Developer Wants to Turn Garland Road into Arboretum Boulevard

Last month, the Advocate quietly reported on Lincoln Property Co.’s plans for the intersection of Garland Road and Gaston Avenue. Starbucks, Freebird’s and a grocery store all look to be in the cards. Also — and this might rile some certain neighbors — the developer wants to change the name…

Meet David Preziosi, Preservation Dallas’ New Executive Director

Katherine Seale officially ended her five-year tenure as executive director of Preservation Dallas early this year, but she didn’t stop working. Instead, she’s been hanging around as a volunteer until the nonprofit found a new leader. That just happened. The nonprofit announced in a press release today. that David Preziosi,…

One Month Before Six Flags Shuts it Down, an Ode to the Flashback

Six Flags was a summer ritual when I grew up in North Texas. Getting dropped off by parents as far from the gate as possible, stuffing oneself with overpriced, sticky-sweet funnel cakes, trying to get a basketball through an undersized and slightly lopsided hoop for the plush Looney Toons character…

Listen to LBJ Order Pants From Dallas Clothier Joseph Haggar

Last month, Dallas businessman Joseph Haggar Jr., the founder of the eponymous apparel company and the father, for better or worse, of the term “slacks,” died at 87 of heart disease. One of the many things I learned about Haggar from reading his obituary was that LBJ, onetime leader of…

Lawsuit Says New Council Districts Discriminate Against Hispanics

Can’t say we didn’t see this coming, but a pair of Dallas voters are alleging that the recently redrawn City Council districts illegally dilutes the Hispanic vote. The city redrew its 14 council districts following the release of the 2010 Census. It adopted the final maps in October. According to…

Tom Leppert is Moving, We’re Just Not Sure to Where

Update at 11:09 a.m.: Candy Evans, just back from vacation, has more. You can snap up the Leppert homestead for a mere $5.7 mil. Movie theater included. Original post: Tom Leppert, you might have notice, did not do terribly well in his quest for U.S. Senate. He lost. Got trounced,…

Fired DISD Teacher Accused of Molesting 8-Year-Old Boy

Dallas police just sent word that they arrested 46-year-old Enio Cardoso Wissel for alleged indecency with an 8-year-old boy at Julia C Frazier Elementary School. Tawnell Hobbs at the Morning News has more. Wissell was a fine arts teacher with DISD from August 2011 until March 2012, when he was…