There’s no mistaking what’s about to happen behind the shroud of tall curtained fencing that encircles both sides of an entire residential block of old North...
Again it’s doomsday for history as permissive zoning in North Oak Cliff wins out. Here’s how to make sure your neighborhood isn’t next.
As soon as I heard that the barricades were up — never good news if you care about our city’s past — I rushed over and found a few community members there for a final viewing. The future of the 2.67-acre block of West Eighth — and a lot of others like it — was sealed in 2010 by the Bishop/Davis Land Use Study, led by neighborhood stakeholders and approved by a City Council that included then-North Oak Cliff representatives Delia Jasso and Dave Neumann., was intended to guide development while maintaining the area’s character. What’s happened in the years since is a dizzying mashup of extravagantly priced homes and huge no-soul apartment buildings.
Much of the facade of the home of the McDonald family, who until 2016 owned almost all the properties on this block, has been removed in the last few weeks. None of that will permanently delay the wrecking ball set for West Eighth Street, although the city did issue a stop-work order Monday, contending that work had begun without the proper permits.
The property, which was 100% leased at the time, was marketed as featuring “favorable zoning allowing ownership to maximize development plans … 50-foot height, four stories, no density requirements and no setbacks.” West, who had been inaugurated into the District 1 seat just days before the replat’s approval, had previously served as Griggs’ Plan Commission member and, in that role, raised similar questions.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Why? Why? Why?' Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despairIn the more than two weeks since Russia’s war began, two AP journalists have been the only international media present in Mariupol, chronicling its fall into chaos and despair.
Read more »
Why Clayton Didn’t End Gabby, Rachel Romances When He Loved Susie ‘The Most’Exclusive: TheBachelor Clayton Echard and Susie Evans got real about watching the finale episodes of season 26 together, including his messy splits from Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey. 👀 Sooo how did Susie feel watching?
Read more »
Why you need to install iOS 15.4 on your iPhone ASAPApple released a support page that shows how iOS 15.4 patches 39 vulnerabilities including several serious flaws.
Read more »
Why the city of Fresno kept silent about losing $600,000 to a phishing scamFresno city officials say they did not disclose losing $600,000 in a phishing scam sooner because the FBI told them it would hurt their investigation.
Read more »
More Starbucks Stores Across LA County Are Unionizing; Here’s WhyA store in Little Tokyo joins half a dozen others in the state — three each in Northern and Southern California — bringing the total of L.A. stores that have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board to four.
Read more »
Austin NAACP questions why little information was released on Texas native Brittney Griner’s arrestAustin NAACP President Nelson Linder is questioning why little information has been released on WNBA player and Texas native BrittneyGriner’s arrest in Russia. He is calling for intensified pressure on state and national representatives.
Read more »