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Mill Creek’s Trinity River Project Presented To City Peer Review Panel

By Jon Anderson / October 25, 2020 /

Two weeks ago, I wrote a pair of immensely popular columns about Dallas not taking care about how the city evolves. One talked about how views of the classic Dallas skyline had been largely covered by newer, blander buildings that took away from the city’s beauty. The second column concerned a proposed project by developer…

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PD-15: A.G. Spanos And Provident Show Vastly Different Proposals

By Jon Anderson / August 16, 2018 /

The highlight of last night’s PD-15 meeting was seeing the developer proposals for both the Diplomat and Preston Place by A.G. Spanos and Provident Realty, respectively. No slam on city planners, but somehow platting, drainage, and residential proximity slopes don’t hold the same ooo-ah as drawings. To give a few spoilers, A.G. Spanos’ plans for…

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Clear Winner: Transparent, Solar Power-Generating Windows a Reality

By Jon Anderson / July 10, 2018 /

No, it’s not April Fools’ Day, it’s the future. When you look at the types of renewable power available – hydro, geothermic, wind, etc. – only one has the potential to completely supply the world’s energy needs — solar power. Did you know that harnessing just 0.02 percent of the solar energy that reaches the…

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Developer A.G. Spanos’ Year-Long Courtship of Diplomat Condos Revealed

By Jon Anderson / June 26, 2017 /

Since August 2016, we’ve been reporting on different events surrounding the Diplomat condo building, beginning with a contingent contract and continuing with surveyors in November, quickly followed by soil testing in December.   You’ve likely seen the map above a zillion times, but it’s a shortcut to avoid tediously describing where a certain building is located…

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