What’s in a Dilbeck? Lakewood tour homes highlight famous architect
Story by Keri Mitchell Photography by Jenifer McNeil Baker The "Lakewood Three" sit side by side on the 6700 block of Lakewood Boulevard, all...
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Eighty years later, ‘redlining’ still impacts East Dallas schools and home values
East Dallas is a patchwork of the haves and the have-nots. Some are comfortable with public schools, and others drive great distances for private...
Need 90,000 pumpkins? We know a guy.
Four 18-wheelers turn off Garland Road and enter the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden at sunrise. A fleet of forklifts and horticulturists feverishly offload…
“I got a lot of mileage out of him being in Toto when I was a teenager.”
As a teenage daughter of the saxophonist for the ‘80s rock band Toto, neighbor Joslyn Taylor dreamed of a 9-to-5 job, and wanted to…
East Dallas lawyer who’s keeping kids out of jail
The 14-year-old boy sat in the Kansas City holding cell. Its dank and sterile walls providing nothing to distract the young man from assuming…
Your next Saturday morning doughnut stop
The name Top Pot came from an accident involving a vintage neon sign that hung above a Seattle-area Chinese Restaurant. Brothers Mark and Michael…
How Woodrow teachers create a piece for peace
Woodrow Wilson High School art teachers Miranda Korschun and Jessica Martinez have a vision for a peaceful garden. They are transforming an underused, dumping ground of…
Click back in time
In the 1940s, downtown Lakewood was bursting with activity. Lakewood Theater entertained us, Doc Harrell’s drugstore served as the neighborhood’s home base, and the…
George Mason: 20 years of public theology in 20 quotes
Wilshire Baptist Church senior pastor George Mason writes monthly missives meant to provoke. He was a father of three teenagers when the Advocate worship…
If we vote Nov. 6, maybe we can beat Oklahoma — again
I’m putting out a challenge to all of us: Let’s beat Oklahoma — again. We’ve already done it once this year. As a Longhorn…
College is expensive: The Freshman $15 million
Off to college $48.5 million The amount we spend on a college education in a year. $30 million The cost of college tuition alone….
5 things to do in East Dallas this November
Nov. 9 Love the Lake Join For the Love of the Lake every second Saturday at 8 a.m. for the shoreline spruce-up at White…
