2017 July Lakewood

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By RICK WAMRE

Death by 1,000 bites

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Ifirst learned about killer foods on the Fourth of July in our backyard as I sweated over a sun-soaked grill cooking hot dogs and hamburgers for hungry party guests.

“You know that charring on the hot dogs causes cancer, right?” asked a helpful attendee, smiling as he twisted his verbal knife.

“No, I didn’t know that,” I said, parsing my words as carefully as James Comey, just in case some of the guests were recording my response for their class-action lawsuit.

He yammered on, explaining in detail about how a chemical reaction during the grilling process somehow turned a normal hot dog into a deadly tube of poison. Or something like that.

I have to be honest here: My consumption of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers diminished decisively as I pondered whether any hot dog (even an all-beef one hand-fed in its formative years by Nolan Ryan) was worth expediting my personal expiration date.

Eventually, I concluded that if eating an occasional charred hot dog was going to shorten my life by 15 minutes, I would accept that penalty.

And over time, that decision has led me to pull out my calculator any time I consider consuming one of the many foods on the “death” list.

Diet soda, for example: A new study determined it accelerates dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. I learned this only after consuming literal tanker-trucks full of Diet Dr Pepper over the years, so what to do? Was I so far gone already that continuing to slurp diet drinks was inconsequential to my future? Or like quitting smoking, would my body attempt to heal itself if I gave it better hydration?

One or two diet sodas a week, I fig-

Burgers: I don’t eat that many, anymore, and if the meat stays away from the grill, maybe each patty only knocks 10 minutes from my life. Adding cheese, though — that’s another 10-minute subtraction, since my doctor says I’m one of those people who absorbs cholesterol from the atmosphere.

Same with cheesecake and key-lime pie — who knew each slice bursting with cholesterol and calories is probably costing me 30 minutes of life?

I started eating quinoa before I knew how to pronounce it because I heard it was good for us; I’m hoping every helping adds 10 minutes to my life.

I mentally weigh the pluses and minuses of substituting tater tots for french fries (minus 15 minutes) at every opportunity, and I’ve concluded that skinny fries are less deadly than the fat ones (skinny fries have less surface area to absorb grease) but that tater tots are probably 10 minutes more deadly still because their tasty protective batter seems even more absorbent.

Add in some milk (five minutes of fat), orange juice (10 minutes of brain shrinkage), red meat (20-30 minutes less life, depending on the cut), as well as the occasional salad (20 minutes to the good), fruit (I can’t decide if the sugar negatively outweighs the antioxidants) and the occasional alcoholic beverage (five minutes of good blood-thinning versus 10 minutes of worthless calories).

Time for a tally, I guess: One hotdog (-10), two beers (-10), a double-order of tater tots (-50 minutes) and some cheesecake (-30), and a meal I can consume in about 20 minutes may be shortening my life by 100 minutes.

Multiply that by 52, assuming I only step out of line once a week, and it turns out I’m only hastening my demise by about four days a year.

By my calculations, I can live with that.

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If the constant computation of our culinary choices doesn’t kill us first

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JULY 1-21

‘MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR’

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JULY 1-9

‘MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS’

Take the family to see a Cinderella story set in Zimbabwe based on a Caldecott Honor Award Book. Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, 214.978.0110, dct.org, $23-$30

JULY 1-22

‘QUIXOTE’

Adapted from the classic Spanish novel and set in present day West Texas, this work celebrates Texas’ cultural history.

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FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS

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JULY 20

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KATHERINE SEALE:

Preserving Dallas landmarks like a boss

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Neighbors sounded the alarm when interior demolition began on the historic Lakewood Theater a few years ago. Emergency response came in the form of Katherine Seale, the 41-yearold Landmark Commission chair who is changing the way Dallas views its own history relevant to new development.

In what was an unusual move at the time, Seale put in a formal request to initiate the two-year landmark process, halting demolition on the circa 1937 building.

Seale, the former executive director of Preservation Dallas, has made bold moves for preservation since Mayor Mike Rawlings appointed her to the Landmark Commission in 2012.

But she is no taxidermist when it comes to saving community landmarks. She cherishes history, but she believes there has to be some value to the public in saving old buildings from demolition.

This belief is exemplified in her decisions to begin the landmark process for buildings even when the owners were reluctant or flat-out opposed.

Historically, the commission rarely sought to landmark structures over owners’ objections. Seale says she was simply “tapping the breaks” on the Lakewood Theater until neighbors and the owners could meet to make their respective cases.

That tactic worked. Within a few days, the new owners agreed to seek landmark designation for the theater’s façade and its iconic tower, and also save the interior lobby’s art murals by the late Perry Nichols, one of the famed “Dallas Nine” artists whose regional work made a national impact in the ’30s and ’40s.

“This is something you ought to be very proud of as a city,” Seale told City Council members at the fall 2016 meeting when the theater became an official landmark.

Since then, the commission has employed the same tactic with success.

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Katherine Seale sits in the entryway of the Meadows Building, one of several historic structures her leadership on the Landmark Commission has helped preserve.

In one instance, the prospect of initiating landmark status led to a deal to move and save a 137-year-old Victorian house along Interstate 30. It also persuaded the new owners of the circa 1955 Meadows Building on Greenville Avenue.

Now the commission is hoping it will work with two properties in West Dallas: A late 1800s Victorian farmhouse and an early 1900s schoolhouse where Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, attended.

Dallas Morning News columnist Robert Wilonsky, who calls Seale his “hero,” points out that this didn’t happen very often before she came onto the scene and “grabbed the city by its wrecking balls.”

Perhaps her greatest accomplishment so far is a new city ordinance that puts much of downtown and northern Oak Cliff in a protected zone that requires a 45-day waiting period before a developer may obtain a demolition permit. The initiative sprung out of a grim Sunday in 2014 for the preservation community, when a wrecking ball razed several histor-

ic downtown buildings with no warning.

Before the ordinance, if a building was historic but not protected, the city offered same-day turnaround for demolition permits — the same reality that spurred Seale to action on behalf of the Lakewood

Theater when she saw theater chairs being carted out to the dumpsters. When it comes to Dallas’ historic resources, the preservation community needs time to work with owners to see whether a deal can be brokered, Seale says.

A VERY EAST DALLAS INDEPENDENCE DAY

By EMILY CHARRIER

There’s nothing quite as sweet as a hometown holiday. Though we live in the big city, our tightknit neighborhoods and their tree-lined roadways gives Fourth of July that smalltown feel that brims over with nostalgia.

It is the compelling drive for those who put together these homespun celebrations. They want to give their children, and the community, that all-American experience that good memories are made of.

The Lakewood Fourth of July celebration is a tradition 53 years in the

making. It began with a couple of the Neikirk family’s kids riding their bikes down Lakewood Boulevard. Since then, the only thing that’s changed is the size, as today hundreds come out to enjoy the parade of patriotic pride.

