Bridge to Roof Front Door

Some of the best modern architecture submits to the site. Some of the best homes are designed when there is a three-way conversation between the architect, the client, and the site. This home is a good example. It was hidden from view at the end of a short cul-de-sac in Bluffview, a small downtown neighborhood just five miles from the Arts District. Pictured is a footbridge that took one from the street to a series of porches and balconies that ascended to the formal rooftop entrance. From there one would enter the front door and descend into the living room. Whether it was Turtle Creek Boulevard that linked Highland Park to downtown or Haskell Boulevard with just a few blocks completed at City Place which was intended to link Highland Park with Fair Park, one can see the vision of James Pratt to provide mobility to the city in a beautiful way. James Pratt successfully negotiated with Baylor Hospital, Criswell College, and McDonald’s Corporation to realign their property and plans to allow this majestic boulevard to link the established and older neighborhoods to Fair Park. Unfortunately, this plan was derailed by the then Executive Director of Fair Park and a few elected officials who owned property along Haskell. Nevertheless, James Pratt’s vision and sensitivity to Dallas, its architecture, and its future was profound. You will enjoy hearing from architects James Pratt and Philip Henderson at the upcoming conversation about shaping Dallas.
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