Urbanism & Transportation
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Urbanism
Downtown Dallas Inc. Hires New President and CEO
Jennifer Scripps will step down from her current post as the director of arts and culture for the city of Dallas to join DDI in April.
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Urbanism
Downtown Dallas Inc. Hires New President and CEO
Jennifer Scripps will step down from her current post as the director of arts and culture for the city of Dallas to join DDI in April.
Dallas History
In the Name of Progress: What Dallas Has Taken from the Black Community
Fair Park is not an outlier. Local, state, and federal agencies have taken property from Black Dallasites for everything from highway expansions to airports.
Dallas History
The Fair Park Lie
Fifty years ago, Dallas officials forced 300 families out of their homes, promising improvements the whole city would enjoy. The real plan: replace Black people with concrete.
Urban Design
Hunt Realty Bets Big on New Victory Park Development
The company hopes to attract commercial tenants with huge towers and human-scale green space.
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Local News
I-30 Is About to Undergo a Radical Makeover Through East Dallas
TxDOT plans to widen the highway through East Dallas — and bury it. Let's go inside the plans.
Urban Design
The 50-Mile Loop Trail Is One Step Away From Beginning Construction
Construction could begin as early as June. The trail will connect 39 existing miles of trail and create a new 9-mile path from White Rock to the Trinity Forest.
Local Government
TxDOT Hopes Biden’s Transit Priorities Are Good News for Its I-30 Canyon Project
The state agency is highlighting the project's plans to restitch the street grid between downtown and the Cedars as well as the land it would free up for development.
Transit Oriented Development
Today the Dallas City Council Decides if It Wants a Downtown Subway
The saga of the so-called D2 line has drawn on for years. Now DART learns whether it takes the next $1.7 billion step.
Transportation
No, the Margaret McDermott Bridge Is (Still) Not Open to Pedestrians
Scalawags have been using the bridge to, you know, WALK places.