The day begins at 8 a.m. with a 1.2 mile fun-run, which has a $10 entry fee and prizes for the top three finishers, along with participant T-shirts for all who run. The parade steps off at 10 a.m. from the corner of Lakewood Boulevard and Cambria, and wraps up at the tennis courts on Tokalon with refreshments and more mer-

riment. To join the parade, simply show up by 9:15 a.m. the morning of, decked out in your best red, white and blue. Get more details at lakewoodparade.com.

While it’s a little younger, the Little Forest Hills Fourth of July offers a slightly funkier option on the east

side of the lake. Now in its 15th year, the parade’s always patriotic theme will be “Happy birthday, America.” The neighborhood gathers early, with the parade stepping off at 9 a.m. from the Promise of Peace Garden, 1435 San Saba, and continuing straight down

to Casa Linda Park. To join the fun, simply show up early and be ready to march or ride, or just watch from the sidelines as a spectator. The day ends with a barbecue in the park complete with apple pie.

“We will also have music and enter-

tainment provided by The Dallas Tap Dazzlers,” adds organizer Sarah Aston.

More information can be found at lfh4thofjulyparade.webstarts.com.

No matter where you watch the parade, it wouldn’t be Fourth of July without fireworks. The big show is at Fair Park, which opens the Midway for a free day at the carnival before the pyrotechnics display at 9:45 p.m. But if you want to keep it closer to home, just find a spot around the Lakewood Country Club. The local institution puts on a dazzling 9 p.m. show that can be seen for blocks.

matter where you watch the parade, it wouldn’t be Fourth of July without fireworks.

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There probably would have been little fanfare if Nathaniel Barrett had knocked down the small set of shops in the 500 block of Fitzhugh. It wasn’t an architecturally significant Swiss Avenue mansion, or a neighborhood icon like the Lakewood Theater. Years of deferred maintanence followed by a lot of graffiti meant it was not much to look at. Many developers would argue it made more sense to tear down the 1920s structure to maximize the deep lot, which includes a spacious back yard that currently is unused.

But Barrett isn’t in the business of ripping down buildings.

“East Dallas has so many buildings that are restorable, why would you tear them down?” he ponders.

A CPA by trade, he launched his own company, Barrett Urban Designs, with a vision of rehabilitating some of these under-utilized commercial spaces, and

restoring them to their glory days. The project on Fitzhugh is his first, an education in what it takes to save these structures before they crumble away.

“These buildings have been for sale for a long time, and when I bought them, I found out why,” he says of the extensive

work needed to make them sound and functional. “The only things I did not replace were the foundation, some of the floors and the original trusses.”

While he will certainly make money on his endeavor, as commercial real estate is almost always lucrative, it won’t be the

As much of the structure as possible is being kept and restored, including this vintage sign that stands at the 500 block of Fitzhugh. (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

ARTISTIC DISOBEDIENCE

Little Forest Hills took speeding into their own hands

By EMILY CHARRIER

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Eustis is a meandering residential street with no sidewalks and houses packed tightly by the roadway, but at certain times a day it feels more like Garland Road as drivers speedily cut through the neighborhood to avoid bottlenecks elsewhere.

“People use it as a cut-through to get around traffic,” says Patrick Blaydes, a Little Forest Hills neighbor. “A lot of people are just focused on where they are going and drive 40 or 45 through 30 m.p.h. neighborhoods — we’ve all done it.”

Blaydes wanted to do something about it. He has a background in urban planning and had studied the traffic calming

effects of street murals. Cities all over the country have adopted programs that allow neighbors to paint a mural in the middle of an intersection. When drivers approach, most can’t help but to slow down and take in the unexpected piece of beauty.

Blaydes reached out to neighbor Cary Okano, an art therapist with a background in public installations, including demonstrations at Burning Man. She reveled at the chance to create the foundation of a mural, to which the whole neighborhood would contribute.

“I love anything that brings people together to create,” Okano says.

They decided not to seek city approval, instead going for guerilla art, hoping no one would mind. “Best case scenario, the

city says nothing about it,” Blaydes says.

On a hot June day, during the neighborhood’s block party, Okano sketched out the shape of the Hindu god Genesh, seated against a purple tree under a twirling thicket of branches. More than 50 neighbors contributed their own creative touch to the design, adding heart-shaped leaves to the branches. It brought everyone together for a day of fun and working together, which is also an important part of the street mural process.

In other cities, neighbors get to know each other during an annual celebration to touch up the public art, which fades under a year of tire tracks and raindrops. It builds community, supporters say.

“Paint is much prettier than a speed bump,” Blaydes says.

BESSIE KEEPS IT BASIC

Bessie is a quintessential droopy-faced man’s best friend. The loveable basset hound was rescued by the Maddux family of Somerville Avenue seven years ago and quickly became a star in the family.

“She’s a quirky, silly, super friendly hound who loves to clown around,” says owner Donna Maddux. “Her favorite things are sunbathing, taking walks, saying hi to neighbors, getting doggy treats and belly rubs.”

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harlie McGuinness’ diner is an anomaly.

The Lower Greenville establishment has thrived for 28 years in a neighborhood where the lifespan of a restaurant is often only a year. The décor, cajun dishes and even the busboy haven’t changed in decades.

But fewer people recognize the longtime seafood joint today. Its sudden name change from Original Dodie’s to Charlie’s Creole Kitchen left many regulars worried that it succumbed to closure.

“We’re still here. We’re still operating,” general manager Laura Kroemer says.

The restaurant’s identity crisis is the product of a legal dispute. McGuinness helped his son, Chris, open a second

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FORGOTTEN RECIPE

Daddy Jack’s lobster fra diavlo

Longevity is not something you find too often in Lower Greenville restaurants, where “flash in the pan” is much more common. But Daddy Jack’s Lobster and Chowder House had it. Opened in 1993 by East Dallas restaurateurs Jack Chaplin, Cary Ray and Neil Connell, the business lasted a staggering 24 years before it quietly closed in May. The business was built on passion — Chaplin wanted to capture the fresh seafood flavors he loved from New England, which were more unusual to find in Texas at the time. The restaurant was no muss, with simple red-checkered tablecloths and a rich menu of seafood staples.

“I say we’re providing the neighborhood a service: love and lobster,” Ray told the Advocate in 2010.

When neighboring business The Crown and the Harp, owned by the same proprietors, announced its plans to close, it was clear Daddy Jack’s wouldn’t be too far behind. Their closures open up prime real estate at 1916 and 1914 Greenville, which as of press time had not yet been filled. But for those missing the fresh fishy taste of Daddy Jack’s, here is the restaurant’s original lobster fra diavlo, first published in the Advocate in June 1998.

LOBSTER FRA DIAVLO (serves

two)

1 cooked lobster (tail split, claws cracked)

8 clams

10 mussels

10 peeled shrimp

4 cups linguini

3 cups marinara sauce

4 tablespoons garlic butter

2 tablespoons red pepper flakes

3 ounces white wine

2 tablespoons chopped garlic

Place 1 tablespoon of garlic butter, chopped garlic and red pepper flakes in sauté pan.

