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Preserving the Mexican Barrio in Dallas’ Oak Cliff Neighborhood

October 1, 2021 | By Roberto José Andrade Franco

Born and raised in Dallas, Ruben A. Arellano moved to the city’s Oak Cliff neighborhood when he was around 13 years old.

On the 30th Anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Death, a Dallas Memorial Nears Completion

August 27, 2020 | By Joe Nick Patoski

Thirty years doesn’t seem that long ago when Stevie Ray Vaughan comes to mind. The memories are too fresh: driving to work and muttering to myself about not getting a callback from Hanna Bolte, the publicist who was supposed to be setting up a phone interview with Stevie and his brother, Jimmie, in anticipation of their collaborative album Family Style; then walking into the office and hearing the terrible news.

The Wild Detectives Bookstore in Dallas Takes Readers on a Journey for the Pages

May 19, 2020 | By S. Kirk Walsh

The Wild Detectives bookstore in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas has reinvented itself as a literary travel agency during COVID-19 for readers who want to take a journey for the pages.

Texas Highways Top 5 Most-Read Stories of 2017

December 27, 2017 | By

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at the 5 most-read stories of the year.

The Brooklyn of Texas

January 12, 2017 | By MIchael Corcoran

It’s not a suburb, but a borough. Not an extension, but a separate township, at least spiritually.

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