Dallas property linked to Bonnie and Clyde torn down, despite steps taken to preserve it

DALLAS – A property linked to the notorious Bonnie and Clyde was torn down by builders though there have been beforehand steps taken to put it aside as a historic landmark.

The West Dallas small dwelling and former filling station was constructed whereas Clyde Barrow was in jail within the Thirties. He later used it to plan his robberies.

However this week, it was torn down. 

Individuals in West Dallas’ Los Altos neighborhood can’t consider that what used to face right here is now gone.

“It’s a part of the neighborhood,” neighbor Esther Vasquez stated. “I’ll miss seeing it. Once I drove by, I might at all times consider them and say a prayer for them.”

Some took dwelling items of what remained.

“I bought 17 bricks,” neighbor Pete Antillon stated.

The 77-year-old, who has lived close to the property since start, plans to maintain the bricks on show.

“I wish to clear them up,” he stated. “After which they’ll be there at all times.”

The property was infamously tied to Bonnie and Clyde, suspects in 13 murders and a sequence of robberies and burglaries. They have been killed in an ambush in 1934.

“And so we perceive that there have been conferences there that befell there to plan a number of the parts of the crime spree that Bonnie and Clyde went on,” defined David Preziosi, govt director of Preservation Dallas.

The Dallas Landmark Fee voted in 2020 to start the method of preserving the property, however then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the town of Dallas suspended designations.

Dallas Landmark Fee begins preservation course of on Clyde Barrow home

That they had a two-year moratorium stopping it from being demolished, however that expired. The developer demolished it earlier this week, based on metropolis officers.

“We will’t convey it again,” Dallas Metropolis Councilman Omar Narvaez stated.

Narvaez stated he needs to see if demolition may’ve been prevented, and if anybody dropped the ball by permitting it.

“I don’t know the solutions, I simply know I’ve known as upon the town supervisor and the town legal professional to totally examine this matter,” he stated.

In 2020, developer Brent Jackson spoke towards preserving the property because it’s tied to prison exercise.

“The man murdered a number of, a number of, a number of’ a number of folks,” he stated on the time.

Others, like Preziosi, consider it’s an essential piece of historical past.

“So I believe it’s essential as a result of it does inform the story,” he stated.

“We knew the story of Bonnie and Clyde,” Antillon stated. “You already know, it’s been there so a few years, you already know.”

Individuals have been coming and going to see what was.

Some consider the demolition factors to an ongoing image in West Dallas, which is tearing down the previous for brand spanking new growth.

“You already know, good or dangerous, he’s a part of the historical past, you already know,” Vasquez stated.

Clyde Barrow’s close by childhood dwelling continues to be standing and the town is exploring the method of preservation.