Trinity Park Conservancy has selected the renowned Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism firm as the design architect to bring new life to the former Jesse R. Dawson State Jail at 106 West Commerce Street, in Dallas. Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects will be the local subcontractor.
 
The intent is to integrate the building and its surrounding neighborhoods into the planned 200-plus acre Harold Simmons Park designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates along the Trinity River, connecting downtown Dallas to West and South Dallas.
 
Board chair Deedie Rose states, “The Conservancy is so pleased to choose W/M and MMDA to reimagine this building to be a magnet for drawing people from all over the city into the Park . “It will provide an essential part of the public health infrastructure in our city that will create jobs, stimulate economic development and provide critical green space.”