Temporary Injunction Denied in Cityplace Sam’s Club Case

After the conclusion of arguments that started Friday morning, District Judge Phyllis Lister Brown ruled against a neighborhood group seeking a temporary injunction aimed at stopping construction of a 130,000-square-foot Sam’s Club store near the intersection of Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75. The decision means the city can issue building…

Round Two of Sam’s Club Legal Fight Will Last Into Monday

The second act of the East Village Association’s battle to reset the clock on a zoning change that would allow Trammell Crow to build a proposed 130,000-square-foot Sam’s Club near Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75 will not be resolved until at least Monday afternoon, after Judge Phyllis Lister Brown was…

The Next Round of the Cityplace Sam’s Club Fight Starts Today

Just about two weeks ago, all seemed lost for a group of residents who were upset about a Trammell Crow development plan that included building of a Sam’s Club near Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75. Zoning for the development had already been approved, so the City Plan Commission’s July 10…

Cedar Hill Could Use Three Walmarts, According to Walmart

How many Walmarts does a city need to thrive? People living in the hip circle of neighborhoods surrounding downtown Dallas say we have enough Walmarts, Walmart-affiliated stores and other big boxes to sustain us and it’s time to consider some development that isn’t a giant box and acres of ashphalt…

The Fight Over CityPlace Sam’s Club Zoning Isn’t Over After All

Under the city’s development code, the proper time for opponents to voice their concerns about the Sam’s Club proposed next to CityPlace was a year ago this month, before the City Plan Commission and City Council unanimously approved a zoning change for the property to allow a 100,000-square-foot warehouse store…

Trammell Crow Wants to Build a Sam’s Club at CityPlace

Cheer up, Dallas. Yes, your hometown newspaper just completely snubbed you with its Best Neighborhoods list, and, yes, the chances that The Dallas Morning News will ever include any place south of Plano are close to nil, but there is hope, a development on the horizon that just might thrust…

Dallas Morning Show Host Storms Off the Set Over Michael Sam’s Kiss

It’s a shame, really, that D Magazine didn’t continue its morning show experiment. Not because we derived any pleasure from watching D: The Broadcast (we probably wouldn’t have, but never say never) but because it would have been mildly wonderful to watch Wick Allison dance away from yesterday morning’s Michael…

How to Contribute to the Dallas Observer

We have a nice little staff here at the Observer, but sometimes we need some side action. Here’s how you might be able to help. Writers We accept freelance pitches for stories of all shapes and sizes. Specifically, we’re looking for:…

Downtown Dallas’ Tunnels: Are They Really All That Terrible?

Nowadays, Dallas’ network of tunnels are pretty widely reviled as an urban planning nightmare that have sucked the life off downtown’s streets. They are a “sordid story,” Downtown Dallas Inc. CEO John Crawford told the City Council this morning. “Frankly, we’re trying to do away with them as quickly as…