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July 2014

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…

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Renewing Urban Renewal

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

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May 2014

Planned Health Clinic Excites South Dallas Neighborhood

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

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February 2014

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…

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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…

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July 2011

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…

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June 2008

Urban Revitalization in the United States: Policies and Practices

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

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August 2004

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…

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