Old City Park
It’s never a surprise to hear about a historic preservation loss. What is surprising is how much better 2024 was than 2023. This past year, I’m happy to report that our wins outweighed our losses. Although we had fewer losses, they were significant. The Cox Mansion At the top of the list of historic preservation…
One of the many benefits of historic preservation is that ghosts still have a home! Can you imagine the poor souls doomed to roam the place where they died, then it’s demolished? I feel certain ghosts take a dim view of new construction and never get used to it. So, let’s learn about a few…
There are estate sales and there are Estate Sales. The old Dallas Morning News building, Bill’s Records and Tapes — those are iconic sales. Add this controversial sale at Dallas’ beleaguered Old City Park to the list of must-see estate sales in North Texas. Now through Saturday, the park is hosting a massive estate sale…
Your kids have taken field trips here. Probably, you did too. But the future of the city’s oldest park and collection of late-1800s buildings is uncertain. Come May 26, Old City Park will change hands from the Dallas County Heritage Society to the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation department. In this episode of Dallas…
Thursday night, an extremely well-attended public meeting was held at Old City Park’s historic Browder Springs Hall on the transition of the park’s management, operation, and future. Dallas City Council’s District 2 representative Jesse Moreno kicked the evening off with a few stories about his relationship with the park, which included being married at Pilot…
