Adaptive Reuse
We are all familiar with Deep Ellum’s thriving music scene. It’s been the cultural heart of the neighborhood since the 1920s. What is not so well known is that the thriving manufacturing scene was its economic soul and The Continental Gin Company started it all. Deep Ellum was home to the largest manufacturer of cotton…
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By Norman Alston, FAIASpecial Contributor One of the basic tenets in my field of historic preservation is explained by the idea that “a building is a product of its time.” To be more accurate, however, I would expand this idea to say that a building is a creation by people, and the people who cause…
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As cities worldwide embrace adaptive reuse, why is Dallas still limping along? Atlas Metal Works is simply the latest notch in the bedpost of developers that don’t get it or don’t care. There are companies here that do embrace rich industrial architecture. You only have to look at the enormous success of Todd Interests East…
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The industrial warehouse living trend was given a big nudge when “Sex and The City” character Samantha Jones moved into one in New York’s Meatpacking District. After that episode aired, It took about a minute for anyone the least bit hip to follow suit. Industrial warehouse districts are hotter than ever, and Dallas is no…
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Sometimes it takes a village to create change. Sometimes it only takes two people with a passion. For Dallas’ downtown core, many who are close to the project know that without Reggie Graham and Patrick Todd, we would not have the East Quarter, the hottest new neighborhood in Dallas. Let’s start at the beginning. About…
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