Had no idea, but should have known, that the former Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine has become a sorta skate park following its ’05 demise. Our boy Justin Terveen was on Goat Hill recently — he makes the occasional hike up thataways — and came across this scene. “As time progresses,…
Really. (Update: This was indeed made for the Professional Convention Management Association conference, which has posted a better version of the video. I’ve dropped in the replacement.)…
In the wake of Tom Hicks Jr.’s blow-me missive to one Liverpool FC fan, and Tommy’s subsequent resignation from the club’s board of directors, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK sends along this essay from the U.K. Independent that kinda, sorta applauds Junior for, if nothing else, speaking the truth. Because,…
Courthouse News this morning brings us The Case of the For-Profit Vocational School vs. The Personal-Injury Law Firm. The former is Rhodes Colleges, a California-based chain of campuses that offers courses in everything from criminal justice to HVAC repair (maybe you’ve seen the ads?). Locally, Rhodes has three DFW locations…
Sure hope those convention planners were aboard Dallas Area Rapid Transit yesterday, when Improv Everywhere’s No Pants! wingdingus made its Dallas debut. If not, our Dylan Hollingsworth was along for the ride and has the slide show to prove it. Bare-Legged Performance Art Terrorists or bored, innocent fun-havers? You be…
Friend of Unfair Park Brad Moulton has been part of a group of folks that, for the last two years, has spent the second Saturday of every month tidying up part of the White Rock Lake shoreline. During that time, he’s been documenting those efforts on Flickr; as Brad writes…
The Professional Convention Management Association kicked off its 3,000-attendees-strong annual conference last night with a wingding at the Dallas Convention Center. Mayor Tom, Southwest Airlines’ Gary Kelly and American Airlines’ Gerard Arpey spoke this morning during “Airlines and Meetings: A CEO Conversation,” but I’m looking forward to Wednesday, when Malcolm…
On Thursday, the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees will have their “second reading” of contingency plans for four high schools at risk of being labeled academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency for a fifth straight year. The at-risk campuses are Kimball, Pinkston, Roosevelt and Seagoville, and, exactly…
Maybe you remember: Back in September ’07, Waxahachie High School student Pete Palmer was called into the principal’s office and that, Look, you’re all-black look is way too goth for the school’s dress code. At which point his dad, Paul, showed up with a replacement tee supporting then-presidential candidate John…
Let’s start this item with some kind words for (for now) Tom Hicks Sr.’s baseball club, which, at 12:30 p.m. today will help out Cedar Hill High School, where students returned from the winter break to find the baseball team’s field house ransacked and more or less destroyed by vandals…
Maybe you noticed (over to the right, beneath our Twitter Updates header) that yesterday, The New York Times took A Peek Into Netflix Queues in 12 U.S. cities, including Dallas. The breakdown’s by zip code and ranks the top rentals of ’09 — and most zips find The Curious Case…
Pretty sure Sam’s heading to the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting today, during which council members will meet with Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and executive director Gary Thomas and other board members to discuss what’s on the agenda for 2010. Morgan Lyons, DART spokesman, sends this reminder…
Earlier this evening, Paul Gardner — Spirit of Shankly Regeneration Liaison Officer and rabid Liverpool FC fan — sent word: Tom Hicks Jr.’s got a potty mouth. Which is no big deal, sure, except Hicks is vice president of Hicks Sports Group and a director of Liverpool FC, the soccer…
Sorry I didn’t make it out to The Gourds show at the Granada on Saturday; had every intention, as it’s been too long. And I was just thinking about the boys — came across the Picket Line Coyotes’ ’88 cassette Upholstery Van Songs right before Christmas in a Sound Warehouse…
Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall breaks the bad news: “Due to budget considerations, the 2010 City of Dallas Calendar and Annual Progress Report will not be printed this year.” Which is especially heartbreaking for Schutze, as this year’s calendar features the winning entries from the Trinity River Photo Contest…
Liz Mikel, a member of the Dallas Theater Center’s resident ensemble and, from 2006 through ’08, a co-star on Friday Night Lights, was among those who lost everything yesterday when the Holly Hills apartment complex near Greenville Avenue and Walnut Hill Lane caught fire. As she told KXAS-Channel 5, “Memories…
It may take a while to get a response from DISH Network; a spokesperson tells Unfair Park most of its higher-ups are at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Till we get a response, then, this is Fox Sports Southwest’s side of the story.This year, the network upped the…
After the jump, in its entirety, is a release we just received that offers sketchy details involving 19 people — most of them locals — who were indicted by a federal grand jury this week for their involvement in what the U.S. Attorney’s Office calls a “massive cybercrime conspiracy.” We…
As you’re no doubt aware by now, the City Plan Commission yesterday voted unanimously to change the name of South Central Expressway downtown, between Pacific and Grand Avenues, to César Chávez Boulevard (not Parkway, as originally proposed). The council will now get to vote on the name change, which was…
You may spot more than a few out-of-towners wandering ’round our frigid climes this a.m.: The Association for Convention Operations Management is holding its annual conference at the Westin City Center today through Sunday, and among the opening events are optional sightseeing tours of the city, the convention center or…
Henry Spruiell does not disagree with the city of Dallas: The house he owns at 500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District does indeed pose what’s known as an “imminent threat to public health and safety” and probably should be torn down. “It’s terrible,” Spruiell says, “and…
Maybe you recall that back in November, we heard from Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney about the company’s decision to pack up and abandon its Southern Dallas packaging facility near the intersection of Interstates 20 and 45 on Langdon Road. Reason we e-mailed Moroney was because some folks wondered…
