Lower Oak Lawn in the Design District

I just came from a long, mostly amicable (except when I asked if I was being admonished) visit with Michael Ablon, whose company Pegasus Ablon in partnership with The Lionstone Group is developing Lower Oak Lawn in the Design District. This is really an exciting project that will keep and preserve the art and design district along HiLine, Slocum and Dragon streets, and make it accessible to all of Dallas. That word accessible is loaded when you consider “to the trade only”; that line in the sand is staying exactly where it is - Design Center to the trade, antique shops open to the public, and the Decorative Center somewhere in between. What I’m referring to is the really big impetus for all of this - finally, an Oak Lawn exit off the Tollway. No, it wasn’t done to please the art galleries, or even at the considerable persuasion of Michael Ablon, it was done to make the Trinity Corridor accessible to North Dallas. Hence, the name Lower Oak Lawn - a pragmatic developer capitalizing on the name of the exit. I’m feeling positive - and I’ll keep you posted.