Bonnie and Clyde

Celebrate Oak Cliff History Day With Clyde Barrow’s Ghost at Western Heights Cemetery

By Karen Eubank / May 2, 2024 /

Oak Cliff History Day, a community event celebrating the rich history of the area, takes place on Saturday, May 4, at the Western Heights Cemetery, the final resting place of the infamous gangster Clyde Barrow.  This cemetery has drawn the Bonnie and Clyde crowd for decades, but there is so much more here. Cemeteries are the…

Redevelopment Plan For an Old East Dallas Cafe With Bonnie And Clyde Ties Hits a Roadblock With Parking Requirements

By April Towery / August 28, 2023 /

A spirited debate on minimum parking requirements for new Dallas development resurfaced recently, prompting many residents to advocate for a solution to neighborhood spillover and cumbersome codes.  Chase Beakley saw the discussion as an opportunity to share his personal experience with the city’s parking requirements as he works to repurpose the long-vacant 3302 Swiss Circle.…

Historic McKinney Home Waiting to Add New Buyer’s Story

By Bethany Erickson / April 28, 2019 /

To say the W.D. Smith home in McKinney, built in 1902, has been around for a great deal of North Texas history is an understatement — from its early beginnings as a farmhouse to its life as an abode for an alleged bootlegger and later as home to a McKinney mayor, the quintessential Victorian farmhouse…