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Please join us on September 13, 7:00 PM, at Turner House for our quarterly membership meeting. It's our most attended meeting of the year when we reveal the homes for this year's Home Tour.
Wine and hors d'œuvre
All are welcome.
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Oak Cliff Christian Church Reprieve... Sort Of |
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Want it? Want just the front and sides? Want to build your new buildings with brick that doesn't come in sheets?
Make an offer and it probably won't be refused. Let's just say it's been marked down to sell from the previous 1.2 million. The only catch is that it can't stay here.
So if you want a beautiful facade for Davis or Bishop or elsewhere. You can buy this one for a nominal fee. You must formally offer by September 15 however you would have until December 31 to remove it.
This is the last chance for a piece of this to live on elsewhere as well as evade the landfill which as far from green or stainability as one can go.
Much thanks to new DISD Trustee Eric Cowan and OOCCL Past President and counsel John McCall for negotiatling this for us.
Contiune to direct your inquiries to Michael Amonett or Monte Anderson.
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Larry Beasley to Speak at Hitt Auditorium |
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Dallas CityDesign Studio Presentation
September 2
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Hitt Auditorium, Methodist Hospital
221 W. Colorado at Bishop
Free and open to the public but please register.
On September 2nd, Larry Beasley, former Vancouver urban planner and special adviser to the Dallas CityDesign Studio, and Dallas CityDesign Director, Brent Brown, AIA, will provide an update on the collaboration and dialogue between the public & private sectors and how community outreach is playing a major role in planning efforts in West Dallas.
There are many instances in which the desires of developers, residents and stakeholders dramatically differ; at times even creating a win/lose situation and a divide within the community. The City of Dallas is embarking on a new type of planning process for the communities surrounding the Trinity River. In October 2009, the City Hall became home to the City's first in-house urban design studio, Dallas CityDesign Studio.
Find out how these planning efforts will create additional opportunities for the local design and development communities.
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OOCCL To Attend National Historic Trust Conference |
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The Old Oak Cliff Conservation League has voted to send League President Michael Amonett to this year's National Historic Preservation Conference. This year's conference will be in Austin so it is a good opportunity for the League to attend and see how such a conference might add to our role as advocates for preservation.
From the Trust's website:
This year’s conference theme -- Next American City, Next American Landscape -- looks to the future of preservation. Attendees will explore how preservation supports and revitalizes vibrant cities, maintains and restores our traditional landscapes, and leads the charge on true sustainability.
On one level we’ll focus on the conventional and controversial issues that arise in urban or rural settings across the United States; on another, we’ll examine all types of landscapes, be they cultural, intellectual, sustainable, tangible, or intangible. Our goal: to encourage conversation and interaction while spotlighting 21st century preservation imperatives.
It sounds as if it were written with Oak Cliff in mind.
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Kiest Park Restoration Continues to Be Threatened - PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION BY 9/1 |
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SIGN THIS PETITION TO
RESTORE KIEST PARK
Funds dedicated to the restoration of Kiest Park by voters in the 2006 Bond election continue to be threatened with diversion.
In 2006, voters dedicated $250,000 to restore the 1935 WPA pergola pictured here. Restoration would further Friends of Oak Cliff Parks goal of attaining National Historic Landmark Park status for Kiest furthering Oak Cliff's historic relevance nationally. Adding more concrete to the park will not. Both trail goals and landmark goals are possible but you must voice your opinion to make it so.
Former OOCCL President and current Friends of Oak Cliff Parks President Barbara Barbee says that volunteers of FOOCP log THOUSANDS of volunteer hours maintaining our parks and the city increasingly has less money to do so. We need them and their voice on this matter lest our parks be left to our newly understaffed, overworked and laid off Parks Dept; filled with weeds and concrete instead of flowers.
Must be signed and delivered to Kiest Master Plan Committee by August 25 September 1.
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Ft. Worth Ave. Development Group Fundraiser |
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The Fort Worth Avenue Development Group will hold their annual fundraiser, "Dancing with the Stars in Oak Cliff," on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Kessler Theater, 1230 West Davis Street in Dallas from 7:00 to 11:30 pm. The event promises to be full of surprises including a dance exhibition by some of DFW's best swing dancers. After the exhibition the dance floor will be open for all to enjoy a huge dance party.
More.
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Oak Cliff Christian Church - Last Call |
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July 15, 2010
One month from today, Oak Cliff Christian Church will be demolished by the Dallas Independent School District to make way for a softball field (formerly a tennis court). It must be under contract by August 15 and closed by October 29. Odds are not in the church’s favor.
These past few months, we've shown the church to the non-profit Avance, Christ for the Nations, Architexas, Sacred Places, Central Dallas Ministries, two charter schools, a wedding photographer and event planner, two congregations and a handful of condo developers. We also had an open house where around 100 people came through in 4 hours.
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