Downtown Dallas
The siren of opportunity north of Dallas’ downtown area is commanding business leaders’ attention. Given the choice between having a presence in the central business district or Uptown, Preston Hollow, or a northern suburb, they seem to prefer alternatives to the city center, and that’s made for a rough week for downtown boosters. And sandwiched…
The grills are heating up, inboxes are getting ignored, and somewhere inside Dallas City Hall, there’s probably a memo floating around that’s going to stir up all kinds of feelings come Tuesday. Until then, enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! But if you’ve got a second, catch up on some of the headlines making waves in…
The open call for concepts for a reimagination of Dallas City Hall and the surrounding downtown area is officially closed, and one of the submissions getting a lot of buzz is the master plan designed by UT Arlington architecture students. We touched on the plan in an earlier roundup, but more recently, we got a…
The Save City Hall camp may have scored a bit of a PR victory at the city manager’s expense this past week, with a recent revelation purportedly bolstering their argument that officials have been less than transparent about plans for 1500 Marilla St. Before getting into that, though, it’s worth checking out Mayor Eric Johnson’s…
For a hypothetical deal that seemed all but certain to critics just a few weeks ago, the prospect of a new Mavericks arena replacing Dallas City Hall at 1500 Marilla St. seems plenty uncertain. Mavericks CEO Rick Welts acknowledged that the city would need to take action if it wanted the franchise to set up…
