Reginald Hurd is working to preserve a West Dallas neighborhood named after his grandparents Cecil and Helen Emory, who ran a grocery store for what was once a mostly Black community. He has refused to sell to developers who might build pricey townhomes.
Hurd, 61, wants to stabilize the neighborhood of his grandparents. Cecil and Helen Emory ran a grocery store, an essential business for what was then a mostly Black community.preserve the old neighborhoodHurd tried to preserve the land where an old segregated school stood, but he was told it was too late.
Hurd wanted to develop an expansive park at the former school site. But when he tried, he learned the land was about to be sold to a private developer. They loved their modern home and liked the mural scene in the nearby artist enclave across Sylvan Avenue. Both have medical backgrounds and are Black. Glover is an immigrant from Ghana.
Hurd’s two rental properties stand near Sylvan Avenue, across the street from a bustling cove of artists studios in industrial warehouses rebranded the Tin District by developers. One of the houses is still in good shape, he said. The foundation of the other sits on jacks to allow workers ease in making repairs with new lumber. A water heater sits on the front porch near windows flecked with old green paint.
Hurd loved to eat at the old restaurants on Singleton Boulevard, too, including the yellow and red Dog House for wieners and Wimpy’s for hamburgers and a concoction called a “knockout” that was part ice cream and part snow cone. Wimpy’s still operates, but the Dog House has closed.
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