Always a treat when Friend of Unfair Park PeterK deposits in the in-box a link to an eBay auction of a vintage Dallas photo. This morning’s opening bid is eight bucks for a “1931 Photo Roadside Hamburger Barbecue Stand Dallas Tex.” And, hunh, it looks so familiar too …..
You may wanna spend a few minutes this morning boning up on the Rail North Texas plan, which calls for 215 miles of new commuter rail track that would connect much of North Texas — from McKinney to Midlothian, Cleburne to Carrollton, Burleson to beyond. Only, who’ll pay for it?…
The family and I spent the better part of Saturday afternoon strolling the Automotive Building at Fair Park, picking through the hand-me-downs stuffed inside the hangar during the monthly Buchanan Market that wraps up at 5 p.m. today for those with free time on their Sunday schedule. As always, there’s…
Unfair Park today received a missive Angela Hunt sent on Wednesday to General Kenneth Cox, Colonel Christopher Martin and Ray Russo of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in which the city council member expresses concern over Mayor Tom Leppert’s lobbying political officials and the Corps to “expedite its evaluation…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Rhett Miller’s solo debut Mythologies, which I’ve still got somewhere — it hides in a closet, no doubt in youthful shame. Doubt there’ll be a double-disc deluxe reissue; oh, not if I can help it. Though, rather unbelievably, someone’s selling their autographed and…
The press release showed up a tad late in the in-box for us to make a 10 a.m. press conference in Arlington. Nonetheless, this heads-up. Local law-enforcement agencies are announcing the kick-off to the Third Annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup, which is “designed to target thousands of defendants with traffic,…
The Texas Historical Commission sends word that the Dallas Downtown Historic District is now a little bit bigger than when first established in 2006 by the National Register of Historic Places. Says the THC, the district — which encompasses 555 acres and 66 buildings in an area “roughly bounded” by…
I exchanged a few e-mails with Michael Precker on Tuesday, after a brief mention in the Wall Street Journal blossomed into a miniature media feeding frenzy. Said the former Dallas Morning News-er who went to work managing The Lodge following the first round of Belo buyouts in 2006, “I figure…
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,…
Over the weekend, I drove by the under-construction Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and the 5-year-old in the backseat was fascinated by the hundreds of tubes running along the exterior. Also fascinated by the aluminum siding: The folks behind the DCPA, who,…
The Department of Defense announced today that on Tuesday, Army Specialist Peter John Courcy of Frisco was killed in Salerno, Afghanistan. The 22-year-old Courcy and 19-year-old Pfc. Jason Watson of Louisiana, both of whom had been based out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky, died of injuries suffered when an improvised…
City Hall would like to tell you all about the city’s new smoking ordinance — so, if nothing else, you can’t say you wasn’t warned before enforcement officers hand you that $200 ticket upon lighting up. Hence, this press release that just landed in our in-box:DALLAS – The City of…
Found this VHS remnant from the Dallas Mavericks’ 1985-’86 season at Half Price Books over the weekend — for the low, low price of $3.98. Fortuitous timing, to say the least, as tonight at 8:30, Your Dallas Mavericks play the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics at the American Airlines Center. Dallas…
Good Morning America this morning ran a lengthy story about a woman, shown but not identified, who believes that 25 years after she was beaten and raped at knifepoint in her family’s home, the Dallas Police Department has solved the crime. The attack occurred when she was 12, but last…
The Consumerist has picked up WFAA-Channel 8’s piece concerning the rise in thefts reported at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in recent years. Reports Jason Whitely, in 2003 there were 266 reports of thefts and stolen vehicles at the airport — and 607 last year. Meanwhile, the significantly smaller Love Field…
Women’s Wear Daily reports in a subscription-only story this morning that Neiman Marcus is looking for someone — anyone — to take over the lower level at its NorthPark Center location. In recent months, the downstairs has gone empty: Richard Hayler Colour Salson closed last week after 17 years (the…
This morning’s New York Times pays homage to Dallas native Carolyn George d’Amboise — “a former soloist with the New York City Ballet whose high-flying, witty performances contributed to the young company’s early impact in the 1950s.” She died Tuesday, at the age of 81, at her and husband Jacques’s…
In his January Climatic Bulletin, published earlier this month, state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon documented Texas’s “extraordinarily dry” and “unseasonably warm” January — and warned of more months just like it to come “as La Nina conditions begin to develop in the Pacific Ocean.” Last week, Texas A&M geography prof Steve…
View Larger MapIt comes up every single time the subject of 508 Park Avenue is mentioned (which, right, has been plenty in recent weeks both on Unfair Park and in the paper version of Unfair Park): The building in which Robert Johnson, Bob Wills and perhaps even Charlie Parker recorded…
With one day left for folks to bid on a power-nosh with T. Boone Pickens at Nick & Sam’s, figured now might be a good time to check on how the auction’s going to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas. Because when last we left it one week…
A good Friend of Unfair Park who receives Southwest Airlines’s tweets forwards this just-Twitter’d photo announcing the Dallas-based carrier’s relationship with Sports Illustrated. Having such a hard time writing a caption for this … But you know who’s probably not amused? Kyla Ebbert…
Still haven’t been served over this December 16 item concerning the surprisingly litigious Hiram Walker Royall, a Highland Park developer, so I will proceed further — but only with the caveat that a mutual friend of ours insists “he’s a great guy.” So, there — covered. Anyway, the details behind…
