Historic Preservation
While the public has been caught up in the fight to save Dallas City Hall, there is another downtown brutalist building that deserves recognition, attention, and, quite possibly, saving. It’s the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library that faces City Hall. Part of Mayor Jonsson’s 1965 citizen-led initiative, Goals for Dallas, was a massive effort to…
Long before live-work spaces became trendy, repurposing an existing building gained traction in the early 1970s. Known as adaptive reuse, artists were transforming industrial warehouses in New York into loft living by the 1990s. Dallas may have been a little late to the party, but we got there. Now, the former 1942 Williams Publishing Company…
When Stephanie Drenka spoke yesterday morning at City Hall, I realized we have neglected to tell an extremely important part of the City Hall story. We’ve been focused on architecture, history, and economics, but we have not talked about the connection between Dallas’ Asian-American community and one of the city’s most iconic buildings. Drenka is…
This is the cutest historic Highland Park cottage I’ve seen, full stop. The front yard caught my eye first — no surprise, as landscape designer Robert Bellamy’s genius is at work here. More on that later! Remember what I’ve said, over and over. When you can purchase a home that an architect, builder, or Realtor…
Did you ever party at the historic Belmont Motor Hotel on Fort Worth Avenue? For years, plenty of Dallasites did. Positioned high on a hill in West Oak Cliff, the Belmont was the place to hear music and hang out at the pool. It was where we suggested out-of-town friends stay, and even where some…
