Fair Park
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Arts & Entertainment
Slideshow: The Shapes Of Fair Park
As the grounds emptied of fairgoers, photographer Creagh Cross studied the lonely splendor of eight historic places.
Guides
A Voter’s Guide to the Bond Package
From streets to Fair Park to economic development incentives, here is everything you need to know ahead of the Nov. 7 vote.
Business
Dallas Entrepreneur Center Targets South Dallas for Expansion
The incubator will open four locations across the southern region with help from its new partners.
Fair Park
Rumor: New City Attorney Is Killing Walt Humann’s Fair Park Carte Blanche
Apparently Philip Kingston was right.
Dallas History
Ghosts of Dallas: Scenes From the Centennial Exposition, 1936
Look 80 years back at Fair Park's past.
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Dallas History
Ghosts of Dallas: Music Hall at Fair Park, 1935
How the iconic entertainment venue has changed over 80 years.
Arts & Entertainment
Poll: What Should We Do With Fair Park?
Turn it over to a private foundation or let the city continue to run it?
Local News
Let’s Not Screw Up Fair Park
Over at the DMN, there's an op-ed (or whatever you'd call it online) that is worth your time. A woman named Tammy Johnston, chair of the South Boulevard-Park Row Historic Neighborhood Association, explains why she doesn't like the looks of the latest effort to re-imagine Fair Park. Johnston says:
Dallas is in the process of making a decision about Fair Park that may be our last, best chance to get it right. … So, it is disappointing to see Dallas is one again poised to make a great blunder with Fair Park. The proposal presented by the Fair Park Texas Foundation to the city's Park and Recreation board on April 7 makes the "Future of Fair Park" look a lot like its past -- another regrettable waste of potential and taxpayer dollars -- where taxpayers foot the bill but don't share in the park's economic potential.Spend a few minutes to read the rest.