Speaking of late, great Lower Greenville venues …Last weekend the boy and I picked over Paperbacks Plus, where I found a copy of David Seeley’s Too Cool to Get Married, a 1989 paperback collection of pieces written for, mostly, Texas Monthly. Included are some familiar pieces: that ’82 story about…
This one’s special. I found it late last night, buried in one of the Internet’s dustier corners, marked only “Living Colour – Dallas, TX – 11-27-90.” It didn’t say where. So I thought maybe it was that extraordinary Bronco Bowl show I reviewed for the Times Herald, drenched in sweat…
In the spirit of this week’s cover on the exoneree compensation scheme and the attorneys who’ve profited handsomely from it, we submit the case of Billy Frederick Allen — a man incarcerated for nearly 26 years for two apparently drug-related University Park murders. In February 2009, the Court of Criminal…
Speaking of the Trinity River … Perhaps I didn’t end up visiting the under-construction Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on the best day for our ongoing Unfair Park series, “Sweaty Dispatches From a Sweltering City.” While I was out on the pavement girded with Italian steel early Thursday afternoon, there were…
For two years Matt Miller, executive director of the Institute for Justice Texas Chapter, fought with the city of Dallas in federal court over the 2008 ordinance that prohibits store owners from covering the top two-thirds of their windows with advertisements. The IJ brought the suit on behalf of several…
Last week, you may recall, I asked Frank Librio, Dallas City Hall spokesman, if Dallas had any plans to follow its neighbors’ leads and clamp down on water use. To which he responded: “The lakes are currently 84% full and we continue to monitor conditions daily. The City’s conservation program…
For the past week or so, stories have been circulating about all the Super PACs lining up to line Rick Perry’s pockets as he scooches toward Saturday’s announcement that he’s running for president. Among the PACs stacked up: Americans for Rick Perry, Jobs for Iowa, GrowPAC and TuPAC, though I…
Don’t tell the bossman, but the University of North Texas done found someone to pony up puh-lenty for the naming rights to the new football stadium. Per a press release just sent out, Apogee will spend $20 million over the next 20 years to rebrand the new $79-million Mean Green…
Whether you’ve reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Just stop it with the calls for Stephen McGee to get more playing time, or even be elevated to No. 2. Watch the game. He’s horrible. He can overcome sloppy footwork,…
While Dallas ISD is debating a change to their rules in order to make their campuses more gay-friendly, two local universities have landed, once again, on the Princeton Review’s list of “LGBT Unfriendly” schools. Released last week as part of Princeton Review’s mammoth collection of college rankings, the list ranks…
Speaking of a certain Dallas County commissioner …The Dallas chapter of the National Black United Front, which is not to be confused with the People’s Front of Judea, sends word of a daylong rally scheduled for August 20 at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore near Fair Park — and not just…
John Wayne was a U.S. marshal, far more than once. He was police lieutenant and then detective, back to back in the 1970s. And, of course, he played a sheriff, repeatedly and quite famously. And now, courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries, proof of his greatest position in law enforcement: an honorary…
10. When could you tell it was preseason? Late in the first half Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow scrambled across field, broke two tackles and eventually threw a pass down to Dallas’ 5. However, there were three — count ’em three — penalties on Denver. On the play safety Danny McCray injured his…
What you see above comes from teeny-tiny type on Page 13 of the proposal we posted below for Mukemmel “Mike” Sarimsacki’s plans for 1401 Elm Street, where he says he intends to build residential, retail and office space where there’s presently 1.3 million square feet of empty. Far as the…
Earlier this afternoon City Hall sent out the video you’ll find after the jump, in which City Manager Mary Suhm walks you though the proposed FY2011-12 budget presented to media last week and council on Monday. And it reminded me: One of the smaller but more controversial items contained therein…
It’s a done deal: Come Saturday, Rick Perry will announce he’s running for president, which isn’t nearly as shocking as the fact we may not hit 100 degrees today. (I mean, it’s nice out.) Look, the governor of Texas says so right there in his interview with Mark Halperin that’s…
This morning, as expected, Turkish developer Mukemmel “Mike” Sarimsakci sat among city officials in charge of downtown development at a meeting table flanked by colorful posters representing the future of 1401 Elm, the 1.3-million-square-foot office building that’s been vacant since January of 2010. The developer’s contract to purchase the property…
The video below, in which Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price explains the hard way to WFAA’s Brett Shipp that his office isn’t public property, has been updated; it’s the piece that ran on Channel 8 last night at 10, in which you do hear Price tell Shipp, in a…
As I pulled onto LBJ at Marsh around 8:30 this morning, heading to the airport, I noticed that construction on the LBJ Express redo has yet to take its toll on traffic, save for the westbound HOV lane shutdown that had some traffic slowed to a fast-paced crawl. Then I…
The grand ol’ Southwest Conference lived to be 80. The Big 12 Conference may die a teenager.Only 17 and just a year removed from turmoil that left it with just 10 teams but supposedly unity and cohesion, the conference is again this morning reeling with the news that Texas A&M…
Just came across this video on Vimeo, posted yesterday by Texas A&M environmental-design grad Katie Ogden, who’s spending the summer interning at the LBJ offices of architectural firm Gensler. It begins as a history of Deep Ellum, then rolls out current stats — as in, how much of the neighborhood’s…
Yes, thanks for asking, I am indeed ready for some football. And tonight we’ll all get a smidge, in the form of Cowboys-Broncos in Arlington at 7:30. Jason Garrett said he plans to play his starters a series, or about 8 to 12 plays. Same with the Broncos and their new…
