PD-193
A multi-story, mixed-use development has been proposed for the blocks bordered by Armstrong and Buena Vista avenues and Travis and Knox streets. The parcels, which are inside the boundary of PD-193, include the building that formerly housed Wild About Harry’s, as well as the block that is currently occupied by Village Baking Co. The building…
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Caven Enterprises is seeking to sell their Cedar Springs lands, which contain a string of well-known LGBTQ+ bars, to developer Mike Ablon who intends to build a pair of high-rises while leaving the bars in place (read the first story here, and the follow-up here). Caven has heavily spun the narrative that without this one…
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Some topics aren’t enough for a whole column, yet there are updates. So here goes. Back in February, a lawsuit was filed by Park Towers homeowners seeking to undo the city council’s approval of the Reverchon Park RFP. On March 16, the city responded claiming immunity from – pretty much everything. On March 3, the…
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Dallas’ plans for a vibrant Arts District failed miserably. It’s one of two areas of the city where you’re not reminded of COVID-19 – because it’s just as vacant now as it always is. It’s such a failure that there’s an Authorized Hearing to determine how to get someone – anyone – to walk its…
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On August 16, 2016, the City Plan Commission voted 12 to zero “…to authorize a public hearing to determine the proper zoning on property zoned an MF-3 Multifamily Subdistrict and an O-2 Office Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District in an area generally bounded by both sides of…
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