Cook until garlic is slightly browned. Add all seafood and cook for two minutes. Add marinara sauce, white wine and remaining garlic butter.

Cook until clams and mussels open, and sauce is very hot.

Serve over linguini and garnish with chopped green onions or chopped parsley.

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t was 1842 when John Beeman first made camp near White Rock Lake, and modern recorded history of East Dallas began to take its shape. Since then, there have been thousands of notable moments, some of them forgotten in the record books, while others are commemorated on plaques dotting the neighborhood. To chart every single one would be all but impossible. Instead, this map highlights the important, odd-ball and just plain intriguing stories of our neighborhood going back to the days before East Dallas was incorporated into the city. It will keep growing as an interactive map on our website, to which we will continue to add the historical happenings that brought us where we are today. Find it at lakewood.advocatemag.com/historymap.

Historic Homes

SWISS AVENUE HISTORIC 1 DISTRICT

Fitzhugh to La Vista

Robert Munger had luxury in his eyes when he looked at Swiss Avenue. His deed restrictions ensured only the finest homes would make their way to these blocks, all of which were required to be two-stories with a 60-foot setback, made from stone or masonry and cost at least $10,000. It worked. By 1908 lots on Swiss Avenue sold for around $3,500, where parcels of a similar size on Junius fetched only $2,400. Numerous noted residents have lived in the neighborhood, including Carrie Marcus Neiman, founder of Neiman-Marcus; Mayor J. Woodall Rogers; model Mary Ellen Bentsen; and Dr. R.W. Baird, founder of Blue Cross & Blue Shield. The historic incidents that have happened on Swiss are too many to name, like when Harry Houdini performed in A.J. Langford’s basement at 5417 Swiss, or when “Dallas” the TV show shot in the dining room at 5020 Swiss. In 1974, the area was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

(Sources: The Dallas Morning News, D Magazine)

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HOME OF JEFFERSON PEAK

Worth and Peak

It was the 1850s when Jefferson Peak brought his family from Kentucky and built Dallas County’s first brick home. He went on to develop much of the neighborhood, which he would name for his children: Junius, Worth, Victor, Carroll, Flora and Juliette Fowler. (Source: Municipal Archivist John Slate)

CARUTH FARM

3 Belmont and Greenville

Walter Caruth was looking for the highest point in Dallas when he built his expansive Bosque Bonita (beautiful woods) in 1885, a Victorian style farmhouse where

he lived until his death in 1897. Caruth, along with his brother William, arrived in 1848 with $100 and a pony, according to lore, and opened a general store. They bought up expansive tracts of land all over the city, giving Walter Caruth his pick of locations for his personal residence, a country house with city views. When Miss Hockaday’s School for Girls made plans to build a two-story brick facility on the land in 1919, the house was painstakingly moved down the hill, with each section rolled on logs. At its new location, a swimming pool was added and the students used the creaky old residence for parties. When the school relocated to Preston Hollow in the early 1960s, the house was demolished to make room for the luxury apartment complex Hockaday Village. The Caruth farmhouse is not to be confused with the Caruth mansion that still stands today, just west of Central Expressway. (Sources: The Dallas Morning News, The Hockaday School)

McINTOSH HOUSE

4 1518 Abrams

Stained-glass art was a fast-growing field when Roger D. McIntosh was born in 1888. He spent almost his whole life in Dallas, and in 1922 at the age of 32, he purchased the property that would become his studio and home for the rest of his life. His work can be seen in the Adolphus Hotel, Munger Place Methodist Church and the Dallas Power-and-Light Building. But the highest concentration of his designs can be found in his understated house on Abrams. “He made extraordinary use of his first love, glass,

Caruth, along with his brother William, arrived in 1848 with $100 and a pony, according to lore, and opened a general store.

personally creating nearly every window, mirror, lamp, and light fixture in the place,” Texas Monthly wrote. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. (Source: National Parks Service)

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MOUNT VERNON

4009 W. Lawther Dr.

Designed by architect Charles D. Hill, the replica of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home was then and continues to be an iconic lakeside attraction. Oil tycoon H.L. Hunt moved his first of three wives into the property in 1938, where seven of his 15 children were raised. Neighborhood kids who grew up around the Hunt children remember it as the place to be on Halloween, because the family gave out full-sized candy bars.

(Source: The Dallas Morning News)

Find more tales from historic homes, including the story of the tragic death of Everette DeGolyer, at lakewood. advocatemag.com/historymap.

Developing East Dallas

WATER TANKS

6 Abrams and Goliad, Gaston and Haskell

Water has always been a big deal in East Dallas. Dallas wanted to annex its neighbor to the east in part because we had the “finest water system in North Texas,” The Dallas Morning News reported in 1966. It began with a standpipe above a well at Gaston and Haskell, which provided proper water pressure to the city’s first 8,000 residents in the 1880s. Cut forward to 1923, when the city built the towering Lakewood Heights standpipes, which stood 100-feet tall with a 60-foot diameter and a capacity of 2 million gallons each. Situated at Abrams and Goliad, they provided water for the neighborhood until 1955, when the city sold one of the water tanks to Tarrant County, which spent a painstaking 40 days taking apart and reassembling the massive structure. (Source: The Dallas Morning News)

EAST DALLAS CITY HALL

7 AND

SCHOOL

3202 Gaston

While families began making their homes in our neighborhood around the Civil War, it wasn’t until Sept. 9, 1882 that East Dallas officially incorporated, with Mayor George W. Crutcher at the helm. At the time, many argued the town should be called Gaston for neighborhood settler W.H. Gaston, but the new 1,429-acre city already was well known by the moniker we still use today. Crutcher’s first act was the build a school, which cost $15,000, including $4,500 for the lot where Baylor Hospital sits today. The two-story brick building included a meeting space that acted as City Hall, where the aldermen planned East Dallas’ future. Though only a city for eight short years, our pioneers accomplished a lot, including a state-ofthe-art water system (see above entry), paved streets, a thriving school system and the first two church-supported hos-

pitals in the region. East Dallas joined the “big city” on New Year’s Day, 1890. (Sources: Texas Historical Commission, The Dallas Morning News)

REINHARDT ELEMENTARY

8 10122 Losa Drive

What is now the Casa Linda area was once the farm of John Chenault, who built a small wooden schoolhouse where neighborhood children could be educated in the early 1880s. Thanks to the Santa Fe Railroad, the area thick with cotton fields soon became a town known as Reinhardt, which boasted a couple of stores, a bank and a cotton gin. Over the years, the building would be replaced several times, including the addition of the brick schoolhouse in

1941. The town was annexed into the city in 1945, at which point Reinhardt Elementary School joined the Dallas school system. (Source: Texas Historical Commission)

DALLAS FIRE STATION #16

9 5501 Columbia Ave.

