It's not every day that I open the New York Times and find an article about my neighboorhood, in fact it's never happened until today. The opinion pages have been featuring a series of articles from around the country on local economies, and today there is an article about the recently renovated Kessler Theater, which is a few blocks from my house. The "leafy, somewhat scruffy streets" of my part of Oak Cliff are where it's happening in Dallas these days and it's nice to see a little national recognition.
"Who knows — maybe the Ewings can bring some of their big-deal magic back to Dallas once again? In your dreams. Meanwhile, for a slice of real life, there’s always the Kessler."
Read it all here.