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Old Parkland’s Colorful History

Before it became a posh office park, it was a halfway house.
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Psychotherapy Dates with Inmates at Old Parkland

Old Parkland today comprises some of the poshest office space in the country. But in the early ’80s, it was a halfway house where counselor James Dolan learned the limits of his formal training.
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Michelle Mackey Painted the Barrow Family Gas Station

The artist explores the past through physical spaces.
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Capturing The History Held in the Walls of the Old Barrow Family Gas Station

Clyde Barrow’s family once owned a gas station in West Dallas. Before it was recently bulldozed, the Dallas artist Michelle Mackey spent years studying and painting it.
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Tales from the Dallas History Archives: When Royalty Came to North Texas

British royalty has long been enamored with Texans, from Ross Perot to Stanley Marcus. Now a month since Queen Elizabeth II’s death, a Dallas Public Library archivist chronicles all the times North Texas has hosted the monarchy.
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Longhorn Headed Toward National Historic Designation

A state review board has approved its nomination.
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Sermon on the Hilltop: First Baptist Confronted By the Sins of Its Past

In a discussion about The Accommodation, the reverend Dr. Michael Waters explored Dallas' racial and economic history while Dr. Robert Jeffress addressed his predecessor's long support of segregation.
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The Store for All Sorts: Half Price Books Turns 50

Half Price Books is celebrating a half-century. The business may have been built on quirky characters and unwanted remainders. But don’t discount them.
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The Fate of the Morney-Berry Farm Is Now Tied to the Texas Bullet Train

The Morney-Berry Farm has been in the same family since 1876. Descendants of the original owner have spent their lives protecting it. And now, a Texas Supreme Court ruling puts its future in jeopardy.
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I Got Lost, Then I Found Loryland

Lory Masters has been at the center of plenty of North Texas history. I profiled her for the July issue of D and the story is online now.
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