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February 15, 2012
Well, If Architectural Digest Thinks Calatrava Bridge Is a "Parabolic Pylon" of Virtue ...
I don't want to suggest that my wife is a sharp stick in the eye, but from time to time she does like to "point things out." To me. So this morning when I reached for the place on the bedstead where I had neatly and carefully laid out my trousers for the day, what should I find but a copy of the ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Bless Us, Everyone
I don't want to suggest that my wife is a sharp stick in the eye, but from time to time she does like to "point things out." To me. So this morning when I reached for the place on the bedstead where I had neatly and carefully laid out my trousers for the day, what should I find but a copy of the ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Steady Beauty
I don't want to suggest that my wife is a sharp stick in the eye, but from time to time she does like to "point things out." To me. So this morning when I reached for the place on the bedstead where I had neatly and carefully laid out my trousers for the day, what should I find but a copy of the ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
When Will They Begin to Re:Vision Dallas? Depends On When City Creates That "Sustainable Design District" Downtown.
If you thought they'd forgotten to build this behind Dallas City Hall, you'd be wrong.It's been an awful long time since last we wrote about John Greenan and Brent Brown's plans to build that green, sustainable building of tomorrow directly behind Dallas City Hall. But a few days ago, a piece wri ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Poster of the Week: A.Dd Album Release Party at The Loft on Friday Night
DJ Sober does it again.
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January 28, 2011
Shawn Todd to Convert Old Downtown Dallas Post Office Into "Modern Luxury Living"
Federal Judiciary CenterSome facts about the post office and court house: "Completed in 1930. Supervising Architect: James A. Wetmore."High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in '30, has gone unu ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Little Picassos
Federal Judiciary CenterSome facts about the post office and court house: "Completed in 1930. Supervising Architect: James A. Wetmore."High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in '30, has gone unu ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Lone Star Brushstrokes
Federal Judiciary CenterSome facts about the post office and court house: "Completed in 1930. Supervising Architect: James A. Wetmore."High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in '30, has gone unu ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Listomania: 10 Font and Typography Music Jokes
Via BuzzfeedThe brilliant inspiration. Of all the Internet jokes on all the sites around the world, typography and font puns really, truly have to be some of the geekiest. And that's why when we came across Buzzfeed's list of font and typography puns -- specifically this attached "I shot the seri ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Poster of the Week: Doug Burr and Birds & Batteries at Good Records on Saturday
We've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: You don't need a re-appropriated image to make a show poster that sings.
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March 12, 2010
Poster Of The Week: Big J, Ocelot, Tommy Lee Jonez & Fizzy Dino Pop, Friday March 12 at The Basement at Plush
Maybe I'm still high on the release of the new TRON Legacy trailer earlier this week, but our Poster Of The Week definitely conjures images of Light Cycles and Recognizers in my head.
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February 11, 2010
Poster Of The Week: Well, Not Really. But A Pretty Cool Announcement, We Think!
No winner this week. Sorry, folks.I just got word from POTW Captain and Observer art director Alex Flores that this week's submissions were rather... um, how can I put this lightly... meager. So, instead of simply picking a poster for the sake of announcing a winner, we're gonna simply gonna pull ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
The Great States
No winner this week. Sorry, folks.I just got word from POTW Captain and Observer art director Alex Flores that this week's submissions were rather... um, how can I put this lightly... meager. So, instead of simply picking a poster for the sake of announcing a winner, we're gonna simply gonna pull ... More >>
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October 5, 2009
Brent Brown, Who Rebuilt Congo Street, Will Head Dallas CityDesign Studio in City Hall
Brandon ThibodeauxBrent BrownCouple of weeks back we debuted the Dallas Urban Design Studio, a Trinity Trust-funded endeavor that'll get its own office in Dallas City Hall in order to "elevate the design consciousness and culture of Dallas, while working to balance social, economic, environmental ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
Does This Bus Go to the Calatrava Bridge?
