One can’t tell the story of the old Dallas High School, or Crozier Tech, without talking to Veletta Lill. After all, she was a Dallas city council member when Robert Yu bought the property for $6.1 million from the Dallas Independent School District in 1998; and one year later, it…
The sleepy suburb of Euless seems an odd spot for a battle over goat sacrifice. Perhaps that’s what first attracted us to the story of Jose Merced, a commercial flight attendant who also happens to be a high priest in the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería, in which animal sacrifice serves…
Mavericks 108, Bucks 107 last night. Partly thanks to coach Rick Carlisle’s meticulous end-game sets, and sometimes because they’ve just been lucky, the Mavs have won 10 consecutive one-point games. The feat ties the NBA record set by the St. Louis Hawks in 1960. Against the Bucks the Mavs improved…
The Park from kristin gray on Vimeo.This has been around a long time and so far viewed by a few thousand, but till I accidentally came across it moments ago, I’d never seen this video — a virtual fly-through of the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park currently under construction. Ah, now…
Never heard of a store called Movies and CDs on Bruton Road till this morning. Then again, having someone burn me a bootleg of 27 Dresses for five bucks while I wait isn’t exactly on my to-do list. The FBI, however, took a decided interest in the joint, and in…
And now, Dallas’s next big convention: the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, which is expected to bring “more than 2,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights supporters” to the downtown Sheraton February 3 though 7. Gay rights, of course, are on the agenda — so too…
Don’t freak out. T.O.’s visit here in a couple weeks isn’t to replace Roy Williams as a Dallas Cowboys’ receiver, but rather to inject his unqiue persona into NBA All-Star Weekend. Owens, a two-time Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Celebrity Game, will be back to further embarrass the wanna-be…
Our pal Justin Terveen sends us this picture postcard view of the downtown buildings being decorated in advance of the NBA All-Star Game. Clearly, a work-in-progress. Still, impressive. Even more impressive when you see the wallpaper-sized photo…
OK, fair warning: This is going to be one in a series of items over the next couple of days dealing with Crozier Tech (or, as long-timers know it, the 103-year-old city-designated landmark Dallas High School or Central High School) on Bryan Street. It’s been cropping up in the comments…
Late last night, after grocery Aldi released its list of local locations and opening dates, a Friend of Unfair Park wondered how oh how we and everyone else missed this interview with H-E-B Chairman and CEO Charles Butt that ran in the San Antonio Express-News last weekend. In it, Butt…
Don’t remember if the Texas Rangers have ever had an owner with as grand of a vision as Chuck Greenberg. Have no idea if it will help them pitch, hit or finish better. But, regardless, it’s nice to hear an owner recognize where he is and what his should strive…
Today, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released its 125-page final report on the collapse of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility out at Valley Ranch on May 9, during that surprise spring storm that left special teams coach Joe DeCamillis with crushed vertebrae and scout Rich Behm permanently paralyzed…
Mark your calendars now: Mardi Gras Oak Cliff takes place February 7 in the Bishop Arts District, with a morning 5K run and a nighttime masquerade ball bookending a February 6 pre-game. Which I mention only because I see that Jeff Liles, who’s been recording musicians in the Kessler Theater…
Public meetings often take on the tone of the most disgruntled citizen present, and last night was no exception. However, City Manager Mary Suhm tried to pretend she was genuinely interested in hearing from the 25 folks who showed up at Dallas City Hall last night to participate in the…
Ya know, before Pete came along, I was doing a fine job of writing about St. Vincent all by my lonesome. So, don’t tell, but a Friend of Unfair Park sends along these MP3s featuring Annie Clark and Bon Iver performing at Saturday night’s Haiti benefit concert at Brooklyn’s Music…
Wade Phillips is back. Miles Austin will be (fingers crossed) back. The Dallas Cowboys will enter the 2010 season with momentum, eight Pro Bowl players and high expectations. But how high? This year they won a division title and their first playoff game in 13 years. Next year … …
From April 1985 till May of ’08, Barbara Nestel was a secretary for the Boy Scouts of America. Among her duties: reconciling financial accounts and processing payments for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting for merchandise and expenses. Which is how she could defraud the Boy Scouts out of $350,000,…
Speaking of financial obligations …Schutze will be along shortly to explain what this means, exactly — after all, he’s the expert when it comes to all things related to Richard Allen, the man behind the Inland Port, and he just got off the phone with Allen. The reason: The breaking…
Perhaps I missed this elsewhere, but in the wake of Saturday night’s announcement concerning Tom Hicks’s having hammered out a deal with Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan — otherwise known as the Rangers Baseball Express — there’s news that the deal’s anything but done. It comes from the…
Praise Jehovah and Marconi, we finally moved offices at 105.3 The Fan. From the desolate, drab, dripping joint once soiled by Russ Martin at 183/Mockingbird, over to the plush penthouse at CBS headquarters at 75 and Fitzhugh. We’re on the 12th floor, in the same offices where Q102 used to shape…
Given all the money I’ve spent on Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” books about Ye Olden Dallas, it was mighty nice of the company to mail Unfair Park its two latest titles: Historic Dallas Hotels (which has an accompanying postcard set) and White Rock Lake, both of which are in…
I know you know better, still …This morning, a good Friend of Unfair Park forwarded along an e-mail he received from a rather legit-looking company based up north promising that it can take care of all your ticketing and hotel needs for the Super Bowl when it comes to Cowboys…
