Nathaniel Barrett
@ncoxbarrett.bsky.social
Dallas developer, urban orchardist, cargo bike rider, parking reformer. Building a better Dallas, one lot at a time.
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It's out now: @egoldwyn.bsky.social is on the Mamdani transition team committee on transportation, climate, and infrastructure. mailchi.mp/zohranfornyc...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Announces Transition Committee Appointments to Advance His Affordability Agenda
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November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's out now: @egoldwyn.bsky.social is on the Mamdani transition team committee on transportation, climate, and infrastructure. mailchi.mp/zohranfornyc...
In a real life case of "social media cooks your brain" I am helping a family member coming from Germany look at condos and can't stop complaining bitterly about how staircase requirements mean they only get windows on one side and elevators are too expensive to justify in most buildings.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In a real life case of "social media cooks your brain" I am helping a family member coming from Germany look at condos and can't stop complaining bitterly about how staircase requirements mean they only get windows on one side and elevators are too expensive to justify in most buildings.
How to lose friends and alienate people, development edition.
Also, there are only a handful of locations in Dallas that could support the incredible rents you'd need for a 25-story building. This is not one of them.
Also, there are only a handful of locations in Dallas that could support the incredible rents you'd need for a 25-story building. This is not one of them.
The Winners Assembly on MLK went to the plan commission last month to push for a 25-story luxury high-rise. CPC killed the proposal with ruthless efficiency. A church leader wanted to discuss what happens next -- and how this whole thing went so terribly wrong.
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Wilonsky: South Dallas church must rebuild neighbors’ trust after high-rise plans toppled
Pastor Austin Anetekhai, among the leaders of The Winners Assembly on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, requested a meeting via text. “There is a new thinking...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How to lose friends and alienate people, development edition.
Also, there are only a handful of locations in Dallas that could support the incredible rents you'd need for a 25-story building. This is not one of them.
Also, there are only a handful of locations in Dallas that could support the incredible rents you'd need for a 25-story building. This is not one of them.
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really great piece in Bloomberg about rail travel in Texas that I'm jealous I didn't write www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Where Train Dreams Meet Reality in Texas
Dallas and Houston are 250 miles apart. But if you want to take a train between them, prepare for a 23-hour odyssey that says a lot about where US passenger rail is heading.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
really great piece in Bloomberg about rail travel in Texas that I'm jealous I didn't write www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Somebody needs to send them the Wisconsin pizza aisle video so they can know what they're missing out on.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Somebody needs to send them the Wisconsin pizza aisle video so they can know what they're missing out on.
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I unknowingly tried to drive by Fair Park about an hour before the concert and IMMEDIATELY regretted it.
More than 30,000 people filled the Cotton Bowl Stadium on November 15 to see the celebration’s main event: Blake Shelton and Janet Jackson.
Scenes From United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Centennial Celebration - D CEO Magazine
More than 30,000 people filled the Cotton Bowl Stadium on November 15 to see the celebration's main event: Blake Shelton and Janet Jackson.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I unknowingly tried to drive by Fair Park about an hour before the concert and IMMEDIATELY regretted it.
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A new statement from the Dallas News Guild: 26 of our members at @dallasnews.com are being outsourced—a violation of our contract.
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A new statement from the Dallas News Guild: 26 of our members at @dallasnews.com are being outsourced—a violation of our contract.
Doc said I should lose some weight. He had a coupon for a free month of a GLP-1 I could try. This stuff is wild.
You eat a soup and salad for lunch and your body reacts like you just had a thanksgiving feast. This is 2 weeks into a starter dose, can't imagine what a full dose is like?
You eat a soup and salad for lunch and your body reacts like you just had a thanksgiving feast. This is 2 weeks into a starter dose, can't imagine what a full dose is like?
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Doc said I should lose some weight. He had a coupon for a free month of a GLP-1 I could try. This stuff is wild.
You eat a soup and salad for lunch and your body reacts like you just had a thanksgiving feast. This is 2 weeks into a starter dose, can't imagine what a full dose is like?
You eat a soup and salad for lunch and your body reacts like you just had a thanksgiving feast. This is 2 weeks into a starter dose, can't imagine what a full dose is like?
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"A thorough assessment of whether to move City Hall into existing commercial office space also would send a powerful signal that Dallas is thinking differently and acting decisively," said business leaders and developers.
This reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of government. 🧵
This reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of government. 🧵
‘Beginning of the end’: Dallas City Hall’s fate hangs in the balance of relocation study
The Dallas City Council's vote to explore alternatives for City Hall follows years of deferred maintenance to the iconic building, which has ballooned to over $...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"A thorough assessment of whether to move City Hall into existing commercial office space also would send a powerful signal that Dallas is thinking differently and acting decisively," said business leaders and developers.
This reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of government. 🧵
This reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of government. 🧵
Our cat has discovered he can get up on the fence.
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our cat has discovered he can get up on the fence.
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A reminder that sports teams and especially their owners do not love you or your city. They simply follow the money, which they do indeed love.
Three days ago, the Dallas City Council voted on a resolution that could include the sale and redevelopment of the City Hall site downtown.
On Monday, this is on the agenda for the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting.
Let the speculation commence!
On Monday, this is on the agenda for the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting.
Let the speculation commence!
