When Jeff Medici was a financial advisor for Fidelity in Boston, he took his corporate team to a place called F1 Boston, a sort of racing-themed conference center where they learned to work together and trust each other by doing things like changing tires on Formula 1 race cars. When…
When Debbie Denmon parted ways with WFAA last month, it wasn’t on the best of terms. The anchor/reporter had sued the station for discrimination after being passed over for a promotion in favor Shelly Slater, a thinner, white reporter. A few months after she lost, the station opted not to…
The Nasher Sculpture Center has been feuding with Museum Tower, its shiny new neighbor in the Arts District, over light, heat and reflectivity for going on six months now. At the end of July, we published a story showing that the tower isn’t the only risky real estate project the…
The Dallas Morning News’ Tumblr page is “hand-picked from among our most fascinating, interesting news and photography.” I’ll say. The photo you see here was posted there this morning, twice, along with the original poster’s description: “beautiful and classy.” The photo was reblogged from a Tumblr user named “washrangers,” whose…
It didn’t take long after the news came out for Stonelake Capital Partners to abandon an attempt to transform the short stub of La Vista Drive between Skillman and Live Oak in Lakewood into a pedestrian mall. Neighbors, it turns out, were none too happy with the proposal. Pat Carr,…
Wendy Donahue’s Chicago Tribune dispatch from her recent trip to Dallas begins with her family driving their rental car across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, the “symbolic hub of Texas-sized ambitions.” She notes the breeze passing over the grasses along the Trinity and that the bridge is otherwise empty. “Here,”…
The folks over at the Morning News’ City Hall blog alerted the world yesterday to County Commissioner John Wiley Price’s Youtube channel, namely a video in which he calls out the “mainstream media” for running a “character assassination on our Black elected officials.” He’s not talking about the reporting many…
Last month, the Advocate quietly reported on Lincoln Property Co.’s plans for the intersection of Garland Road and Gaston Avenue. Starbucks, Freebird’s and a grocery store all look to be in the cards. Also — and this might rile some certain neighbors — the developer wants to change the name…
Nowadays every Monday morning at 7 am I’m on KNON Radio 89.3 doing a radio version of “Get Off My Lawn,” pretty much the same thing you see here except that I’m naked. If like a lot of people you find that the effect of “Get Off My Lawn” doesn’t…
Our cover story this week deals with the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System, the owners of the much-argued-about Museum Tower project in the Arts District. In researching the story, we obtained a draft of the fund’s 2011 annual report, which hasn’t been released yet. It shows that although the…
The Dallas Morning News recently took some time from its very important schedule to film this slick little video declaring that “Journalism Lives.” But not just any journalism. In fact, not any other journalism. Just the journalism of the Dallas Morning News, which is “the most important news source in…
@MitraSalasel @mimiswartz #txhealththat’s is doctor choice if he chooses I repeat it is not in our bill or required-— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) July 24, 2012 @DanPatrick @MitraSalasel @mimiswartz #txhealthplease don’t act like we are stupid SenatorIt is insulting to all involved— Rita Lucido (@rlucido) July 24, 2012 Texas Monthly editor…
There was never much to Bankersmith, Texas — little more than a post office and general store at its peak — but it wasn’t a ghost town. Maggie Montgomery made sure of that. Maggie — she promptly disabused me of the notion that I would call her Mrs. Montgomery when…
And no, it’s not Facebook, so don’t worry your pretty little anonymous head. You will still be able to fire-hose the general populous from the cave of privacy afforded by your clever screen name. You will just be able to do it faster, and hopefully with fewer quirks. The new…
Yesterday evening, the Dallas Morning News reported on its business blog that it had purchased “hyperlocal online news provider Pegasus News.” The news was surprising because Pegasus has been at the periphery of the local media scene for nearly a decade, never standing out as much of a competitor or…
While the big white bridge across the Trinity River promises an economic boost for West Dallas, it’s been a test of the will of La Bajada. The neighborhood, mostly composed of Latino families, has quietly existed for decades without much bother until now. After being ignored for so many years,…
The Observer is always looking for college interns to contribute to Dallas’ award-winning newspaper and web site. Specifically, we’re looking for students (any major will do) with a demonstrated interest and some experience in journalism, non-fiction creative writing, social media, multimedia, photography, filmmaking, joke-telling, or woodworking. (We’ve always wanted a…
The Dallas Observer is always looking for talented freelance writers, photographers, videographers and other content creators to contribute to our newspaper, web site and four blogs, Unfair Park (news), DC-9 at Night (music and nightlife), City of Ate (food and restaurants), and Mixmaster (arts and culture). Prospective contributors should spend…
The Dallas Observer is always looking for talented freelance writers, photographers, videographers and other content creators to contribute to our newspaper, web site and four blogs, Unfair Park (news), DC-9 at Night (music and nightlife), City of Ate (food and restaurants), and Mixmaster (arts and culture). Prospective contributors should send…
Back in April, the DMN, noted that John Kirtland had snapped up both the Tower Petroleum Building and Corrigan Tower downtown. There weren’t many details then, just that Kirtland planned to do something with the two vacant art deco structures, but now we know exactly what. Kirtland, who in addition…
The Houston Chronicle tried yesterday afternoon to prove that Houston is better, or at least sucks less, than Dallas. Tried and failed. Sorry to piss on your parade, Alyson Ward, but that debate has been settled: Houston blows way harder than we do. Ward says that Houston has a better…
There are probably many reasons Victory Park hasn’t lived up to expectations, declining in value by an average of 11 percent ($169 million) each year since 2008, according to city figures. You might subscribe to the notion that the project was flawed from the get-go, that it is “all the…
