Dealey Plaza

Who Died and Made the Sixth Floor Museum the King of Dealey Plaza?

Last night the history group called Preservation Dallas gave a special award to Lindalyn Adams, one of the people who created The Sixth Floor, the Kennedy assassination museum downtown. That's great. She deserves it. Now I want to know why The Sixth Floor got Robert Groden thrown in the slammer.

JFK Conspiracy Theorist Robert Groden goes 81-0 with Latest Win Against City Censors

Wanted to go ahead and let you know, since apparently nobody else is going to do the story, that Robert Groden, the Kennedy assassination author, has won yet another legal victory in his fight against the city's years-long efforts to muzzle him. And, sorry, certain commenters here, but that's what ... More >>

Two Ad Men Are Helping Dallas Deliver the Speech JFK Never Got to Give

On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, a half hour before he was scheduled to deliver a 1 p.m. speech at the Dallas Trade Mart. The words were never passed Kennedy's lips, but the speech survived and, a month later, was printed and bound into a book by Stanley Marcu ... More >>

If RFK Jr. is Skeptical of the Warren Report, He Should Help His Fellow Skeptics Fight Dallas

To: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Dear Mr. Kennedy: You and your sister, Rory, appeared here in Dallas a few days ago as part of the run-up to this city's observance of the 50th anniversary of the murder of your uncle, President John F. Kennedy, in Dealey Plaza in Dallas on November 22, 1963. This letter ... More >>

Conspiracy Theorists Will Leave Their Mark on Dallas' Kennedy Commemoration, at Least According to the Wall Street Journal

From the outset, Mayor Rawlings and the city of Dallas have made it clear that they intend to control the narrative on November 22, 2013 when they mark what they're simply calling The 50th. The 50th what? Never mind that. Just remember that this is about celebrating the life of a president, not dwel ... More >>

Co-Creator of White Buffalo: An American Prophecy: Investigation into Animal's Death a "Crock of Shit"

In this week's edition, the cover story chronicles the short life and ambiguous death of Lightning Medicine Cloud, the rare white buffalo born to Hunt County rancher Arby Little Soldier. To the Lakota Oyate, the animal was prophecy, heralding the return of the prophet White Buffalo Calf Woman, and a ... More >>

Five Dallas Shows That Need to Happen, But Probably Never Will

Over the past few years, Dallas has seen an influx of house shows, the creation of an annual festival in the heart of downtown and new venues popping up left and right. Which got us thinking: how adventurous could we really get? What locations or venues are sorely in need of some live music, if by a ... More >>

Ten Awesome Show Announcements: Father John Misty, A$AP Rocky, New Order, Deerhoof and More

Father John MistyTuesday, October 16, at House Of BluesJosh Tillman's debut as Father John Misty, Fear Fun, is already penciled in many music critics' 2012 best-of lists. Reports about his May show at Sons of Hermann Hall were excellent. We can only expect this show to be just as solid.

City Staff's Complaint Against Judges: They're Too Damned Fair

Every time City Hall sets about reforming its own court system through the judicial appointments process, I see that same old bad penny coming around again. They want municipal court judges who will do what a bunch of 23-year-old city prosecutors tell them to do. Been there myself. Let me come back ... More >>

Tollway Authority Swears List of Top Toll Violators Not Attempt to Shame Top Toll Violators

At its meeting today, the board of the North Texas Tollway Authority approved a plan to publish the names of every person who has 100 or more unpaid tolls. It will be an updated list of more than 25,000 drivers who owe something like $12.5 million. I can get behind that. I'm too cheap to pay tolls, ... More >>

Sixth Floor Museum Restores Texas School Book Depository Sign. Then Hangs It Inside.

​Got a note today from the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza's Liza Collins saying that the museum has restored and just re-hung the old 2.5-foot-by-17-foot Texas School Book Depository sign once displayed above the Elm Street entrance to the building. Removed n the '70s and stored by the museum ... More >>

Fort Worth Honors JFK Without Trampling on Free Speech. How Do Those Guys Do it?

