Philip Kingston
Dozens of people turned out to a public meeting Monday night to show their support for preserving Dallas City Hall as the fate of the iconic Brutalist structure at 1500 Marilla St. seems precarious amid speculation developers have their eyes on the site. Speakers described the I.M. Pei-designed building as both an architectural treasure and…
Restauranteur and hotel developer Robert Colombo has been pitching the Oak Lawn Committee on a new residential tower and hotel in Uptown, and Wednesday night the group gave his project a thumbs up. Colombo needs a variance from the city to allow for construction to hit a height of 310 ft at 2516 Maple Ave.,…
An initiative to keep cyclists safer on Maple Avenue is drawing criticism from a group of business owners who say they were never notified about a proposed city plan to transform the busy thoroughfare from four lanes to two — cutting the corridor’s traffic and access to their businesses in half. As part of the…
It appears Dallas City Hall is imploding, and there’s a lot to unpack. The turmoil began a while back but lit up last week when City Manager T.C. Broadnax submitted his resignation after seven years at the helm in Dallas City Hall. Broadnax is expected to receive a severance package equal to 12 months of…
The owners of a Lake Highlands office building next to a planned affordable housing development said they were going to file a lawsuit, and they did just that. The Cypress Creek at Forest Lane Class A project will offer 189 units in a high-opportunity area of North Dallas, according to advocates for the project. It…
