PD-15
Last week at a CandysDirt.com event in Preston Hollow, in and amongst the wonderfully renovated kitchen, a temporary kitchen cabinet assembled. You see, when I was introduced to several ladies, they all wanted to talk about PD-15. Turns out they live and lived in neighboring buildings. By “lived” I mean that one was a former…
Read MoreIn Part One, I explained how I’d put my thoughts into an envelope to be opened once the PD-15 process was complete. However, my surprise resignation opened the envelope to share now. In that first column, I faced the hard truth of the economic viability of redevelopment and how the buildings that might be built…
Read MoreWeeks ago, I began telling people that I already knew what should happen to PD-15 to make the most people happy. I said I was going to write it down, put it in an envelope that I would open at the end to see how accurate I was. Now that I’m not part of the…
Read More[Editor’s Note: The opinions reflected in this column are those of the author and are not the editorial opinion of CandysDirt.com. We reached out to Laura Miller for comment. Her response is included at the end of this opinion column.] Author’s Foreword: On Wednesday night, I resigned from the PD-15 task force because of behind-the-scenes…
Read MoreI write a bit about development projects that include zoning changes of some sort. This is mostly because those that don’t require a zoning change just file their plans and they’re off. There is no public discussion, except after, when we see the usual awfulness that we’re all left to look at. Some, even CandysDirt.com’s…
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