Valley View Mall site is a disaster, and City Hall is responsible | Opinion
l has rightly lit a fire under city officials.
In November, the city told developer Beck Ventures it had until July 28 to have the structure completely torn down and removed, or face going back to court. But after 50 firefighters spent four hours putting out two fires there, the city attorney’s office bumped up the demolition deadline to June 1, Dallas City Council member Jaynie Schultz told us.
“People risked their lives,” said Schultz, whose district includes the property. “Where is the corporate responsibility here?”It’s true that Beck’s grand plans for its “Midtown” development, featuring shops, restaurants, office towers, a hotel and even a park, have fallen flat in the last decade. It’s less a beehive of activity and more of a rat’s nest and eyesore,Even the glossy architectural renderings of the project set up years ago at the site are sun-faded and in disrepair.
Perhaps it wasn’t just the widespread trash and vulgar graffiti that got the city’s attention after viewing, but also the Ouija board surrounded by a circle of blood. Whatever it was, “that is when the city upped its game,"Schultz said.
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