Oak Cliff
I’ve been closely watching the action over at Dallas City Hall as of late — and there’s been a lot of action — but one upcoming action item has me particularly concerned. On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote on whether to raise the expanded convention center design back to its originally planned height…
Should Dallas preserve key connections between Oak Cliff and downtown, even if doing so tacks on roughly $600 million to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center redevelopment? That’s the question Dallas City Council will face next week. The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee recommended raising the height of the project last month after considerable uproar broke…
There’s been plenty of disagreement lately over what to do with a certain city-owned property in Dallas. Much less so for 2929 S Hampton Rd. in Oak Cliff. Officials entered the city into a purchase and sale agreement with developer Monte Anderson’s Options Real Estate late last month, potentially putting to an end a multi-year…
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…
An investigation is ongoing following a gas-related explosion at an Oak Cliff apartment building Thursday afternoon that killed at least three people and injured several others. Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel worked into the night searching through the smoldering wreckage of what was once The Clyde — a two-story, 23-unit multifamily property in the 400 block of…
