After a high-profile demolition claimed a 129-year-old building in Dallas, preservationists are getting a seat at the table in the form of a newly formed task force.
"At year’s end the Dallas City Council was considering a task force to look at stopping, or at least pausing, the razing of historic downtown buildings," according to Robert Wilonsky.
Wilonsky goes on to announce the new members of the task force (as Wilonsky puts it, "who’s going to stand between history and the wrecking ball"), which will be led by Preservation Dallas Executive Director Katherine Seale.
Wilonsky also quotes directly from a statement released by Seale to describe her expectations for the role of the task force: "The task force will start by looking inwardly at where we are now as a city with preservation and development policies, where we have been over time and the major moments in between….From there, the group will look outwardly at how other cities blend development with preservation for mutual benefit and come back to the city with recommendations and best practices."
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