John Wheeler Last week the City Plan Commission voted not to allow Canadian developers to tear down this Turtle Creek office building. But the fight ain’t over. In February we mentioned that a developer was interested in razing the Howard Meyer-designed office building at 2505 Turtle Creek Boulevard and replacing…
David Mamet’s in town tonight to present the keynote address as the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture dispenses the Hiett Prize in the Humanities to David Greenberg, an assistant prof of history, journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. The shindig takes place this evening in the Horchow Auditorium…
A public-service announcement, courtesy a press release: Beginning at 11 a.m., Starbucks will be giving away 8-ounce cups of coffee — which is awesome, if you love your coffee just the wrong side of burnt. Alas, it’s the company’s new Pike Place Roast, so named for the company’s original Seattle…
Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s in a whole heap o’ legal troubles over some sexy-time text messages — about, oh, 1,400 of ’em — he sent to his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty: The Detroit City Council’s about to kick off an investigation into the mess,…
Um, seems a goat was wandering Lower Greenville Avenue this morning, around 2 in the a.m., near the Whole Foods. WFAA-Channel 8 has the video, along with the note that “after a low-speed chase, Dallas police and Dallas County Sheriff’s Department deputies caught up with the little guy and took…
Note to Tom Hicks, surely a reader of blogs: Really, it’s totally fine. You could have stayed in England today, for Liverpool FC’s Champions League match against Arsenal. No need to rush home for the Texas Rangers’ 1:05 p.m. first-pitch home-opener against the Baltimore Orioles. Sure, it’s nice of you…
Just a few moments ago, Reason Magazine posted a Q&A with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, under the headline: “Is This America’s Best Prosecutor?” In it, Watkins discusses how, under “legendary law-and-order Dallas prosecutor Henry Wade” (Reason senior editor Radley Balko’s description, not Watkins’), it was “a badge of…
Imam Safdar Razi Ali Carl Rusnock, the local spokesman for U.S immigration and Customs Enforcement, just sent Unfair Park a brief statement concerning the arrest and detention of Safdar Razi Ali, which says, in its entirety, that he “was arrested April 2 at his residence on immigration charges by agents…
The city’s plans to go ahead with that convention center hotel came closer to fruition today as Mitchell Rasansky, a major critic of the project, was told by city attorneys this morning that he can no longer vote on or discuss anything related to the proposed hotel because of a…
A D.C.-based nonprofit called Project on Fair Representation today filed a 35-page federal lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin. The suit claims that the school’s admissions policies kept out a white 18-year-old high-schooler named Abigail Noel Fisher, who, says the very detailed legal docs, is sorta near the…
At the end of ’06 we mentioned that Art Conspiracy II, held at the Longhorn Ballroom, raised about $12,000 for La Reunion — which was then but “a planned artist residency in Oak Cliff.” It remains more concept than reality at this date, but today former Dallas Morning News architectural…
A few days ago, I spoke with 103.3 FM ESPN Radio’s program director to gauge the station’s interest in hiring … what’s his name? … Greg Williams. And, sure enough, says Tom Lee: “Greg’s on our radar for sure. He’s been so successful in this market for so long ……
It’s been about three weeks since Dallas’ Cyberathlete Professional League went under, but the circumstances are no less murky. Started in 1997, the league sought to establish computer and online gaming as professional sports by hosting international competitions. Skilled and amateur gamers filled conference halls around the world, duking it…
View Larger Map Plenty of interesting items on the city council’s Economic Development Committee’s agenda today — including Merten’s fave, the convention center hotel. But a smaller item on the agenda deals with how the city wants to repurpose the old Hampton/Illinois Library, which the city walked away from in…
I just spoke with Carl Rusnock, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Dallas spokesman, about why the U.S. government is trying to deport Imam Safdar Razi, as mentioned below. And, at the moment, Rusnock has no further information. He says he was asked “to investigate this case over the weekend,” but says…
Imam Safdar Razi Yesterday, the Austin American-Statesman reported that Plano’s Safdar Razi — “a former Austin imam whose interfaith work made him one of the most recognized Muslim leaders in Central Texas” — is being detained at a Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Dallas. In fact, he’s been here…
June Jones The Honolulu Star-Bulletin hired college ball writer Mark Wangrin to spend a few days with SMU football head coach June Jones — to see how, ya know, he was digging life on the mainland. Turned into a two-part piece that started yesterday and ends today. Probably the most…
Right click for a better look at AFI Dallas’ winners, who are, from left: Rebecca Harrell and Josh Tickell (Fields of Fuel), Diane Magary (The Second Line), Rupinder Nagra and Richie Mehta (Amal), Tom Baker (Cook County), Scott Grunpeter (Tracing Cowboys) and Yen Tan (Ciao. After the jump, AFI Dallas…
Leon Batie left Dallas to fight in Afghanistan. When he came back, he had to fight for his reputation. Leon Batie was, for a while, among the sole successes heralded by the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund: With a low-interest $50,000 loan, Batie opened in 2002 a Subway franchise in…
Dallas Morning News publisher and CEO Jim “Tre” Moroney delivered the keynote address today at the ninth annual International Symposium on Online Journalism on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Alas, we couldn’t make it, but someone caught a little of speech on video and posted it to the…
Bishop T.D. Jakes Dallas’ Bishop T.D. Jakes has launched his own blog, and he steps right into the fray with a lengthy post about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright controversy. True to form, Jakes avoids political hard lines and instead gives insights designed to provoke the consciences of blacks as well…
The AFI Dallas International Film Fest isn’t even wrapped — speaking of, just came back from a Robert De Niro luncheon and watched him jaw for a lil’ bit with Mayor Tom, odd — but the programming lineup and schedule for the USA Film Festival just dropped in our in-box…
