D Magazine January 1999

YOU SEE, “BAD FEATURES” AND “PHYSICAL FLAWS,” IN AND OF THEMSELVES, ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT WHEN THEIR MERE EXISTENCE MAKES US FEEL TIMID, SELF-CONSCIOUS OR UNSURE OF OURSELVES, THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IS GREATLY MAGNIFIED.

A national opera critic believes The Dallas Opera is poised for international acclaim. Here’s why.

Mayor R. L. Thornton said, “Keep the dirt flyin’,” and Dallas is once again heeding his advice. Tom Hicks and Ross Jr. certainly are-this was the year of the big deal in Big D. Here’s the real dirt: best and worst

Legacy Town Center planners say they want to build a new kind of town amidst the suburbs of Plano. Will it work?

Tracing the Family Tree” of Dallas’ Significant Houses

The Dallas Opera takes center stage in the push for a performing arts center.

An arts district can bring more than culture to a city-it can bring big money.

Why Dallas doesn’t have it, and why we shouldn’t care

The New Urbanism is moving forward by looking back.

For the eager home buyer, finding that “perfect house” is like looking for love. Sometimes the search ends in heartache.

All signs point to the Dallas Stars winning the Stanley Cup.

The Corporate Community

A passionate apostle of the New Urbanism describes his vision.

Nancy Reagan and Liz Taylor gave the The Greenhouse cachet. Now the venerable spa is counting on Cindy Crawford-and a national expansion-to attract a new breed of clientele.

The Dallas Opera wants to move uptown-quietly.

A walk through Legacy Town Center.

Three places where New Urbanism is working

The past is the prologue.

Today’s opera must be as pleasing to the eye as it is to the ear.

If not for a group of visionaries, opera might never have found a home in Dallas.