This is a "village scaled" center for shopping and dining with sufficient second-floor office space for professional people.

To meet the needs of small shop owners, especially to promote impulse buying, shops are planned along corridors, arcades, and several open landscaped courts. The architects have reinforced the village planning concept with natural materials—wood doors, wood trim, stucco, wood screens and grilles, brick walkways and courts; handcrafted terra-cotta lights—and with controlled graphics and signs. The planning assures easy movement of shoppers through the center in a leisurely and pleasant atmosphere.

Outdoor courts and a 400-seat auditorium provide ample space for community functions and merchant promotions. The center has played host to such varied activities as a children's art exhibit, a wine-tasting event, a ladies' bazaar, and various private parties.*

Reprinted by permission from *The Texas Architect*, August, 1970.

## QUADRANGLE

Dallas, Texas

ARCHITECTS: Pratt, Box, Henderson & Partners

Site plan.

## 2ND FLOOR

<table><tr><td>ROBERT ALLAN</td><td>203</td></tr><tr><td>AMERICAN INSTITUTE</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>OF ARCHITECTS</td><td>241</td></tr><tr><td>BILLIE'S PRODUCTION STUDIO</td><td>207A</td></tr><tr><td>B.R.O.A.D.S</td><td>233</td></tr><tr><td>DOUGLAS J. BROOKS. ATTY.</td><td>224</td></tr><tr><td>CHABLIS OFFICE</td><td>225</td></tr><tr><td>KAY COBELLE-P.R.</td><td>205A</td></tr><tr><td>DRYDEN+WEST+HUMPHRIES</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>ARCHITECTS</td><td>268</td></tr><tr><td>DOOLEY & ELLIS-ATTORNEYS</td><td>238</td></tr><tr><td>GREGORY & SECREST</td><td>204</td></tr><tr><td>HARLEQUINS RUGBY CLUB</td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td>J. HARVEY PHOTOGRAPHY</td><td>237</td></tr><tr><td>HUDSON & HUDSON INTERIORS</td><td>249</td></tr></table>

## 1ST FLOOR

<table><tr><td>THE AFTERIMAGE</td><td>151</td></tr><tr><td>THE ANNEX</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td>THE BASKET MART</td><td>161</td></tr><tr><td>THE BRONZE AGE</td><td>180</td></tr><tr><td>THE CAKERY A LA MODE</td><td>170</td></tr><tr><td>CANDLES & INTERIORS</td><td>115</td></tr><tr><td>THE COFFEE COMPANY</td><td>193</td></tr><tr><td>CALLUAUD TRAITEUR (DELI)</td><td>192</td></tr><tr><td>CONTEMPORARY GALLERY</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>COPPER KETTLE</td><td>118</td></tr><tr><td>DANISH DECOR. INC.</td><td>122</td></tr><tr><td>THE DRUMMER BOY</td><td>158</td></tr><tr><td>EASTERN GARDENS</td><td>185</td></tr><tr><td>FUR AND RUG PARLOR</td><td>199</td></tr><tr><td>DICK GARNER, INC.</td><td>110</td></tr><tr><td>GARNER-JOHNSTON FLOWERS</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td>HANDEL'S</td><td>140</td></tr><tr><td>HAIKU, INC.</td><td>175</td></tr><tr><td>HAPPINESS IS ...</td><td>184</td></tr><tr><td>THE HAPPY DAISY</td><td>123</td></tr><tr><td>HUNTER BRADLEE CO.</td><td>291</td></tr><tr><td>I.D.'S BARBER SHOP</td><td>107</td></tr></table>

