Deep Ellum People: Michelle McLaughlin
By Taylor Adams Cogan Some people have tunnel vision when it comes to Deep Ellum. For them, it’s a destination spot, a place to visit for brunch, or meet for drinks then a show. Gather with friends, take in some culture, and head back home to elsewhere in Dallas or the suburbs. Repeat as needed. […]
Deep Ellum People: Cameron McCloud
By Taylor Adams Cogan It’s true that being in the right place at the right time can change everything. Especially if you’re like Cameron McCloud, who was determined to always show up. It was this way that Cameron’s band, Cure for Paranoia, got its start in Deep Ellum. But the road there began years earlier. […]
Deep Ellum People: Paula Lambert
By Taylor Adams Cogan Unless you’re in development or on the City Plan and Zoning Commission, it’s not usual for people to examine Dallas’ zoning laws and maps. But for one woman in the early 1980s, she was driven to them, all fueled by one thing: Cheese. “The most important thing for me was to […]
Deep Ellum People: Andrew Sherman
By Taylor Adams Cogan “Is it that hard to make us look cool?” Actor Jason Lee shouts this to the sky in Almost Famous, pleading for his fictional band in the movie to be portrayed as awesome as he feels it is. It can take a lot to make a band seem cool. Deep Ellum […]
Deep Ellum People: Melissa Cauldwell
By Taylor Adams Cogan Across America, we have neighborhoods that have been ripped apart by highways cutting through to allow for urban sprawl. You can see this in countless cities, including Dallas, where highways sever through areas, like I-30, which wrecked through to cut off the southern part of our city. You can also find […]
Deep Ellum People: John LaRue
By Taylor Adams Cogan Staring up at the stage, your eyes long-adjusted to the dim room pierced by vibrant lighting to set the tone, your body moves to the sound without thought or concern. You make sure not to let your drink spill out from the plastic cup in your hand while the other arm […]
Deep Ellum People: Jessica Brodsky
By Taylor Adams Cogan People love Deep Ellum for its music scene, the reliably good restaurants, and/or the hundreds of murals we have, making both historic and brand-new buildings special. But fewer know the fuel behind that, and the real reason people love this neighborhood: the community. Jessica Brodsky has known this for decades. “In […]
Deep Ellum People: Allen Falkner
By Taylor Adams Cogan Allen Falkner is not your average small business owner. He’s the kind of man a lot of people know from varying circles of interest. Some know him from his years of work ridding their bodies of tattoos they don’t want – fading away unwanted memories or botched jobs, or making room […]
Deep Ellum People: Madison King Gray
By Taylor Adams Cogan When Madison King Gray picked up a guitar at age 8, she was taking a simple step that would shape her future in Dallas, first as a musician, then as a culinary talent. Going to a private school downtown, Madison and her group of musician friends started going to shows at […]
Deep Ellum People: Chris Lewellyn
By Taylor Adams Cogan When Chris Lewellyn was a teenager growing up in Rockwall, his path to Deep Ellum wasn’t exactly direct, but it was magnetic. Eventually, it would become the place that helped him rebuild his life. “When we were young, we’d come into East Dallas to buy booze and take it back to […]