Design

The Bank of America Tower, Dallas' Tallest Building, Is Changing Its Neon Green Lights

You know the building, even if you don't know its name. It's a neon silhouette that juts from the downtown skyline like a radioactive thumb. My 3-year-old calls it The Pickle, because that's kind of what it looks like, but its official name is the Bank of America Tower. Since it was built in 1985, i ... More >>

Finding Mr. Wright

Parade of Flesh's Logo Entries Are In, Check Out This Yankin' Art

As we mentioned last week, Parade of Flesh is holding a contest for their new logo, and and the winner gets a pass for 20 shows throughout the next year. And, of course, the respect of their peers. The entries are now in, and you can vote/comment on/eviscerate their choices here. Whoever this Phil ... More >>

If You Weren't Paying Attention For the Past Decade, the Calatrava Bridge Will be Recapped in 30-Minute Documentary

Just when you thought the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge had been thoroughly feted, the Trinity Trust sends word that the celebration's not quite over yet. On June 13, WFAA will premiere Bridging the Trinity For the Love of the City, a half-hour homage by local filmmaker Judy Kelly. From Trinity Trust ... More >>

LINC'd In, Or: Next Up, Trying to Really Connect Downtown Dallas with the Trinity River

​If you've got time this afternoon you may want to dial up the meeting of the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee, which will hear from Dallas CityDesign Studio second-in-command David Whitley about "community and economic development" around the river. Not sure how much Whitley's going to ge ... More >>

Instagram? Over It. Learn Real Photo Editing from a Professional

Hey hipster. Stop shooting shit with your iPhone and pretending you're artistic. We're over it -- you and your incessant snapshots of your carefully laid out "best moment ever" scenario, replete with a "Toaster" or "Kelvin" filter. You too, Crafty Moms. Your baby isn't any cuter in black and white ... More >>

Show Love for the Locals

Outrageous? Indeed.

Watch for Asphalt Arabesques

Chick-Fil-A Goes Green, but Keeps the White Napkins

Chick-fil-A's first store designed to meet environmental design standards, opening this week in Fort Worth, will feature energy efficient appliances, low-flow restroom fixtures and a cistern for plant irrigation, but the fast food chain's still isn't ready to institute unbleached paper napkins.  ... More >>

So, Wait -- Project Pegasus is Dead?

​From time to time, Friends of Unfair Park ask about the status of Project Pegasus, which is -- or was -- "intended to transform the two major Interstate Highways directly serving Downtown Dallas, by totally redesigning IH 30 from Sylvan Avenue to IH 45, and IH 35E from Eighth Street to Empire Cen ... More >>

Tired of Cowboy Chow? Try the Short Rib & Shishito Pepper Hash At Craft.

​If you're in town for the Big Game and want to know if Big D features anything other than barbecue and chicken-fried steak, head down the Dart Green Line to superstar national chef Tom Colicchio's Craft and enjoy an elegant brunch, featuring Short Rib and Shishito Pepper Hash. Served with two ... More >>

DIY In The Fort

One Way or Another, Several Downtown Streets Are Inching Closer to Going Both Ways

Note to self: See how Patrick "Car-Free" Kennedy feels about getting rid of one-way downtown streets. Oh, wait.​Right on schedule, City Hall's Thoroughfare Committee next Thursday will finally get around to something that's been on Downtown Dallas's to-do list since '06: converting several downtow ... More >>

Rich Swedes Of Dallas

The Great States

Lord of Architecture

Are the Plans To Build A Green, Sustainable Building of Tomorrow Smack in the Heart of Downtown Dallas Some Pipedream or A Reality?

A Little Night Stylin'

Steel Yourself: Next Month, An All-Star Party to Celebrate "Bridging the Trinity"

Sam MertenTurns out, we'd like to take back everything we ever said about that Trinity River Corridor Project model. It was accurate after all.​The steel for the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge's been down by the Trinity River for, oh, a few days at least -- I breathlessly ogled the two cylinders, each ... More >>

Surf's (Hanging) Up

Nyah, Nyah, Nyah: We Told You the Trinity Project Wouldn't Work

The Only Thing Better Than a New Newspaper Is a Really, Really Old One

On this decidedly slow news day during which everyone's running out the clock before bidding 2008 good riddance, perhaps this offering from the Wayback Machine's just the ticket: a look at the front page of the Fort Worth Daily Gazette from December 30, 1883. I stumbled across it early this morning ... More >>

In The Doghouse

Barkitecture raffles off pup mansions

Statler Hilton Makes National Trust's "Most Endangered" List

Seale of Disapproval: Preservation Dallas Offers Perspective on Demolition

Step By Step

A "Dallas Center for Architecture"? Nope, Not an Oxymoron, Swear.

What a Collection

UNT showcases four artists

Nice Cans

Designers and Architects show their can-do spirit

Cast-Iron Stalk

Extra Credit

Sarah Reddington, New Science Projects, Daniel Folmer and Chris Garver

Wednesday, August 15, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, Denton

Made Well

Local art shines at the LCC

Wall-to-Wall Overhaul

It's Ornamental

Decorate the Contemporary way

Full House

Gamble on Lost Vegas at Barnes & Noble

Bridges to Nowhere

Homes on the Move

Ridin' Rough?

They're sittin' pretty in Frisco

RoughRiders Already in Toilet

Mansions of the O.C.

The Dwarves

Thursday, November 3, at Galaxy Club

Best Kids Attraction

Dallas World Aquarium

Best Gift for an Upscale Dog

Shari Lidji, Red Llama Studio

Beyond the West Bank

Laray Polk's book is rich in suggestion and charged with intellectual fire

Best Men's Clothing Store

H.D.'s Clothing Co.

Easy Does It

WaterTower scores a hit with vintage comedy; critics pick season's winners

Best interior-design guru

Richard Schrade

From Bauhaus to God's House

What happens when cutting-edge architecture collides with surburban sensibilities? Mark Alden Branch tells the unholy tale of Plano's Prince of Peace Catholic Church