Work has started on the Fort Worth JFK tribute, a memorial plaza to be dominated by a larger-than-life statue of President John F. Kennedy with his hand extended for a friendly shake. What a difference a half-hour drive makes. When complete, the Fort Worth memorial will serve as stark contrast to ... More >>

For Sale, an Extremely Rare Look at Downtown When Horses and Streetcars Shared Main Street

eBay seller "ynpcollector"​I had been contemplating a host of assorted humdrum news items with which to begin this gray Friday when Friend of Unfair Park PeterK dropped in the in-box the photo you see above, taken from an E.W. Kelley stereograph presently up for grabs on eBay for the buy-it-now pr ... More >>

One More List of Things to Do In Dallas Reminds: There Are Much Better Things to Do

​The librarians have landed, as today's the first day of the estimable American Library Association Midwinter Meeting at the Dallas Convention Center, so you know what that means. Good timing, then, for Reuters' freshly minted "48 hours in Dallas/Fort Worth" itinerary, which is a little better tha ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Deb Explores the Dark Corners of The Texas Theatre

​The jaunt to The Texas Theatre is among my favorite through the city. I take a roundabout way down Main Street, through Dealey Plaza to 35. Nothing beats Jefferson Street in this town: All faded jewel tones, party supply stores and beautiful Quinceañera boutiques. It looks frozen in time in ... More >>

How Will Dallas Roll Out New Bike Plan? Just Look at the Plan For Fort Worth Avenue.

Click to enlarge for a better look at a proposed plan to redo Fort Worth Ave.​By 2021 the city of Dallas hopes to have 1,296 miles of here-to-there dedicated to cyclists, 456 of which would be off-road -- trails, let's say. Which leaves the rest, 840 miles, spread up and down the cracked concrete, ... More >>

Dallas Still "Coming to Grips" With Kennedy Assassination? Still "Wounded"? If You Say So.

​Nicola Longford, executive director of the Sixth Floor Museum, won't talk to Schutze, no fan of the museum's plans to take over Dealey Plaza two years from today. But she will visit with the Los Angeles Times about those plans, not to mention that Dealey Plaza redo the city's splitting with the m ... More >>

King Tackles a Prez's Redrum

Experience Lots of Tweed and Small Portions at This Weekend's CliffFest

Bike Friendly Oak CliffRiding to OC for CliffFest.​This Sunday marks a fine opportunity to get a taste of Dallas' best restaurants without slipping into a calorie-induced coma. At the 3rd Annual CliffFest, from noon to 6 in the Bishop Arts District, local restaurants will serve smaller portion ... More >>

Pour a Tall Drink and Read All About Those Who Broke Dallas's News in Bert Shipp's New Book

​Brett Shipp was among those who attended Jerry Haynes's funeral Saturday afternoon. The WFAA newsman was accompanied by his father, Bert, who was a familiar face on local television long before his son stepped out of his shadow. Bert and Jerry went way back -- they were among the first to break t ... More >>

Tower of Power: Fair Park Crawls Closer to Becoming Year-Round Destination

Photos by Leslie MinoraThe Observation Tower Ride will fill this 30-foot hole behind the Cotton Bowl. Don't worry, they're covering it up for the State Fair.​There is a big hole in Fair Park. Finally. Eventually the crater will be filled with a 500-foot pole surrounded by a doughnut-shaped slowly ... More >>

Watch: Official Video for Erykah Badu's "Out My Mind, Just In Time"

Miss Badu​Not exactly sure what Erykah Badu's fixation on 3:33 is, but today, at 3:33 p.m. Central Time, she released a video for her song "Out My Mind, Just In Time," via Twitter. The video only lasts 2:58, far shorter than the album version of the song, which is 10:22. Perhaps fans can expect a ... More >>

Why I Love Dealey Plaza, the City's True Soul

Photo by Nick Rallo​Dealey Plaza, subject of my feature story in this week's paper version of Unfair Park, is a monument to horror, a locus of global grief, a vortex of paranoia and all that stuff. But on a spring weekend when the weather's good, it's also just kind of a cool place. Is that allow ... More >>

Camelot on Canvas

LEGO My Dallas-Fort Worth Landmarks

Photos by Danny Hurley​Yesterday, our Danny Hurley was among the media members granted sneak-peek access the Grapevine Mills LEGOLAND Discovery Center, which officially opens Wednesday. I'm not saying Danny's influenced by the work of a certain then-6-year-old photographer, but without a doubt the ... More >>

Even for Ex-Cowboys who barely played a down on Super Bowl Sundays, the memories don't fade

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It's a diary of a mad year as Buzz recalls a P.O.'d 2010.

Having a SodaBlast! The City Is Not Screwing Around When It Comes to Graffiti Removal.

Soda Blast Systems​Had a very long, very off-the-record chat with don't-call-him-Graffiti-Czar John Barr late last week, during which he dropped the hint that this week, the city would roll out some new tech aimed at power-washing the hell out of the city. But the Oak Cliff attorney, who's been re ... More >>

Six Months After Groden's Arrest in Dealey Plaza, Muni Judge Rules: Case Dismissed!

