Downtown Dallas

Your Primer on Today’s Finance Committee Meeting About City Hall

By Charles Grand / February 23, 2026 /

Today, the Dallas City Council’s Finance Committee will convene for a briefing on the present state of 1500 Marilla St. Council members will have the opportunity to respond to staff’s presentation on City Hall and offer policy direction. In case you don’t have time to catch the meeting online or in person, here’s a rundown…

Reimagine All of Downtown Dallas, Rather Than Focusing Myopically on City Hall

By CandysDirt / February 15, 2026 /

By Cullum Clark The current debate over Dallas City Hall sometimes misses the forest for the trees. Dallasites are battling over the architectural merits of I.M. Pei’s 1978 structure and the cost of staying versus going, as well they should, but the city needs a livelier conversation about the future of downtown Dallas as a…

Saks Global To Close Stores Nationwide, Dallas Neiman Marcus Locations Await Their Fate

By Charles Grand / February 13, 2026 /

Saks Global is working to reduce its national footprint, but it’s not quite clear what that means for Neiman Marcus operations in Dallas just yet. Waves of closures have been announced as part of an ongoing turnaround plan to reposition the various brands under the Saks Global umbrella in the wake of the company’s bankruptcy…

Fiscal Folly: Why Another Sports Arena Won’t Fix Downtown Dallas

By CandysDirt / February 2, 2026 /

Dallas, It’s Time to Stop Chasing Arenas and Start Building a City By Norman Alston FAIA, Principal Norman Alston Architects Downtown Dallas shines at night — the dazzling skyline, the pulsing street life, the promise of a city constantly reinventing itself. For decades, local leaders have sought ways to make that promise real, to bring…

Is Saving Dallas City Hall at Odds With Saving Downtown?

By Charles Grand / January 26, 2026 /

A battle for the hearts, minds, and identity of Dallas is underway as officials prepare to make one of the most consequential decisions of their careers: keep the seat of municipal government at 1500 Marilla St. or relocate City Hall operations somewhere else downtown. Over the last few months, the debate over the fate of…