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Letters to the Editor More from Homepage Opinion Letters to the Editor - Highland Park ISD, voter fraud, AT&T’s Discovery District, infrastructure, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Readers talk about misspellings in school board campaign literature, say an editorial soft-shoes Republicans, dislike the new AT&T plaza, defend infrastructure spending and ask Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to make it easier to vote. Kellie Macatee and Doug Woodward campaign signs photographed outside of the Highland Park ISD administration building on April 21, 2021, in Dallas.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) Can school board c...

Nasher Prize laureate Michael Rakowitz finally gets his due after pandemic delay The artist’s work often deals with displaced populations and cultures. Michael Rakowitz, winner of the 2020 Nasher Prize, is finally getting to take part in some of the in-person events associated with the honor. He plans to use the $100,000 in prize money to continue his work centering on Iraq.(Nasher Sculpture Center) When artist Michael Rakowitz won the Nasher Prize in late 2019, the world was a vastly different place. Typically, the announcement of the prestigious prize — which has been handed out annuall...

Ellen’s is booming, with restaurants opening in Frisco, Fort Worth, East Dallas and in the former Crossroads Diner The company is also working on new restaurants or bars in Keller, Dallas and Frisco. As many as six Ellen's Restaurants may be open by the end of 2021, says partner Joe Groves.(Ron Baselice/The Dallas Morning News) Comfort-food restaurant Ellen’s is undergoing a significant expansion in 2021. What started as a tiny eatery in the West End in 2012 has blossomed into a larger West End restaurant, a new place in Allen and four more coming-soon Ellen’s Restaurants in Dallas-Fort...

Landmark West Dallas property hits the market Atlas Metal Works factory is one of the largest development sites in neighborhood. A redevelopment proposal for the property would reuse some of the old factory buildings.(Davidson Bogel Real Estate ) A landmark West Dallas property that is also one of the area’s largest development sites is up for grabs. The Atlas Metal Works factory, at 818 Singleton Blvd., dates to the 1920s and includes almost six acres at the corner of Singleton and Sylvan Avenue. The industrial complex, with its art deco-style office building in front, has been prized by p...

Glass Houses: Designer of IDS Center was Nazi sympathizer The architect of the IDS Center, Philip Johnson, was a Nazi sympathizer, reports show. (FOX 9) - Nearly 50 years ago, the IDS Center became the star of the Minneapolis skyline. At 57-stories it remains the city’s tallest building.      Glass houses: Designer of IDS Center was Nazi sympathizer Philip Johnson, the architect who designed the IDS Center in Minneapolis, had Nazi sympathies and fascist leanings. Johnson was already one of the most famous architects in America for his ‘Glass Houses,’ but the IDS Center placed him in...