Noted architect H.A. Overbeck, the man behind the State Fair Building, came up with the Mission Revival design for the fire house in the years after a massive fire decimated much of Oak Cliff in 1908, prompting the entire city to increase its fire protection services. But it nearly wasn’t built; just as Overbeck finished the design, the city’s firefighters

The city’s firefighters walked off the job, protesting their working conditions, which included 24-hour shifts, six days a week.

McIntosh House. (National Parks Service)

walked off the job, protesting their working conditions, which included 24-hour shifts, six days a week. The city settled on 12-hour shifts for firefighters in 1918 and construction was completed for a cost of $20,684. It served citizens until shortly after WWII. In the early 1990s, it was restored and transformed into an arts center. In 1997 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

(Source: National Parks Service)

ST. MATTHEW’S CATHEDRAL

10 5100 Ross Ave.

Rev. George Rottenstein brought the Episcopal faith to Dallas, holding the first service on May 25, 1856. The church moved all over Dallas, finally finding its permanent home here in 1929, where it became a Texas Historic Landmark.

(Source: Texas State Historical Association)

WOODROW WILSON

11 HIGH SCHOOL

100 S. Glasgow

President Woodrow Wilson had died just three years before the school opened in

1928, inspiring its name. It was designed in the traditional Elizabethan style by architect Mark Lemmon and, at $700,000, it was the costliest school built in the city up until that point. A piece of wedding cake from President Wilson’s daughter Jessie’s wedding was included in the cornerstone of the building. It is the only public high school in the country to produce two Heisman Trophy winners, Davey O’Brien (class of ’38) and Tim Brown (class of ’87). (Source: Texas Historical Commission)

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

12 950 E. Lawther Drive

The U.S. Navy first scouted White Rock Lake as a possible training ground, where it built a boathouse and barracks and began training sailors in the 1920s. Any young men aged 17-35 could join the Naval Reserve and learn to sail. As the Depression ravaged the nation, President Franklin D. Roosevelt fought back with the New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps, which provided jobs building public works projects all over the country. From 1935-42, crews of men aged 18-24 built the Flag Pole Hill picnic pavilion, the East Lawther Drive entrance bridge, Big Thicket, Winfrey Point and Sunset Bay recreation building, among others. During WWII, German prisoners of war were housed in the camps, where conditions were so good, it became known as the “Fritz Ritz.” In 1951, the buildings were knocked down and replaced by baseball fields, but a statue was erected to honor

St. Matthew’s Cathedral. (Texas State Historical Association)

the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps. (Source: Texas State Historical Association, The Dallas Morning News)

LAKEWOOD POST OFFICE

13 6324 Prospect Ave.

Opened in 1946, it was the 13th postal substation in Dallas and the headquarters for 16 neighborhood letter carriers. It closed 30 years later although the building still stands, now home to Times Ten Cellars. (Source: The Dallas Morning News)

GUS THOMASSON

14 ROAD

Originally, it was a trail that connected Mesquite with the town of Reinhardt (see entry 8). It officially was changed to Gus Thomasson on Feb. 21, 1938, named for the man who oversaw $100 million in New Deal funded projects all over the city, much of which was spent on paving roads, including Skillman (see entry 18). (Source: The Dallas Morning News)

15 CASA VIEW

It was 1949 when developers Ben Tisinger and Bill Smith bought up cotton farms historically owned by black families and made plans for a new community. They built it around Casa View Village, a modern center with 75 tenants and parking for 1,500 cars. The area swelled to 50,000 residents in its first 15 years. On Feb. 29, 1964, the Casa View library opened to great fanfare, when 9,132 books were checked out, the largest book circulation ever recorded for one day by an American library. (Sources: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Public Library)

FERGUSON OPENS

16 WITH A BANG Ferguson, between Buckner and Samuell

While it’s one of the county’s oldest roads, in 1962 this swath reopened as a newly paved six-lane thoroughfare in an effort to drive more traffic to the East Grand Shopping Center. The occasion was celebrated in unusual fashion when, instead of cutting the large ribbon that stretched across the roadway, then-Mayor Earle Cabell shot it down in front of a packed crowd using an antique .38 pistol. (Source: The Dallas Morning News)

JUNIUS HEIGHTS COLUMNS

17 Abrams Parkway at Glasgow

Two towering masonry columns sit astride Abrams Parkway where it curves south from the Lakewood Library and

Glasgow Drive. They’ve only been since 1975, however. The 30-foot were built in 1917 at Tremont and Glasgow Drive to mark the between Munger Place and a suburban addition, Junius Heights. time they were erected, this was of the line for the open streetthat era, and automobiles came columns and turned around, as only prairie beyond,” states created for the 1975 bicencelebration in Dallas. By the decrepit columns reflected post-WWII decline of East Dallas. neighborhood activist Fred Longmore found a bulldozer “beardown” on a smaller column that of the original gateway, the says. “It was explained to him columns were in the way of as this was where the new Columbia-Abrams thoroughfare was through.” Longmore was able progress for a month, enough form a Committee to Preserve the Junius Heights Columns and raise $13,000 to dismantle and move them to where they now sit. Every donation counted; a July 29, 1973 Dallas Morning News story notes that “one elderly $6 contributor said she and her sister in their youth used to go to the pillars to tell their innermost secrets.”

(Source: The Dallas Morning News, “Junius Heighs Columns” booklet)

LINDBERGH DRIVE 18 Skillman Street

In the 1920s, the country was enamored of aviation expert Charles Lindbergh. It was 1927, just a few months after Lindbergh made his first solo flight over the Atlantic, when he came to visit Dallas and spread aviation awareness. Shortly thereafter, the city named a newly paved stretch of road between Mockingbird Lane and Swiss Avenue as Lindbergh Drive. But, as WWII brewed, Lindbergh was suspect of being a Nazi sympathizer due to his vocal antiwar views. On Dec. 3, 1941, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the city council voted to rename the road and, two days later, every sign had been changed to Skillman Street.

(Source: The Dallas Morning News)

Find more historic development, including the origins of Casa View, the Lakewood Country Club’s big break and the historic latrines, at lakewood. advocatemag.com/historymap.

