Oak Lawn
“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and caldron bubble.” In Macbeth, Shakespeare’s witches were casting a spell to double Macbeth’s toil and trouble. It seems some Oak Lawn residents are looking to double developers’ trouble by asking the city Plan Commission to downzone parts of Oak Lawn covered by PD-193. I’ve written about these…
On Tuesday night I attended my first Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) meeting. For those unaware, the OLC was founded in 1982 as the neighborhood forum to guide development, maintain the area’s vibe, and generally improve the area. Their “yea” or “nay” offers weight to Plan Commission’s deliberations on new projects seeking zoning changes. The OLC’s…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the second meeting between local neighbors and Portugal’s Teixeira Duarte, Masterplan and architect Javier Espinoza, the team developing the so-named Turtle Creek Haus high-rise at Hood and Dickason in Oaklawn. Last night there was a third meeting and to borrow from Dan Savage, it got better. First,…
Teixeira Duarte, founded in 1921, is a Portugal-based conglomerate with significant operations in real estate and construction. Revenues in 2015 were €1.49 billion, down 13 percent from 2014’s €1.71 billion. The company operates in 17 countries, but their main real estate spheres are in Portugal and Brazil, with a smattering in Africa. The company intends…
Way back, a rather large mansion occupied the northwest corner of Cedar Springs and … well … Cedar Springs (or Turtle Creek depending on your map). It’s sorta across the street from The Renaissance condos. For as long as I’ve been coming to Dallas (the mid-1980s) it’s always been an empty lot. Apparently that’s about…
