City Plan Commission
More than nine months ago, developers with Ojala Holdings proposed a high-rise apartment tower on a lot currently occupied by Shoreline City Church, which is adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood of East Dallas. Dozens of neighborhood meetings have been held since then. Extensive changes to the original plan have been made. The need for affordable…
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…
Thursday’s Dallas City Plan Commission meeting was a marathon, not a sprint, and those White Rock Lake-area residents who waited to speak out regarding Mill Creek’s proposed 305-unit apartment building were rewarded with a victory lap. The plan commission came out against the proposed 80-foot, multi-use project on the tracts formerly occupied by The Lot…
Front yard signs seem to be how East Dallas conveys important messages. Case in point: Signs planted neighborhood yards that are near White Rock Lake often tell you to “Keep Little Forest Hills Funky,” demand that Dallas Arboretum traffic find somewhere else to park, and admonish passers by to “Save The White Rock Lake Skyline”…
Why is it so rare for Dallas to ever truly say “no” to developer-led upzoning? It always seems most often to be “yes, but …” And while I’m all for a good negotiation, if you enter a negotiation where the other side knows you’re unlikely to really say “no,” then it’s not really a negotiation,…
