Late last week, in the comments to some item, a Friend of Unfair Park asked about if the Tower Petroleum Building had come off the market, since its web listing had disappeared. I called Colliers International’s David Glasscock, who’s repping that building and the mammoth 1401 Elm, which was once…
I’m waiting on a phone call. Could be something good. Something big. Or not. But while we wait for that, let’s kill time with this: a series of meet-the-cast videos from Most Eligible Dallas, which premieres one week from tonight on the Bravo. Only reason I remembered was a weekend…
Speaking of Wai-Wize …As Jim points out, between Brett Shipp and yesterday’s News, there’s plenty out there right now concerning the amount of money Willis Johnson, Duke Hamilton and the Wai-Wize-men have made off the city of Dallas, Dallas County and Dallas Area Rapid Transit, among other government entities with…
I mention this in the comments below, but the 5.91 percent increase in our Dallas Water Utilities bill comin’ this fall won’t be the last one any time soon. Matter of fact, per this morning’s council briefing, this is but the first — and the smallest — in the foreseeable…
Mary Suhm was right about one thing: When I asked her Thursday where she saw the council pushing back on her proposed FY2011-12 budget, she said, well, probably pools — specifically, her suggestion that the city shutter five of its 17 pools in the coming fiscal year. Those pools: Bonnie…
At 9 this morning, City Manager will present to Mayor Mike Rawlings and the city council the FY2011-12 budget first shown to media Thursday afternoon; watch Suhm’s presentation here, during or after. And: The entire 571-budget is available here for those interested in taking longer, harder looks at proposed additions…
Earlier this evening, word began circulating: 77-year-old billionaire Charles Wyly, namesake of the Dee and Charles Wyly Theater in the AT&T Performing Arts Center, had died. There were no details at first, but, slowly, they emerged: Wyly, in Aspen, was killed this morning while out running regular errands — getting…
Earthquake. “Today may end up being the coolest day thru the middle of the upcoming week.” Sun storms. “U.S. drought may persist for another year.” Pastor Perry.But, amidst all that awful news, there’s this reprieve posted just Thursday: “The Who – Live at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, 23 July 1967.” That…
We began talking at 11:55 Thursday night and wrapped up some time after 1 Friday morning. But, what else did he have to do? “I’m just drivin’,” he said, “somewhere on I-45, a little closer to Dallas than Houston at this point, I believe.” He didn’t even think of flying…
This work-week ender is a double-header — two nights in November 1983, back-to-back benefits for the great Ronnie Lane, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1976. It was Lane himself who came up with the benefits, held beneath the banner of Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis — A.R.M.S.,…
Had dinner at the folks’ house last night, after which the boy and I went digging through a stack of old Dallas Newses and Times Heralds my dad keeps stashed in a closet, almost completely forgotten. They were my grandfather’s and date back to November 22, 1963, and fast-forward through…
Back in March we took a look at Dallas Independent School District trustee Edwin Flores’s proposal for evaluating the district’s best teachers — an imperative, he said at the time, given the layoffs and buyouts taking place due to the state’s budget shortfall. Turns out, that was bit the tip…
And speaking of the Dallas Independent School District …It’s just been sued over a $40-million technology contract that the district awarded to Lewisville-based Delcom Group in May and yanked in June, when the board gave the contract to one of the company’s competitors. At stake: the district’s digital classroom initiative,…
And the hits just keep on coming: One week ago today the Texas Education Agency officially announced that the Dallas Independent School District had more campuses deemed academically unacceptable (33) than exemplary (30) — a radical shift from last year’s stats, thanks in large part to the state doing away…
On the other side is the budget briefing handed to media members when we arrived at City Manager Mary Suhm’s fourth-floor conference room for a 3:45 meet-the-presser. Long story short: She managed to balance the budget without cutting too much, she said, thanks to the state taking less than originally…
Back in March I introduced you to the Relatives, heretofore overlooked Dallas greats better known in Austin than in their hometown. And now they’re beloved in France and Australia; New York too. And still, still, Rev. Gean West and brother Tommy and the greatest gospel-funk-rock-n-soul revue in town have yet…
Yesterday City Hall put out the call: It’s now accepting entries in something called the 2011 Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest. Which is …? Well, long story short, the city wants you to take up to six pictures or shoot a video no longer than two minutes in length…
The Woodall Rodgers Deck Park is still a good year from opening; as you can see in the construction-cam screengrab of moments ago, there are still 64 concrete crossbeams in need of installation, and that won’t happen till October. Crews will spend the summer waterproofing, and fireproofing, the deck. The…
First, let me apologize for the headline — I was listening to Billy Bragg and friends on the way into work this morning, and it could not be helped. Now, then. It’s been a whole two days since last we discussed flow control — I know, right? — which, as…
CBS Early Show’s Marysol Castro’s in town — can’t imagine why. Oh, right. It’s hot. Still, not so hot that two high-school footballers can’t spend their after-practice hours toiling in the sun — one on a construction site, the other decorating doorknobs with fliers, both hoping to buy a car…
For those who don’t recall, on February 23 Dallas Police officers were dispatched to the Hudspeth Avenue home of Dianne Irons after a call concerning some kind of a domestic dispute at the East Oak Cliff residence. Irons and her nephew, who’d once lived at the house, were arguing over…
With each passing day this week, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas sets a new record for peak demand — and today is no different. One day after hinting that rolling blackouts may be headed our way, ERCOT sends word that at 2:50 this afternoon it initiated Energy Emergency Alert…
