Michael Amonett
By Michael AmonettCandysDirt.com Contributor Thursday’s community meeting about rezoning Clarendon Drive and Edgefield Avenue in Oak Cliff branded the intersection as a historic “trolley stop.” But it never was that. The streetcar (it wasn’t a trolley) didn’t stop or even run along Clarendon or Edgefield. It was on Burlington Boulevard two blocks away. Much of…
By Michael AmonettCandysDirt.com Contributor Chief planner Patrick Blaydes held up two documents multiple times at the District 1 Forward Dallas meeting last week: a copy of ForwardDallas and a copy of the Dallas Development Code. Each time he stressed, “This (ForwardDallas) is not this (Dallas Development). Just because it’s in here (FD), doesn’t mean it…
By Michael Amonett Guest Columnist An authorized hearing has been set in motion to rezone an area in Oak Cliff at the intersection of Hampton and Clarendon roads. The area was once a small farming community settled in the 1870s called Jimtown. Clarendon Road was Jimtown Road, and was built along the old Santa Fe…
