TEXAS is More Interesting Than You Think

I was in Dallas a few weeks ago and learned about a couple of inspiring projects.

[The La Reunion rail trestle outside of Dallas. Photo from their Flickr page]
Utopian re-conquest of  TX
I met a woman named Sarah Jane Semrad, who, along with a crew of activists, is turning a 35-acre site into an Arts Residency with the main building going up around [...]

High Line Envy at the Big Dig?

Boston may own New York in baseball, but in regards to creative re-development of disused behemoths of the mid-20th century, they may be woefully behind Gotham. Consider Sunday’s Times article describing the slow evolution of the park being built atop the Big Dig where Boston’s old Southeast Expressway used to run.
Jerold Kayden, a [...]