Old City Park

Dallas City Council’s Jesse Moreno Promises That Old City Park Will Remain a Park, But What About Everything Else?

By Karen Eubank / February 23, 2024 /

Thursday night, an extremely well-attended public meeting was held at Old City Park’s historic Browder Springs Hall on the transition of the park’s management, operation, and future.  Dallas City Council’s District 2 representative Jesse Moreno kicked the evening off with a few stories about his relationship with the park, which included being married at Pilot…

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As Waylon And Willie Leave Old City Park, Uncertainty For Dallas’ Only Heritage Village Remains

By Karen Eubank / January 25, 2024 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

Two weeks ago, a social media post about Old City Park’s resident donkeys Waylon and Willie and their exodus from the historical village just south of downtown Dallas started a lively online discussion. There were more than 30 comments that included some pretty inflammatory remarks about demolishing historic buildings and developers taking over the park.…

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The Dallas Municipal Archives is Hosting a Free Lecture Series at Old City Park

By Karen Eubank / June 15, 2023 /

What do you know about the Municipal Archives? I bet it’s not much, so let’s change that. Our city archives are located at Dallas City Hall. They include every imaginable departmental record in a variety of forms and formats, including ledgers, manuscripts and typescripts, maps, photographs, microforms, and printed materials. It’s a gold mine of information…

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North Texas Giving Day: Support Your Favorite Preservation Organizations

By Karen Eubank / September 16, 2021 /

For those of you new to Texas, let me introduce you to North Texas Giving Day, which is Sept. 23, 2021. The Communities Foundation of Texas sponsors this 18-hour online event every year to support local non-profit organizations in 20 counties of North Texas on one user-friendly platform.  North Texas Giving Day was created in…

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It Takes a Heritage Village: This Cedars-Area Park Is a Treasure Trove of Dallas History

By Karen Eubank / July 8, 2021 /

Dallas Heritage Village is a 13-acre haven of calm in the middle of our bustling city. It allows you to stop, step back in time, and see what life was like long ago. The area was once a municipal park, but now it houses the most extensive collection of nineteenth century homes and commercial buildings…

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