Since so many of you were wondering, we’re passing along word the Dallas District Office of Texas Department of Transportation is checking to see if the grass growing on the side of the highway is viable for livestock feed. After we wrote about this rancher who drove six hours north…
With all arms of the government digging around for ways to green up their operations, the Dallas VA Medical Center is jumping into the renewable energy pool feet-first, capitalizing on one of its greatest resources: a huge roof.Says the latest issue of Resource Week, the hospital’s wrapped a project to…
A Friend of Unfair Park wonders: Why isn’t Dallas participating in National GoTopless Protest Day on August 23, to which I replied, “Apparently, it’s not too late.” Nudge, nudge. ‘Round the same time, a Queer Liberaction member sent a reminder concerning The Great Nationwide Kiss-In scheduled for Saturday — Dallas’s…
To no one’s surprise, on Wednesday evening the Landmark Commission’s Central Business District Task Force denied, unanimously, Colby Properties’ request to tear down 508 Park Avenue. The simple reason: The three members of the task force do not buy the owners’ claim that the 1920s-era structure is an “imminent threat…
Missed this one yesterday, mostly because Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger doesn’t post to her blog as often as she used to. But one thing’s got her attention: Fellow trustee Ron Price’s proposal to rename schools for President Barack Obama and Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of…
The item on today’s City Plan Commission agenda reads as dry as stale Melba toast: “An application to create 7 lots from 259.199 acres located in several tracts of land in City Blocks 8298, 8299, 8300, 8303, 8304 and 8305, on Telephone Road, east of Dallas Avenue.” The applicant is…
After trading today, Elm Street-based Blockbuster will released its second-quarter financials — “and the numbers are expected to be ugly,” notes Investor’s Business Daily in this pre-game warm-up that also wonders if the video-rental business’s days aren’t, gulp, “numbered.” The cause for alarm? As usual, of late, a big hunk…
Was checking out Channel 8’s sports last night when I was presented with classic Dale Hansen. Not unplugged exactly. How about unglued? As Hansen began his recap of Rangers 5, Indians 0, the video didn’t exactly cooperate. While he beamed about Tommy Hunter’s pitching and Josh Hamilton’s hitting, the screen – for…
San Antonio: Chicks and birdies have been usurped by X’s and O’s. At least that’s what the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Tony Romo want us to believe. After the first two weeks of training camp at The Alamodome, it’s difficult to argue otherwise. For the first time in a long…
Immodest proposal: Buzz has yet to weigh in on the draconian budget cuts facing City Hall, which could spell layoffs for 840 city employees, because, frankly, no one at City Hall has offered us an exorbitant fee for our advice. Given the way city government operates, as revealed at the…
The whole sordid story began with a pile of concrete and a malfunctioning Bobcat. On a hot, sticky Monday in mid-August 2006, crews in downtown Dallas were hard at work renovating The Merc—the distinctive World War II-era bank tower known for its clock and spire. Mid-redo, the historic building resembled…
Family law judge David Hanschen may have received an “Excellent” job approval rating of just 14 percent on the Dallas Bar Association’s 2009 Judicial Evaluation Poll, but he’s celebrating a victory in what had been a bitter struggle for him just last year. After facing off with the Office of…
If you’ve been following the Junius Heights Turf War, you know that it’s getting more heated than the leather inside my car in August.Since Jose Escobedo’s meeting with the Landmark Commission on August 3, his application for a Certificate of Appropriateness has been denied. Escobedo already vowed to appeal the…
Hard to say who’s the bigger draw at this weekend’s Dallas Comic Con at the Richardson Civic Center: Dean Stockwell, the 64-year acting vet who’s got the sci-fi skins on the wall (Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap and Dune — quite the trifecta) to go along with the critical cred (Blue…
While the Cowboys finish saying goodbye to their old home one piece at a time, they’re busy finishing up the newest feature at their digs Arlington: 14 works of contemporary art commissioned specifically for Cowboys Stadium. Gene Jones led a media tour for through the building yesterday, along with family…
We just got word that Kim Rivera, the 27-year-old soldier and mother of three who deserted to Toronto and who you’ll remember from “Gimme Shelter,” cover story from the paper version of Unfair Park back in March, has gotten one last chance to stay in Canada. On Tuesday a Canadian…
Seems like we’ll never be done with Reunion Arena or Texas Stadium, which is still loaded with shit the city of Irving would love to sell you for pennies on the penny. Like, oh, this scoreboard — which, believe it or not, can be yours for the low, low price…
On Friday, we broke the news that the owners of 508 Park Avenue have decided to tear down the building in which blues and country history was made. The Glazers, longtime liquor distributors in Dallas, have their reasons: The former Warner Bros. Picture storage facility, built in the 1920s, has…
O.K., this morning I think we are getting a more clear look at the government’s case in the Dallas City Hall bribery case, in which former city council member Don Hill is accused of using racial affirmative action and “fair share” requirements to squeeze bribe money out of real estate…
Got this “friend” named Newy Scruggs. He has his theory that the Texas Rangers “play well against the big boys.” Hogwash I’d tell him, until the Rangers took two of three against the Angels last weekend. Then I watch Texas last night and – yep – I’m starting to embrace…
That’s it at left: Jaume Plensa’s Sho, which stands 13 feet tall by 10 feet wide and weighs 660 pounds and appears to enjoy traveling in its spare time. The university announced the acquisition yesterday, noting that it’s “the most important acquisition of a work by a living artist into…
Yesterday afternoon, I spoke briefly with Dallas Animal Services manager Kent Robertson, who says in his latest “Pet of the Week” video, posted below, that if you’re interested in adopting from the city pound, you’d best hustle: “We’ve had over 40 adoptions every week for the last couple of weeks…
