North Oak Cliff
When the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — a plan to give displacement-vulnerable residents more control over new development in their neighborhood — was unanimously approved in September 2022, it was clear that change was coming and not everyone would embrace it. Slowly but surely, the public meetings in an authorized hearing area that includes…
Editor’s Note: The Clarendon/Edgefield zoning change referenced below is a “downzone” that affects seven commercial properties. Under the current zoning, apartments can be built up to four stories. The height would be limited by the overlay, which follows the unanimously approved West Oak Cliff Area Plan. By Suzanne FelberCandysDirt.com Contributor When I moved back to…
Bart Thrasher grew up riding bikes along the rolling hills and the alleyways of Kiestwood Estates. Now the fourth-generation North Oak Cliff dweller is selling homes in the area, and he’s got a new listing on South Franklin Street that is nothing short of a piece of art. The three-bedroom, two-bath abode at 3454 S.…
District 1 residents asked for bond funds to go toward home repair and displacement mitigation programs — and that didn’t happen. The Oak Cliff Gateway Tax Increment Financing Board swooped in last week with a plan that sounds like a win-win: use TIF funds for those programs. The Oak Cliff Gateway TIF was created in…
Housing advocates were disappointed that the Dallas City Council designated just $26.4 million for housing in the upcoming May bond election, but instead of getting mad, they’re going to get creative. Some District 1 residents in North Oak Cliff’s long-established neighborhoods such as Elmwood, Polk Vernon, Hampton Hills, West Kessler, Jimtown, Kidd Springs, and South…
