A long-planned deck park in southern Dallas received the first signs of green ahead of its planned opening next year.
The Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation, along with members of the city of Dallas and the Halperin Foundation, turned shovels, marking the symbolic planting of the first trees at Halperin Park.
The first phase of the two-story park, built over Interstate 35 between Lancaster and Ewing Avenues next to the Dallas Zoo, is just under 3 acres…