Downtown Dallas

How To Remove Graffiti 101 If a House is Struck Before a Showing, & Don’t Clean Up After Rolling With Fire

By Candy Evans / June 30, 2014 /

As we reported late yesterday, Oak Lawn’s Legacy of Love Monument, Cathedral of Hope, plus other buildings were vandalized by nasty graffiti early Sunday morning including the building that houses The Dallas Observer, the building that houses D Magazine (no!)  and even the Dallas Morning News. Yesterday a few power cleaning companies volunteered to clean…

New Cities Summit: Transforming Dallas Panel Covers What Big D Does Well, But There’s a Lot of Room For Improvement

By Joanna England / June 17, 2014 /

I had a chance to attend the New Cities Summit this morning, and I am glad I managed to catch the “Dallas: A Case Study in Re-imagination and Transformation” panel discussion. Of course, I expected a lot of talk about how far Dallas has come, and I got it. Moderator Rena Pederson, who was chief…

Will the Administrative Changes at the Police & Fire Pension System Expedite a Solution to the Glare Debate?

By Candy Evans / June 13, 2014 /

Jo and I are in Houston at the National Association of Real Estate Editors spring conference. We just heard the keynote speaker’s presentation on commercial building trends by C. Hastings “Hasty” Johnson, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hines. He mentioned that building materials of the future might include unique glass for highrise buildings,…

AIA Dallas All But Abandons Support of Proposed Trinity Tollway

By Joanna England / June 6, 2014 /

So, who is still carrying banners for the Trinity Tollway? Looks like the numbers are getting pretty thin, and now Dallas’ most influential architecture organization, the American Institute of Architects — Dallas has pulled their support for the road planned between the levees of the Trinity River.

Time to Bust Out The Bubbly! Statler Hilton is (Finally) Under Contract With Plans For an Amazing Comeback

By Joanna England / May 29, 2014 /

Oh boy! We’re excited folks! The deal has gone through, and just as Candy predicted, Mehrdad Moayedi and his firm, Centurion American, have purchased the Statler Hilton from Leobardo Trevino’s Ricchi Investments. Of course, there’ll be no pomp and circumstance or champagne cork popping in the streets like the celebration dance City Hall enjoyed when…