The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers gave the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge a thumbs up this week after halting further work on it earlier this year from concerns that its support piers could compromise and damage the Trinity River floodway system. Continue Reading…

If you’d like to flee the dishes and pots and pans on Thanksgiving Day or enjoy a nice holiday treat in urban Dallas, look at the options I mention here. From food to music – it’s all gooood. Continue Reading…

Real estate rules in Dallas, and in the case of downtown Dallas, it ruled so well that as suburban life became more attractive to people over the last thirty years, downtown interested waned. But for the last few years, Dallas (along with many other major US cities) has been focusing more inward–back to its inner city and downtown. But this time, with people in mind. Continue Reading…

I went down to the downtown Dallas Art District today to enjoy the live musics at the grand opening of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. It was terrific! Live music and dance. A great crowd of people. What a great day for Dallas, TX!

You can view my photos of the day here at Dallas Perspectives or go to my Flickr Photostream itself at www.flickr.com/photos/kentrobbins. The website for the Center is www.dallasperformingarts.org.

We have so many great things planned for downtown Dallas that I had discussed in DallasPerspectives 1.0. I’ll expand on them again later. But, in short, they include (in part) the Trinity River Project, Woodall Rodgers Park and the Dallas Convention Center Hotel.