## OFFICES

<table><tr><td>S. J. HAY</td><td>235</td></tr><tr><td>MICHELE HERLING</td><td>260</td></tr><tr><td>HARRY HOOVER</td><td>202</td></tr><tr><td>DUANE LANDRY</td><td>243</td></tr><tr><td>RICHARD LOPEZ</td><td>240</td></tr><tr><td>NAT'L HOME FASHIONS LEAGUE INC.</td><td>205B</td></tr><tr><td>OBLINGER-SMITH CORP.</td><td>232</td></tr><tr><td>HOWARD OLSEN</td><td>236</td></tr><tr><td>QUADRANGLE OFFICES</td><td>231</td></tr><tr><td>SARTAIN & DESPAIN</td><td>223</td></tr><tr><td>MORRIS G. SPENCER</td><td>200</td></tr><tr><td>NELSON H. SPENCER</td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td>UNITEK</td><td>247</td></tr><tr><td>VARA REALTY</td><td>221</td></tr><tr><td>WYNNE ENTERPRISES INC.</td><td>244</td></tr><tr><td>ANGUS G. WYNNE, JR.</td><td>262</td></tr></table>

## SHOPS

<table><tr><td>INNER SPACE</td><td>153</td></tr><tr><td>MR. JACK'S HAIRDRESSERS</td><td>108</td></tr><tr><td>JAMES BATH BEAUTIFUL</td><td>102</td></tr><tr><td>VICTORIA JEWELERS</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>JAMES LINENS</td><td>119</td></tr><tr><td>LA CREPERIE</td><td>165</td></tr><tr><td>LITTLE SPAIN</td><td>182</td></tr><tr><td>MARIE ANNE</td><td>196</td></tr><tr><td>MATERIALISTIC, INC.</td><td>195 A</td></tr><tr><td>MILITARIA</td><td>103</td></tr><tr><td>NEEDLE ART BOUTIQUE</td><td>195</td></tr><tr><td>THE OLD WORLD</td><td>130</td></tr><tr><td>PAPER PLACE</td><td>183</td></tr><tr><td>PILLOW PARLOUR</td><td>141</td></tr><tr><td>THE PUEBLO</td><td>186</td></tr><tr><td>QUADRANGLE CREATIVE CRAFTS</td><td>129</td></tr><tr><td>QUADRANGLE GALLERIES</td><td>136</td></tr><tr><td>RESTAURANT CHABLIS</td><td>125</td></tr><tr><td>SAVOIR FAIRE</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>CHARLES O. SMITH CLOTHIER</td><td>194</td></tr><tr><td>SWINGIN' PENDULUM</td><td>191</td></tr><tr><td>THEATRE THREE</td><td></td></tr></table>

Old Vickery Park Retail (architect's rendering)

68. OLLA PODRIDA, 12215 Colt Road, Dallas

## Description

Olla Podrida, located in the Park Central development, is an 81,000-sq.-ft. dual-level specialty shopping center. Olla Podrida, which loosely translates from Latin to mean "big pot of stew," contains galleries, weaving, pottery, brass and sculpture, greenery, leather, jewelry and other handmade items as well as specialty and educational items and provides artists and craftsmen with a place to work, teach, learn and share.

The structure was originally built in the early 1940's as an aircraft hanger and subsequently used as an automobile storage facility for Mohr Chevrolet. It was inherited by the Park Central development when land was being assembled in 1969. This dirt floor warehouse was converted in 1972 to a specialty shopping center with turn-of-the-century decor depicted by a collection of architectural antiques--brass rails, wrought iron gates and fences, carved wood pieces, newel posts, mantels, chandeliers, stained-glass windows and doors, ceiling fans, iron stairways, caramel animals, barn siding, and English railroad station benches. It opened in November, 1972, with seven crafts-men tenants and today houses 75 tenants.

## Other features include:

* Granny's Dinner Playhouse (an 800-seat theatre)

* Park Central Tennis Club (a lighted, air conditioned court complete with shower facilities)

* The Upper Crust (a private club and restaurant)

* A 1,011-sq.-ft. lecture hall

* The 299-seat Hay Market Theatre.

## Cost and Income

$15/sq. ft. to remodel original facility.

Rental Range: $7.50-$8.50/sq. ft. base rent plus percentage rentals; $2.50/sq. ft. Common Area Maintenance.

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