Below, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK was wondering in the comments what newsreel footage of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition looked like. So he set off in search of some. And what he came back with last night was an extraordinary find — a 42-clip collection consisting not only of…
For those playing along at home, this long-weekend’s offering fills in an estimable blank. Because so far we’ve time-traveled back to that field in Lewisville in ’69, when Led Zeppelin joined Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Johnny Winter Sly and the Family Stone and others for the Texas International Pop Festival;…
Old trailers fill the lot in front of Gary Buckner’s West Dallas workshop. Two are almost completely gutted and ready for refurbishing, and one silver Airstream is nearly ready for the move-in of a fairly unlikely tenant. In less than two months, this trailer will be home to an insurance…
Not sure if you’re aware of it, because damned if I’ve seen mention of this anywhere, but we’re mere days away from the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park. Gates opened June 6, 1936, and it ran through the end of November. I…
Ever wished you could take Dallas Area Rapid Transit to … oh … let’s say Tyler? Or Canton? Or Shreveport, even? Because, see, that’s the one-day-fingers-crossed dream shared by DART and North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority officials. Which is why DART president Gary Thomas, board chair Bill Velasco and…
This week’s cover story in the Paper Version of Unfair Park covers complaints from a series of investors around the world who say they placed millions of dollars with a group of Dallas men, expected huge, nearly instant returns, and never saw their money again. The series of investments detailed…
Just got a note from Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst after Perry signed into law the voter I.D. bill, which requires voters to present photo identification at a polling place. Said the gov, “The right to vote is simply too important for us to take the act…
Just a few days ago City Manager Mary Suhm explained why the city’s seriously considering an ordinance that would demand all solid-waste collectors dump their trash at city-owned facilities, rather than one of the dozen other landfills in the region. Said Suhm, who’d proposed the idea last year without it…
Anderson Cooper, for one, will be disappointed, but Debbie Georgatos is no longer part of the Republican Party’s local leadership team. The avant-garde filmmaker and would-be Beat poet has resigned her post “as a courtesy,” newly installed Dallas County GOP chair Wade Emmert tells Unfair Park this morning.”She resigned,” Emmert…
Late last night the city posted the list of folks who’d like to be on the city’s gas drilling task force. That’s in advance of a 10 a.m. meeting scheduled for Thursday, at which time Linda Koop — chair of the ad hoc gas drilling task force nominating committee, whew…
At some point this evening, the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees will elect new officers. Among the front-runners for president is Lew Blackburn, which may explain why Carla Ranger took to her blog earlier today to throw Blackburn under the bus.You see, there’s no love lost between the…
Update at 3:37 p.m. Friday: Looks as though the bill’s author in the Senate plans to strip Bonnen’s amendment out of the bill before it goes to the governor’s desk. Amid these “late nights and high feelings” of the tail end of the 82nd Texas Legislature, House lawmakers took a…
As promised earlier today, on the other side you will find the entirety of the Dallas Independent School District’s proposed budget for the 2011-’12 school year, which was just released. And though it’s still rife with cuts (“Staff has been reduced by 1,679 employees in this budget. These reductions have…
About half an hour ago, Richie posted an item on the Sportatorium: John Rhadigan, hired in January to replace Josh Lewin as the Texas Rangers’ TV, play-by-play announcer, is already out. Moments ago, the team confirmed with an Official Statement that follows in full. But long story short: Beginning with…
Since Janine Turner didn’t get that spot on the next-gen Dallas reboot for TNT, she’s turned her attention elsewhere — late-night weekend AM radio. Had no idea. But, sure enough: The former Northern Exposure star with the ranch outside of town launched her right-wing radio hour last Saturday from none…
Sources telling me this afternoon that the Texas Rangers will today fire rookie play-by-play voice John Rhadigan. We knew Rhadigan was off to a rough start, but this seems unfair. He went into the season with zero play-by-play experience and it showed. Not sure what the Rangers expected. But not even…
This morning I was talking to Kourtny Garrett, senior veep of marketing for the DSpotters, about something kinda-sorta related, fingers crossed, when she mentioned that Downtown Dallas Inc. is once again planning to screen movies at Main Street Garden. It’s a reprise of last fall’s successful series, wherein online voters…
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At last, that long-awaited Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar Environmental Assessment is now available for your reading pleasure courtesy Dallas Area Rapid Transit. You’ll find the report itself after the jump; those wishing to drill deeper can peruse the myriad appendices here. But long story short, says Keith…
After last night’s Game 5 door slammer against the OKC Thunder, your Mavericks are now 12-3 in the playoffs and awaiting an opponent in the NBA Finals. Not bad for a team that about 50 percent of prognosticators picked would lose to the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round. I…
There’s no game out at the Ballpark today — shame too, since it’s likely The Last Lovely Day before summer slams into high gear. Nevertheless, at 11:30 this morning Nolan Ryan and Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington will find themselves at home plate, where Ryan will give Washington the keys…
We’re rooting for the Chicago Bulls in tonight’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Right? I know, in the regular season the Mavs were 2-0 against the Miami Heat and 0-2 against the Bulls. But the longer the series goes — it’s currently 3-1 Miami — the more rest the…
