At least one architect, in Houston, thinks the Calatrava bridge may be a no-go. That’d be a shame. No, really. A Houston-based architect who does some consulting for Houston mayor Bill White sends this missive, through good Friend of Unfair Park Lorlee Bartos, concerning the Calatrava Bridge cost overrun that…
In the coming days, or hours, the Supreme Court will consider whether Tom DeLay’s a good map maker. As Tom DeLay morphs from Texas elected official to Virginia lobbyist, he leaves a threefold legacy: corruption, bitter partisanship and the Texas congressional district map adopted in 2003. While the first two…
On Monday we mentioned how Nebraska’s congressional delegation was none too happy with the Wright Amendment agreement reached last week between Dallas mayor Laura Miller and her Fort Worth counterpart, Mike Moncrief. They weren’t delighted with the idea of waiting eight years for access to Love Field; something to do…
If you haven’t already, read the first item in this week’s And Another Thing column. It recaps the up-to-now of the story about the Curtain Club, Salim Nourallah and a cow from the mid-cities (really) that led to this Tuesday-morning voicemail from local booking agent Doug Simmons, and the MP3…
So, about that Mary Suhm speech to the members of DowntownDallas this afternoon at the DP&L Flats… In short, the city manager explained, over a lunch of miso soup and dry chicken and cookies, that it’s going to cost some $477,185,913 to complete the downtown initiatives that are now part…
Just got back from a DowntownDallas luncheon at the DP&L Flats on Commerce Street, where City Manager Mary Suhm laid out the details of the upcoming $1.28 billion bond election to some 200 folks choking down some surprisingly dry Fuse-catered chicken, but more about that part of the eat-and-greet in…
Dallas-raised Clint Dempsey was the sole highlight in the U.S. loss to Ghana this morning in World Cup play. Another day, another disappointment. I know, it pales in comparison to the devastation from the Mavs’ collapse in the NBA Finals, but in case you were too busy still e-mailing Mark…
A nature-loving, law-practicing Friend of Fair Park read the Heard Natural Science Museum post below and offers his own thoughts about other natural wonders this area has to offer. As it turns out, not all of Dallas is paved over, not yet: “That post about the Heard makes me think…
If you have never been to the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Refuge up in McKinney, you are missing one of the truly wonderful reasons for living in North Texas. For those who think Collin County’s nothing more than a paved-over paradise, an extension of North Dallas stuffed with…
Has anyone else seen Betty Culbreath’s month-old blog? (Ya know, chair of the City Plan Commission. Mayor’s appointment to said board. The woman who was supposed to bring calm and rationality to said board. And didn’t.) Uh, wow. Excerpt, taken totally out of context: “Pain, Pain, Please Go Away. Help…
We recall the Arcadia Theater in better days. Yesterday wasn’t one of ’em. It would seem imprudent and rude to let the Arcadia’s passing pass without so much as a “so long” this morning. (I’d do the same for Cafe Nostra or Syn Bar or Condom Sense, but, really, just…
If you at all care about the air you breathe or the water you drink or the land upon which you live, by all means carve out a few hours this morning and early afternoon for a conference being sponsored by the Greater Dallas Chamber. It’s called the Environmental Seminar…
I hate Mark Cuban. But just for a second or two. Then I come back to my senses and realize he’s the best damn thing that ever happened to the Dallas Mavericks. I’ve hated him momentarily since we met him back in 2000. Hated him for his money. Hated him…
“The point of this blog isn’t just to be an asshole, although that is a big part of it. I’m going to go to some local shows, listen to local CDs and write about them…Sometimes I will be mean to the bands that annoy me. Sometimes I will be nice…
When he heard his truck exploding around him, William Calderon thought, Oh my God, I die. The shriek of metal colliding with metal filled the cab as Calderon wrestled the steering wheel. He didnt die, but last Thursday morning, standing beside Garland Road in East Dallas near White Rock Lake,…
Ink erasure: Too many tattoo parlors in Deep Ellum? Is that possible? Apparently, yes. The city council last week approved an ordinance that mandates at least 300 feet between parlors in the neighborhood, now home to a half-dozen such shops, most packed together on Main Street. In 18 months someone’s…
Trail of Tears Worst kind of bigotry: I am amazed, appalled and concerned that our federal government would allow the Cherokee Nation to prevent the adoption of a precious, innocent child regardless of nationality into a loving familial environment (“The Parent Trap,” by Andrea Grimes, June 15). I cannot believe…
A view from the Arcadia Theater fire moments ago, as the fire broke through the roof and collapsed the second floor. As you view these photos Sam took from the six-alarm fire now devouring the Arcadia Theater, feel free to do so while listening to a new track from one…
This is what the Arcadia looked like till about an hour ago. Dallas Fire-Rescue Lt. Joel Lavender just talked to Sam, who’s on the scene at the Arcadia Theater fire, and told him the second floor of the Arcadia just collapsed into the first floor. That means Dallas Fire-Rescue will…
Sam Machkovech is at the scene of the fire on Lower Greenville and reports “there’s just a shitload of people hanging around with camera phones.” He says witnesses are reporting that the fire started at Nuevo Leon around 4 p.m. and spread quickly into the Arcadia, which is now fully…
To see what’s become a five-alarm fire at the Arcadia, go to WFAA’s Web site, which is streaming live video. Shame about the old place: We had a Dallas Observer Music Awards there eight years ago; probably not gonna happen again. –Robert Wilonsky…
Literally. The Arcadia Theater, along with much of the block on Lower Greenville that houses Nuevo Leon and other bars and shops, is on fire at this very moment. We can even see the thick black smoke filling the skies from as far away as Maple and Oak Lawn Avenues…
