{"id":109,"date":"2017-04-23T15:24:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/no-place\/?p=109"},"modified":"2017-05-24T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T16:27:24","slug":"the-story-of-the-place-on-the-other-side-of-the-trinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/no-place\/2017\/04\/23\/the-story-of-the-place-on-the-other-side-of-the-trinity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Of West Dallas From Bonnie And Clyde To Margaret Hunt Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

A century ago, West Dallas was a poor, mostly white, unincorporated home for folks on the edge of society. As industry came, black families moved in \u2014 then Latinos, who put down roots that still run deep today. The one thread that connects all those people? Poverty. And that\u2019s just now starting to change.\u00a0Glitzy apartments and tougher housing standards are forcing out hundreds of families who\u2019ve called West Dallas home for generations \u2014 many with no place to go.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 The latest:<\/strong> Landlord offers to sell rental homes to longtime residents; judge extends move-out deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    A view of the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge from a West Dallas neighborhood. Photo\/Allison V. Smith<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    A view of The Austin at Trinity Green under construction off Singleton Boulevard. Photo\/Allison V. Smith<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Tennis shoes hang from wires off Singleton Boulevard in Dallas. Photo\/Allison V. Smith<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Red balloons outside The Austin at Trinity Green, an apartment complex off Singleton Boulevard. Photo\/Allison V. Smith<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    One of the 300 homes owned by HMK Ltd. and slated for closure. Photo\/Allison V. Smith<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n