and finally, at 2:19, motion passes 9-6. good night

one potential revelation: a move out of city hall might require supermajority vote, which is not assured.

another controversial ammendment at 12:40. no way to do business.

still jabbering over ammendments at 12:30am

now a motion for an amendment to determine whether the plaza is a park. i think this is far less clear than has been suggested.

there has never been a stronger argument against the weak mayor system than this meeting.

and…..hour 15!

the west ammendment is a fig leaf to at least give the appearance of die dilligence…. bit a fig leaf may be better than stark naked.

now a vote of 8-7 to reconsider bazaldua’s conflict of interest motion. smdh

passes 15-0. good!

cm west, with an assist from cm mendelsohn, ammends motion to add costing of staying in city hall……..

ridley ammendment to add planning to include review of costs to stay in city hall dies 8-7. bad

and now, after 13 hours, council is too dazed to even know what they’re voting on. dallas gonna be dallas.

ridley deferral vote di s 9-6.

cm blackmon “this place moves at the speed of the titanic.” and with similar results. ….and on it goes….

at 9:06 cm ridley puts forward deferral motion to investigate repair plan for city hall.

been here all day…

council meeting moving toward hour 12 since scheduled beginning with zero end in sight…maybe the meeting will outlast the building?

does not inspire confidence in an institution when it can’t get its most consequential meeting in ages started anywhere close to on time. now ~40 mins late and counting…

ummm, what is going on at city hall? council meeting not being broqdcast…,

coming aug 4!!!!!!

Attn: Dallas. This is how you can activate a civic plaza in front of an iconic, brutalist city hall building. Reimagine, renovate, and keep Dallas City Hall. cc: @mlamster.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social

taking a (short) break from the dallas city hall shenanigans to bring you this feature on one of the secret gems of dallas, phylls glazer’s lord of the rings inspired compound in preston hollow, complete with a full-on hobbit house and, of course, lots of dragons. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social

my latest on how to save downtown dallas: it ain’t a convention center, it ain’t an arena, and it certainly ain’t tearing down city hall. it is reversing generaitons of auto-centric urban planning. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

thanks!

with city hall on the block, here’s my list of the 20 most significact demoliions in dallas history. list could have been 10 times as long and still inadequate. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

here i am on the should-be-better-known dallas architect dan shipley’s wonderful, detail rich new library for rural marathon (pronounced: mara-thun) in the west texas desert. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

I made content this week!!! 2025 Architecture & Design Awards with @mlamster.bsky.social + @cmonstah.bsky.social lamstermd.medium.com/the-good-the... Q&A on swings, teens + Cop Slide @99pi.org 99percentinvisible.org/episode/649-...

a brief appreciation of frank gehry. rip. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

I look forward to these awards every year from @langealexandra.bsky.social @cmonstah.bsky.social and @mlamster.bsky.social!

omg it’s the annual architecture and design awards from @langealexandra, @cmonstah, and yrs trly (with a little help from chatgpt). our 16th consecutive year! enjoy! lamstermd.medium.com/the-good-the...

You should read this.

stop the steal: my latest on the movement to demolish i. m. pei’s iconic dallas city hall based on inflated deferred maintenance estimates and a misguided dream of economic development. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

when james magee died last year he left one of the most important but least known works of 21st century american art unfinished. what happens to it now. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

if max scherzer asks you to check out his wood chipper, run.

Friends: Please join me in the fight to save Dallas City Hall. Spread the word.  www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

if omly there was an organization dedicated to classical architecture that could fight this monstrosity!

thanks brian!

here i am on the cynical, hypocritical and un-american trump executive order mandating classical federal architecture. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

always good to be on the cover! www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

icymi, here’s what happens when you take the farnsworth house and the glass house and mush them together. like chockolate and peanut butter, two great tastes that taste great together. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

what happens when you combine mies’s @edithfarnsworth house and philip johnson’s @PJGlassHouse using steel recycled from a dying mall? this: www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

the @DallasMuseumArt has a new director. brian ferisso arrives from portland, and will now be tasked with getting the museum’s expansion by nieto sobejano built. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

listicle time! following up on my story on amazing st. stephen of mesquite, here are my 15 (+1) favorite sacred buildings in/around dallas. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

how one of the most radical churches, in architecture and politics, wound up in a dallas suburb. the story ot st. stephen of mesquite, part ronchamp, part pueblo, from the most inventive archittecture firm you’ve probably never heard of. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

i have no baseline issue with tall buildings but i certanly never said anything like this baloney. "Lamster and practicing architects all rightly agree that taller buildings allow for better architectural shapes and superior design.” www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

LATEST: never thought i’d be arguing to preserve this architectural peaen to reaganomics but…https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2025/07/28/i-wrote-a-book-on-philip-johnson-his-dallas-skyscraper-does-not-need-a-tacked-on-garage/

beyond thoughts and minds: wrote a bit about what it means to build a memorial in these times, and the challenges communities and architects in central texas will face as they begin to think about this process. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

breaking news: the @dallasmuseumart has a new landscape architect: @fieldoperations joins the expansion design team led by @nietosobejano. field ops replaces swa on the team. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...