Valley View
Some Dallasites remember the Valley View Center fondly as a place where families bought kitchen appliances at Sears, Roebuck & Co., and the area around what is now LBJ Freeway and Preston Road was made up of cotton fields. Earlier this month, the Valley View Center caught fire. The cause is still reportedly under investigation. …
At the last moment, CandysDirt.com publisher Candace Evans entered the District 11 race against Jaynie Schultz. Evans said she only decided to run this week after reading about the fire at Valley View mall last Friday. She told no one, not even her staff, about her decision. “I just cannot stand to see the waste…
Once a rural community on Dallas’ edge, this area has turned into a hot-and-happening hood, with plenty of restaurants and retail — and acclaimed Richardson ISD schools, to boot. Yes, this week we are taking you to Northwood Hills/Valley View, where suburban tree-lined streets and large lots make the houses here feel like home. The…
Much has been written about Valley View Mall’s demise and rebirth as Midtown Dallas. It’s as though all the ink will somehow grease the wheels and return Valley View to productivity. On Tuesday, the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce hosted an event that included a keynote and panel discussion. The panel consisted of Scott Beck…
It was your typical teenage hotspot in the 1980s and 1990s. Built in 1973, Valley View Mall was where parents would deposit their AquaNet-lacquered and brace-faced progeny to mill about the then hip and trendy, completely air conditioned homage to American consumerism. Now, we have internet shopping, and the days of mallrats are slowing to…
