Rendering of new Halperin Park linking South Dallas and north Oak Cliff.In business they call them angel investors, but in the world of southern Dallas philanthropy we’ll just call them angels.to ensure that what had been known as the Southern Gateway Park becomes another signature of what Dallas can do.The park is the second major deck park to be built in Dallas. It stretches over Interstate 35E between South Dallas and north Oak Cliff in the area of the Dallas Zoo.
The hope is that the first phase of the park, more than half of its total five acres, will be open in spring or summer of 2026. The Halperins’ gift also ensures that the entire park can be completed. These sorts of gifts to a city must be celebrated. This is a level of generosity that endures for generations, long after all of us are gone. They are gifts not only for today but for all of those who come after.This park will change this part of our city for the better. It will literally bridge a gap that has separated people economically and socially.