In honor of Erykah Badu’s album release, I thought I would repost something I had on the site a few months back. It’s a list of my five favorite Badu songs to date. In stores today is Ms. Badu’s latest, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War). It’s her first...
I’m glad to see more and more people weighing in on the idea of a convention center hotel. The latest are Harlan Crow (his family owns the Hilton Anatole) and Unfair Park. Unfair Park gives some of the highlights of Mr. Crow’s latest letter to Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert on...
The thing that you need to know about where we are in the Convention Center Hotel process: it ain’t over. The city has spent about $500,000 to “tie up” an 8.34-acre tract of land on Young Street between Market and Lamar that is a privately owned parking lot. This was...
I know there have been important developments in the Dallas Convention Center Hotel situation and I plan to comment soon. Check back on Friday (PM) and I should have my thoughts together by then. SW
Last week Kirby Warnock continued to make the case for improved services in Southern Dallas via a thoughtful Dallas Morning News. Here are some highlights from Mr. Warnock's column: What has become painfully obvious to me is that there are two Dallases, and I'm not talking about the racial divide....
This is a column that I wrote which appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Thursday. Dallas South readers saw most of this last week. There are however a couple of points that I didn't make in last week's post. Plans for a Dallas Convention Center hotel are moving forward,...
On Thursday January 31, State Senator Royce West will host the Grand Opening of his 2nd District Office. The Deep Ellum office is located at 2612 Main Street in Dallas. The public is invited to come out an meet Sen. West and his staff, share in food and fun, as...
I finally have an accurate tenant list for Wheatland Town Crossing that's going up just north of I-20 in Southern Dallas. Here are the current tenants scheduled to open in the shopping center. In addition to these businesses, there...
Plans for a Dallas Convention Center hotel are moving forward, and mayor Tom Leppert would like to see it built before the Super Bowl comes to town in 2011. While the city looks into financing the project, the discussion will soon move to where the hotel should be located. For...
Due to the fact that Dallas Cowboys news will dominate everything else on Monday, I'm going to hold off on my convention center hotel post until Tuesday.
