A walk through Elmwood shows why west Oak Cliff blueprint deserves Dallas City Council OK | SharonFGrigsby
From coffee shops to sidewalks, a yes vote would be the start of neighborhoods having control over change.
From one end to the other, a stubbornly optimistic spirit perseveres — despite glaring deficiencies that limit the corridor from fully functioning as a vibrant neighborhood center.Sidewalks are nonexistent and streets intersect at odd angles. Super-wide, two-lane South Edgefield runs for a mile without even a stop sign. Speeding cars pay no heed to the flashing school zone lights alongside Margaret B Henderson Elementary.
And it would break the logjam of stalled authorized zoning hearings, starting with the long-delayed one for Elmwood, to give individual neighborhoods their say in specific land use recommendations. But in the face of galloping growth and housing shortages, I also understand the fears of the many residents who have seen their longtime neighbors in north Oak Cliff and West Dallas kicked to the curb by encroaching development and gentrification.
Tony Shidid, chair of the City Plan Commission, which spent more days than I care to remember listening to resident feedback and refining the plan with staff, said the final result is evidence the city can get guiding principles in place to manage large, complex areas. The business corridor’s preliminary requests include more lighting, sidewalks, public art, green spaces and traffic-calming measures.
Salazar’s original Peaberry Coffee is two miles south in Kiestwood Village and his canning operation for Kiestwood Iced Coffee already is located in another building on South Edgefield.
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