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Construction on underground tunnel project continues, will eventually help flooding in Dallas neighborhoods The five-mile underground tunnel is expected to provide “100-year flood protection” for nearly 2,200 commercial and residential properties, according to the City. Author: Ariel Plasencia Updated: 4:47 PM CDT May 25, 2021 DALLAS — With all the recent rain and extremely wet forecast, we’ve been seeing, we wanted to get an update on the Mill Creek Drai...

Denison salutes Top 10, Class of 2021 DISD In spite of challenges caused by the nation’s worst pandemic in history, Denison High School’s Class of 2021 graduating seniors are looking forward with great excitement to Saturday May 22nd at 8:30 p.m. when they’ll make the time-honored trip across Munson’s historic graduation stage to proudly accept their diplomas. Because the ceremonies will be outdoors, masks will not be required, but social distance guidelines will be enforced. Only gradu...

Tucked away in the east end of the State Thomas neighborhood is a new Asian street food restaurant. Owned by Michael Kim of One Esca Concepts, Anju offers a variety of Asian dishes and small bites served tapas-style. Kim also owns Blackfriar Pub, and while he takes pride in all of his businesses, he admitted that he was bored with many of the bars in Uptown serving the same types of food. “I know a lot of people, when they think of Japanese food, they think sushi,” Kim says. "But there are ...

What $900,000 Buys You in Dallas A look at just how far your money will take you. By D Home Published in D Home March-April 2021 Images Courtesy of Companies 3 bd | 2 ba | 2,645 square feet Enjoy three living areas and a sun room in this light, bright cottage in the Greenway Crest area of Bluffview. Plantation shutters, a new roof, and a flagstone patio enhance the home’s appeal. Shirley Cohn for Allie Beth Allman & Associates $899,000 5450 McCommas Blvd., M Streets 4 bd | 4 ba | 3,431 squa...

The date on which this piece is intended for first posting on this website, March 4th, is the date on which- for 140 years, from George Washingtons Second Inauguration in 1793 through Franklin Delano Roosevelts First in 1933- Presidents of the United States, every four years until the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution first took effect (36 times in all)- took the Oath of Office prescribed in Article II, Section 1, clause 8 of Our Nations fundamental legal document. The use of th...

The Freedmens Towns That Built DFW Black History Free Black Americans living in North Texas after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation relied on a series of communities known as Freedmens towns to congregate, shop, sell goods and services, and build businesses. They were crucial not just to the culture but to the very survival of Blacks in the antebellum period. Time has paved over these towns, literally and figuratively, as highways, developments ...

State Thomas, now part of pricey Uptown, was once ‘the heart and soul of Black Dallas’ During Black History Month, we are featuring the neighborhoods that have helped shape African American life in the city. Historic homes in the State Thomas Historic District at State Street and Routh Street in Dallas.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) Touted by real estate agents as an upscale neighborhood offering old-world charm, it’s difficult to imagine that the State Thomas Historic District, lying...

Today is Presidents Day, a holiday established in the late nineteenth century to celebrate the greatest of America’s founders, George Washington. By the end of his life Washington himself was hardly in a celebratory mood when he reflected on the state of the country. Describing Washington as the greatest of America’s founders will likely raise some hackles—or at least some eyebrows—among historians and history buffs who are partial to other figures of the age, but that is exactly how th...