A month ago today we told you about The Trinity Trust's "Suspense is Building" campaign, which is intended to get the locals hot and bothered for the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in advance of Santiago Calatrava's $150-a-ticket victory toddle on September 25. I finally saw one of the billboards this ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Corn Mo Announces More Album Details, Is Great At Karaoke
We'd buy it just for the cover art.Last we heard, Corn Mo and .357 Lover's upcoming full-length, Diorama of the Golden Lion, was set for a late August release. Well, this week, an official update: The album from the operatic glam-rocker will see a September 29 release. A little bit of a push-back ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
Dream Weaver: City Bringing In "The Man Who Built Vancouver" to Talk West Dallas
Larry BeasleySpeaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project ... When last we saw Larry Beasley, "the man who built Vancouver," he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
The Holy Trinity Bridge
From The Trinity Trust's brand-new Web site devoted to selling Dallas on the Calatrava BridgeAs promised, The Trinity Trust today debuted its new campaign to build interest in the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and there's an accompanying Web site: Discover the Trinity. You'll also find a second, jaz ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Caution: Graphic Images
From The Trinity Trust's brand-new Web site devoted to selling Dallas on the Calatrava BridgeAs promised, The Trinity Trust today debuted its new campaign to build interest in the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and there's an accompanying Web site: Discover the Trinity. You'll also find a second, jaz ... More >>
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December 3, 2008
Fact or Fantasy? You Decide, as Fort Worth Woman Takes on Tyler Perry.
Over in Marshall, a Fort Worth woman named Donna West has taken cross-dressing franchise Tyler Perry to federal court, claiming that Perry used her 1991 play Fantasy of a Black Woman as the basis for his 2005 movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman. West actually filed the suit in May 2007, but the trial's ... More >>
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November 21, 2008
A Grandfather's Stash Reveals the Dallas That Was and Might Have Been
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
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October 8, 2008
Transforming One Ugly 1980s Office Building, a Single Floor at a Time
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
Poster Of The Week: Method Entertainment BBQ
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
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August 11, 2008
Mister Stanley Wouldn't Be Happy, As Couple Attempts to Tear Down the Historic Marcus House
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
Music
May 22, 2008
Visual Artist Nevada Hill Creates Badass Album Covers and Posters For Denton Bands
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
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April 21, 2008
Seale of Disapproval: Preservation Dallas Offers Perspective on Demolition
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
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February 26, 2008
A "Dallas Center for Architecture"? Nope, Not an Oxymoron, Swear.
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who's been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists -- as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980. But not all of Cozart's ph ... More >>
Culture
September 20, 2007
Buckets of Fun
In T3's Popcorn, salty satire; D-FW critics pepper actors with awards
Dining
September 20, 2007
Cast-Iron Stalk
In T3's Popcorn, salty satire; D-FW critics pepper actors with awards
Music
August 9, 2007
Sarah Reddington, New Science Projects, Daniel Folmer and Chris Garver
Wednesday, August 15, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, Denton
Calendar
June 7, 2007
Wall-to-Wall Overhaul
Wednesday, August 15, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, Denton
Blogs
April 3, 2007
That Jim Schutze is Always Makin' Friends
Wednesday, August 15, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, Denton
Blogs
January 11, 2007
OK, So This is the Wright Chair After All
Wednesday, August 15, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, Denton
Blogs
November 1, 2006
More Calatraversity
Wednesday, August 15, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, Denton
News
August 31, 2006
Eye Candy
It's overpriced, it's gaudy and we have to put it on a credit card. Yep, that Calatrava bridge says Dallas all over.
Blogs
July 31, 2006
Gapping the Bridge
It's overpriced, it's gaudy and we have to put it on a credit card. Yep, that Calatrava bridge says Dallas all over.
Culture
July 20, 2006
Piano Works
The architect Renzo Piano makes high design for our local culture of kitsch
Calendar
May 11, 2006
Budgetary Builds
The architect Renzo Piano makes high design for our local culture of kitsch
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February 17, 2005
A Monster Hit
Discovery Channel's Steve Watson talks shop
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Kids Attraction
Dallas World Aquarium
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Place to Smoke
Sambuca Uptown
Culture
September 2, 2004
Beyond the West Bank
Laray Polk's book is rich in suggestion and charged with intellectual fire
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Thai Restaurant
Banana Leaf
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best handyman
Tommy Snider
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best interior-design guru
Richard Schrade
News
July 13, 2000
Mean green
Neighbors in Southeast Dallas find that getting their parks fixed is no picnic
News
August 8, 1996
Deadbeat update
Vary founders Mica England and Ceslie Armstrong are wanted women. Literally.
Culture
November 9, 1995
Class act
Dallas Theater Center snags four Leon Rabin Awards in inaugural contest
Culture
July 6, 1995
Will act for food
Theater Critics Forum ponders the year's best performances--and Dallas' diminishing stage scene
News
December 1, 1994
Forward to the Past
Grapevine Lake project takes aim at the automobile
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