Re: Mark Davis
Subject: Re: Mark Davis
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 11/8/10, 17:26
To: Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com>

Here's the Deep Ellum piece; let me know if/what changes you'd like made. 

In a way, Deep Ellum’s turn-of-the-century fall from grace was prompted by a sudden spate of competition from other nearby neighborhoods, such as Knox-Henderson and West Village, which had managed to achieve the sort of walkable recreational status that had so long eluded Dallas as a whole. But in another, more accurate way, the music district’s collapse was entirely the fault of a few dozen stab-happy club patrons and a gaggle of disinterested landlords who couldn’t care less that the venues to which they rented were quickly bringing down one of the city’s most important cultural nodes.

 

The offending clubs are gone now, thanks to a decade of legal wrangling led by several of the same developers who presided over Deep Ellum’s golden age and who are intent on bringing about its revival by employing the Planned Development card. One of them is real estate developer and entrepreneur Lou Reese III, whose father was instrumental in shaping the area’s original appeal by renting to such major draws as Monica’s Aca Y Alla. Reese has lately brought in a new crop of anchor venues such as Tucker’s Blues and has another round of eateries and bars coming into place relatively soon. “Deep Ellum is getting its live music roots back,” he told D in October, “and people are making significant investment and inroads in bringing back the right acts and the right types of establishments to actually create a vibrant music zone in Dallas.”

 

The conditions are already in place for the coming revival. Trees reopened in 2009 and the Green Room did likewise in 2010 (and has since expanded its dining service to Sunday evenings, with plans for brunch on the horizon). Neighborhood booster John Reardon recently received final approval to open a microbrewery, which should pair well with the two-year-old Calais Winery that appeared in the area in 2008. Destination district rebirths have been built on much lesser foundations than those upon which Deep Ellum now rests.


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> wrote:
Just exchanged email. Let him know that he'd emailed with you and that his memory is faulty. His letter was complimentary of you and the story. He liked it.


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Did you talk to him again?


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> wrote:
Naw. It's all good. Davis was confused.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Sent it a little while ago. I had only scanned Davis' original e-mail but now it would seem that he's confused, unless I'm missing something?


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Tim Rogers <timmytyper@gmail.com> wrote:
Kinda what I figured. He's saying he didn't correspond w you, which I find funny. I want to mess w him. Send me the exchange. 


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On Oct 31, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Via e-mail.

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Tim Rogers <timmytyper@gmail.com> wrote:
Barrett:

I'm confused. Did you pose that first question in your story directly to Davis, in person or via email?

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Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214-939-3636
www.dmagazine.com



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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302



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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302



--
Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214.939.3636
www.dmagazine.com



--
Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302



--
Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214.939.3636
www.dmagazine.com



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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302