Historic Preservation
By Jim Anderson Jim Anderson’s final installation on trolley life in Dallas lends insight into some special buildings that have been beautifully adapted for our needs today. Catch up on last week’s edition, “Streetcars in Dallas Get Electric!“ In the 1920s, the Dallas streetcar system spawned an architectural icon unique to Dallas: The trolley stop…
By Jim Anderson Preservation consultant Jim Anderson, who has served the City of Dallas for 26 years as an urban planner in historic preservation, presents the second in his three-part series on the history of streetcars in Dallas. Catch up on last week’s “Tracks Through Time Part 1: Dallas and the Golden Age of Trolleys.“…
The legendary Como Motel is, well, no mo. After almost two years of efforts by local community members to find a way to keep this midcentury modern icon as a part of our architectural and cultural landscape, it’s being demolished as I write. The Como Motel, for those new to the topic, was best known…
By Jim Anderson You may have ridden the vintage McKinney Avenue Trolley or even taken the Dallas Streetcar to Oak Cliff. What you probably don’t know is the trolley (or streetcar) was the major mode of transportation in Dallas for decades. No one is better equipped to educate us on the history of the Dallas…
When we think about historic neighborhoods like Winnetka Heights, we don’t always consider or give enough credit to the developers. While we give great consideration to named architects, many developers are lost to time. That’s a shame, really, because the developers are the fellows who find the land, secure the financing, and come up with…
