From the Vault: When Funeral Homes Become McKinney Avenue Hotspots
by Paula Bosse
The “slumber chamber” is occupied…
by Paula Bosse
As much as I dislike what the unfortunate over-development of “Uptown” has done to the quirky, funky style of the McKinney Avenue of my childhood, it’s always a shock to realize that, somehow, a few surprisingly old buildings still stand. One of them is this once-fabulous building at McKinney and Routh — it was built in 1927 as a funeral home but has been the site of a succession of restaurants for the past couple of decades. Who knew? Read about it in my post from 2015, “Not Dead Yet at McKinney & Routh,” here.
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Flashback : Dallas 
You mention your feelings about what has happened to the Greenville Ave area (“uptown”). When a Wal-Mart neighborhood market/grocery store can supplant the long standing Whole Foods, you know something has gone awry.
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I didn’t actually mention Lower/Lowest Greenville but was referring to Uptown — the area just outside downtown, centered along McKinney Avenue. But, yes, the appearance of Wal-Mart (now a Sam’s Club) in the Lower Greenville area is a major miscalculation, I think. The neighborhood didn’t support the Wal-Mart, and it doesn’t seem to be supporting the recently renovated space as a Sam’s Club. Wrong demographics. Last I heard, Wal-Mart has a ridiculously long lease on the property.
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