Robert Groden​Back in June we broke the news that Robert Groden, perhaps the most familiar (and certainly the most respected) of all the Dealey Plaza vendors peddling JFK assassination materials, had been arrested and detained by Dallas Police officers on the clean-up crackdown. Groden filed a fed ... More >>

Single Bullsh Theory: JFK Conspiracy Theorist Groden's Lawyer Asks Court to Dismiss Suit

Flickr user: Jan Brasna​Brad Kizzia, the attorney repping Robert Groden in his fight with the city to keep selling his JFK conspiracy materials in Dealey Plaza, missed a golden opportunity for some terrific PR by filing these docs with the court yesterday instead of Monday, November 22. Then again ... More >>

Re-Tweed: Scenes from a Bike Ride (And Dealey Plaza And Lake Cliff Park And Other Stuff)

Photo by Harry Wilonsky​Yesterday 'round 3ish, the 7-year-old who lives in my house and I stumbled into the recently reopened Millennium in Deep Ellum, a couple of doors down from Lula B's. And as he sat on the antique exerbike parked outside, a horde of nattily attired cyclists pedaled past, head ... More >>

No, Silly, Glenn Beck Won't Be in Dallas Nov. 22. But He and O'Reilly Do Have December Date.

​Thanks to Roger Ebert's early-Tuesday-morning tweet ("Beck's next rally is planned for Nov. 22 in Dallas, at Dealey Plaza"), I've received more than a few e-mails from people wondering, in short: Really? No, not really. (I don't think.) But he will be in Alaska on September 11. (And the other Bec ... More >>

Erykah Badu Pays $500 Fine For "Window Seat" Video's Disorderly Conduct Charges

​ The Associated Press reports this morning that Erykah Badu paid the $500 fine imposed upon her by the Dallas Police Department's disorderly conduct charge on Friday--a fine that came in the wake her "Window Seat" video's film shoot, which saw the native R&B star stripping until nude at Deale ... More >>

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Judge Has Scheduled Tuesday Hearing Concerning Robert Groden's Intent to Sell Conspiracy Theory Materials at Dealey Plaza

Robert Groden​Still waiting for Official Word from the city concerning Robert Groden's lawsuit filed yesterday concerning his ability -- or, in this case, inability -- to sell his conspiracy-theory publications in Dealey Plaza. But when we went down to the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courtho ... More >>

Sixth Floor Museum Opening a Cafe. Let Fly With the Tasteless Jokes, Everyone.

Sixth Floor Museum will now feature a cafe.​In a bid to reshape Dallas residents' image of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the museum's promoting itself as a hip new spot to shop and nosh. The Museum Store Café, opening July 1, will stock gift items made by local artists and serve coff ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Erykah Badu Gets Her Due.

​Not sure how much of the usual here's-why-this-is-an-important-read info that you'll need to find this piece interesting--you know, what with all the national press that Erykah Badu's received as of late. In case you live under a very large rock, Badu ended April by filing a not guilty plea wit ... More >>

Erykah Badu Pleads Not Guilty to Disorderly Conduct Charge

​Yup: After starting off the month being charged by the Dallas Police Department with disorderly conduct for getting nude at Dealey Plaza while shooting her "Window Seat" video, Erykah Badu ended April by filing a not guilty plea to challenge those charges. Happened last Wednesday, as a matter of ... More >>

Erykah Badu's Again Proving Herself Smarter Than The Rest Of Us

CBS Turns To Noted Art, Rock Critic Vincent Furnier for Badu Video Review

Alice Cooper talking Erykah Badu on CBS this morning​Over on DC9 this morning, Pete posted a video of Erykah Badu performing "Window Seat" on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show earlier this week -- oh, right, so there's a song in that naked video. Speaking of: Alice Cooper was on CBS's The Early Show ... More >>

Dear Mrs. Kennedy

44 After The 28

Remembering a trade of blue plates for civil rights

Memorable Movies

The Sixth Floor screens Dallas' shots

I'm on the All-Carb Diet

Record Grill doesn't give a crap about fat grams

Tall Buildings

See downtown in a single bound

Black and White

Dive into Dallas' past at the Sixth Floor Museum

Ride, They Said

Downtown Dallas becomes a two-wheel world

Recall 9-11

The Sixth Floor Museum reflects on American tragedies