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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPioneer Cemetery in downtown Dallas is more than 100 years old.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPioneer Cemetery in downtown Dallas is more than 100 years old.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Emma Ruby<\/p>\n
City Hall might soon be no more<\/a>. AT&T will leave its downtown headquarters<\/a> in the near future. The Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars<\/a> each plan to move to other areas of North Texas. But a downtown Dallas without Pioneer Cemetery just seems like the city would be screwing around with forces we ought not to engage with in such a fashion. <\/p>\n Last week we reported <\/a>that \u201ca historic downtown cemetery has found itself in the crosshairs of a group skeptical about the direction of development in downtown Dallas.\u201d The article explains that this is where you can find the graves of many of the people whose highly recognizable names fill up the Dallas street map, as well as early mayors and veterans of the War of 1812, the Texas Revolution and the Civil War. The brutalist City Hall isn\u2019t even 50 years old. Pioneer Cemetery was established in 1849. <\/p>\n Some residents connected to the Save City Hall coalition say they spotted surveyors working around Pioneer Cemetery recently. In a statement, a spokesperson for the city told us everything is on the up and up when it comes to the cemetery, however. <\/p>\n Sign up for the This Week\u2019s Top Stories newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n THANK YOU!<\/p>\n You’re all set.<\/p>\n CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cPioneer Park is currently under a plan to refurbish the steers and rider, fix the drainage and replant. There is no plan to change the site into something different,\u201d the statement from the city said.\u00a0<\/p>\n As you might guess. Some of our loyal readers and social media followers<\/a> had some thoughts on the prospect <\/a>of such old gravesites being messed with. <\/p>\n \u201cThis city is fixing to get cursed (or even more cursed)\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Velocicrafter on Instagram <\/p>\n \u201cFIFA still looking for something to paint over.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Hector on Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cThe metaphors are getting kind of loud.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Ken on Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cCan\u2019t have a cemetary by the casino.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Robbie on Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cDallas\u2026 where even the dead aren\u2019t safe from the developers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Ric on Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cInteresting that they wanna move the cemetery to old city park that was also dismantled last year. And by that I mean every single piece of furniture in those buildings were sold in an estate sale! No respect for history.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Lane on Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cCity of dallas can you please stop being sh*tty for two seconds I beg of you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0Lauren on Instagram<\/p>\n Have something to add? Send your thoughts or story ideas to\u00a0editorial@dallasobserver.com.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t