Jason Grant/National Trust for Historic Preservation The groovy fire pit in the Statler Hilton Hotel A few Friends have asked if there are any more photos of the old “endangered” Statler Hilton; turns out, sure, the National Trust for Historic Preservation always has one more to spare. And Jason Grant,…

The old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. Just remember it after you jump, K? In today’s mail we find a copy of Progressive Nation: A Travel Guide with 400+ Left Turns and Inspiring Landmarks, written by Jerome Pohlen — who’s running for Congress in Illinois on the Green Party ticket,…

Peter Elkind Don’t know how we missed this one at the end of April, but, thankfully, Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith took note. Because, according to the The New York Observer, former Dallas Observer editor Peter Elkind’s done landed himself a nice six-figure payday with a book about former New…

Doyle Davidson My in-box has been filling up of late with messages concerning the most bizarre, fascinating love-hate story I’ve ever come across: the passion of preacher Doyle Davidson for his so-called “wife,” Lisa Staton, about whom we’ve written plenty over the last couple of years. Still, the story grows…

A couple of weeks ago, a Friend of Unfair Park asked, “Why did they replace all the doors at the Inwood Theatre?” Didn’t really know why — till now. Because Landmark Theatres sends word that today, it’ll debut the Living Room™ Auditorium — and about time too, as the downstairs…

How I spent my virtual summer vacation: dancing, ahem, with Shamu As we noted on Thursday, Governess Perry’s Texas on Tour trailer stopped in Dallas last week before heading to Arkansas, where it parks this week at the Riverfest smack in the middle of President Clinton Ave. As this “interactive…

Jason Grant/National Trust for Historic Preservation A peek at the abandoned interior of the former Statler Hilton downtown As mentioned late yesterday, the Statler Hilton Hotel — otherwise known as the site of Dallas Observer editor Mark Donald’s bar mitzvah party in 1963 — was today officially placed on the…

Got a press release this a.m. that turned into an early morning time-killer — list of “celebs’ fave” will do that. It’s from Dallas-based YourCause.com, which sells itself as a “cause-focused social networking site dedicated to ‘Empowering Millions to Raise Billons.'” In other words, it’s essentially a charity aggregator that…

See, this is how you do it. Because, really, what are you going to do with “Big D”? That nickname, that was just lazy. For its July issue Black Enterprise surveyed some 4,000 of its readers to ” target=”_blank”>determine their favorite city in the U.S. and A. And after falling…

On its Web site, Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists LLC sells itself as an “innovative and cost effective [solution] for the proper and safe management of radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste.” In other words, the company with its HQ in Three Lincoln Centre on LBJ Freeway wants to bury some nasty…

Justin Terveen The Statler Hilton Hotel, as captured by Justin Terveen for a collection of photos shot in 2004-2007 from inside and outside the building The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2008 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places will be officially released tomorrow morning, and it contains a…

Guess we’re gonna have to start a new category: “Taggers Caught in the Act,” perhaps? Because Avi Adelman really wants us to post his latest work as cinematographer: this vid of “taggerettes” taking marker to Shell station on Lower Greenville a few days back. Notes Avi. “A very high-resolution version…

Mathew Staver will never admit it, but he has this poster hanging above his bed. Mathew Staver’s the founder and chairman of Orlando-based Liberty Counsel, which describes itself as “a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family.”…

Over on DC9, Merritt’s posted a terrific review of last night’s Radiohead job over at the Starplex; check it out, along with the 16-photo slideshow courtesy contributor Michael Insuaste. Merten and I took in the Houston show on Saturday night — better venue, cheaper parking (as in, free), and it…

We’ve only been writing about Southern Skates, on and off, for 11 years — since Ann Zimmerman was on the staff, which was so long ago she probably doesn’t even remember working here. You can start here, with her 1998 story about the hellacious time former Black Panther Fahim Minkah…

By my count, some 100 teams participated in the 7th Annual 24-Hour Video Race, the winners of which will screen during the upcoming Dallas Video Festival and on KERA-Channel 13’s Frame of Mind. The teams turned in their shorts Saturday night — and, from the looks of it, started posting…