Big business

CONTINENTAL GIN COMPANY 19 SHOWROOM

232 N. Trunk Ave.

While Eli Whitney is most often credited with the cotton gin, it was Robert Munger who perfected the design and secured a number of patents for his work. With his brother, they opened Munger Improved Cotton Machine & Manufacturing Co. in 1885 and built a showroom to display his products. It built the fortune needed for him to develop his namesake Munger Place. The company eventually closed in 1962 after the last of the city’s cotton fields had been replaced by housing developments. (Source: Texas State Historical Association)

EAST DALLAS UNION DEPOT

20 Pacific and Central Expressway

W.H. Gaston ensured the neighborhood’s prosperous future when he persuaded the railways to come through East Dallas with $5,000 and free rights of way on his expansive properties. The East Dallas Union Depot, which went by several names over the years, welcomed the Houston and Texas Central Railway’s

inaugural arrival on July 16, 1872. At the time, the depot wasn’t more than a few small shacks, but in 1897 it was replaced with a stately brick structure. It was abandoned as a freight site in 1933, at which point it became a welfare center and relief station during the post-Depression years. In 1935, the city made plans to tear it down but ensured materials were repurposed to build homes for the needy, specifically the box cars. (Source: The Dallas Morning News, Texas State Historical Associaiton)

URSULINE ACADEMY

21 Live Oak, Haskell, Bryan and St. Joseph

Less than a week after arriving in Dallas in 1874 with just $146 between them, six nuns, led by Mother St. Joseph Holly, opened Ursuline Academy with seven students. It grew quickly, and in 1882 the Sisters made plans to build a lavish Gothic style structure on 10 acres in East Dallas. Although the building wasn’t completed until 1907, it drew students from all over the country and Mexico. It remains the city’s oldest continuously

East Dallas Union Depot. (Texas State Historical Association)

7221 Wake Forrest Dr. Offered for $429,000

1518 El Campo Drive $519,000

SELLS LAKEWOOD

CHRIS PYLE

still be seen in the northwest corner of the intersection. (Sources: City of Dallas, The Dallas Morning News)

PORTER CHEVROLET AND 25 THE GIANT SANTA 5526 E. Mockingbird Lane

It was undoubtedly an eye-catching publicity stunt. Two years after Big Tex was unveiled to rave reviews at the 1951 State Fair of Texas, the owner of Porter Chevrolet hired the same artist, Jack Bridges, to build a 80-foot Santa Claus to draw attention to his dealership. It took 12 people two months to complete, and when it was done, Bridges realized no trucks in the area were big enough to move it. Instead, Santa was cut into pieces and

reassembled on the roof, complete with a full-sized 1954 Chevy in its lap. Days after it was installed, 46-year-old Park Lane neighbor Roy Davis made plans to have a crane hoist him up to Santa for his Christmas card photo. Tragically, as he was being lowered down, he fell 35 feet onto the concrete below, landing just between Santa’s boots, where he died. (Source: The Dallas Morning News)

For the birthplace of the frozen margarita machine, the ice plant wars, the East Dallas origin of The Hockaday School and more business histories, go online to lakewood.advocatemag. com/historymap.

A man (not the one pictured) fell to his death from the 80-foot Santa that topped Porter Chevrolet. (The Dallas Morning News article, 1953)

Neighborhood oddities

UFO SIGHTING 26 White Rock Lake

On a mild, slightly breezy March evening in 1959, two men spotted something unusual in the sky over White Rock Lake cylindrical, dime-sized from their perspective and aluminum in color. It moved in a straight but rolling path northward for about 10 seconds, then vanished. That’s how they described it to the U.S. Air Force, which in 1954 launched project 10073, a.k.a. Blue Book, a study of UFO sightings, the reports of which were declassified in 2004. When the operation ceased in 1970, agents had investigated more than 12,000 UFO sightings; the majority of which could be explained — usually as misidentified clouds or stars (“natural phenomena”), conventional aircraft or clandestine military aircraft unfamiliar to civilians. But a small percentage of cases went unexplained, including this one. The witnesses’ names are censored, but the documents show that one was a 37-year old supervisor of technical illustration at Temco Aircraft in Garland. The other was a 35-year-old service manager at Royal McBee Typewriter Corp. According to the March 1 record card: “It is impossible for this station to determine if there were any aircraft in that area at this certain time.” In other words: unidentified, unexplained. (Source: Project Blue Book case files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-69).

BIRTHPLACE OF DAFFY DUCK

27 White Rock Lake

Tex Avery went down in history for his creative work animating cartoons for Warner Bros. and MGM in the golden era of the medium. He helped develop beloved characters like Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. But before that, he was a student at North Dallas High School with the class of 1926, where he

was known to write “What’s up, Doc?” in yearbooks. He said the inspiration for Daffy Duck came from his years duck hunting at White Rock Lake. (Source: International Animated Film Society)

WARREN ANGUS FERRIS

28 CEMETERY

St. Francis and San Leandro

Some people in Forest Hills seemingly live on an old burial ground. Warren Angus Ferris was a prolific American surveyor who charted Yellowstone before coming to Dallas in 1840, where his records note the arrival of city founder John Neely Bryan one year later. He made his home on 80plus acres along White Rock Creek. He established the cemetery in 1847 after the death of his son, where numerous members of the Ferris family, including Warren Angus himself, also were laid to rest. Over the years, it fell into disrepair and was targeted by vandals. By 1970, only a handful of grave markers remained intact, so the city declared it a public nuisance and made plans to sell the land. One of those tombstones belonged to Rev. Taylor, a black minister who lived nearby and was the last person buried at the cemetery in 1906. Strangely, his marble headstone showed up on the front lawn of Sandra Stevenson at 8614 San Benito in June 1982, seemingly a prank. Around that same time, plans were made to build five houses over the graves. Decendents of those buried in the now-unmarked cemetery implored officials to move the graves, but the city said it was not obligated. The burial sites remained and several houses

were built in 1985-86. In 1988, the cemetery earned a marker from the Texas Historical Commission, the only visible remnant of what lies beneath. (Source: The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Central Appraisal District)

ZODIAC KILLER AT THE LAKE? 29 Lawther Drive

Northern California was terrorized by the Zodiac Killer, who claimed five confirmed victims but was suspected in multiple other murders between 1968-74. But in 1973 he went quiet, leading some to question whether the killer, or perhaps killers, were on the run. That same year, White Rock Lake was the scene of a vicious crime. Labor Day weekend, a pair of 16-year-olds from Farmers Branch were most likely making out in a sports car by the lake when two unknown men approached. They shot Robert Milam in the right eye, and one raped his girlfriend before fleeing in the luxury vehicle. Milam died a few days later. It was vaguely reminiscent of the Zodiac Killer, who targeted young couples by lakes, at the same time some detectives theorized that the still unknown serial killer may actually be two people. The White Rock Lake murder was flagged for investigation by the California cops before Dallas Police identified the killers as two men suspected in a string of robberies. (Sources: San Francisco Police Department, The Dallas Morning News)

A tombstone from Warren Angus Ferris Cemetary ended up in Sandra Stevenson’s front lawn. (The Dallas Morning News article, 1982)

students at Dallas ISD magnet schools live outside of the district

Pulling back the curtain on serial cheating at Dallas magnet schools

By KERI MITCHELL

o one likes a cheater. But as it turns out, Dallas ISD has tolerated them for years.

Families of students who cheat their way into the district’s top magnet schools have been excused and even encouraged in some cases.

Over the past few months, magnets have been under the magnifying glass as Advocate reporting and trustee questions have pressed administrators for numbers on who is getting in and how. At issue is whether Parkies and suburbanites are taking spots that should be given to students who live within DISD boundaries.

