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Saving history, protecting the future Mar 5, 2021 | 2 Caven/PegasusAblon development will help the gayborhood thrive Frank Caven opened his first gay bar in 1970, forever changing the Dallas landscape — and the Texas LGBTQ+ community — at a time when homosexuality was widely considered an abomination and the gay community even communing was illegal in Dallas. Frank Caven was a pioneer for equality and inclusion, and many businesses would eventually follow his lead including Round-Up Saloon, which opened in 1980, and in 1984 Hunky’s Hamburgers. After many years — and many hard fought ...

Lords of an Underground Empire The Old Plantation is the hottest bar in town. But only after surviving arson, harassment, and sabotage. By David Bauer Published in D Magazine June 1979 Photography Courtesy of Ed Oakley J anuary, 1976: The two men stood in the dim light and surveyed their new domain. The place was looking good. It was late Saturday night and construction was right on schedule. The bars were nearly complete, all the equipment installed; the big dance floor was laid in the disco. Tomorrow they would put down the carpet and begin fine-tuning the place for their grand opening, jus...