Turtle Creek Development

Is Turtle Creek Cursed? Planned Developments Struggle to Break Ground

By Jon Anderson / June 22, 2020 /

Probably even before the Sheppard King mansion was built in the 1920s, Turtle Creek was one of Dallas’ most fabled boulevards. Unlike other tony streets, Turtle Creek has been known since the 1960s for its residential high-rises – attracting a Venn diagram of acrophiliacs and downsizers. However, in recent years it’s become our boulevard of…

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Turtle Creek: Smoke on the Water? Part 2: The Prodigal Lots

By Jon Anderson / June 26, 2015 /

  Last week we were at the other end of Turtle Creek. This week we’re sort of in the middle – the Cedar Springs and Turtle Creek area. In these few blocks we have a simmering skirmish, Church rummage sale, a long-time owner looking to raise a poky lot to high-rise heights, and an “ink…

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