When administrators took a closer look, a pattern emerged of families applying with a DISD address and moving within the school year, coupled with a “lax” approach to the board policy that requires DISD to check magnet students’ residency from year to year. One trustee spoke anecdotally about a welcome session where new parents were told, “If you move, we don’t want to know about it.”

Principled principals make a point to check a student’s address when they see a utility bill with scant activity or notice a similar suspicion. Notarized affidavits of residency, however, which are designed for homeless students who find shelter with extended family or friends, were considered legal documents and couldn’t be questioned.

A discovery that affidavits were be-

ing abused at popular and overcrowded neighborhood schools, such as Woodrow Wilson High School, led us to ask the district for numbers and copies of affidavits at several DISD schools, including magnets. The district couldn’t provide them, however — at least without us forking over more than $23,000 — because DISD doesn’t track affidavits or keep them on file from year to year.

All of this adds up to gaping loopholes that savvy parents have been able to worm their way through. Most of the incoming students are rich and white, DISD admin-

of them attend seven magnet schools where qualified in-district students are waiting to be admitted: Townview Science and Engineering, Townview Talented and Gifted, Harry Stone Montessori, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, Dealey Montessori and Travis Talented and Gifted

istrators say, and infuse diversity into a district that is overwhelmingly poor and minority. Some trustees welcome the outsiders in the name of enrollment and financial growth; others want to ensure that Dallas students have first dibs.

We want to know what you think. Read the full series at lakewood.advocatemag.com/magnetcheaters, then give us — and DISD — your feedback.

total DISD students are on waitlists to attend these seven magnets

out-of-district students at these popular magnets are the children of DISD employees

*These numbers may be inaccurately low, as Dallas ISD admits it has been “lax” in checking magnet students’ residency from year to year, as board policy requires, and anecdotal evidence points to some families using falsified affidavits or uninhabited apartments as proof of residency.

Principled principals make a point to check a student’s address when they see a utility bill with scant activity or notice a similar suspicion.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

By PATTI VINSON

Stranger things pulled from White Rock Lake

And

the people who keep our shoreline sparkling

White Rock Lake, you’ve got some explaining to do. If only your shores could speak, maybe you would tell us how you came to hold in your belly a bowling ball. And bowling pin. A sparkly, five-inch stiletto. A rusty old sign reading, “Divorce $399.” What about that severed hand? Don’t panic: It’s a Halloween prop. But still.

For the Love of the Lake steps up to pick up even the most bizarre items. Shortly after its founding in 1995, this nonprofit organized enthusiastic volunteers and partnered with the City of Dallas to assist with monthly shoreline cleanups. Up to that point, the perpetually squeezed city budget allowed sweeps of the shore only once every year.

“Our volunteers help lighten the load for the Dallas Park and Recreation Department,” says Max Davis, president of FTLOTL. “We allow the city employees to focus on tasks other than trash pick-up.”

A bit of perspective: Waterways as far flung as Denton County and Collin County end up in the White Rock Lake watershed which, in turn, finds it way to the Trinity River. Flotsam, jetsam, random shoes, tires and toys can originate in any of the rivers and streams along the way. Much of that debris, unfortunately, washes ashore right here at our neighborhood lake.

FTLOTL Executive Director Elisabeth Akin says, “Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce Up supports the safety of children, adults, pets and wildlife, as well as keeping the shoreline clean and beautiful.” The alliterative program now averages about 500 volunteers of all ages — and not a single Second Saturday has been cancelled since the first event in 1996.

It’s important to note that volunteers

(individuals, families, groups) are welcome to clean up anytime, any day of the week. Show up any Saturday (except holidays) and you’ll find a board member at the Casa Linda headquarters, ready to guide you. Or call ahead to schedule another day and get help and equipment. But the hoopla happens on that second Saturday.

To take part, simply head on over to the FTLOTL headquarters (Buckner and Garland). You can’t miss it: Look for the giant yellow duck in the parking lot. If Rocky the Duck looks familiar, it’s because he’s a bit of a local celebrity, having appeared in many a neighborhood parade.

A board member will greet you, help you sign in, and point you to the free

no. Volunteers will educate you on any potential hazards and safety issues.

One exception to the stay-out-of-thewater rule: the Paddilacs team. If you are an experienced kayaker or canoeist, show up with your boat and help haul in trash that’s out of reach of those on shore.

Starbucks and goodies from Nothing Bundt Cakes, Albertson’s or Kind Snack Bars. You’ll head over to the first-timers’ table where you’ll receive a short course in trash versus recyclables. If you forgot to bring your own, you’ll be offered bug spray, sunscreen and water.

Now that you’re officially educated, you’re issued bags, rubber gloves and a grabber. If you prefer a particular area of the lake, say the dog park or the boat house or near the Arboretum, now is the time to speak up. You’ll be shown a map and given options of where to work.

Should I go in the water to fish out trash? Do I need to pick up animal carcasses? Is it okay to handle that interesting-looking snake? No, no, and heavens,

Armed and educated, volunteers fan out around the lake and commence to picking up whatever detritus awaits on the shores. A mini museum at the FTLOTL headquarters displays a small sampling of all manner of strange and inexplicable objects found by volunteers. One ponders the backstory of the creepy, one-eyed, slimy green baby doll that washed ashore. Sporty types flock to the lake, but how to explain boxing gloves or a hockey stick in the watery depths? Celebrations are popular at the park, but how did that mermaid piñata wind up in the water? And please explain how the remnants of a 50-foot banner from a faraway business came to rest in our lake.

Each year the Golden Duck Award is presented to the person or group who retrieves the most unusual item. Last year’s award, a slam dunk indeed, went to HDR Engineering, one of the 50-plus Adopt-A-Shoreline groups who show up for cleanups. Utilizing their engineering

One ponders the backstory of the creepy, one-eyed, slimy green baby doll that washed ashore.

skills and teamwork attitude, they tackled the daunting task of removing a 23-foot abandoned sailboat that sunk in 10 feet of water. Because the mast stuck up out of the water several feet, it had become a hazard to other boats.

HDR team member Mark Mihm says it took power boats to dislodge the hulk from the mud and drag it closer to shore. Then their engineering expertise came into play when they fashioned a pulley system to maneuver it out of the water. Bonus: The mast was removed and repurposed as a unique flagpole.

Mihm continues to be a fan of Shoreline Spruce Up: “The cool thing is the variety of people you get to meet from all walks of life with a common interest of engaging in something worthwhile and healthy. It’s time well spent, rain or shine.”

For more information or to make a donation (the nonprofit receives no city funding), visit whiterocklake.org.

Patti Vinson is a guest writer who has lived in East Dallas for over 15 years. She’s written for the Advocate and Real Simple magazine, and has taught college writing.

