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Woodall Rogers

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    April 27, 2012

    Mason Bar: A Bar Worthy of Its Neighborhood's Attention if Not a Trip

    As the curb says, "watch your step" when entering the front door at Mason Bar; the sudden step up could be potentially lethal for tipsy girls in heels. Inside, a couple occupies stools at one end of the bar, and save for them it's empty -- just a quiet Monday night at the State-Thomas neighborh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    An Afternoon at the New Perot Museum, a Peek Inside the Geologically Striated Gray Cube

    Photos by Leslie MinoraThe first in a series of escalators that will give visitors a lift from the sweeping lobby to the hall of dinosaurs.​A Perot Museum of Nature & Science curator wound us through the fourth floor of the partially completed space, calling upon visitors to imagine the 80-foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    In the Weeds: The City's Again Dealing With Shabby Highway Medians, Including Central

    This photo of the Central Expressway median, shown during today's briefing, did not impress council members. At all.​Perhaps you were under the impression that the Texas Department of Transportation is responsible for mowing and maintaining the highway rights-of-way throughout the city. Or may ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Not Very Super: The Weather, and Reaction To It, Has Mayor Tom Leppert Very "Disappointed"

    Justin TerveenMayor Tom Leppert, with Ron Natinsky, left, and Downtown Dallas Inc. head John Crawford at Main Street Garden opening in November '09. Probably applies today too.​No doubt, in coming weeks the Dallas City Council will hold committee briefings during which officials with the Electric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Perot Museum Needs $50 Million. Spare Some Change? Come On. Do It for the Children.

    A conceptual rendering of the entry plaza to the new Perot Museum​Hold up on that Gilt Groupe purchase you were about to make and take a moment to think of the children -- specifically, the five children of Ross Perot, who've given $10 million each to the future Perot Museum of Nature and Science ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    The Drive From Dallas to San Antonio: My Top 10 Observations

    ​Arrived safely in The Alamo City for some Dallas Cowboys training camp Sunday afternoon after a brisk 4:37:00 drive that included exactly zero stops. 10. There is no easy way to get onto I35 south from 75. On Woodall Rogers there is down-to-one-lane construction and falling walls. And I've b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Dallas After Dark: Tomorrow Night, It's Lights Out, Yet Again, For Earth Hour

    Justin TerveenDowntown Dallas as it looked during last year's Earth Hour​Speaking of our pal Justin ...Last year we enlisted him to shoot the city as it went dark for World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour. Only problem: Despite the lengthy list of buildings scheduled to join the 60-minute blackout, it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    No Later Than October, Harwood Street Will No Longer Drive Over Woodall Rodgers

    ​While I was at City Hall today, Joanna Singleton sent word that the Texas Department of Transportation has selected Archer Western, which has done work on the rail expansion for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, to handle construction of the $43-million-plus Woodall Rodgers Deck Park. Her press release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    For All You Citizens of and Visitors to Dallas

    As we drove past the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, the missus wondered what, exactly, the area was supposed to look like once the five-acre Woodall Rogers Park was finished. (Utility work started at the end of the month, though groundbreaking's a ways off.) This illustration fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    For Art's Sake: Spending a Day at the Dallas City Arts Festival

    As we drove past the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, the missus wondered what, exactly, the area was supposed to look like once the five-acre Woodall Rogers Park was finished. (Utility work started at the end of the month, though groundbreaking's a ways off.) This illustration fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

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

    As we drove past the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, the missus wondered what, exactly, the area was supposed to look like once the five-acre Woodall Rogers Park was finished. (Utility work started at the end of the month, though groundbreaking's a ways off.) This illustration fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2006

    Gassed Up and Ready to Protest

    As we drove past the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, the missus wondered what, exactly, the area was supposed to look like once the five-acre Woodall Rogers Park was finished. (Utility work started at the end of the month, though groundbreaking's a ways off.) This illustration fr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 1997

    Events for the week

    As we drove past the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, the missus wondered what, exactly, the area was supposed to look like once the five-acre Woodall Rogers Park was finished. (Utility work started at the end of the month, though groundbreaking's a ways off.) This illustration fr ... More >>

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