Planning and Zoning
The West Oak Cliff Area Plan came about through years of public input and rewrites, billed as a way to protect residents and their property rights, taking those rights back from developers. Now some South Edgefield residents — whose homes are adjacent to the WOCAP area — say it’s being used as a tool to…
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A multi-story, mixed-use development has been proposed for the blocks bordered by Armstrong and Buena Vista avenues and Travis and Knox streets. The parcels, which are inside the boundary of PD-193, include the building that formerly housed Wild About Harry’s, as well as the block that is currently occupied by Village Baking Co. The building…
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Besides White Rock Lake, why do people move to East Dallas? A popular answer to that question is “the trees.” East Dallas is known for its lush canopy of elms, live oaks, pecans, and ash trees. In the area near the spillway at White Rock Lake, where Ash Creek and White Rock Creek converge, the…
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When Jim Lake purchased the Ambassador Hotel in 2015, the goal was to take the existing historic structure and transform it into chic apartments. The building, which was built in 1904 as the Majestic Hotel, was the victim of a blaze in 2019 that gutted the building. Unlike the legendary phoenix, the Ambassador’s plans for…
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Every year — many times a year — we find ourselves at a commission meeting reviewing a rezoning request. And oftentimes at those meetings, there are loads of neighbors who are upset about the projects presented. The most frequent complaint? “No one told us about this! There was no notice!” Well, the fact is that…
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