Subject: Katy Trail

• Heir Jordan?

  July 18, 2006

• A Little Slice of Heaven

  June 9, 2006

• The Last Word on MADI. For Now.

  May 19, 2006

• "On Your Left!"

  August 2, 2007

• Happy (Katy and Trinity Strand) Trails

  October 30, 2007

• The Museum of Nature's Mayne Man

  January 8, 2008

• Angela Hunt Finally Wins Something!

  January 10, 2008

• Lesse. Do You Want the Katy Trail or an "Attractive Alley"?

  April 11, 2008

• It's Not Hard to be a St. on the Katy

  May 29, 2008

• Mayor Tom: Man, What An Amazing Year! And It's Gonna Get Awesomer.

  June 25, 2008

• Dyer Straits: Or, When a City Council Member Doesn't Trust the City

  August 22, 2008

• Real Good Friends of the Katy Trail

  October 23, 2008

• Scenes from the Drilling Gallery

  October 23, 2008

• Bonus MP3: The O's -- "California"

  October 24, 2008

• Tough Glove

  Ayala tries for Comeback King

  November 13, 2003

• A Trinity Project That's Awfully Hard to Argue With -- Right, Jim? Jim?

  A postcard scene from the Wycliff Trestle ... in the future! About a year ago, Mayor Tom debuted a slice of land that'll connect the Katy Trail to the Trinity Strand Trail -- you know, that 7.8-mile-long hike-n-bike that goes from the Katy Trail to the Trinity River Project slated to begin taking shape next year with a projected 2010 finish. But what's taken place over the last 13 months? So glad you asked. Because before it takes up rezoning in the Cedars, the council's Trinity River Corrid

  November 18, 2008

• This Katy Trail Arts Loop Sounds Interesting. But That's a Lot of Green.

  Looks like the meeting at the Nasher Sculpture Center was last week, but the Friends of the Katy Trail only today posted the sneak peek at the proposed Katy Trail Arts Loop, which is just what it sounds like:This connection improves the bicycle and pedestrian facilities between the Katy Trail and Downtown by creating complete streets that accommodate vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, mass transit, the disabled, and the aged.As the Friends of the Katy Trail point out, the "complete street" concept

  December 2, 2008

• Aural Ambush: Los Campesinos!

  Sarah WilmerThis week, two new interns joined the Aural Ambush squad and our $20 Discman was replaced with a borrowed iPod. A few weeks/months off and suddenly this is a high class operation? Well, actually, that's fitting: Only the best would do for the esteemed Knox Street patrons and joggers of the nearby Katy Trail, who kindly took a breather for a few minutes of "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed" by Los Campesinos!, a seven-piece indie pop rock outfit from Wales.(We'll have a Q&A with dr

  January 26, 2009

• You Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching You? Well, Rockwell, Get Used To It.

  Another item of interest from this afternoon's Public Safety Committee get-together: a sneak peek at where the city plans to put its surveillance cameras downtown (not to mention a color-coded map containing the location of every single camera already in place). Says the briefing memo, crime's down substantially in areas in which the cameras have been installed -- specifically, the Central Business District and Jubilee Park near Fair Park. Hence, the need for more, more and more of the cameras a

  February 2, 2009

• Dallas, So Close to "World-Class"

  The view of the city from the pool at the Belmont HotelOn this Friday morning, let's sneak a peek at the Sunday New York Times travel section, which spends "36 Hours in Dallas" and serves up this howdy-do: "DALLAS may not be a world-class city, but it's pulling out all the stops to get there." Alas, not much new here for locals likely to read the Sunday Times: The piece is more or less a compendium of familiar eateries and drinkeries, a hodgepodge of hotels and hangs -- Rise No. 1, the Belmont H

  February 6, 2009

• If You Were Naked and Painted Orange on the Katy Trail Yesterday, DPD Wants a Word

  And now, from KXAS-Channel 5, the story of the naked, "terracotta-colored" man spotted along the Katy Trail Thursday morning. At first, the woman who saw him thought he was a statue. Till he moved. And, please, do keep in mind: "This is very offensive and something that is not funny, not funny at all," says DPD Senior Corporal Janice Crowther. That said, personal trainer Nancy Cole will not be kept off the Katy Trail: "It's so lovely, even with naked terracotta men." And a slogan is born. Alas,

  February 13, 2009

• Halvsies

  March 12, 2009

• Dallas' The Bridge Homeless Center's Progressive Approach May Actually Make a Difference

  May 8, 2008

• DowntownDallas Crowd Can't Find the D-Spot

  February 28, 2008

• Think Outside the Gym

  Resolution Guide 2007

  January 11, 2007

• Beaten paths

  A plan for hike-and-bike trails faces gridlock

  December 23, 1999

• Katy Is A Friend of Ours

  October 25, 2007

• Choke On It

  North Texas gets schooled on the nasty politics of dirty air

  September 6, 2007

• Ride, They Said

  April 20, 2006

• Mayor, Mayor, on the Wall | Spell C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T| Got a Beef | Phat Girlz | Judge Roy Bean

  April 26, 2007

• New Year's Resolutions Think Outside the Gym

  January 11, 2007

• Charmed Garden

  May 19, 2005

• Letters

  April 8, 2004

• Face Off

  Big D and Cowtown take the court

  August 7, 2003

• Yo-ho-ho

  Hey, sailor, wanna give some money to a good cause?

