Almost one year ago, the city debuted a proposal to streamline the process that allows for the demolition of structures within historic districts — by eliminating altogether the Landmark Commission, which has to approve of the razing before anyone can haul out the wrecking ball. Preservationists, the City Attorney’s Office…
It’s been almost two months since Silveroak Holdings, Ltd. — better known as Bob’s Steak & Chop House — filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas; on this otherwise slow news morning, well, it seemed like a good time to check in. Which, as you’ll see…
Dallas two-step: Buzz has been a crime victim four times in Dallas: one car break-in, two break-ins of a shed and one home burglary that cleaned us out. The number of times Dallas police have been at our house? Zero. Now, Buzz is a realist, so we understand that the…
“Just Say No, Thank You,” By Kimberly Thorpe, June 25 Cigar Just a Cigar I enjoyed your [story]—until I got to the last sentence. It was certainly a dramatically constructed symbolism suitable for provocative fiction. But it is precisely this type of cynicism that communicates to our youth today, “Why…
He giveth (Jonestown Coliseum). He taketh away (Terrell Owens). Not that it’s a push, but for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, it is status quo. For the third time in the list’s four-year history, the ol’ oil wildcatter has rambled and gambled his way to the top of the Dallas…
Allen Gwinn has the details over on Dallas.org, but the short version is: Ever since February, Dallas city council member Dave Neumann, along with wife Frances Malik Neumann, have been engaged in a legal battle with a former employee, Shannon DeMerse, they claim stole $1.9 million from Ivy Jane, the…
Up in my swatted-neck of the woods, the city’s preparing to kill mosquitoes dead, dead, dead thanks to the first positive West Nile test of the summer. (Yes.) Says this city of Dallas press release, folks who live in an area boundeded by Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Dallas North Tollway,…
Back in November ’07, two-time Irving school board candidate Manuel Benavidez sued that city, claiming its at-large voting method violated the Voting Rights Act. Today, U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis, in Dallas federal court, issued a judgment in which he said, in short, Yup, it sure does. The order, in…
Just by looking at this Web site, U.S. News & World Report’s Liz Wolgemuth figured out that Dallas ranks as one of the “10 Best Cities to Look For Creative Jobs.” Such as …?According to the Wanted data, it would be a good idea for chefs, writers and authors, singers…
Just two months ago, Jennifer Miller, the spokesperson for Colorado-based Smashburger, told Unfair Park that the chain’s anticipated expansion into Dallas, announced ’bout a year ago, didn’t happen for one simple reason: “In Dallas, we’re just waiting for the right partner at this point.” Looks like they found one: Dallas…
I was just on my favorite auction site (still kicking myself over not hustling to pick up those DISD band unis last week), where I noticed that Dallas County’s selling off … four horses, perhaps to accompany these gents? Their names: Bo, Bay, Skipper and Doc, whose prices are still…
Greg Janda at KXAS-Channel 5 sends word that the NBC affiliate’s Web site is carrying live Brett Johnson’s funeral in its entirety; you can watch it here. Services for the 48-year-old Fort Worth native — who died suddenly Sunday of pancreatitis after being admitted to the hospital one week ago…
The smoke’s cleared from the sky by now, but this was the view out the windows of Unfair Park HQ a little while ago, looking southwest at a mighty plume of smoke rising from the roof of the Wedgwood Tower Residences, an apartment building that, until recently, had been home…
A group of city officials and business leaders will join Mayor Tom Leppert today for a four-day trip to Toronto, Canada, where they’re set to tackle the issue of “sustainability.” Numbed by the vagueness of such a term, we contacted Leppert’s deputy chief of staff, Paula Blackmon, to give us…
Yesterday I got a call from Todd Howard — namesake of t. howard + associates, president of the American Institute of Architects Dallas chapter and former board member of the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund (with my dad, full disclosure). Turns out he wanted to address some of the Friends…
Says so right there on The Dallas Morning News’s “Problem Tracker” Web site…
Art Conspiracy has raised a tall pile of cash in recent years for the likes of Preservation LINK, La Reunion TX and St. Anthony Community Center; now it has set its sights on Resolana, a nonprofit with an outpost in the Dallas County Jail that uses art “to empower women…
Tony Romo: Product Spokesman from Tony RomoVia Just Jared, we find this brand-new Funny or Die exclusive: Tony Romo as a pitchman for “over 50,000 products,” among ’em yarmulkes, gas that tastes like chocolate and something called a “ball-pen hammer,” sigh. In short: The Dallas Cowboys quarterback is no Peyton…
Don’t know what’s more interesting: This morning’s Wall Street Journal story that ties together Dallas’s efforts to take a long drink from the Neches River and Oklahoma’s water supply, or the comments attached to the story. Let’s start with the story, in which outgoing assistant city manager Ramón Míguez acknowledges…
Just today, the Dallas Police Department posted to its YouTube page — which, till about a month ago, hadn’t been updated in ages — a “training video for convenience store robbery prevention.” (The pre-title sequence, which continues at around the six-minute mark, is amazing.) Ironically, at about the same time…
In this photo, I mean, apparently taken last night near the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard, scene of the Dallas Cowboys quarterback’s Metal Skool performances with Mr. Belding and Jessica Simpson, awwww…
In the memo below, written by Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm and sent to Mayor Tom Leppert and the city council (as well as other city officials), you’ll find a list of all Assistant City Manager Ramón F. Míguez’s accomplishments — as well as a breakdown of how the remaining…
