At long last, Crescent Holdings has decided how to fill that property at McKinney and Olive, which, per its announcement this morning, the Crescent has been sitting on for more than 15 years with the intention of developing “when we believed the market was ready,” in the words of bossman…
Steven Phillips spent 25 years in prison as an innocent man for a string of rapes he didn’t commit. He was exonerated in 2008 based on DNA evidence. He has always said life is much more complicated outside prison walls. Better, sure, but complicated. Add around $4 million dollars in…
I see here that on Thursday the Texas Education Agency quietly sent to superintendents its list of Public Education Grant-designated schools — otherwise known as the lowest of the low-performing campuses in the state. Forty-three Dallas ISD campuses make the list, from A. Maceo Smith to Woodrow — with Hillcrest,…
Schutze is at the council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting; he didn’t want to miss Trinity River Corridor Project Managing Director Rebecca Rasor’s presentation Trinity River Corridor Project Update On Recreation, where — and you won’t believe this — they still have those renderings of the solar-powered water taxis,…
Turns out, the city’s new bike plan, unanimously approved by council in June, is far more complex than drawing lines along the street in patterns deemed good ideas by city consultants. Before we get into the meat of the issue, here are some basic stats to catch you up to…
Espied whilst driving down Royal yesterday, at the site of the former Blockbuster in Preston Royal, once the chain’s crown jewel. Took a long while for the 8-year-old in the back seat to stop giggling while yelling, “It burns my eyes, Dad, it burns my eyes!”…
No doubt you’re aware by now that beloved Houston-based Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods is due to take over the old Toys “R” Us at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway; originally due to debut ’round Thanksgivingish, Spec’s tells Unfair Park this morning that there’s now “no specific date” for…
No doubt you’ve seen the signs like the one at right; they’ve been around since 2004. The Dallas Police Department was among the first in the country to launch the Auto Theft Tracking Program, which involves putting monitoring devices in bait cars that the DPD can track and control after…
For as much screen time as he gets, and for as much as analysts fawn over his “exotic” blitz packages — He throws everything but the kitchen sink! And sometimes he even throws that! He must be strong! Sinks are generally quite heavy! — Rob Ryan can’t be a very…
On Saturday we previewed today’s council look-see at how the new Bike Plan will be implemented; both the Quality of Life and Transportation and Environment committees got the docs Friday night. (There’s also a very related briefing on the agenda: the boringly titled but nevertheless fascinating Pavement Markings, which, as…
Friends and allies of former Dallas School board president Kathlyn Gilliam quietly mourned her death early Sunday afternoon. She had fought a 13-month battle with cancer. Gilliam, 81, was the first black woman in history to serve on the Dallas school board, elected in 1974 after a court battle to…
As we were leaving the office Friday, word came down that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement) got what they wanted from the U.S. Supreme Court: a ruling that, for now, stays those congressional and state House and Senate maps drawn up by U.S…
By 2021 the city of Dallas hopes to have 1,296 miles of here-to-there dedicated to cyclists, 456 of which would be off-road — trails, let’s say. Which leaves the rest, 840 miles, spread up and down the cracked concrete, bike lanes and cycle tracks chief among the options. So, then,…
Just got off the phone with Dallas Summer Musicals President Michael Jenkins, who, amidst his now-epic struggle to keep the doors open, vows: “We will have more concerts at the Music Hall.” Amongst the many things we discussed were the venue’s glory days as a rock venue, when Hendrix and…
It was around this time last year I stumbled across a photo of a giant Santa Claus sitting atop Porter Chevrolet on Mockingbird, across from the old Dr Pepper plant. Not long after, we discovered the forgotten tragic tale behind the curio: Exactly 58 years tomorrow, 46-year-old Roy Davis plummeted…
Slowly but surely we’re learning more about the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test that’ll hit classrooms in the coming March. As in: For those who may have missed it, the Texas Education Agency has released some sample test questions for grades 3-8. Keep in mind, though, we…
It took a couple of days to nail down, detective work in fits and starts with little to go on save for a blurry photo of an old label stumbled across on eBay. Not sure why exactly, but I got hooked on the hook. The title too: “East Side of…
Like I said earlier this week, when city attorneys had city council members behind closed doors this week, one of their topics of conversation was the National Solid Wastes Management Association’s federal antitrust lawsuit against the city over flow control — you know, that ordinance steering all solid waste collected…
Only last week, following the Wilco-Nick Lowe two-fer, we asked: Why isn’t the Music Hall at Fair Park, long ago a popular venue for pop music, used for more concerts? At which point we were told: That’s certainly a possibility. Matter of fact, said Jayne Basse, who books the joint…
Rebecca Avalon likes to say she did things backwards: went to college, got a master’s degree in science education, became an elementary school teacher, then started stripping. She’s quit dancing full time twice but keeps going back. “When people say to me, ‘You have a master’s degree, why are you…
That was quite the Heritage Auctions infomercial ABC aired during prime-time last night: Unfair Park’s cross-the-street neighbor got a shout-out during The Great Big American Auction every, oh, 23 seconds, by my count, as folks in need used the local auction house to sell off rare family heirlooms, including Ty…
First, he restored honor; then, he restored courage. Now — well, next summer, actually — Glenn Beck sets about “Restoring Love,” the moniker he’s bestowed upon his next rally announced on his now-locally based webcast yesterday. Long story short: It’s a community-service thing scheduled to be capped with “speakers, music…
