Fair Park

Rawlings and the City Council Roll into Fair Park

By Jon Anderson / February 9, 2016 /

In what I expect was a piece of theater, last night, the Dallas City Council trucked over to Fair Park to meet with the people in an open-door session. The goal was for citizens to voice their opinions about the Fair Park task force’s plans. As one black community leader pointed out, a two-hour session…

Fair Park, Ctd: LULU Salaries at the State Fair?

By Candy Evans / January 28, 2016 /

Back in December, two City Council members asked the Dallas city auditor to take a long, hard look at “the major business partners currently operating facilities at Fair Park,” chief among them the State Fair of Texas. They would be Phillip Kingston and Jennifer Staubach Gates. “There is broad skepticism that the State Fair is…

Dallas Architecture Forum: Fair Park is a LULU

By Jon Anderson / January 27, 2016 /

Apparently in architectural parlance, “LULU” is an acronym meaning “Locally Undesirable Land Use.” That just about sums up Fair Park — a walled desert surrounded by acres of concrete that blooms once a year. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Dallas Architecture Forum hosted a panel discussion centered on what the city should do with Fair…