Hey TXP! Just popping by to thank you for the awesome feature in your blog yesterday!!! Yesterday was so crazy I left the house to go visit bookstores in my bedroom slippers. 
(For the record, I did return home to put on more appropriate footwear.)
Thanks again...I so, so appreciate it!
I adore history lessons, so thanks for this one. Abandoned and decrepit buildings always make me sad. I hope this has a happy ending. I clicked on the link and the emptiness in the photos were so lonely--like that poolside shot on the roof.
I get the fascination with it's history, but the fact that it's been abandoned for over 15 years makes me think that there's no hope. The last time Jason and I drove by the hotel, with Marit and our friend Abi, both from out of state, we saw a male, dressed like a woman, giving her/his boyfriend a BJ on the front steps. It was sad and it's all I think about when I see it.
They're getting rid of everything that the D.C.C. thinks is not generating revenue for the city and I think it's time is coming. It sucks. They're getting rid of Dallas' historic buildings along with a lot of people's hangouts...And memories. Wish we could stop them.
I will never be able to drive through Dallas and say to my kids/grandkids, "Hey! That's where your dad and I went on our first date."
Bite me Dallas!
Sorry for the rant...
I kept waiting for a Towering Inferno ending.
Actually the student housing idea is great. And you're right, students should qualify as no-income, since anything you might make goes right back to the school.
I think the average is only about 8 out of 200 or so designees each year don't survive, so that gives this building pretty good odds. What an amazing history. I hope that it will survive demolition, and I applaud you for drawing attention to it.
This was SO interesting to read! Great post.
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