North Oak Cliff

Oak Cliff Gas Explosion Tied to Subcontractor Site Drilling

By Charles Grand / June 1, 2026 /

New details of the circumstances leading up to last Thursday’s deadly explosion at an Oak Cliff multifamily building are surfacing, with reports indicating that some excavation related to soil analysis may have nicked a gas line. Witnesses previously described seeing an active work crew outside The Clyde apartments at 409 E 9th St. City officials…

Katrina Whatley: The Clyde Apartments Are Gone and Oak Cliff Is Showing Up

By CandysDirt / May 30, 2026 /

By Katrina Whatley Oak Cliff Resident and Realtor Grief and solidarity are evident in North Oak Cliff right now as the community comes together following the explosion that leveled the 1960s-era Clyde Apartments, at 409 E. 9th Street on May 27. The blast was so powerful that shop owners in Bishop Arts — over half a…

Oak Cliff Viaduct Backlash Forces Dallas to Reconsider Dallas Convention Center Plans

By Charles Grand / May 21, 2026 /

The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center redevelopment is going back to Dallas City Council after the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee realized the current plan might unnecessarily inhibit the southern sector’s access to downtown. In a 4-2 vote on Tuesday, the committee recommended to city council that the convention center project be reverted to the earlier…

Oak Cliff Residents Up in Arms Over Plans To Reroute Viaduct Traffic

By Charles Grand / May 17, 2026 /

Virtually no one was happy at a community meeting over city staff’s latest proposal to reroute traffic on the Houston Street and Jefferson Boulevard Viaducts, which connect Oak Cliff to downtown. And the upset went beyond the specific plan presented. Several dozen people turned out to the Eloise Lundy Recreation Center on Friday for the…

Critics Say Viaduct Plans Could Cut Oak Cliff Off From Downtown

By Charles Grand / May 11, 2026 /

A lot of things in Dallas seem up in the air these days, and now you can add connectivity to Oak Cliff to the list. Plans to reconfigure the Jefferson Boulevard and Houston Street Viaducts that link North Oak Cliff to downtown are in the works, prompting concerns that the city is going to disrupt…