Not from a DC9, but from the ISS we get an interesting NASA image of Texas at night. A Nighttime Mystery Over the Biggest Cities in Texas See if you can spot all the different light sources in this International Space Station image.  

View from Thanksgiving Tower last evening.  Not bad for a little city on the prairie. This was posted on Google+…

The 1938 Richardson High School Eagles Featuring a couple of relatives and my grandfather, Slayter Wyatt Gant. (Back row, fourth from the left) The 1938 team lost to the Buckner Orphan Home in the division championship.

Another Find from the Archives. Not sure where this ‘Gizmo Center’ was going to be located.                 This was posted on Google+…

From the archives: Gizmo Conceptual               This was posted on Google+…

With another celebration of Texas Independence coming up. I’ve been reading through a copy of Texas History Movies. The book is a collection of comic strips telling the history of Texas from Columbus to the Civil War. The first comic was published in 1920 by the Dallas Morning News and from what I understand the collection was used through the 1960’s as a classroom aid in teaching Texas History. Magnolia Petroleum Company (Exxon-Mobil) compiled the […]

A short preview for our sale listing of 5130 Radbrook Place, a Mediterranean style Preston Hollow estate on .967 acres. 5130 Radbrook Place from Round House Partners on Vimeo.

Got a chance to visit the Dallas Museum of Art last week to see them rewinding time in Dallas back to the early 1950’s. The exhibit features a series of watercolors showcasing the city as well as several local history lessons. Artist, George Grosz, was commissioned to complete a series of works by Leon Harris, of the then A. Harris department store, for the store’s anniversary. (I learned some more Dallas department store pedigree, via […]

Garden Ridge Road is now open in Flower Mound. This is very exciting for us as Garden Ridge now splits our property in two. The project gives Flower Mound residents a much needed North/South thoroughfare. The extension provides another access point to Highway 121 via Lakeside Parkway which Garden Ridge now feeds into. The town has a news item on their site about the opening here. I noticed earlier today that Google Maps has updated […]

Even though the celebration has been going on all year and last year depending if you count the construction start of White Rock Lake in 1910.   The lake was built because the city was growing so fast and suffering from a major drought and Bachman Lake just couldn’t handle the demand anymore.  September 1, 1911 seems to be the generally accepted date of when the dam was finally completed. September 1, 1911: Daily Dallas Times […]