downtown Dallas
It appears the fate of Dallas City Hall will be decided on Wednesday, June 10, at a special called meeting of the city council, with four voting items on the agenda determining whether taxpayers will foot the bill to repair 1500 Marilla St. or relocate municipal operations. Two proposals on the table would authorize preliminary…
The siren of opportunity north of Dallas’ downtown area is commanding business leaders’ attention. Given the choice between having a presence in the central business district or Uptown, Preston Hollow, or a northern suburb, they seem to prefer alternatives to the city center, and that’s made for a rough week for downtown boosters. And sandwiched…
The grills are heating up, inboxes are getting ignored, and somewhere inside Dallas City Hall, there’s probably a memo floating around that’s going to stir up all kinds of feelings come Tuesday. Until then, enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! But if you’ve got a second, catch up on some of the headlines making waves in…
A lot of things in Dallas seem up in the air these days, and now you can add connectivity to Oak Cliff to the list. Plans to reconfigure the Jefferson Boulevard and Houston Street Viaducts that link North Oak Cliff to downtown are in the works, prompting concerns that the city is going to disrupt…
Everyone’s a critic these days in Dallas, but not like Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster, who recently won a Pulitzer Prize for some of his work covering downtown. The selection of articles acknowledged by the Pulitzer jurists touched on topics like the potential relocation of City Hall, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center…