PULLED FROM THE LAKE

Safety barrel

Shopping cart

Fire extinguisher

Buddha statue

Quiver with arrows

License plates

Football

Toilet seat

Fishing trophy

Binoculars

Teddy bear

Towing sign

Clown doll

American flag

Hardhat

Toy sailboat

Manicure set

Holiday ornaments

Knife

Lures

Fishing poles

Left: Cleaning up the lake takes all kinds. Above: The Paddilacs team helps get trash that is out of reach. Below: Some of the unique trash pulled from the lake. (Photos by Rasy Ran)

By GEORGE MASON

The freedom of religion

Religion is supposed to be a cure to what ails us. So, why does it too often seem to make us sicker instead?

The world is beset with divisions — national and international, local and global, human and natural, male and female, young and old, straight and gay, black and white, conservative and progressive, rich and poor, white-collar and blue-collar, urban and rural, ad infinitum. Even those binaries don’t tell the whole story because there are splinters as well as splits between them all. Added to these is brokenness within each of us: sins committed against us that mar our sense of self, and sins we commit against ourselves that rob us of our potential. We can fail to reach high enough and we can fail to be grounded enough.

Politics, social science and therapy can contribute to the healing. Religion brings God into the fray. Or better, God comes into the fray and religion names the divine direction where hope and healing are found.

The word religion comes from the Latin combination of re- and ligere: to bind or fasten or tie again. Like ligaments that hold our bones and organs in place, religion — when it functions rightly — is the tissue that knits us back together when we are broken. It makes the invisible visible, mending us inside and out.

When religion becomes too authoritarian and conformist or, on the other side, when it becomes too permissive and individualist, it deepens the problem by layering it with a spiritual dimension. God is then on the side of the oppressor or the oppression.

Religion is unifying and healing when it leads us on the path of liberation that includes both freedom from external masters and freedom of internal

self-mastery. Grace and self-discipline are spiritual friends.

God delivered the children of Israel from slavery to the Pharaoh in Egypt. The same God delivered the Law of Moses to those freed slaves in order to teach a new way to live in the world. Jesus lived and died and was raised, so that we might know “the truth that sets us free” and then live “the life that really is life.”

The common answers to our problems as a society tend to emphasize one side of freedom at the expense of the other. Our best religious leaders call us to both: by fixing both the social structures and personal struggles that thwart the full participation of all in the community. They will address inequities of education

WORSHIP

ANGLICAN

ALL SAINTS EAST DALLAS / allsaintseastdallas.org

Sunday worship 5:00 pm / Live in God’s Presence. Live Out His Love. Meeting at Central Lutheran Church / 1000 Easton Road

BAPTIST

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Worship & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel

10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

LUTHERAN

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

Sunday School for all ages 9:00 am / Worship Service 10:30 am

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

METHODIST

GRACE UMC / Diverse, Inclusive, Missional

Sunday School for all ages, 9:30 am / Worship, 10:50 am 4105 Junius St. / 214.824.2533 / graceumcdallas.org

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary

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NON-DENOMINATIONAL

LAKE POINTE CHURCH – WHITE ROCK CAMPUS

Classic Service at 9:30 & Contemporary Service at 11:00 am lakepointe.org / 9150 Garland Road

and economics and political participation, and the destructive habits of mind and heart that tear us apart within.

When you are tempted to join the band of those in the church house or the statehouse or the courthouse who invoke the name of God with their agenda, ask yourself whether their message creates more unity or division, more healing or sickness. Religion touches on all areas of life, but only when it calls us all to what is good and true and beautiful can it refasten the ties that bind.

George Mason is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

PRESBYTERIAN

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Summer Worship 10:00 am Church that feels like church and welcomes like family..

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / Skillman & Monticello Rev. Rob Leischner / www.standrewsdallas.org 214.821.9989 / Sunday School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am

UNITY

UNITY ON GREENVILLE / Your soul is welcome here! 3425 Greenville Ave. / 214.826.5683 / www.dallasunity.org

Sunday Service 11:00 am and Book Study 9:30 am

Only at its extremes does religion oppress us

Like ligaments that hold our bones and organs in place, religion — when it functions rightly — is the tissue that knits us back together when we are broken.

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CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let a seasoned pro be the interface between you & that pesky Windows computer. Hardware/Software Installation, Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 972-639-6413 / stykidan@sbcglobal.net

CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING

BRICK & STONE REPAIR

Tuck Pointing / Crack Repair. Mortar Color Matching. Don 214-704-1722

BRICK, BLOCK, Stone, Concrete, Stucco. Gonzalez Masonry. 214-395-1319

BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS

Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable. Chris 214-770-5001

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EDMONDSPAVING.COM Asphalt & Concrete Driveway-Sidewalk-Patio-Repair 214-957-3216

FLAGSTONE PATIOS, Retaining Walls, BBQ’s, Veneer, Flower Bed Edging, All Stone work. Chris 214-770-5001

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ANTHONY’S ELECTRIC Master Electrician. TECL24948 anthonyselectricofdallas.com

50 Yrs. Electrical Exp. Insd. 214-328-1333

BRIGHT LIGHT ELECTRIC • 214-553-5333

TECL 31347 Brightening Homes and Businesses

EXPERIENCED LICENSED ELECTRICIAN Insd. Steve. TECL#27297 214-718-9648

LAKEWOOD ELECTRICAL Local. Insured. Lic. #227509 Call Rylan 214-434-8735

TEXAS ELECTRICAL • 214-289-0639 Prompt, Honest, Quality Service. TECL 24668

TH ELECTRIC Reasonable Rates. Licensed & Insured. Ted. E257 214-808-3658

WHITE ROCK ELECTRIC All Electrical Services. Lic/Insd. E795. 214-850-4891

FENCING & DECKS

AMBASSADOR FENCE INC. EST.96 Automatic Gates, Fences/Decks Ambassadorfenceco.com 214-621-3217

FENCING & WOODWORK oldgatefence.com 214-766-6422

HANNAWOODWORKS.COM

Decks, Pergolas, Patio Covers. 214-435-9574

KIRKWOOD FENCE & DECK New & Repair. Free Estimates. Nathan Kirkwood. 214-341-0699

LONESTARDECKS.COM 214-357-3975 Trex Decking & Fencing, trex.com

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972-926-7007

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EXTERIOR CLEANING

G&G DEMOLITION Tear downs, Haul. Interior/Exterior. 214-808-8925

FENCING & DECKS

#1 COWBOY FENCE & IRON CO. Est. ‘91. 214-692-1991 www.cowboyfenceandiron.com

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Specializing in Wood, New or Repair.

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SPECIALIZING IN Wood Fences &Auto Gates

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Northlake Fence and Deck

Locally owned and operated by the Mccaffrey family since1980 214-349-9132

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FLOORING & CARPETING

DALLAS HARDWOODS 214-724-0936

Installation, Repair, Refinish, Wax, Hand Scrape. Residential, Commercial. Sports Floors. 30 Yrs.

