Stanley Marcus

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 >>

The Life and Death of Dallas Theater Center's Jack Ruby, All-American Boy

In 1974, DTC premiered its best show ever. Why was it never seen again?

Morning News Keeps the Silence Rolling on the JFK Anniversary Controversy

Story by Rudy Bush in today's Dallas Morning Pravda about plans to refurbish Dealey Plaza, the place where Dallas killed Kennedy. Typical straight-up just-the-facts news objective reporting, don't you know. Except the story ends with a fund-raising appeal: "Those interested in providing assistance c ... More >>

In the Midst of Wrapping Starck Club Doc, Cain and McKinnon Fit in Stanley Marcus Film

Michael Cain says he's this close to wrapping his long-in-the-works Starck Club documentary -- by February, fingers crossed. Just last night, the founder of the Deep Ellum-turned-AFI-turned-Dallas International Film Festival dispatched this teasing look by way of a holiday greeting. But as I got to ... More >>

The Dallas Way to Honor John F. Kennedy in November 2013: Silence Pesky Free Speech

​Dear John F. Kennedy Library Foundation: Good move on blowing off the Sixth Floor Museum and executive director Nicola Longford regarding her plans for a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Kennedy assassination in Dealey Plaza. Believe me: You don't want to touch this gang with a 10-foot ... More >>

You've Got a Few Hours Left to Scoop Up Very Good Deals On Very Old Dallas and Texas Titles

Heritage Auction GalleriesSome of the titles presently available for a few dollars till 10 tonight​This morning I was scouting Heritage Auction Galleries' website for local items of note perched on the auction block when I noticed a few bookshelves' worth of titles being offered at the low, low pr ... More >>

Another Neiman's Catalog

First Baptist Knows How to Put on a Show

The Power of God from First Dallas on Vimeo.Patrick was downtown Saturday morning when First Baptist blew up a few buildings to make way for its downtown expansion. But Patrick didn't have cameras stationed all over downtown. Not like First Baptist, which appears to have captured the big bang from e ... More >>

Just Remember, There's More to Eddie Bernice Johnson Than the Scholarship Scandal

Eddie Bernice Johnson's Facebook page​This item is a dilation of a comment I posted to yesterday's item about 30th District Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and the scandal about scholarships and nepotism. It struck me after I posted the comment that maybe I owed the topic a better effort. In t ... More >>

A Week Before Mary Suhm Debuts Budget, an Announcement to "Save Our Dallas Libraries"

​In recent weeks we've taken sneak peeks at how pending budget cuts will more than likely gut the library system. But till Monday rolls 'round and Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm debuts her proposed FY2010-11 budget, we won't know for sure how deep those wounds will run. Nevertheless, Friends of the ... More >>

For Now, If You Want to Grab a Nosh at Kenny & Ziggy's Deli, You'll Have to Go to Houston

Ziggy Gruber​I heard over the weekend that Kenny & Ziggy's, the beloved Houston deli, ain't coming to town after all. At least, not yet and not for the foreseeable future.A few months ago, Ziggy Gruber confirmed to Unfair Park that he did indeed have a letter of intent to take over an empty re ... More >>

Rescued From the Pages of History, the '61 Desegregation Doc Dallas at the Crossroads

Someone has posted to YouTube a 1961 film about school desegregation in Dallas called Dallas at the Crossroads. (Parts Two and Three follow after the jump.) I forget what kind of hoops I had to jump through in order to see this thing back in the mid-1980s when I was working on my book, The Accommoda ... More >>

Schutze Says We Should All Do a Badu and Get Naked at Dealey Plaza--and That Includes Him

Mid-Century Modern Problems: Sorting Out What's Worth Designating Historic

​There's not a lot going on at Dallas City Hall this week and next and next, while the council goes spring breaking. But there is something of interest on the Landmark Commission's Designation Committee, which is meeting today: a vague agenda item that only says, "Discussion of Post War residentia ... More >>

Some Real Deli News: Kenny & Ziggy's Has Letter of Intent on Dallas Location

Back in August, our sister paper in Houston interviewed Ziggy Gruber about why he and his deli are so awesome​Ziggy Gruber, namesake of the revered Houston deli Kenny & Ziggy's, has but one request from the Jewish community of Dallas: Please, please stop with the calling. In recent days, he's ... More >>

As Marcus House Works Its Way Toward Historic Designation, Lessons Learned

The Marcus House as it looked during construction in 1938​On August 11, 2008, Mark and Patty Lovvorn wanted nothing more than to tear down their massive house on Nonesuch Road, the famous manse designed by Roscoe DeWitt for Stanley Marcus in the 1930s. "Energy inefficiency" was the reason offered ... More >>

This Afternoon, a Landmark Commission Field Trip to Stanley Marcus's Old House

The Marcus House as it looked during construction in 1938Nine months ago it looked as though Mark and Patty Lovvorn were going to tear down Stanley Marcus's house on Nonesuch Road, built 71 years ago by Dallas architect Roscoe DeWitt after Mister Stanley told Frank Lloyd Wright to take a flying leap ... More >>

The Marcus House, Once Threatened, Is This Much Closer to Becoming a Historic Home

Stanley Marcus's former house as it looked during construction in 1938Speaking of Dallas iconic landmarks ... On August 11 of last year, Unfair Park discovered that Mark and Patty Lovvorn had filed with the Texas Historic Commission a demolition permit that would have allowed them to tear down The H ... More >>

As Neiman Marcus Struggles, Former Employee Rawlins Gilliland is Still Minding the Store

Yesterday, in the comments to the item about Neiman Marcus's latest bit of bad news, noted man of letters Rawlins Gilliland deposited a comment intended to gently shoosh those experiencing even the slightest twinge of schadenfreude at the luxury retailer's misfortune. I had intended only to highligh ... More >>

Quincy Jones Can't Help But Look Back on His Life and Legacy

Enormous Foote Prints: On the SMU Campus, the Texas Writing Giant Lives On

SMU/DeGolyer LibraryDeGolyer Library director Russell Martin, Horton Foote and SMU president R. Gerald Turner in 2003As we mentioned on Wednesday, Horton Foote's archives reside on the SMU campus -- in the DeGolyer Library, specifically, among the greatest places in the city to spend an afternoon or ... More >>

Minding the Store's First Manuscript: Or, Wright Feels Wronged by Marcus

Jesus Saves ... The Marcus House

Mister Stanley Wouldn't Be Happy, As Couple Attempts to Tear Down the Historic Marcus House

What's in a Nombre?

Diversity be damned. You want to rename Industrial Boulevard, it better "market" the city.

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

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

An Eye For the 'Zine

Stanley Who?

Obituary for a Storefront

If You Got the Money, I Got the Time

SMU's Shame

Even people who like the president shouldn't want his library here

Miller on Miller

The Man and the Monument

The Nasher Sculpture Center is full of revelations about a man and his art

For Our Homies

Plus: Kaboom, Edited for Content

Latin Lover

Adani Gallery introduces Latin American art to Gringolandia

One more time

With his new book and live CD, Joe Jackson fans can finally get what they want

Raise high the roof

A battle Uptown targets the city for bending its own rules

Edifice complex

Michael Piazza wants his proposed $20 million cathedral to send a message to the world -- gays can go to heaven too

Size matters

For the world premiere of Blind Lemon to work, either the production needs to be smaller or the space needs to be larger

Genocide's children

Despite great acting and a near-flawless production, Beast on the Moon is pretty toothless

How does the garden grow?

The Nasher sculpture garden is slow to take root

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House of David

Fathead comes home

Holding food court

Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack

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