CNN wonders: “Is America’s suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare?” By which, one assumes, they mean, oh, Frisclosure? Because mentioned in the piece is downtown Dallas’s revitalization, courtesy Schutze’s pal and New Urbanism prophet Christopher Leinberger, who says folks no longer want to live miles away from their jobs. He…
View Larger Map The Katy Building — built in 1914, making it one of the oldest buildings in downtown — is for sale, notes GlobeSt.com this morning. On the tax rolls for a couple mil, it’s going for $15 million, but only because it’s being tossed in with two other…
In case you didn’t know these were the DFW’s traffic hot spots, INRIX sends a reminder. INRIX is a formerly Microsoft-affiliated company that keeps track of traffic. And, far as it’s concerned, the Dallas-Fort Worth is a congested mess — fifth-worst in the country, matter of fact, behind only Los…
Somehow, the Rangers don’t miss this guy’s big bat. The Rangers have trotted out Ben Broussard, Chris Shelton and maybe soon even Hank Blalock to his old position. And in last month’s draft they picked the next him. But dig a little deeper – just a level or two down…
An early Unfair Park prototype, till it was schutzed. This morning, the city lays out the pros and cons concerning the Trinity River Project — if nothing else, to inform and educate those charged by the council with marketing the project to the peoples. You’ll find the talking points nestled…
This morning, USA Today gets a giggle out of 25-year-old Zach Johnson and 24-year-old Jeffrey Max, the Fatal Farm-ers behind a stack of classic-TV show-opening parodies and Mark Erickson’s Infinite Solutions, in which a bespectacled brainiac offers nonsense advice on such topics as “How to Find Dinosaur Bones” and “How…
And, yet again, the city burns in the distance — and from our vantage point, at the intersection of Oak Lawn and Maple Avenues, it looked initially as though Reunion Arena was on fire. KDFW-Channel 4 is reporting it’s God’s New Community at 320 Sparks Street off Stemmons Freeway. It’s…
Spencer Campbell From the 5th Annual Dallas City Arts Festival — swear When I turn off Flora Street and head north on Pearl Street, the crowd begins to thin out — well, the already thin crowd becomes almost non-existent. It’s Father’s Day, and I’m at the 5th Annual Dallas City…
Now, and only now, I’ve earned the right to call this joint The Sportatorium. Just got my grubby little hands on Gentleman’s Choice, a new documentary by Dallas film producer Mickey Grant. Better late than never, those of you who stumbled onto this site looking for professional wrestling vignettes will…
A $4-Million Frank That’d be one Frank Catalanotto, says Forbes today on its list of sports’ “Best-Paid Bench Warmers.” Why come? Well, first off: He’s making $4 million this year. And he’s had all of 144 at-bats. And, notes Forbes, “Catalanotto has never reached 500 at-bats in a season during…
Lisa Garza, chatting up idol Martha Stewart on the Food Network last night. As it’s been a day full of actual news, it’s been difficult getting to the fluff — as in, Suze’s Lisa Garza and her vying to become The Next Food Network Star. Once more, we had a…
Mike Fuentes for Unfair Park A mid-afternoon breather after a morning full of actual news: We now direct your attention to this suitable-for-framing Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo photo, which apparently is being taken as a right cross to the jaw of one of Tony Romo’s exes, “sexy vegetarian” Carrie…
Ronald “Buffalo” Chambers, as he looked 32 years ago Dallas Observer editor Mark Donald and I have written about Ronald Chambers on and off for years — Mark, for D, way back in the spring of 1986. (Ancient Observer stories, alas, have not been been so rigorously archived.) For 32…
In February, Time ran a nice bit of advertorial for the Knox Street-based Current Energy store, where it’s a bright, fancy shade of green. Now, the joint’s set to get a little more national pub tomorrow, when it’s featured on the Sundance Channel at 8 p.m. locally during an episode…
An addendum to the downsizing at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: According to several sources, 17 staffers in the newsroom were let go this morning, among them managing editor Gary Hardee, science writer Carolyn Poirot, arts writer Todd Camp, Lifestyles columnist Mary Rogers, travel editor Judy Wiley and three librarians. Writers…
See here, I been to a race or two. I’ve been to the Daytona 500, attended several races out at Texas Motor Speedway and even penned one of my first Dallas Observer columns about racin’. It’s always been a little fascinating/unsettling seeing all the white faces, red necks and confederate…
Wow, we were way off: Woodbine Development ain’t getting the convention center hotel after all. Matter of fact, it finished dead last among the three contenders being considered today by the city council’s Economic Development Committee during its closed-door executive session. The top choice: Matthews Southwest, which, as we noted…
“The Return of Ross Perot?” asks a The New York Times blog post this morning — which means, awesome, it’s time to whip out my ironically purchased Ross for Boss T-shirt that’s held up remarkably well 16 years later. The Times site actually links to David Broder’s Washington Post column…
As mentioned below, The McClatchy Company this morning announced it’s laying off and buying out some 1,400 employees amongst the dozens of papers that make up the newspaper chain. Moments ago, the McClatchy-owned Fort Worth Star-Telegram announced precisely how many of its employees will be excised during the coming days:…
Shalom, Y’all Good thing I didn’t let my subscription to Jewish Living lapse (got it for my bar mitzvah, along with a bunch of savings bonds and fountain pens). Because now I know that North Dallas is No. 5 on the list of the Chosen People’s top 10 neighborhoods in…
The U.S. Open trophy will reside in Dallas. Sorta. Since Father’s Day is all about eating and sleeping and not mowing the lawn and eating some more – oh yeah, and watching golf – doesn’t it officially spill over into today? Thought so. No one in sports delivers more dramatic…
Ray Garfield As mentioned earlier this morning, the city council’s Economic Development Committee will name the convention center hotel developer today — behind closed doors in executive session, the Dallas way. And, yes, odds are it’ll be Woodbine Development emerging from those closed doors as Your Convention Center Hotel Developer,…
