Winters said the park’s opening is not a “rebirth” of downtown Dallas. “There was nothing to rejuvenate,” he said in his grand opening speech. But this new park puts Dallas on the map as ...

not spaces for storing cars — but the Dallas Branch was not among them. In maps from the 1920s, it still appears, but by the 1930s it has fallen out of view. The outfall into the Trinity levee ...

But innovators and private supporters like JPMorgan Chase saw potential in a project to unite the community, and today the park stands as a bridge, connecting Dallas’s downtown and uptown ...

Earlier this week, UCR Urban’s Jack Gosnell wrote a terrific RealPoints post about perceptions and reality when it comes to downtown Dallas. He wrote: “When I am able to convince people that I ...