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Anders on AT&T PAC: Where’s All the Grass?

Posted on October 12th, 2009 4:36pm by Glenn Hunter
Filed under Business, Events, Local News, Media, Urbanism

SweetCharity and I picked up Helen Anders of the Austin American-Statesman (formerly Helen Bryant of the DMN) early this morning for the dedication ceremony of Dallas’ $354 million AT&T Performing Arts Center. (Helen’s staying with her daughter in Arlington.) Local movers and shakers like Tom Leppert, Jim Oberwetter, Bill Lively, Michael Hinojosa and Jan Strimple turned out in force for the outdoor event, which took place in chilly, foggy weather more reminiscent of San Francisco than Dallas. When the speakers mentioned the grandeur of the center’s “public park” during the ceremony, Anders kept whispering, “What park?!”–a theme she continued in her interesting blog post about the event. SweetCharity weighed in with a report on all the hoopla as well.

3 Comments to “Anders on AT&T PAC: Where’s All the Grass?”

mike @ October 12th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

what you and others didn’t note, was the fact that Helen is married to the second best ever DMN metro page columnist (Paul Crume was #1) John Anders. You kids, no history. Alas.
LakeWWWooder @ October 13th, 2009 at 9:15 am

I miss John Anders. He actually understood The Lakewood Rats.
Wendy @ October 13th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Helen Bryant’s column was my “must read” piece for the DMN…I still miss her!