How Klyde Warren Park brought Dallas together
The inside story of how Dallas got its game-changing deck park.
"[I]t was not so much the design of the park that attracted the visitors from Dallas as the park's management, with its emphasis on security and year-round programming. "We saw the heart and soul of what we thought was the way a park ought to be run."
Dallas Morning News and Texas Monthly journalists win Pulitzer prizes
"Lamster’s criticism frequently examines the consequences of rapid urban growth, questioning who benefits and who is left out when cities evolve. He’s critiqued proposals to tear down Dallas City Hall and advocated for the building, designed by famed architect I.M. Pei."
#Dallas #Journalism #MarkLamster #PulitzerPrize #Criticism #Architecture #Texas
Preserve Dallas City Hall, don’t destroy it
Is there hope for I.M. Pei’s iconic building after marathon council hearings?
"If moving out of an aging City Hall building only to move into an aging office tower seems absurd, that’s because it is. Even if the EDC’s numbers are taken as gospel, the costs of moving into a retrofitted tower could exceed the costs of rehabilitating Pei’s building."
In Preston Hollow, a hobbit house inspired by ‘The Lord of the Rings’
A quirky visionary and a team of craftsmen bring a dragon-filled interpretation of Tolkien’s Middle-earth to North Dallas.
“It was a mythical place that ends up well, and that’s what I needed — to live in a myth that ends well.”
#Dallas #Glazer #MarkLamster #Architecture #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit #Movies #Texas #Tolkien
Lamster: Dallas architect brings modern architecture to rural West Texas 📚
Dan Shipley’s new Marathon Public Library fits in by standing out.
“The building is very much of the area, with materials that are of the area. It’s exactly what it should be. It’s not trying to be something that it’s not.”
#MarkLamster #Architecture #Library #TransPecos #Marathon #DanShipley #MarathonPublicLibrary #Marfa #BigBend #DaraCavness #Texas
Lamster: Plans to abandon Dallas City Hall are a tragic farce
City leaders seem bent on leaving the iconic building without consulting voters.
#Architecture #MarkLamster #Dallas #CityHall #Downtown #Development #Texas #DallasMavericks
Lamster: Keep your hands off Dallas City Hall 🏙️ 🏦
Why demolishing I.M. Pei’s iconic building would be a financial boondoggle and an architectural travesty.
#Architecture #Dallas #IMPei #CityHall #DallasMavericks #Preservation #Texas #MarkLamster
Although I disagree with Mark about I.M. Pei's foreboding Dallas City Hall's building, Mr. Lamster is spot-on 🎯 about Trump's architectural crimes against civilization. 🏦
Lamster: The dangers of Trump’s architectural vision
"[T]here is something profoundly un-American about the administration’s mandating of architectural style, a move typical of authoritarian regimes."
"Cuban’s ambitions notwithstanding, Dallas is not likely to become a national destination for gambling, and the potential negative impact of a resort casino within or just outside the city is worrisome."
Where will a new Mavs arena and casino go — and what will it mean for Dallas? 🃏♦♠♣♥🎲
Mark Cuban and Sands Corp. want to move the Mavs to a destination resort.
#MarkCuban #Dallas #DallasMavericks #Gambling #MarkLamster @dallasnews
How Dallas can finally fix Frank Lloyd Wright’s landmark Kalita Humphreys Theater
A plan to spend $7.63 million is at best a stopgap measure.
"For more than a decade the theater has done nothing but decay, despite a series of stopgap measures. I’ve taken to thinking of restoration plans as I do the Cowboys’ Super Bowl chances: Victory is forever promised but never actually materializes."
@dallasnews #MarkLamster #DallasTheaterCenter #FrankLloydWright #Dallas #Theater
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