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D Magazine’s 50 Greatest Stories: The Tragic End of Architect George Dahl’s Life
Architect George Dahl helped build Dallas. But his final years were marked by turmoil and a legal fight with his family.
By Matt Goodman
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Revisiting the Archives: Real Men of Style Have Always Turned to D Magazine
Just take a look back at our March 1977 issue on "The Beautification of the Dallas Male."
Dallas History
John ‘Lucky’ Luckadoo Is a Master of the Air
Masters of the Air on Apple TV+ tells the story of the 100th Bomb Group during World War II. John "Lucky" Luckadoo, one of the group's last living members, tells his own story from his longtime home in North Dallas.
By Mark Dent
Dallas History
For One Night Only, the Kessler Theater Turns Into the Starck Club
The infamous night club in the West End opened its doors 40 years ago. The Kessler Theater is bringing it back to life, briefly.
By Danny Gallagher
Dallas History
D Magazine’s 50 Greatest Stories: The Hockaday School’s Long History in Dallas
Hockaday is 110 years old, and a lot more than its endowment has changed in those years.
By Matt Goodman
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One Man’s Quest to Uncover the History—and Mystery—of Dallas’ Ju-Nels
A new website is the authoritative source on all things Ju-Nel, the unsung local masterminds of residential mid-century design.
By Jessica Otte
Dallas History
D Magazine’s 50 Greatest Stories: Heartbroken at the Stoneleigh
"Heartbreak Hotel" captures a very different bar at the Stoneleigh Hotel and a very different Dallas in 1977.
By Matt Goodman
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D Magazine’s 50 Greatest Stories: How the Starck Club Fell
It's easy to find stories that wax nostalgic about the legendary Starck Club. It's more difficult to find a chronicling of its finale.
By Matt Goodman
Dallas History
D Magazine’s 50 Greatest Stories: The Murders That Changed Fort Worth
The tragedy of how Cullen and Priscilla Davis put Fort Worth on the map.
By Matt Goodman
Dallas History
At the Reborn Longhorn Ballroom, Bob Wills Is Still the King
For one night, at least. The venue that began with the king of Western swing's name on the marquee is welcoming back his Texas Playboys, for the first time in decades.
By Bill Sanderson