On Friday, when I directed your attention to the rare Dallas movies being screened on the Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s Web site, I forwarded one in particular to Patrick “Car-Free” Kennedy: Report to Dallas, made during the 1950s by the Dallas Citizens Traffic Commission. I thought maybe he’d…
Fret not: We’re running dangerously low on Lewis Wickes Hine photos, taken in Dallas in October 1913 as part of his federally commissioned child-labor abuse series, not yet published on Unfair Park. And I know I said last week’s update on Massachusetts historian Joe Manning’s efforts to find the relatives…
During his 1996 introductory press conference at Reunion Arena in which he bought the Dallas Mavericks from founding father Don Carter, Ross Perot Jr. offered a simple, serious question: “How many players are on the court?” And that, my friends, is all you need to know about the man trying to…
Last night a disturbing e-mail from Dallas police arrived in the Unfair Park in-box: “For your 9:00 news, everything remains the same at the landfill. The searching will cease for the night here shortly and will continue in the morning.” It was the first note we’d received about someone missing…
Yesterday — a full week before networks officially begin unveiling their fall-season lineups to advertisers — NBC said, yup, it’s picking up Jerry Bruckheimer’s Chase. Which comes as a surprise to exactly no one: Bruckheimer’s a franchise-maker, and NBC no doubt hopes his cat-and-mouse procedural about U.S. Marshals runnin’ down…
Tony Romo, you’ve been warned. In the spirit of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx, the first two winners of The Sportatorium’s Hottest TV Women in the Metroplex are, um, gone. Yep, Erin Hawksworth (to Boston) and Megan Henderson (to L.A.) packed up and left. Just like that. Either I have really…
Well, soon as the Trash-Attack Code Compliance crew cleared out, this afternoon’s party at City Hall sure died fast. Blame it on this bummer of a PowerPoint from DART, explaining the long-term impact of having flat sales tax revenues over the last 10 years, referred to simply as “The Lost…
SMU sends word that David Meltzer, the university’s anthropology chair, is among the 255 members of the National Academy Science not amused at all with those who’ve been trying to dismiss climate change as a … what did D’s Trey Garrison call it? Oh, right: “Man-Made Climate Change Hoax.” To…
One year after Mayor Tom Leppert and the pro hotel’ers narrow victory at the polls over Harlan Crow and the anti-hotel folks, the Dallas Omni Convention Center Hotel is approximately half its height and construction is “on time and on budget,” according to developer Jack Matthews. “I can’t tell you…
He’s baaaaaaaaaaack! Greg Williams. Yes, that one…
While Andrea was having an inexplicably good time at City Hall — where, apparently, it’s open bar during committee meetings now — I was been reading the Brookings Institution’s The State of Metropolitan America report released yesterday. It’s been getting lot of attention, for the most part, because the Associated…
[Editor’s note: Well, look who’s returned to Unfair Park, none other than former Girl on Top Andrea Grimes. And, for some reason, she’s decided to reintroduce herself with … a liveblog from the Quality of Life Committee meeting at Dallas City Hall, where they’re covering big changes in code compliance…
Several weeks ago we directed your attention to plans that would turn IndustrialRiverfront Boulevard into a so-called “complete street.” Two days later, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff called bullshit and said, why, it was no such thing at all. In advance of this evening’s Riverfront Blvd. Public Information Workshop at City…
And now, for two facts that have never ever gone together in the past: 1. The Texas Rangers are 10th in the American League (out of 14 teams) in home runs. 2. The Texas Rangers have a winning record. I know. Weird. When the Rangers beat the woeful Kansas City…
So say these 29 pages that’ll be reviewed this afternoon by the council’s Quality of Life Committee. In short, city staff says code compliance is faced with three significant challenges: Some parts of the city are more troublesome than others; some have “more complex nuisance issues” than others (including “open…
Dunno why Food Network never sent out a heads-up that last night’s episode of Chefs vs. City — a sorta-kinda culinary Amazing Race pitting Aaron Sanchez and Chris Cosentino against two comers — took place in Dallas. Good thing the 6-year-old who lives in my house likes to wrap up…
On the field, they’re Your Texas Rangers — back atop the American League West, fresh off the first four-game series sweep since ’07 and headed into an early season showdown with one-game-behind-’em Oakland, riding its own perfect-game high. But off the field — what a mess: Sports Business Journal is…
With Newy Scruggs on vacation this week, I’ll have some new voices alongside me from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on 105.3 The Fan. Monday: NBC 5’s Matt Barrie. Tuesday/Wednesday: You didn’t think I’d give it away that easy didja? Some clues? Sure. This voice has been on the TV/radio in this…
Last night, the Dallas Police Department sent word that it has apprehended the man responsible for the purse-snatchings and shooting downtown early Thursday morning. According to a missive from Sgt. Warren Mitchell, a DPD spokesman, investigators received a tip Saturday afternoon about a suspect already wanted on an outstanding burglary…
On this beautiful Saturday morning following National Public Gardens Day, here’s the absolute latest concerning City Hall’s deeply felt desire to regulate community gardens.First, the recap: Back on March 8 Kris Sweckard, director of the Office of Environmental Quality, put before the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee three options that…
And, while you’re at it, throw in the May 12, 1997, Cotton Bowl show from the Popmart Tour and the October 29, 2005, Vertigo-go at the American Airlines Center. Really, all we’re missing is the April 2, 1981, Bijou debut; the February 16, 1982, gig at Cardi’s; and that immortal…
Early this morning, Dallas Zoo officials sent word that they’d moved all six elephants to the Giants of the Savanna habitat, which officially opens to the public Memorial Day weekend, and maybe we’d like to come take some pictures. So we sent our Kevin Todora to take a peek at…
