Green Event  

By Julie Thibodeaux    

Models typically turn heads at style shows but the models at the Green Fest Recycled Fashion Show on Friday in downtown Dallas made onlookers do a double take. That was the purpose as designers showcased garments made from everything from old credit cards to discarded saccharine packages to make a green fashion statement. 

Orr Reed Wrecking Co

Aug. 26, 2012

When Dallas newest swanky hotel, NYLO Dallas South Side, opened its doors for the first time,  it included work from one of the oldest salvage companies in town, Orr-Reed Wrecking Co

“We provided most of the woodwork,” said Hannah Hargrove, who is taking over operations of the 66-year-old company from her father, John Hargrove, who bought it in the early 1990s.  

(Photo: A display of Chihuly nights at the Dallas Aboretum, where glass sculptures are lit amidst the gardens of the Dallas Arboretum)     

By Jada Brazell     

(Photo: Poster for the Jump Off Arts Festival promoting green living and more at the Dallas Farmer's Market this month)     

By Jada Brazell     


 

By Julie Thibodeaux     

If you see someone throwing trash out the car window, there’s now an easy way to report it thanks to a new mobile phone app.

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