West Dallas

"If Dallas has a netherworld, it is the bleak area west of

the Trinity. Maligned, misunderstood, a place of crime,
poverty, disease and neglect — this is West Dallas.”
Dallas Morning News - August, 1992

Heydarian Scrap Yard

A Decision on 21st Century Zoning
and Land Uses in West Dallas
November 4, 2010
Where Have We Been

West Dallas – 1910 – 1984

8th poorest neighborhood in US. A history of shameful
housing practices and environmental racism
Where Are We Headed

Goodwill Industries
Singleton and Westmoreland (.5 miles from site)
$25MM Headquarters Completed 2002
 Where Have We Been

Salvage yards, metal recyclers and illegal landfills are spread

throughout West Dallas.
West Dallas doesn’t need another scrap metal or auto
salvage yard.
The proposed salvage yard will hurt property values of
surrounding property owners.
Where Are We Headed

El Centro West Dallas Campus Singleton and

Hampton (1 mile from site)
Completed 2009
 Where Have We Been
May, 1934 "Clyde Barrow — until three days
ago the most feared killer in the Southwest —
was buried at sunset tonight on a chalky West
Dallas hillside near his boyhood home." The
New York Times

November, 1993 "West Dallas residents

celebrated when EPA declared that they live in
the largest lead-contaminated Superfund site in
the US.

Portions of one of the nation's biggest housing

projects and five schools, all located within five
square miles of a now-defunct lead smelter, are
slated for cleanup ―. The Progressive
Where Are We Headed

“In West Dallas,

Bulldozers Clear the
Way for New Homes and
New Residents”

600 New Homes have been built in

West Dallas since 1998 7
 Where Have We Been

The bar for new development in West Dallas has been raised –
the standards have changed with improvements to Singleton
and new development highlighted by the Calatrava Bridge.
Where Are We Headed

Dilapidated public housing is

being replaced with new job
centers such as Goodwill
Industries and recreational
venues such as the Lakewest
YMCA, Field of Dreams and the
Dallas Watersports Complex.
Where Have We Been
Where Are We Headed

Pioneer Balloon – 2 doors down

from proposed site
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West Dallas – 19th Century Vision
 West Dallas – 21st Century Vision
Concept Plan
• Eagle Ford Mixed
Use Development

• 126 acres
immediately north of
proposed scrap yard

Proposed
Scrap Yard
Pioneer
Balloon
West Dallas – 19th Century Vision
 West Dallas – 21st Century Vision
Haley -
Henman
a modern art gallery
Two Examples in West Dallas
Old vacant warehouse and body shop
converted into trendy art gallery and
outdoor restaurant
In Dallas, Commerce Street recycles itself
May 03,
2009
DALLAS — We drive five minutes west of downtown on
Commerce Street, over a trickle of Trinity River and past
the jail, the bail bond shops and a few very dodgy motels,
arriving at our evening's dining spot: a gravel parking lot
outside a car body shop with its bay doors up.
This is Jack's Backyard and Chill Grill, a hot spot in Dallas
right now, its tables filled at 6:30 p.m. on a Friday. It's
emblematic of what Commerce Street is doing these days:
renewing itself by recycling itself. And if this indoor-
outdoor eatery isn't the perfect example of recycling, I
don't know what is.
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West Dallas – 19th Century Vision

The salvage yard is environmentally

unfriendly. West Dallas has a long
history of environmental injustice to
its 24,000 residents.
West Dallas – 21st Century Vision

Belmont was recently voted

one of the top 10 Bars in the
US by Esquire Magazine
West Dallas – 21st Century Vision

Woodall Rogers extension designed by

Santiago Calatrava will provide unprecedented
access to West Dallas in 2011
This rezoning is opposed by 4 major property owners located
within the 400’ foot zoning notification range. The collective value
of those properties are over $20MM and consist of 145 acres.

Other commercial property owners along Singleton are opposed to

this rezoning. The collective value of those properties are over
$50MM and consist of 200 acres.

The West Dallas Chamber is opposed to this zoning change. The

Chamber’s membership includes businesses, faith based
organizations and non-profits throughout West Dallas.

The Chamber’s Board of Directors is working closely with the City

of Dallas’ CityDesign Studio as the DesignStudio encourages quality
sustainable development along the Trinity River corridor with a
focus on West Dallas. This project does not fit those criteria.
This rezoning is widely opposed by the residents of West Dallas.
The following homeowner associations in West Dallas have voted
to oppose this rezoning:

• Westmoreland Heights (located adjacent to the subject

property)
• Eagle Ford
• Greenleaf Village (Phase 1 and Phase 2)
• Los Altos
• La Bajada
• Lakewest
• Ledbetter Gardens
• Western Heights

This demonstrates that the West Dallas residents and business

community stand united in opposing this proposed scrap yard.
Neighborhoods
in opposition are
circled in black

Eagle
Ford

Proposed
Scrap Yard
Parties in
opposition