Urbanism Why Don’t Dallas’ Downtown Parks Have Basketball Courts? By Peter Simek | 2 weeks ago A handful of new parks are planned for downtown Dallas. Klyde Warren aside, the mixed quality of city center's current parks do not guarantee success.
Good Public Transit Here’s More Evidence that Dallas Is Overdue for a Bus System Overhaul By Peter Simek | 1 month ago Houston is one of two cities in the nation that posted increased bus ridership in 2017, a result of its redesigned system.
Trinity River Brent Brown Steps Down From bcWorkshop to Head Trinity Park Conservancy By Peter Simek | 2 months ago The architect, city planner, and urban designer will lead the effort to implement the Michael van Valkenburgh plan for the Trinity River
Urban Design Yelp Study Illustrates How Urban Sprawl Contributes to Bad Eating By Peter Simek | 2 months ago No big surprises here: car-centric cities deliver on car-centric food choices
Urbanism It Is Too Soon to Regulate Dallas’ Bike Share Companies By Peter Simek | 3 months ago Rather than creating clutter, the companies have simply—and somewhat unwittingly—revealed flaws in human behavior and urban design.
Nonprofits The Goatherd and the Mexican Mafia By Kathy Wise | 3 months ago A story of love, loss, and redemption of Biblical proportions.
Agrarianism The Rogue Shepherd By Kathy Wise | 3 months ago After his first wife’s death, Daron Babcock started picking bar fights and snorting rails of coke. Then he did something even crazier. He started a farm in South Dallas.
Urbanism There Sure Are A Lot of Specials on Uptown’s Expensive Apartment Stock By Jon Anderson | 5 months ago It's a sign that the high-end towers that populate the McKinney Avenue corridor aren't renting. It's not a demand issue; it's price.
Urban Design And Another Area of Town Throws Its Hat in the Amazon Bullring By Peter Simek | 7 months ago Should the fact that Dallas has so many locations that can fit a corporation as large as Amazon be worrisome?
Urbanism Deep Ellum Has Its Own Amazon HQ2 Proposal By Peter Simek | 7 months ago It seems like every city in America is courting the Seattle-based tech giant. Now the Deep Ellum Foundation has found a spot for it near Fair Park.
Housing Market Dallas’ Older Multi-Family Housing Is Disappearing and So Is the City’s Affordability By Jon Anderson | 8 months ago Developers are circling the city's stock of aging multi-family units and throwing up dense complexes that longtime residents can't afford.
Nature Warnings From Harvey About the Future of Urban Planning in Texas By Peter Simek | 8 months ago The scale of devastation wrought by natural disasters can have all-too-human causes
