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The Stoneleigh P
The Stoneleigh P is a historic bar and grill in the Uptown neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. History Originally a drugstore called the Stoneleigh Pharmacy, it was converted and renamed by Tom Garrison in 1977. Garrison told ''D Magazine'' that he had simply smudged out the "" on the old sign, and that when he purchased the building there was a "leaking roof and rats the size of puppies." In the 1970s, it was a center for counter culture and a hangout for artists. A 1980 fire burned the building to the ground, but it was rebuilt in the same location. At the time of the 1980 fire, the Stoneleigh P was the favorite bar of Dallas restaurateur Shannon Wynne Shannon Shelmire Wynne (born December 2, 1951) is an American restaurateur living in Dallas, TX. Wynne currently co-owns and operates restaurants in six states and 14 cities, including The Flying Saucers in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Te ...; suddenly finding himself without his favorite "watering hole" inspired Wynne an ...
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Stoneleigh may refer to: Places Australia *Stoneleigh, Darlinghurst, a heritage-listed house in Sydney, New South Wales *Stoneleigh, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region Canada * Stoneleigh, Ontario United Kingdom *Stoneleigh, Surrey, England *Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England United States *Stoneleigh (Stanleytown, Virginia), USA, the former abode of Governor Thomas B. Stanley *Stoneleigh (Charleston, West Virginia) Stoneleigh, also known as the Charles E. Ward House or Ruffner Payne House, is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was built in 1917 as the residence of Charles E. Ward, a leading West Virginia industrialist. It was listed ..., listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 * Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden, a 42-acre former estate owned by Natural Lands * Stoneleigh Historic District, Towson, Maryland Other uses * Stoneleigh Park, an agricultural exhibition ground and conference centre in Warwickshire, England * ...
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Uptown, Dallas
Uptown is a PID (public improvement district) and a dense neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Uptown is north of and adjacent to downtown Dallas, and is bordered by US 75 ( Central Expressway) on the east, N Haskell Avenue on the northeast, the Katy Trail on the northwest, Bookhout Street and Cedar Springs Road on the west, N Akard Street on the southwest and Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) on the south. Uptown is one of the most pedestrian-friendly areas in all of Texas. It is largely "new urbanist" in scope; the majority of facilities considered "Uptown institutions" are relatively new and were created during the late 20th and early 21st Centuries' new urbanist urban planning movement. Popular with young professionals, mixed-use development is the norm and an increasingly pedestrian culture continues to thrive. History The Uptown area was originally outside the city limits of Dallas, and was home to those not welcome in the city. The west side, near present-day Harry Hine ...
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Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and County seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County with portions extending into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link ...
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Texas Monthly
''Texas Monthly'' (stylized as ''TexasMonthly'') is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. ''Texas Monthly'' was founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy and has been published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. since 1998 and is now owned by Enterprise Products Co. ''Texas Monthly'' chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the environment, industry, and education. The magazine also covers leisure topics such as music, art, dining, and travel. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA). In 2019, ''Texas Monthly'' was purchased by billionaire Randa Williams. In 2021, ''Texas Monthly'' acquired ''Texas Country Reporter''. Circulation ''Texas Monthly'' has a paid circulation of 300,000 and it has a monthly readership of 2.5 million people—one out of seven Texan adults. Its audience comprises a roughly equal number of men and women, most of whom are between the ages of 30 and 55. Subject matter ''Texas Monthly'' takes as ...
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Shannon Wynne
Shannon Shelmire Wynne (born December 2, 1951) is an American restaurateur living in Dallas, TX. Wynne currently co-owns and operates restaurants in six states and 14 cities, including The Flying Saucers in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri; The Flying Fish in Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas; Rodeo Goat in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; and Mudhen Meat and Greens, The Meddlesome Moth and LARK on the Park in Dallas. Early life and family The Wynne family is deeply rooted in Dallas, Wills Point, and Austin, Texas. Wynne was born in 1951 in Dallas, Texas. He is the son of Joann (née Ebeling) and Angus Gilchrist Wynne Jr. His father was a developer in the postwar housing boom when he was president of the American Home Realty Company, developers of Wynnewood Village in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. At the time, it was the largest real estate development of its kind in the country. Along with real estate, Wynne Jr. was involved in the amusemen ...
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Lupe Valdez
Guadalupe Valdez (born October 11, 1947) is an American law enforcement official who served as Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, from 2005 to 2017, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas in the 2018 gubernatorial election. She lost to the incumbent, Greg Abbott. Early life Valdez was born and raised in San Antonio, as the youngest of eight children of Mexican-American migrant farm worker parents. She started life by working in the fields but paid her way through college. She earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, and later a master's degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. Early career Prior to entering law enforcement, Lupe Valdez was an officer in the United States Army Reserve, where she attained the rank of captain. Her law enforcement career began as a jailer, first in a county jail and then in a federal prison. She then moved on to invest ...
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Kyle Smith (critic)
Kyle Smith (born 1966) is an American critic, columnist and novelist. After fifteen years of writing for ''National Review'', most recently as critic-at-large, Smith announced on July 15, 2022 in his "Farewell" post that he was leaving to become the film critic for ''The Wall Street Journal''. He continues as theater critic for ''The New Criterion''. Earlier, he was a film critic for the ''New York Post'', and a contributor to ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''People'', '' New York'', ''Forbes'', ''The New York Times'', and ''Commentary''. Education Smith graduated from East Longmeadow High School in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts in 1984 and from Yale University, summa cum laude, as an English major, and as a Phi Beta Kappa member. Smith served in the U.S. Army during the Persian Gulf War, holding the rank of lieutenant. From 1996 to 2005 he worked at ''People'' magazine as editor of book and music reviews. Writing A writer in ''Entertainment Weekly'' described Smith's film-re ...
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