Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Dallas: The Can't Do City (Redux)

Pictured is what the Andres brothers wanted to put in the place that now houses an abandoned Carnival grocery store at Henderson and Ross. But according to this article on Unfair Park, the brothers have succumb to the micromanaging of the city and the neighborhood busy-bodies and withdrawn their request for a zoning change. Good work guys. Now we're gonna get Walmart. Gee that's better. Thanks fuckheads.
I just don't fucking understand this city. On the one hand we don't get good, needed development like this project or the new Whole Foods in Lakewood. But we do get the McKinney Avenue Church (aka Hard Rock) torn down to make way for more shit on McKinney.

1 comment:

jtingermany said...

Woo Hoo!!! Wal Mart! Yay America!

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