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After violence rang out at two un-permitted events, the full City Council believes Dallas needs better oversight. But was Wednesday's promoter permit ordinance ready?
City leaders say a new convention center, over time, would cost about the same as what the city pours into maintenance of the existing Kay Bailey Hutchison Center
Dallas’ convention center is an absurd, obsolete, cobbled- together mess floating on a sea of concrete. This month the City Council will decide whether we should spend $500 million on its deferred maintenance. There’s another option: tear the sucker down. Start over. And create a downtown that visitors— and residents—would actually enjoy.
The Dallas Convention Center is an urban design disaster. Regardless of whether you support the convention industry, the city has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reverse its negative impact on downtown.
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Outdoor dining grew during the pandemic, now there’s a plan to keep the expansion Dallas’ Street Seats program will give parklets a more permanent presence. A temporary seating area outside of Revelers Hall on Bishop Avenue in Dallas, May 15, 2020. Co-owner Jason Roberts said the built structure is an example of a semipermanent parklet, or outdoor seating area that spills out onto a street.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) We are as eager as anyone to be done with this year, to flip to the last page of the sci-fi horror thriller that is 2020 and chuck it out the window. But we can credit...