URBAN REVITALIZATION

Imagine a Trio of Boulevards Connecting Fair Park to Trinity Park

Throughout my career as an architect, I have been fortunate to visit many of the…

Renewing Urban Renewal

Eager to jump-start local businesses and provide badly needed jobs amid the deep recession that…

Texas Department of Transportation Says It Could Cost $100 Million to Fix Interstate 345

For months, the Texas Department of Transportation has said it will cost $100 million to…

HKS Chairman, Former Trammell Crow CEO Say No to Trinity Toll Road, Present Vision for I-345 and I-30

It’s hard to say what the headline is from the meeting we just had with…

Planned Health Clinic Excites South Dallas Neighborhood

The new South Dallas clinic being built for Parkland Memorial Hospital represents more than an…

Dallas Task Force Working on ‘dramatic Ideas’ for Fair Park

A nine-member task force on the future of Fair Park has been meeting privately for…

The 5 Goals That Should Top the Mayor’s Fair Park Task Force’s Agenda

As someone mentioned in the comments to today’s Leading Off, the Dallas Morning News reports…

Separate and Unequal: The Neighborhood Gap for Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in Metropolitan America

This report examines how people’s race/ethnicity and income are translated into racial/ethnic and class segregation…

Urban Revitalization in the United States: Policies and Practices

Since the 1970s American cities, particularly those in the Northeast and Midwest, have striven to…

Homelessness as an Impediment to Urban Revitalization: the Case of Dallas, Texas

Homelessness has long been recognized as a serious problem in many American cities, and Dallas…