Oak Lawn Committee

What the L? Legacy of Love Monument Needs Your Luvin’ on November 2

By Jon Anderson / October 5, 2017 /

  Amid all the brouhaha about the negative connotations surrounding some monuments, one Dallas monument with a positive message needs our help.  The Legacy of Love monument has resided at the corner of Oak Lawn Avenue and Cedar Springs Road since 2006. Y’all know where I mean — that triangle of land resulting from the…

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Alliance Goes Round 3 With Oak Lawn Committee, Offers New Vision for Armstrong And Cole Project

By Jon Anderson / October 4, 2017 /

Often developers show up to the Oak Lawn Committee looking for approval for a proposed project before hitting Dallas’ City Plan Commission and council.  But sometimes they just need a little help.  Last night’s OLC meeting was a little of both. The first of three cases revolved around a project that had been blessed a…

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Toll Brothers Mired in City Council Quicksand And Water Carrying

By Jon Anderson / September 28, 2017 /

The fate of the proposed Toll Brothers high-rise in Oak Lawn remains stalled for another month. A bus load of Plaza residents showed up to voice their concerns without actually admitting their issue is view blockage and that the rest was just a smoke screen.  Several gave themselves away in saying that a midrise would…

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Good News, Bad News: Latest Oak Lawn Committee Meeting a Mixed Bag

By Jon Anderson / September 13, 2017 /

Are you a good news first kind of person, or do you want the needle before the lollipop?  Heck, I’m jetlagged and feeling woozy, so let’s go with the needle. (From the picture above, you guessed that, right?)   At last night’s Oak Lawn Committee meeting, there were a trio of projects presented by Masterplan…

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Toll Brothers Oak Lawn Project Waits While Kingston Delays

By Jon Anderson / August 24, 2017 /

Yesterday’s Dallas City Council meeting saw Toll Brothers present their project that has wound its way for 18 months through the Oak Lawn Committee, an Oak Lawn Committee sub-committee, and back to the Oak Lawn Committee before last month being unanimously passed by City Plan Commission. Throughout, we’ve seen various arguments against the project thrown…

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