History
Looking back at Dallas history and the people and places that made Dallas what it is today.
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From the Archives: Finding the Wild Things of Deep Ellum
Punks once ruled Deep Ellum. We wanted to know what happened to the ones on our March 1987 cover.
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Dallas History
From the Archives: Finding the Wild Things of Deep Ellum
Punks once ruled Deep Ellum. We wanted to know what happened to the ones on our March 1987 cover.
Dallas History
A Cache of Abandoned Photos Opens a Window to Texas History
An office renovation in Corsicana recently uncovered an unintended time capsule.
Dallas History
The Stoneleigh Is Turning 100, Just With a Different Name
Dallas’ second-oldest hotel still likes to party. And its upcoming celebration will be the party of the century.
By Reagan Mathews
Urbanism
Why Dallas Should Not Fear Its Past
This essay, from 1982, explores Dallas’ unemotional march into the future. Even then, it was apparent the city had little interest in preserving the buildings of its past.
By Bill Porterfield
Business
Elsie Faye Heggins: A Dallas Council Pioneer
She was the first Black city councilperson elected in Dallas without the support of the White power brokers.
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Commercial Real Estate
Ben Carpenter Helped Bring Las Colinas to Life
As DFW grew, Carpenter ensured that development preserved the legacy of open spaces where his family's ranch once stood.
By Will Maddox
Books
A Polio Survivor Takes on International Travel and Neiman Marcus in 1970s Dallas
In 1970, after her parents sold their brake-repair business in Dallas,15-year-old Jane Saginaw went with her family on a monthslong trip to see the world. The journey was made more complicated by her wheelchair-bound mother, a polio survivor.
By D Partner Studio
Dallas History
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.
By James Dolan
Home & Garden
The House With the Roses
Everyone knew the white Preston Hollow two-story with the crossbuck fence and riot of roses. When it changed hands, I found the girl who grew up in it and learned how much history I’d driven past every week of my life.
By Claire Collins
Business
How Leo F. Corrigan Helped Shape the Dallas Skyline
The commercial real estate pioneer built a diversified portfolio to become one of the country’s largest landlords, with holdings valued at $7.6 billion in today’s dollars.
By Christine Perez and This SMU Exhibit Is Celebrating the Woman Who Shaped Neiman Marcus Sara Rushing