By NANCY KEATES
Dallas
Some residential suburban communities insist on tiled roofs; others dictate color palettes and lot sizes. Often, the goal is to capture the look of a time in the past, before modern living and high housing costs changed tastes and materials.
But a small number of new developments is taking the opposite tack. Here, buried amongst a middle-class community and near the Central Expressway, is a street where the construction of Colonials and Tudors is expressly forbidden. Even mid-century modern is considered passé. "Make no mistake. It's a dictatorship and I make the rules," project developer Diane Cheatham says half-jokingly.
The result is Urban Reserve, a 13-acre development devoted to contemporary design. Pass a neighborhood of standard issue brick tract ranches and turn onto Vanguard Way and suddenly one confronts what looks like scene from a science fiction movie.
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Friday, May 22, 2009
New Dallas apartments offer a view that won't go out of style
May 22, 2009
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
From the upper floors of the Heights at Park Lane apartment tower, you can see the Dallas skyline and – on a clear day – even make out downtown Fort Worth.But the best view is of the big Macy's, Nordstrom and Dillard's department store signs just across North Central Expressway at NorthPark Center mall.
"We are within walking distance of 3 million square feet of retail space," said Bryant Nail, senior development officer for builder PM Realty Group. "There is really nothing like this in Dallas."
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By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
From the upper floors of the Heights at Park Lane apartment tower, you can see the Dallas skyline and – on a clear day – even make out downtown Fort Worth.But the best view is of the big Macy's, Nordstrom and Dillard's department store signs just across North Central Expressway at NorthPark Center mall.
"We are within walking distance of 3 million square feet of retail space," said Bryant Nail, senior development officer for builder PM Realty Group. "There is really nothing like this in Dallas."
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
North Texas waterways anchor cities' pride, vision
May 15, 2009
One is a beloved historic river with a brilliant new attraction incorporating 12 art installations and parks designed for soothing reconnection to the waterway. The other is a smartly designed canal created out of optimism for a prairie city with a tragic past.
Luckily for North Texans, both the San Antonio River Walk and Oklahoma City's Bricktown Canal are less than a day's drive away and also accessible by train – ideal for a long weekend. They're as different as a slice of tres leches cake and a wedge of apple pie, which adds to the fun of planning summer getaways.
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Texas State Fair officials envision a year-round rival to Six Flags
May 19, 2009
By 2012, corn dogs and cotton candy could be year-round fare at Fair Park.
Officials at the State Fair of Texas said Monday they want to convert the midway into an amusement park to compete with Six Flags Over Texas, though on a smaller scale and with a cheaper price.
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Dallas police: Crime down in every category
May 19, 2009
DALLAS — It's been decades since Dallas could tout crime numbers this low.
The city's crime rate has dropped 17.5 percent this year and the rate of business burglaries plunged 36.6 percent.
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Dallas Trinity committee officially adopts toll road alignment
May 19, 2009
It was really a foregone conclusion that the Dallas City Council's Trinity River Committee would adopt of a toll road alignment through the levees on the downtown side of the river.
And that's exactly what happened this morning, with only council member Mitchell Rasansky voting in opposition.
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