over at Backtalk East Dallas.

http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com...

I'd say that the article is on the side of the angels overall but is also fair to the developers. Ought to be required reading for developers.

I'm sure that the band from Dallas calling themselves the Saints already know, but in case they don't... There is a band from Australia that has existed since 1976 (still existing today) that is named The Saints. They have released 13 albums and are known throughout the world. They may not be The Beatles but they're not particularly obscure. I googled "The Saints" and the following results came up on the first page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sain...)

http://www.myspace.com/saintsmusic

http://www.saintsmusic.com/

I'm sure you guys are a fine group but my point is that you should not use the name of an already existing well known group.

More info:

http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...

Here's a link to photos of the suit:

http://namedroppermedia.com/Articles/...

Good going Bucks!!

Rawlins Gilliland said:

"This thing's been around a long time. The first time I saw it I was able to zero in and could even seen my car in the driveway."

I think you are confusing Streetview with the Google satellite images that have been around for awhile. Streetview for Dallas just started yesterday and is a completely different animal.

Pavel Lishin said:

"I'd like to ask more questions, but I became significantly less interested in the things teens do as soon as I stopped being able to legally have sex with most of them."

Most of them? Which ones are you still able to legally have sex with?

Rawlins, for those of us not as in the know as you, why don't you come right out and tell us what you're suggesting about Mike?

"Actually, to affirm 'yes' on the Trinity project and vote down the referendum, you must (stupid yes?) vote 'NO'. Go figure. In other words: VOTING 'NO' means proceed and start breaking ground ASAP."

Rawlins, in one of your previous messages you mentioned that "every plan that has made this city potentially great and viable was originally dismissed with contemtuous sneers and jeers". Because a park WITHOUT a tollroad running through the middle of it could help make our city great, but a park WITH a tollroad (a tollroad that they had to hide from us to get us to vote for it) is a horrible and cynical idea that will not benefit the people who have to pay for it, I thought you must be arguing for the VOTE YES side. You never explicitly said whose side you were on so I made an incorrect assumption based on the information you had given. Sorry about that!