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For those who didn’t take a look at the Trinity River Corridor Committee briefing doc to which I linked first thing this morning, Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan told council members this morning that the city’s done fixed 72 of 198 problems with the unacceptable levees. But keep this in…

Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project … When last we saw Larry Beasley, “the man who built Vancouver,” he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library…

View Larger MapLike I said earlier, interesting fare on deck for the City Plan Commission this week — including yet another stab at running a club called 2826 at, um, 2826 Elm Street. Pete’s hinted at the rebirth before; ’bout an hour ago, he posted a follow-up regarding Frank Maldonado’s…

Our man Eli Luna was out at the Dallas Comic Con yesterday, where he espied Doctor Wellington Yueh, Brad Majors and other familiar faces amongst the grown-ups playing mid-August dress-up. Here’s his slide show, where you’ll find that oddest of sights — a certain Blue Velvet co-star quantum leaping into…

View Larger MapI was taking a sneak peek at the City Plan Commission’s agenda for Thursday and noticed a few items of intrigue — sent one to Pete, which he’ll no doubt get to shortly, concerning an application for a specific use permit for a new joint down in Deep…

Update: Check out our slide show for more photos from the meeting and the protest.Walking up to the health care reform protest outside Cityplace Conference Center this morning, a man in his 60s, in a plain white T-shirt and a bucket hat, had to stop and ask directions on the…

Even the 6-year-old who lives in my house has noticed it: “There’s a new bank on every corner.” To which the Associated Press responds: Yup, you’re damn right, little man. The AP reports today that per its investigation of the invasion of the money-snatchers, 10,000 bank branches have popped up…

As promised, The Trinity Trust today debuted its new campaign to build interest in the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and there’s an accompanying Web site: Discover the Trinity. You’ll also find a second, jazz-scored site pitching the previously mentioned September 25 Bridging the Trinity shindig, tickets for which are selling…

Not gonna lie and say it was as good/frenzied/energized as Linkin Park a while back, but I saw a pretty damn good concert Saturday night. So good that I slinked back stage and snagged a set list. See anything you like and/or recognize? Name this band and win – I…

Now that the city council’s had two months to digest the Urban Land Institute’s 99-page report on Southwest Center Mall, formerly known as Red Bird, the Economic Development Committee is tasked with figuring out how involved the city’s going to be in keeping the doors open. Far as the committee…

The first time we wrote about Southern Skates on E. Ledbetter Road was a month after Europe agreed go with the euro, a month before Saving Private Ryan opened and six months before the House impeached Bill Clinton. In other words, a million years ago. Back then, former Black Panther…

There are probably a million more important things with which to begin the work week — like, oh, a passel of Hicks Sports Group creditors asking the National Hockey League whether the beleaguered owner of the Texas Rangers has dough enough to keep the Dallas Stars — but this breaking,…