Back in June we noticed there were plans afoot to build a 150,000-square foot teevee and movie production facility at 2901 S. Lamar Street — in a warehouse owned by a partnership that includes South Side on Lamar and convention center hotel developer Jack Matthews. The $400,000 build-out cost is…
Here’s hoping your relationship with Big Chief White Cloud, the god of parking, isn’t just one of those Christmas-and-Easter things, because if you intended to get to last night’s Bastille Day celebration in Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts District, having him on your side was a major plus.Organizers and Francophiles Jason…
On Monday I mentioned director Clay Liford’s looking for extras for his new movie — still needs ’em, matter of fact. One hundred to 300 — enough to fill the Garland High School gym for a 10th high school reunion. Think Grosse Point Blank. But one thing: The movie’s no…
Angela Hunt wants to make one thing clear: That proposed ordinance that would rezone Lower Greenville Avenue as a Planned Development District isn’t “Area 51, black helicopter, keep-it-quiet stuff. There’s nothing secret about this.” Which is why, late Tuesday, she released the revised ordinance to be presented at a July…
Last month, as you and no doubt Andrea recall, the Dallas Police Department launched its summer-safety initiative: Operation Triangle, so named for its three main goals: reducing property crime, violent crime and public disorder. And, yes, while those are good year-round goals, DPD says there’s a “spike” in such activities…
This week’s death of George Steinbrenner triggered two terribly clichéd responses:1. “He was a great man.” (Because in an obituary, we are not allowed to mention that the deceased was a bully, a tyrant, an egomaniac, a Nixon supporter or a human who was in any way flawed.) 2. “Which…
A few profs and economists, among them SMU’s own Bernard Weinstein, are among those in the new issue of Fortune trying to figure out how “Texas powered through the global fiscal crisis,” while California “remains locked in such a pronounced slump compared to its economically and demographically similar cousin to…
Show some Love: Buzz is so proud. All on our own, we’ve come up with a compromise in a battle that has split our beloved city council and reopened racial divides, tearing a hole in our civic-minded heart. In case you’ve forgotten: The council is divided over whether to give…
Most of us live in a world ruled by science and mathematics, a world without magic or spirits, where things that can’t be seen, known or explained don’t exist. For many, the act of lighting a candle or burning incense paired with saying a few lines from some ancient prayer…
Amid grumblings throughout its coaching staff, disappointment among its recruits and an uprising from its alumni, SMU football found itself under duress last week. As two incoming freshmen were denied admission to the school despite having the academic qualifications to play at almost any other NCAA program, coaches wanted answers,…
On a hot Tuesday night in Jackson Heights, in a storefront next to a Rent-a-Center on Roosevelt Avenue, a meeting room fills rapidly. Over the din of the elevated 7 train, the large hall buzzes with Spanish dialects from various Latin American countries. The space is the Queens home of…
The Dallas Mavericks have lost out on another one. They couldn’t get within intentional-fouling distance of LeBron/Wade/Bosh, the Miami cartel. No go on Joe Johnson. No thanks on Al Jefferson. Udonis Haslem turned them down. So did Al Harrington.Go back to the drawing board for one more swing at…
Michael Irvin is back working on the radio. Michael Irvin is back working on the radio in Dallas. But the Dallas Cowboys legend and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer isn’t back on the radio in Dallas. It’s always been Michael’s hope to “re-invent” sports-talk radio; we’ve discussed the subject many times (sometimes…
I have been a terrible former music editor. Here we are, but three days from the kick-off of the Dallas Observer Music Awards, and so far I’ve written not one word about so glorious an event as the one planned by Pete and our crack promotions staff. Pete has offered…
Apart from the Caesar salad, there wasn’t much to report from the Keep the Dollars in Dallas press conference at the NorthPark Maggiano’s that couldn’t be found in Ray Perryman’s 25-page report, which we’ve already posted. So instead of back-and-forthing it with the respective pro and con groups, who’ve already…
Texas Observer Forrest Wilder has been doing an occasional chat-with series featuring homegrowns “involved in issues of the environment and energy,” and for his latest installment he’s chatting up none other than our old pal Patrick “Car-Free in Big D” Kennedy. Not surprisingly, Patrick’s got plenty to say: Wilder sent…
Back in May we introduced you to Brenda Jackson, who had just been named Oncor’s Chief Customer Officer — and a more thankless job title you will not find. The gig, which I am sure she likes, and that was the question, was created following the fallout from the February…
Earlier today I drove up to the home of the deceased mayor of Coppell, Jayne Peters, and her daughter, Corinne, who were found dead in their home last night after Mayor Peters failed to show up for a council meeting. No doubt you’ve read much of the coverage already, but…
For the last several days I’ve been trying to find out the answer to one simple question: Is the water in Fish Trap Lake — site of the Dallas Watersports Complex since put on indefinite hold by the Dallas Housing Authority — safe for wakeboarding?Chad Lacerte, who had hoped to…
Elliot’s at the Keep the Dollars in Dallas press conference at this very moment — he’ll post his Qs and their As shortly. Till then, some light lunchtime reading follows on the other side: Ray Perryman’s 25-page report — The Economic and Fiscal Effects of Expanding Alcoholic Beverage Sales in…
The Texas Rangers are frequently at their very best when real baseball is not being played. Last night’s All-Star Game in Anaheim isn’t “real baseball.” In a sport where nothing much ever changes (I swear some of the Lords of Baseball would just as soon not have bothered getting the…
Been trying to get more info from the city concerning what, exactly, this just-handed-down ruling from the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Texas means. But, in short, it appears that a lengthy legal battle concerning a small slice o’ street off Inwood Road and Walnut Hill Lane has come,…
