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The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center redevelopment is going back to Dallas City Council after the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee realized the current plan might unnecessarily inhibit the southern sector’s access to downtown. In a 4-2 vote on Tuesday, the committee recommended to city council that the convention center project be reverted to the earlier…
Things are really starting to heat up at Dallas City Hall, and it’s not even June yet. Between frustration over the potential rerouting of the Houston and Jefferson Viaducts and the apparently existential question of what to do with 1500 Marilla St., tempers seem to be running high. And then, of course, there’s the budget.…
Virtually no one was happy at a community meeting over city staff’s latest proposal to reroute traffic on the Houston Street and Jefferson Boulevard Viaducts, which connect Oak Cliff to downtown. And the upset went beyond the specific plan presented. Several dozen people turned out to the Eloise Lundy Recreation Center on Friday for the…
More than 400 responses poured into Dallas City Hall as part of the city’s open call for redevelopment concepts released on Thursday, but the Dallas Mavericks stopped short of submitting a detailed proposal of their own, saying they don’t have enough clarity to put something to paper. The NBA franchise has been eyeing a site…
Lawyers for the coalition Save Dallas City Hall have notified the city that they intend to sue if officials don’t take steps to address certain needed repairs at 1500 Marilla St. in the next 60 days. The notice argues that the city is violating several provisions of its own city code by failing to adequately…
