AA
enthusiast
Posts: 859
Loc: Allen, TX
Reg: 07-20-09
|
06-19-14 12:36 PM - Post#169202
I can't believe they are going forward with this. They are such an eye sore
Allen business owner concerned with Highway 75 project
|
cc
enthusiast
Posts: 873
Loc: Allen, tx
Reg: 01-09-01
|
06-19-14 02:33 PM - Post#169204
In response to AA
His attractive building? I think that is one of the ugliest buildings in Allen. In my opinion his building is an eye sore. Additionally, what dentist office needs a piano in the lobby?
FTR...I also don't care for the scarlet letter A either.
|
V-Girl
enthusiast
Posts: 2889
Loc: Allen, TX, US
Reg: 07-12-01
|
06-19-14 02:57 PM - Post#169205
In response to cc
My kids and I love seeing his building and the holiday decorations!
Crazy doesn't even begin to cover it. 
Will work for shoes!  |
|
AA
enthusiast
Posts: 859
Loc: Allen, TX
Reg: 07-20-09
|
06-19-14 03:06 PM - Post#169206
In response to cc
His attractive building? I think that is one of the ugliest buildings in Allen. In my opinion his building is an eye sore. Additionally, what dentist office needs a piano in the lobby?
FTR...I also don't care for the scarlet letter A either.
The article and the post was supposed to be about the barriers, not the office itself. But since you mention it, it is not a functional piano, he displays them there for a piano company in Dallas and is for sale. The first one already sold so right now there isn't one.
|
MelissaM
enthusiast
Posts: 215
Reg: 01-02-04
|
06-19-14 03:18 PM - Post#169207
In response to cc
To each their own. I love the looks of the building myself.
As for that "A" though, I'm on board with you there.
|
Al C
enthusiast
Posts: 5920
Loc: McKinney/Allen, TX
Reg: 02-16-01
|
06-19-14 04:08 PM - Post#169210
In response to AA
He had to know the expansion was looming at that sound barriers were part of the project.
|
vrs
enthusiast
Posts: 2845
Loc: Allen, Texas
Reg: 04-20-00
|
06-19-14 04:57 PM - Post#169211
In response to Al C
A 12 foot tall concrete barrier down the east side of 75 all the way up through Allen ????????????????????????? ?
Hot, ugly, and claustrophic.
Yech!!!
| Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip are the reason I have trust issues. |
|
Don4
enthusiast
Posts: 523
Loc: Allen 1993
Reg: 04-11-06
|
06-19-14 04:57 PM - Post#169212
In response to AA
"Accommodations were made by TxDOT to use Lexan, a clear material, instead of concrete to construct a transparent barrier at the Exchange Parkway location."
In my opinion, the concrete barriers are ugly enough, and I would think see-though plastic ones are just as bad. Something else to clean.
The following statement in the article does not make sense to me...
"it was determined that concrete noise barriers were required to be constructed along the east side of U.S. Highway 75 between McDermott Drive and Spring Creek Parkway"
Should it not be McDermott and Exchange?
Edited by Don4 on 06-19-14 05:05 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
|
Will
enthusiast
Posts: 254
Reg: 07-28-09
|
06-19-14 05:11 PM - Post#169213
In response to Don4
If you do a google image search for lexan sound barrier, you can see some applications. I don't know...
http://www.liting.com.mk/en/images/Main_Product _3....
|
AA
enthusiast
Posts: 859
Loc: Allen, TX
Reg: 07-20-09
|
06-19-14 05:48 PM - Post#169215
In response to Al C
He had to know the expansion was looming at that sound barriers were part of the project.
If I remember correctly, he has owned that land for well over a decade always planning on building there. Not to mention the years he spent trying to get everything approved by the city. But even if knowing about the expansion, nobody would have expected gaudy sound barriers would be put up to accommodate the dozen or so houses off the highway there.
Edited by AA on 06-19-14 05:51 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
|
Michael
enthusiast
Posts: 2076
Loc: Allen
Reg: 05-20-02
|
06-19-14 06:06 PM - Post#169217
In response to Don4
"
The following statement in the article does not make sense to me...
"it was determined that concrete noise barriers were required to be constructed along the east side of U.S. Highway 75 between McDermott Drive and Spring Creek Parkway"
Should it not be McDermott and Exchange?
I was thinking the same thing. There are no "houses" between McDermott and Spring Creek.
| I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it! |
|
civicminded
Community Guide
Posts: 9574
Loc: Lone Star State
Reg: 04-24-02
|
06-19-14 06:10 PM - Post#169218
In response to AA
Sound walls are the common thing nowadays on these projects. I can understand a biz owner wanting visibility. But expecting no changes is like the citizens moving to a town (any town) and expecting...no changes.
|
shiraz
enthusiast
Posts: 594
Loc: allen, tx, usa
Reg: 05-23-02
|
06-19-14 06:32 PM - Post#169219
In response to civicminded
So, he expressed his concerns last year, and a "compromise" was reached with TXDOT -- which he says he is "happy" with. The newspaper still prints a big front-page article about how upset he was over it all. Hey, free advertising!
Not one quote from any of the nearby homeowners. Great job, Allen American.
|
StacyLynn624
enthusiast
Posts: 1091
Loc: West Side
Reg: 09-24-04
|
06-19-14 08:19 PM - Post#169224
In response to shiraz
How are they going to keep the clear part clean? It's going to get dirty fast. Or stained and faded from the sun. It's going to get gross.
|
electra-angelbyte
member
Posts: 90
Loc: My Room in Allen!