  May 15, 2003

• This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

  March 27, 2003

• QB&A

  Plus: Breakin' the Law, New Entries in the Dallas Dictionary, El Norte TV

  August 22, 2002

• Something about Stephan

  After 25 years in Dallas' restaurant jungle, Stephan Pyles has come out respected and rich. How does he stay so clean?

  July 26, 2001

• Flood Relief

  A proposal for public potties in Dallas builds steam

  October 26, 2000

• In Dallas, "Day of Decision Rally" to Follow Cali Court's Ruling to Uphold Gay Marriage Ban

  Alexa SchirtzingerOne of the messages greeting Katy Trail-ers this morningThe Katy Trail's morning exercise contingent saw something new today: a series of musings on the meaning of marriage. Every few yards, there was a message scribbled in sidewalk chalk, among them: "What is marriage worth?" and "What are marriage values?" There was even some awkwardly phrased Spanish: "Que es valor de casamiente?" with a backwards question mark.According to Dallas Park and Recreation employees, who were busy

  May 26, 2009

• Riding Somewhere South of Heaven, Heading Back to the Newly Opened Santa Fe Trail

  Alexa SchirtzingerWhere the Santa Fe Trail ends ... at Hill AvenueThis weekend marked a quiet little victory for East Dallas: the opening of a section of raised street crossings on the Santa Fe Trail, from South Carroll Avenue southwest to Hill Avenue, which means cyclists can now ride from Woodrow Wilson High School all the way -- well, almost all the way -- to Deep Ellum on a paved, car-free trail rather than braving the wilds of Elm or Live Oak Streets.Though the Santa Fe Trail has, in some c

  June 22, 2009

• The Wyndemere Cries, "Quarter Mil"

  View Larger MapThe New York Times' Great Homes and Destinations blog wonders what kind of pad you can get for $250,000 and comes up with a few options: a three-bedroom, three-bath 179-year-old house near the Fore River in Portland, Maine; a five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath house in Athens, Georgia (oh, to live near the 40 Watt Club circa 1981); or a two-bedroom, two-bath condo at the Wyndemere at Turtle Creek. And what makes the Wyndemere a recommended hot spot?Dallas is a city that still fav

  August 4, 2009

• Stop, Look And Cycle

  September 10, 2009

• Remember When Everyone Was Going to Build Hotels Near Turtle Creek? Like, a Year Ago?

  Till April of last year, this Harwood K. Smith-designed building was at 2505 Turtle Creek. Now it's one more empty lot awaiting an economic rebound.​Seems like forever ago preservationists were fighting to save the Harwood K. Smith-designed office building at 2505 Turtle Creek Boulevard -- which, at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning in April 2008, was bulldozed out of existence. As you may recall, Canadian developer Great Gulf Homes bought the property with the intention of building a boutique hotel.

  September 18, 2009

• Line Goes Deep as Troy Aikman Helps Friends of the Katy Trail Kick Off Membership Drive

  Photos by Sam MertenNFL Hall of Famer and Fox broadcaster Troy Aikman braved the stiff winds and cool temperatures Thursday night while promoting the kickoff of the inaugural Friends of the Katy Trail membership drive. Joined by his two daughters, 7-year-old Alexa and 8-year-old Jordan, Aikman graciously signed various items carried by the hundreds of Dallas Cowboys fans appearing at David's Way, an entrance to the trail on Knox Street. An avid user of the Katy Trail, the three-time Super Bowl

  October 23, 2009

• The Bridge On the Lane Mockingbird

  ​What you see above is the "841-ft long, 16-ft wide signature pedestrian bridge over Mockingbird Lane" that the city hopes to have up and running (see what I did there?) by December 2011, fingers and toes crossed. Of course, that's if the city can find the walking-around money to fund Phase VI of the Katy Trail extension from McCommas Boulevard to the White Rock Station. (The feds are expected to fund a big hunk of the Ellsworth-to-Worcola part of the project -- $6.48 million of the $8.1 milli

  October 23, 2009

• On the Set With Billy Zane, a Cool Dude and, Now, "a Citizen of Dallas and So Happy To Be"

  Patrick MichelsTimothy Busfield, ex of thirtysomething and The West Wing, is in town to direct the fourth episode of The Deep End starring, of course, Billy Zane. He also did the second show.​Tales of Billy Zane sightings are not hard to come by in recent weeks, from kids' hospital charity fundraisers to the AT&T Performing Arts Center gala opening to the AC/DC show a few days ago. If nothing else, he can be found at least twice a week at Premiere Video on Mockingbird Lane, chatting up pro

  November 5, 2009

• Angela Hunt Wasn't Pleased to Find Out About Chief Kunkle's Adios from Media, But Does Want Mary Suhm to Conduct National Search

  Chief Kunkle and Angela Hunt at the Katy Trail lighting ceremony last year​Several members of the Dallas City Council are in San Antonio at a National League of Cities conference. Angela Hunt is not, which is why, like most of the city, she found out that DPD Chief David Kunkle was retiring by turning on the local news at 10 last night. Was she pleased? Not really: "I am disappointed that our city manager didn't apprise the council of this and that we learned about this from the media first,"

  November 12, 2009