Urban Living in Dallas
When you hear of someone moving to Uptown you probably assume, like me, it’s not because it will save them money. And not because it’s a great place to raise kids. For Jennifer Morgan and her family, though, both of those proved to be true. She and her husband and son are are saving money,…
“Griggs Park is one of the features that makes Uptown more sustainable. Uptown has a tendency to over-invest in private infrastructure and under-invest in public infrastructure,”noted District 14 Dallas City Councilman Philip Kingston at the Tuesday ribbon cutting of Griggs Park’s new playground. “This will soften the hard edges that tend to be created in high-density…
On Jan. 4, medical journal The Lancet published the results of a Canadian study linking living near major roadways to increasing incidence of dementia. On the upside, they were also interested in any links with Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis, but found no correlation. The study received assistance from Public Health Ontario (PHO) and the…
By Hayley Enoch Special Contributor To many, public transportation is a fixture of large Eastern cities like New York or Washington, D.C. It might come as a surprise to learn that Dallas Area Rapid Transit holds its own when measured against more established public transportation systems. Let’s take a look at why DART’s system is…
The last 70 years of urban planning were a colossal mistake that we’re all suffering with and are only just beginning to unravel. Pretty bold claim, eh? Maybe I’m having an Urban Land Institute convention hangover, but think about it: The post WWII suburbanization of America led to a long-term evacuation of major cities. It…
