Fear and hope on Dallas’ 10th Street, one of the nation’s last freedmen’s towns
Dr. Holliday's research on historic preservation in Dallas is highlighted in this article about the devastating pressures of demolition and gentrification on the Tenth Street Historic District, one of Dallas's last Freedman's Towns. Read the original article in the...
‘Deck parks’ restore community ties in neighborhoods divided by highways
An article exploring the potential of deck parks to repair divides created by interstate highway construction in historically African-American neighborhoods includes responses to a proposal for a deck park over Interstate 35E in South Dallas from Dr. Holliday and...
Architecture symposium tackles preservation issues in Dallas’ African-American neighborhoods
The 2017 David Dillon Symposium, held Nov. 18, in the Zale Library at Paul Quinn College, explored history, preservation, and development in Dallas Freedman's Towns, especially in Joppa and the Tenth Street Historic District. Read Dallas Morning News coverage of the...
The Freeway as Neighborhood Decimator
In its 1993 application for national designation as a historic place, the Tenth Street Historic District is referred to as Oak Cliff’s “most important African American neighborhood.” Yet the document reads like a last gasp—by the mid-’90s, demolition had become “the...
Dallas panel ponders how city’s building led to racial and economic divides and what to do about it
From the areas chosen for development to the communities demolished to make way for freeways, the decisions that have built the city's infrastructure over the last 80 years have also contributed to the division of Dallas' communities by income and race. So went the...
The Fort Worth Water Gardens at 40
In the hidden corners of the Fort Worth Water Gardens, there is still an opportunity to take a break from the hustle and bustle of downtown. On a weekday stroll through the 4 1/2-acre park, people can be seen reading books, checking their phones or simply staring into...
How Dallas Found Its Voice
Mark Lamster's very first assignment for The Dallas Morning Newswas a bombshell. His review of the George W. Bush Presidential Center appeared on the front page of the paper in April of last year, days before the library opened to the public. It didn't pull any...
Dallas needs to heal the broken relationship between the built city and its promise of justice
Mark Lamster, architecture critic for the Dallas Morning News and associate professor in practice at UTA, provides coverage of "Building the Just City," the 2015 Dillon Symposium held at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Read the original post on dallasnews.com here.
Preservation Dallas’ fall tour features eight greats
Dr. Holliday was a panelist in a discussion of mid-century modern architecture sponsored by Preservation Dallas. Read the original article in the Dallas Morning News here.