Where was it safe for black people to stay in East Dallas during Jim Crow?
During the Jim Crow era in the United States, African Americans had to be careful about where they went to eat, shopped or even…
History
Lakewood’s Stanley Marcus to feature in documentary for international film fest
Former Lakewood resident Stanley Marcus, the fashion magnate and half of Neiman Marcus, will be featured in an upcoming documentary short that is set…
A school building was named for this East Dallas war hero with an unbelievable story
This summer, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees voted to name the former Dallas County Schools building located at 5151 Samuel after World War…
From the farmhouse to the country club: Parks Estates history
Unless you know where to look, you will probably cruise right by Parks Estates, but it is one of East Dallas’ oldest and most…
Destroyed: Coronado house with colorful history
A few months ago, we dug into some Dallas history about a house at 7411 Coronado and the man who lived there, but the…
Honor Vickie Thompson at Lakewood’s time traveling Fourth of July Parade
Neighbors can celebrate Lakewood’s Fourth of July parade by traveling to another era this year, as the theme is “Lakewood’s Time Machine.” Lakewood Fourth…
Let’s make it official: new signs for Mockingbird Elementary
After months of meetings, discussions and a bit of controversy, Stonewall Jackson Elementary has begun the physical transformation into Mockingbird Elementary. New signs went…
When will Steve Miller play a concert at Woodrow?
This month, Texas Monthly covered Woodrow Wilson High School graduate Steve Miller’s mentorship of St. Mark’s grad Max Marshall. In 2007, Miller played at the…
Former Casa Linda neighbor and WWII nurse celebrates 100
Marguerite Abston blew out the candles on her 100th birthday cake this week at her home near Austin, Texas. The Austin American Statesman reports…
Past and present: Model T lake trip
In Lakewood’s early days, neighbors could look at the intersection of Lakewood and Tokalon and see open land. In 1926, this picture was taken…
When White Rock Lake neighbors were cool with Nazis but not gonorrhea
When the City of Dallas dammed up White Rock Creek to create a reservoir for drinking water east of the city in 1911, neighbors…
Reader’s Digest names White Rock Lake one of world’s most haunted bodies of water
Joining bodies of water like Devil’s Pool in Australia and Blackwater River in Florida, Reader’s Digest named our neighborhood’s lake to its list of…
