Deep Ellum LIVES!

That brings us to the second question. Good's come up with a color-coded inventory list: Buildings in red aren't architectural "assets"; buildings in yellow are "maybes," as in, perhaps the façade stays while the rest gets adiosed; and buildings in green "are ranked as the highest priorities." At the moment, Good figures, the list breaks down into thirds.

"And in our opinion, you've got to keep a third to a half of the façades in order to create a fabric that feels really good," he says. "In these particular blocks, none of the buildings has any sort of historic designation. So what's important is the feeling of the fabric of the neighborhood. It's not the preservation of an individual historic building. That's the spirit Scott had and we brought to it. I think there was a oneness about the fact that you very carefully weave new into old. And we are all aware that this is a neighborhood that needs our tender loving care."

Mark Graham

Scott Beck

MARK GRAHAM

A good sign: Whatever else happens to Deep Ellum,Beck wants the Club Clearview sign to stay.

Location Info

Map

Deep Ellum

Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75226

Category: Music Venues

Region: Downtown & Deep Ellum

Photos

0 user reviews	Write A Review
	0

Related Content

• But Riding on Floats With Gay People Was One of Tom Leppert's Great Accomplishments
  February 23, 2012
• Liberal Leppert, Tea Party Taj Unmasked by Completely True, Fair-Minded Election Materials
  May 25, 2012
• Pinkish Black
  February 16, 2012
• What's Occupying Tom Leppert
  October 20, 2011
• Republican Senate Candidates Are Politically Identical
  March 16, 2012

More About

• Scott Beck
• Dallas (Texas)
• Larry Good
• Food and Cooking
• Eating Out

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

At this very moment, everyone involved is sure of only one thing: This thing will take years to evolve. That's the most specific thing Beck offers as he pleads for patience. Because to throw out a concept—and he would not reveal a single architect's sketch—would be to introduce a "homogenized" product, he says.

"You've got to literally come up with an overall concept of how it needs to evolve and then let it evolve," he says. "Ultimately, what I hope is that 10 years from now, when I'm walking down and I'm looking to my left and my right, I pretty much see the same kind of storefronts on both sides, but when I look up there's going to be a little bit more density. More than just the bohemian feel, it's that same sense of belonging and history—that sense of grit and cool that will make Dallas stand out. When people say, 'Why are you going to Dallas?,' I want you to answer, 'Man, 'cause I love going down to Deep Ellum.'"