Reg: 05-11-08
|
06-19-14 08:27 PM - Post#169225
In response to StacyLynn624
Keeping it clean was my first thought too! Not to mention the scratching and dents from trash bouncing off the highway or a big wind storm.
Did look at the link above... looks like prison fencing.
|
bsnelson
enthusiast
Posts: 873
Loc: Allen, TX 75013
Reg: 10-14-05
|
06-19-14 09:09 PM - Post#169226
In response to electra-angelbyte
The cleaning and scratching/denting is the big thing. There's no WAY that they'll be maintained, and they'll look like complete crap within a year. Frankly, I'd rather have the concrete ones, but I'm not going to be behind one of them, so I don't know if I'm the person to ask.
Brad
|
Stirling
enthusiast
Posts: 175
Reg: 03-06-12
|
06-19-14 10:44 PM - Post#169228
In response to bsnelson
It will look like complete crap? That will match the dentist's office. That monstrosity is polarizing. I hate it.
|
Al C
enthusiast
Posts: 5920
Loc: McKinney/Allen, TX
Reg: 02-16-01
|
06-21-14 11:36 AM - Post#169253
In response to Stirling
It will look like complete crap? That will match the dentist's office. That monstrosity is polarizing. I hate it.
Agreed.
|
nomoon
enthusiast
Posts: 1026
Loc: Allen
Reg: 05-31-06
|
06-21-14 03:32 PM - Post#169254
In response to Al C
While we are the topic of 75 noise, why is this highway so darned loud?! Seriously, this is probably the loudest road surface I’ve ever encountered. It’s loud both in the car and out of the car. Ever try to sit outside at Chipotle? Was road noise a consideration when choosing the road surface? I’ve noticed that the black-top surface on parts of the Tollways are MUCH quieter than the lighter surfaces. Is our loud surface cheaper or safer?
Is this a issue that anyone else has wondered about? I’d like more sound barriers for this awful road. How about extending them northward, and also on the west side? Some of the sound barriers have nice designs on them.
I’ve also noticed that the road noise that I hear at my house is HIGHLY depending on weather conditions. It seems that foggy whether absorbs noise. I wouldn’t have guessed it, but there does seem to be a correlation.
|
Al C
enthusiast
Posts: 5920
Loc: McKinney/Allen, TX
Reg: 02-16-01
|
06-21-14 04:07 PM - Post#169256
In response to nomoon
Road surface. Concrete is loud, but it's a lot cheaper to maintain.
|
DrivinTooFast
enthusiast
Posts: 1874
Reg: 02-20-08
|
06-22-14 10:53 AM - Post#169269
In response to Al C
Trees MORE TREEs
|
Don4
enthusiast
Posts: 523
Loc: Allen 1993
Reg: 04-11-06
|
06-22-14 01:01 PM - Post#169270
In response to Al C
I've noticed that grooved pavement with the grooves going along the lane rather than across the lane is quieter. Of course TXDot uses the ones across the lanes. 
|
Al C
enthusiast
Posts: 5920
Loc: McKinney/Allen, TX
Reg: 02-16-01
|
06-22-14 03:02 PM - Post#169271
In response to DrivinTooFast
Trees MORE TREEs
|
bsnelson
enthusiast
Posts: 873
Loc: Allen, TX 75013
Reg: 10-14-05
|
06-22-14 08:03 PM - Post#169277
In response to DrivinTooFast
Regarding the noise, as mentioned, the concrete is definitely the culprit. I hate them. My entire 76 mile round trip commute is on concrete (SRT-121-114), and the noise inside my car at my usual ~80 MPH is quite loud. Contrast that with, say, the Bush around Carrollton (which is good old asphalt), and the difference is huge.
There are some treatments that can be done to quiet the concrete roads themselves, but I don't know how much of that (if any) is being done around here.
Brad
|
bsnelson
enthusiast
Posts: 873
Loc: Allen, TX 75013
Reg: 10-14-05
|
06-22-14 08:04 PM - Post#169278
In response to DrivinTooFast
Agree that trees are great, but they take too long to mature.
Brad
|
Lisatexmom
enthusiast
Posts: 853
Reg: 01-19-05
|
06-23-14 09:37 AM - Post#169283
In response to bsnelson
They need to just stop working on 75, I live at Eldorado and 75 - No More Work on 75, please
| Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. - Albert Camus |
|
DrivinTooFast
enthusiast
Posts: 1874
Reg: 02-20-08
|
06-23-14 10:05 AM - Post#169285
In response to Lisatexmom
They need to just stop working on 75, I live at Eldorado and 75 - No More Work on 75, please
I would have pulled my hair out completely by now.
|
Stirling
enthusiast
Posts: 175
Reg: 03-06-12
|
06-23-14 11:19 AM - Post#169287
In response to DrivinTooFast
Ride your bike. They won't need to widen 75 any longer.
|
Lisatexmom
enthusiast
Posts: 853
Reg: 01-19-05
|
06-24-14 12:28 PM - Post#169325
In response to DrivinTooFast
There are days when you really want to, at least Hwy 5 is open now, so that is an alternative route.
| Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. - Albert Camus |
|
