Sunday, March 7, 2010

Urban planners envision West Dallas after Trinity bridge

Dallas Morning News
Roy Appleton // February 15, 2010

The opening of the signature Margaret Hunt Hill bridge across the Trinity River will bring attention, energy and changes to West Dallas.

That's what property owners such as Larry "Butch" McGregor and his partners in West Dallas Investments are banking on.

It's also an assumption at City Hall, one underlying a new mission to transform a time-worn core of town.

The Dallas CityDesign Studio plans to be a creative force in development and redevelopment along the Trinity in the years to come. Its concerns will include the look, layout and blending of buildings, streets and open space.

And its first project is taking on a 480-acre river gateway bounded by the levee, Interstate 30 and Sylvan Avenue.

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