downtown Dallas
A lot of things in Dallas seem up in the air these days, and now you can add connectivity to Oak Cliff to the list. Plans to reconfigure the Jefferson Boulevard and Houston Street Viaducts that link North Oak Cliff to downtown are in the works, prompting concerns that the city is going to disrupt…
Everyone’s a critic these days in Dallas, but not like Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster, who recently won a Pulitzer Prize for some of his work covering downtown. The selection of articles acknowledged by the Pulitzer jurists touched on topics like the potential relocation of City Hall, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center…
The open call for concepts for a reimagination of Dallas City Hall and the surrounding downtown area is officially closed, and one of the submissions getting a lot of buzz is the master plan designed by UT Arlington architecture students. We touched on the plan in an earlier roundup, but more recently, we got a…
A new apartment complex in the Cedars celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, adding 76 mixed-income units just south of downtown Dallas. And the timing couldn’t be better. Stakeholders have high hopes for the neighborhood considering its proximity to the central business district, which is seeing new investment in its southern sector. The Kay Bailey…
The stage is being set to move City Hall functions from 1500 Marilla St. and potentially offload the site, with a city council vote teed up next week on Wednesday. And now, the push for relocation has a new ally: Downtown Dallas, Inc. On Friday, DDI president and CEO Jennifer Scripps announced that the organization’s…
