Dallas

Does Dallas-Fort Worth's Urban Form Affect Its Music Scene?

Observer music writers Pete Freeman and Daniel Hopkins debate the affects of suburban sprawl on the local music scene.
21 July 2011 - 11:00am
Dallas Observer

Emergence in Public Parks

The sudden appearance of a ping pong table in a public park in Dallas is a perfect example of the concept of emergence in cities, according to this post on Pegasus News.
10 June 2011 - 6:00am
Pegasus News

The Social Life of Dallas City Hall Plaza

Filmmaker Aaron Garcia uses narration from William H. Whyte's classic The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces to highlight the failings of the I.M. Pei-designed Dallas City Hall Plaza.
6 June 2011 - 6:00am
The Better Block: A living Charette

Making Better Blocks in Dallas

In this video, neighborhood activist Jason Roberts talks about becoming involved in his community, and a neighborhood-led project called Better Block that focuses on making small segments of town more vibrant.
2 February 2011 - 10:00am
You + Dallas

New Transit Systems of 2010

Garrett Bradford of TheCityFix reviews some of the most innovative and sustainable transit systems from around the globe that made their debut over the last twelve months.
29 December 2010 - 2:00pm
TheCityFix

Slow Going for Light Rail in Dallas

A new 28-mile expansion makes the city's system is the largest in the nation, but is it actually changing travel habits? Yonah Freemark investigates.
7 December 2010 - 7:00am
the transport politic

Dallas Considers Electronic Billboards

The city's 10-year ban on construction of new signage is challenged as the local billboard industry asks to replace traditional models with digital technology.
10 October 2010 - 7:00am
The Dallas Morning News

Downtown Dallas Breaks Freeways' Concrete Stranglehold

Dallas is hoping to break the ring of concrete created by the surrounding Central Expressway and Interstates 30 and 35.
8 October 2010 - 11:00am
Dallas News

Community Transforms Street Overnight

Local residents bring life back a desolate line of shops in Oak Cliff, a streetcar suburb of Dallas, overnight. The intention of the Better Block project is to demonstrate the value of pedestrian friendly spaces and encourage future investments.
14 September 2010 - 12:00pm
Go Oak Cliff

Freeways Going Green

Dallas, Texas is building a new park on a deck over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, a strategy for creating new public spaces that is being tried across the country.
8 September 2010 - 6:00am
Governing Magazine

City Makes Street Intervention Permanent

An activist project in Dallas, Texas turned an auto-oriented block into a pedestrian paradise, envisioning what could be with a little paint and fake lampposts. The city listened, and is now working to make the change permanent.
26 May 2010 - 10:00am
CoolTown Studios

DIY Urbanism: One Block, One Shipping Pallet at a Time

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 09:22

Jim Kunstler once said that if the 20th Century was about getting around, the 21st Century is about staying in places worth staying in.

The Emerging Arts Center of Texas

Fast Company's annual list of innovative cities highlights Dallas as an emerging hub of culture.
27 April 2010 - 9:00am
Fast Company

A Cultural Revolution in Dallas

Dallas is putting its hopes on architecture and art to spur the city's cultural development.
16 January 2010 - 5:00am
The Texas Observer

Promise Takes Root in Dallas' Newest Park

A new multiuse park in Dallas, the first of four of its kind, is giving the downtown community a reason to celebrate.
21 November 2009 - 5:00am
Dallas Morning News

The End of An Era for Arts Centers

The new Dallas Performing Arts Center marks the end of a boom in the development of arts centers and a moment in American architecture, says Nicolai Ouroussoff.
29 October 2009 - 9:00am
The New York Times

If Only Dallas Had Streetcars

Clayton McCleskey makes the case for why Dallas ought to be a little more like Zurich.
21 October 2009 - 8:00am
The Dallas Morning News

Big Hopes for Big Arts Center in Dallas

A new performing arts center in downtown Dallas is a sizeable addition to downtown. But is size actually the problem?
13 October 2009 - 12:00pm
Dallas News

Transit Disoriented Development

Arlington, Texas, is home to the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium. But as the largest American city with no public bus or rail lines, getting to the stadium is no easy task.
19 September 2009 - 9:00am
The Dallas Morning News

Slowdown in Construction Spells Trouble for Dallas' Preservation Office

As construction has slowed in Dallas, its office of Preservation and Planning has seen a large deficit in funding from fees. Half of its positions could be on the chopping block. Preservationists worry, while officials say they have bigger concerns.
10 September 2009 - 1:00pm
The Dallas Morning News
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