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A reminder that sports teams and especially their owners do not love you or your city. They simply follow the money, which they do indeed love.
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Three days ago, the Dallas City Council voted on a resolution that could include the sale and redevelopment of the City Hall site downtown.
On Monday, this is on the agenda for the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting.
Let the speculation commence!
On Monday, this is on the agenda for the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting.
Let the speculation commence!
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Three days ago, the Dallas City Council voted on a resolution that could include the sale and redevelopment of the City Hall site downtown.
On Monday, this is on the agenda for the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting.
Let the speculation commence!
On Monday, this is on the agenda for the council's Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting.
Let the speculation commence!
More expensive than Harvard but Harvard is hard to get into so I guess this is more realistic if you like spending $300K on a degree.
Texas Christian University announced a 4.75% tuition increase for the 2026-2027 academic year, raising the total cost of attendance for full-time students.
TCU raises attendance costs again, making total $66,500 per year
Texas Christian University announced a 4.75% tuition increase for the 2026-2027 academic year, raising the total cost of attendance for full-time students.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
More expensive than Harvard but Harvard is hard to get into so I guess this is more realistic if you like spending $300K on a degree.
To clarify, they are seeking an extremely wealthy buyer committed to preserving the property.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
To clarify, they are seeking an extremely wealthy buyer committed to preserving the property.
I have one of these goofy ergonomic chairs and every single person who comes in my office for the first time sits in it backwards.
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I have one of these goofy ergonomic chairs and every single person who comes in my office for the first time sits in it backwards.
If you feel like I spend a lot of time arguing against Dallas' public transportation projects it's because we only do dumb public transportation projects.
Dallas council can't decide between two alignments DFW-FTW HSR. One of them skips every possible downtown connection but avoids Hunt's vaporware development while the other makes these connections.
Both of these options are nonsense because the DFW-ARL-FTW HSR is nonsense.
Both of these options are nonsense because the DFW-ARL-FTW HSR is nonsense.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you feel like I spend a lot of time arguing against Dallas' public transportation projects it's because we only do dumb public transportation projects.
Dallas council can't decide between two alignments DFW-FTW HSR. One of them skips every possible downtown connection but avoids Hunt's vaporware development while the other makes these connections.
Both of these options are nonsense because the DFW-ARL-FTW HSR is nonsense.
Both of these options are nonsense because the DFW-ARL-FTW HSR is nonsense.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dallas council can't decide between two alignments DFW-FTW HSR. One of them skips every possible downtown connection but avoids Hunt's vaporware development while the other makes these connections.
Both of these options are nonsense because the DFW-ARL-FTW HSR is nonsense.
Both of these options are nonsense because the DFW-ARL-FTW HSR is nonsense.
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Dallas City Council members voted unanimously to move municipal elections to November instead of May. Supporters hope it increases voter turnout, reduces voter fatigue and saves money.
Will a change to Dallas election dates improve voter turnout? Supporters of the move hope so
Dallas City Council members voted unanimously to move municipal elections to November instead of May. Supporters hope it increases voter turnout, reduces voter fatigue and saves money.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dallas City Council members voted unanimously to move municipal elections to November instead of May. Supporters hope it increases voter turnout, reduces voter fatigue and saves money.
The Dallas police and fire pension crisis still haunting us a decade later.
In what appears to be a breakthrough in a years-long fight, the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board voted Thursday to accept terms reflected in the city’s offer sent on Sept. 26, 2025.
Dallas police and fire pension system accepts city’s new offer, with a caveat
The city and the pension system have been embroiled in a legal fight over who gets the final say in approving a plan to fix a $3 billion shortfall.
www.dallasnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Dallas police and fire pension crisis still haunting us a decade later.
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Austin folks, we need to make sure this doesn’t slip away from us when the 2027 code cycle rolls around
I will be periodically banging this drum and Austin WILL be getting 8-story single-stair 😤
I will be periodically banging this drum and Austin WILL be getting 8-story single-stair 😤
When Austin legalized 5 stories, Council passed a resolution directing staff to bring back recommendations for allowing single-stair in all midrise buildings (75’ habitable floor) by 2027
That’s really only 7 stories (8 if you squish) but I think it’s a pretty persuasive argument for decisionmakers
That’s really only 7 stories (8 if you squish) but I think it’s a pretty persuasive argument for decisionmakers
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Austin folks, we need to make sure this doesn’t slip away from us when the 2027 code cycle rolls around
I will be periodically banging this drum and Austin WILL be getting 8-story single-stair 😤
I will be periodically banging this drum and Austin WILL be getting 8-story single-stair 😤
I can't believe there's a shopping center called "World Cup Plaza" and it looks like this.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I can't believe there's a shopping center called "World Cup Plaza" and it looks like this.
Every history of American planning and zoning:
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Every history of American planning and zoning:
Just checked our marketplace health insurance renewal. It'll be $30k in premiums with a $16k deductible. 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just checked our marketplace health insurance renewal. It'll be $30k in premiums with a $16k deductible. 🫠
Parks are for everyone and should be paid for by everyone through taxes and bonds: not special assessments on new residents.
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Dallas park fee should be lower to encourage housing
Dallas has a bad habit of drowning development in a sea of fees and forms, some of which are not necessary.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Parks are for everyone and should be paid for by everyone through taxes and bonds: not special assessments on new residents.
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