Dallas Parks

It’s All Connected: The Loop Dallas Progresses in the Design District

By CandysDirt / June 4, 2025 /

From Staff Reports Construction is fully underway on a key connection point for The Loop Dallas — the Trinity Strand Trail Hi-Line Span. What is currently a retaining wall along Houston Street will be turned into an open space that serves as a walk and bike trail, and a gathering place for visitors and those…

Dallas Parks Inch Up in National Ranking

By Charles Grand / May 24, 2025 /

A national nonprofit and advocacy group for the outdoors ranked Dallas 34th out of 100 for its parks, a higher ranking than the city received just a year ago. Trust for Public Land looked at the nation’s 100 most populous cities to devise its ranking, which was based on park access, equity, acreage, investment, and…

Defenders of Cool Have a Park to Call Their Own with Bachman Lake Skatepark Opening

By Mimi Perez / May 20, 2025 /

Defenders of cool have a park to call their own as the Bachman Lake Skatepark opened this past Saturday. Before city officials delivered any speeches, the overwhelming review of the new statepark was in: “This is so gnarl man” a skater said as he came out of the bowl. The $4 million facility is the…