Oak Lawn
After a session going well past 5 p.m. last Thursday, the City Plan Commission finally heard the case for Toll Brothers’ desired residential high-rise at the corner of Welborn Street and Congress Avenue. In the end, there were fewer fireworks than most expected. Dallas Cothrum from Masterplan set out Toll Brothers’ case. In a nutshell,…
After The Recession pause, we all know real estate has boomed. In older neighborhoods south of Northwest Highway, the boom has brought gentrification to once-affordable neighborhoods. This isn’t surprising, as these areas are up-luxed and densified. A few years ago, noting your address was “near Harry Hines” was not considered polite conversation. That’s swiftly changing.…
I read yesterday about Uber’s Elevate conference (flying taxis) and admit that while Dallas was mentioned, complete lack of interest didn’t get me to read very far. But a CandysDirt.com reader forwarded me the story and mentioned Hillwood, so I read more. What was announced was a plan to have electric air taxis in Dubai…
Tuesday night’s Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) meeting might not have had armed police in attendance, but there were some interesting goings on. The two worth chatting about were Hillwood’s evolving plans for 3001 Turtle Creek (corner of Turtle Creek and Cedar Springs) and a proposed Starbucks at Oak Lawn and Congress (southeast-ish corner). I call…
Last week, a group calling themselves “Stop the Downzone” sent out a packet of information that I was unknowingly part of. It included a pair of articles I wrote … Teixeira Duarte’s move to build a by-right plan on their Dickason and Hood plots and the prior piece written about the downzoning campaign. I am…
