Preston Center
When a document, supposedly crafted for long-term use, proves to be a barrier to the same long-term goals it was created to guide, it’s safe to call it a failure. If that failure occurs within a year of its adoption by the city, I suppose we can just call that Dallas. Yes folks, the Preston…
Yesterday, Holly Haber of The Dallas Morning News’ Philanthropy page noted that the Perot family had donated $15 million to the Episcopal School of Dallas. The money is to help ESD’s younger students move from Saint Michael and All Angels Church (in Preston Center) to the main ESD campus on Merrell Road. The $44.3 million…
Since August 2016, we’ve been reporting on different events surrounding the Diplomat condo building, beginning with a contingent contract and continuing with surveyors in November, quickly followed by soil testing in December. You’ve likely seen the map above a zillion times, but it’s a shortcut to avoid tediously describing where a certain building is located…
Dear Chosen Consultant, I saw that NCTCOG (North Central Texas Council of Governments) issued an RFP (Request for Proposal) for a combined $400,000 study on the viability of parking structures in four areas of the Metroplex. Northwest Highway at Preston Road (Preston Center West) IH 635 East of Galleria (Dallas Midtown) Dallas Medical District (Southwest…
Over 100 residents were displaced Friday night, and the skeleton of Preston Place still smoldered on Sunday. And yet, as the flames ignited their neighbors’ belongings, ultimately claiming the life of one, several commenters immediately leapt to the prospect of redevelopment on the lot. “Too soon,” leapt to my mind as I read those comments. …