FENN CONSTRUCTION Manufactored hardwoods. Stone and Tile. Back-splash Specials. 214-343-4645

HASTINGS STAINED CONCRETE New/Remodel. Stain/Wax Int/Ext. Nick. 214-341-5993. www.hastingsfloors.com

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GARAGE SERVICES

IDEAL GARAGE DOORS • 972-757-5016

Install & Repair. 10% off to military/1st responders.

ROCKET GARAGE DOOR SERVICE - 24/7. Repairs/Installs. 214-533-8670. Coupon On Web. www.RocketDoor.com

UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned.214-826-8096

GLASS, WINDOWS & DOORS

JIM HOWELL 214-357-8984 Frameless Shower Enclosures/Custom Mirrors. Free Estimates

LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR

frameless shower enclosures • store fronts replacement windows • mirrors 214-349-8160

PRO WINDOW CLEANING prompt, dependable. Matt 214-766-2183

ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Glass, Tile, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

HANDY DAN The Handyman. ToDo’s Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

HANDY MANNY PAINTING/HOME REPAIR Int./Ext. Manny 214-334-2160

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST Residential/ Commercial. Large, small jobs, repair list, renovations. Refs. 214-489-0635

HOME REPAIR HANDYMAN Small/Big Jobs + Construction. 30 Yrs. Exp. 214-875-1127

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

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Your Home Repair Specialists Drywall

972-308-6035

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work. Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Professional Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

TEXAS BEST PAINTING 214-527-4168 Master Painter. High Quality Work. Int/Ext.

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work

Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700

TOP COAT 30 yrs. exp. Reliable, Quality Repair/Remodel Phil @ 214-770-2863

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

DALLAS K.D.R.SERVICES • 214-349-0914

Lawn Service & Landscape Installation

HOLMAN IRRIGATION

Sprinkler & Valve Repair/ Rebuild Older Systems. Lic. #1742. 214-398-8061

LSI LAWN SPRINKLERS “Making Water Work” Irrigation system Service & Repair. Specializing In Older Copper Systems. LI #13715. 214-283-4673

MAYA TREE SERVICE Tree Trim/Remove. Insd. CC’s Accepted. 214-924-7058 214-770-2435

PAT TORRES 214-388-1850 Lawn Service & Tree Care 28 Yrs. Complete Landscape Renovation. RED SUN LANDSCAPES • 214-935-9779

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Lawn Mowing & Leaf Cleaning

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KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

Complete Kitchen And Bath Remodels. Tile, Granite, Marble, Travertine, Slate. Insured. 214-563-5035 www.blake-construction.com

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

MELROSE TILE James Sr., Installer, Repairs. 40 Yrs. Exp. MelroseTile.com 214-384-6746

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

Granite, Quartz, Marble For Kitchen/Bath-Free Est.. stoneage.brandee@gmail.com 940-465-6980

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

Complete Full Service Repairs, Remodeling, Restoration. Name It — We do it. Tommy. Insured. dallas.tkremodelingcontractors.com

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

#1 WHITE ROCK TREE WIZARDS

Professionals, Experts, Artists. Trim, Remove, Cabling, Bracing/Bolting. Cavity-Fill Stump Grind. Emergencies, Hazards. Insd. Free Est. 972-803-6313. arborwizard.com

A BETTER TREE MAN Trims, Removals, Insd. 12 Yrs Exp. Roberts Tree Service. 214-808-8925

CALL A TREE EXPERT - 469-939-3344

Prune. Stump grind. Plant. Burris Tree Service

CHUPIK TREE SERVICE

Trim, Remove, Stump Grind. Free Est. Insured. 214-823-6463

DALLAS GROUNDSKEEPER Organic Lawn Maintenance designed to meet your needs. 214-471-5723 dallasgroundskeeper.com

U R LAWN CARE Maintenance. Landscaping. Your Personal Yard Service by Uwe Reisch uwereisch@yahoo.com 214-886-9202

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BIZ BUZZ

COMING SOON

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

Jeff Brand has a vision for an “eclectic” mix of restaurants and retail in the space that once housed Lucky Dog Books, 10801 Garland. His company, Brand Capital Partners, created a conceptual site plan with 7,100 square feet of internal space, plus a 2,900-square-foot patio and more than 5,000 square feet of green space. There also will be 55 covered parking spaces. They haven’t yet identified any tenants, but “are hoping to add restaurants that will be beneficial to the community, and would appeal to both families and young couples. We are interested in having a coffee shop like White Rock Coffee or Cultivar move into the space,” Brand says. “We are trying to make a connection between our location and the restaurants at Peavy and Garland, which we call the ‘Brooklyn of Dallas.’ ”

Lakewood Hills neighbor Sohail Basirat is preparing to open his own franchise of the Tennessee-based brand I Love Juice Bar The business will offer a wide selection of cold pressed juices,

along with smoothies and healthy bites like salads and soups. He plans to open in August in the Lakeview Shopping Center (on the southwest corner of Gaston and Garland), right next to The UPS Store. “I myself am a Lakewood resident and know firsthand how active our neighborhood is in eating healthy and staying fit,” Basirat says. “I wanted to get as close as possible to White Rock Lake as we hope to have many events in partnership with the community nearby.”

NEW PLACES TO EAT

Sadly, Feed Company didn’t have an entirely warm welcome to the neighborhood. The Lowest Greenville business that prides itself on rare bourbons that can cost upwardsof $180 a glass was burglarized before it even had a chance to open. The thief made off with a wide selection of expensive bottles, but the business still opened later that week in the space that last held Nandina , 5631 Alta Ave. Other than barrel-aged bottles, the restaurant specializes in breakfast served late into the night with their 3 a.m. closing time.

Call your cardiologist now because Slater’s 50/50 is open, bringing with it its famed burger made from 50 percent

bacon. The business opened in the old Greenville Bar and Grill location at 2817 Greenville Ave. Currently, it includes two floors, each with their own bar, but owner Scott Maness hopes to open the rooftop for patrons in the near future. “At some point, we hope to put a full bar up there, too,” Maness says.

If you’ve been craving whole hog, but can’t make it to Hawaii for a luau, Mezze at Mockingbird Station has you covered. The newly opened Mediterranean eatery will roast whole hogs, which diners can watch spin on a 12-foot rotisserie, CultureMap reports.

If the cuisine of France is of more interest to you, head over to Edith’s Pâtisserie Boulangerie, also in Mockingbird Station. It’s part bakery with French macarons and croissants, part full-service restaurant with croque monsieurs and crepes.

Stellar recently joined the hipster bar scene on Henderson Avenue. Along with a funky design and unusual cocktails, the business boasts a full food menu.

Jimmy John’s is now serving subs at 9003 Garland Road. Rumor has it, the sandwich shop also is eyeing a location at nearby Arboretum Village, but the business will not confirm if it’s considering another East Dallas location.

Brand Capital Management’s rendering for the property on Garland Road.