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67-701: Preston Hollow is a neighborhood in North Dallas , Texas . It is bordered on the south by the city of University Park . Beginning in the 1850s, the first settlers began receiving land grants for Preston Hollow’s land. Among them were the Lively family on Guernsey Lane, the Howell family, and the Meaders family. Other smaller farms, such as the dairy farm at 6303 Meadow, were also in Preston Hollow. In

134-637: A commuter or light rail line through the North Dallas area along the "Cotton Belt" (the St. Louis Southwestern Railway ) has met opposition from residents and local organizations. North Dallas' road network was developed according to the street hierarchy school of urban design . Roads in the area are separated into major limited-access highways , high-capacity principal arterial roads , mid-capacity minor arterial roads , mid-capacity collector roads , and minor streets . The most organized of these systems

201-528: A municipality in 1939, and DeLoache’s real estate office/Ebby’s Little White House turned into the town hall. Provisioned by the Preston Road Fresh Water Supply District, the North Dallas town of Preston Hollow was named for the dark wooded area with creeks and hollows extending westward from Preston Road. The westward boundary is generally agreed to be Marsh Lane.[4] In 1945, Preston Hollow residents voted to join

268-427: A 56-acre (23 ha) farm; Preston Hollow's first lots were carved out of the former farm parcels. He built his real estate office at what is now Ebby’s Little White House in 1926. DeLoache and Al Joyce developed Preston Hollow, with development mainly occurring in the 1930s. Famous architect Charles Dilbeck designed many monumental homes throughout the neighborhood in the 1930s and early 1940s. At first, Preston Road

335-560: A Spanish-English dual-language program. As of 2013, this program has a waiting list , and the school has a lottery system. Walnut Hill School and Walker Middle also have Spanish-English dual-language programs. Walnut Hill School, later Walnut Hill Elementary School and now Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy, opened in the 1910s and moved to its current location in 1938. It was the first school to serve Preston Hollow kids. Hillcrest High School opened in 1938 and Preston Hollow Elementary opened in 1945-1946. Franklin and Pershing opened in

402-460: A different race or nationality in the employ of a tenant." In July 2000 the residents repealed this restriction. Teardowns of mid-20th century ranch-style houses in portions of Preston Hollow began after land values increased in the 1980s. In September 2008, Preston Hollow returned to national headlines when New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams wrote a column claiming that U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura had purchased

469-645: A group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the New-York Evening Post , a broadsheet . Hamilton's co-investors included other New York members of the Federalist Party , including Robert Troup and Oliver Wolcott who were dismayed by the election of Thomas Jefferson as U.S. president and the rise in popularity of the Democratic-Republican Party . At a meeting held at Archibald Gracie 's weekend villa, which

536-433: A home in Preston Hollow. Described as "a big house on five acres," Adams also claimed that this house would have "horse stables, lake views, mountain views, golf club views" and that Preston Hollow is "a town outside Dallas." Dallas media pointed out the significant factual errors in the column (perhaps, most glaringly, Dallas's location in a non-mountainous region of Texas) and noted that the real estate agent cited denied both

603-480: A portion of the former Walnut Hill zone being rezoned to Withers. The Withers section was rezoned from Cary and Thomas Jefferson to Walker Middle School and W.T. White High School . In 2006, Preston Hollow Elementary School achieved notoriety after a lawsuit claiming the school's class-assignment policies violated the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision. Judge Sam Lindsay ruled in November that

670-519: A real-estate magnate with no experience in the media industry. In 1988, the Post hired Jane Amsterdam , founding editor of Manhattan, inc. , as its first female editor, and within six months the paper had toned down the sensationalist headlines. Within a year, Amsterdam was forced out by Kalikow, who reportedly told her "credible doesn't sell...Your big scoops are great, but they don't sell more papers." In 1993, after Kalikow declared bankruptcy,

737-496: A revolutionary, but as the anarchist holding the match." The Post characterized Trump attorney Sidney Powell as a "crazy person", and his former national security advisor Michael Flynn 's suggestion to declare martial law as "tantamount to treason." In January 2021, Keith Poole, a top editor at The Sun , another Murdoch-owned tabloid, was appointed as the editor in chief of the New York Post Group. Around

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804-510: A single teardrop running down his cheek, the Post was again purchased in 1993 by Murdoch's News Corporation. This came about after numerous political officials, including Democratic governor of New York Mario Cuomo , persuaded the Federal Communications Commission to grant Murdoch a permanent waiver from the cross-ownership rules that had forced him to sell the paper five years earlier. Without this FCC ruling,

871-475: A value of $ 2 million each ($ 2840390.88 in today's money). The newer houses are larger single-family homes. Preston Hollow North's boundaries are Preston Road, Hillcrest Road, Royal Lane, and Walnut Hill Lane. Preston Hollow East consists of the single-family houses in an area bounded by the Dallas North Tollway , Hillcrest Road, Joyce Way, and Del Norte Lane. Preston Hollow’s city hall, which

938-914: Is North Dallas' modified grid plan of principal arterial roads, which runs on a standard N/S/E/W grid. The routing of limited-access highways through North Dallas is based on the area's proximity to Dallas' downtown freeway loop, as Dallas' freeway system was built according to the hub-and-spoke paradigm . North Dallas' major north-south highways radiate out of the downtown freeway loop and cut through North Dallas at various angles. Additionally, four separate beltways arc across North Dallas: in order from their proximity to downtown: DART began operating its light rail lines in North Dallas in 1996: The Red Line connects North Dallas to Oak Cliff , south Dallas , downtown , Uptown , Richardson and Plano . The Blue Line connects North Dallas to south Dallas , downtown, Uptown, east Dallas , Lake Highlands , and Garland . The Green Line and Orange Line lines run just to

1005-578: Is adjacent to Preston Hollow. The United States Postal Service operates the Preston Post Office. Preston Center , a commercial area, is located close to Preston Hollow. The development includes two 20-story office towers that opened during a construction boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s. As of 1989, many of the Preston Center buildings were partially vacant. During that year, Terry Box of The Dallas Morning News said that

1072-524: Is home to some of the most luxurious mansions in Dallas." Walnut Hill was the northern boundary of the former Preston Hollow municipality. Terry Box of The Dallas Morning News said in 1989 that the area north of Walnut Hill was "less prestigious" but "still affluent, with well-maintained upper-middle- and middle-class neighborhoods stretching to Royal Lane." Nancy Moore of the Morning News said that

1139-729: Is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Downtown Dallas . Preston Road is the main arterial road in the area. Terry Box of The Dallas Morning News said in 1987 that the corridor Preston Road travels through, between the Northwest Highway and the LBJ Freeway , is referred to as the "golden corridor" of Dallas due to its wealth. Lisa Tanner of the Dallas Business Journal said, "The lines that define Preston Hollow are somewhat blurred." She said that Preston Hollow had been commonly defined as being bounded by

1206-567: Is located a short distance to the northwest. Additionally, Addison Airport , a general aviation airport, is located adjacent to North Dallas in Addison . New York Post The New York Post ( NY Post ) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City . The Post also operates three online sites: NYPost.com; PageSix.com, a gossip site; and Decider.com, an entertainment site. The newspaper

1273-779: Is located), to the far northern reaches of Dallas proper and the suburbs to the north of the city. The Collin County portion of North Dallas is served by the Plano Independent School District . Most of the Dallas County portion of North Dallas is served by the Dallas Independent School District , and students are zoned to either Emmett J. Conrad , Hillcrest , Thomas Jefferson , or W. T. White High Schools. All of Lake Highlands and portions of Far North Dallas in

1340-656: Is no funding for a new library building intended to replace the current library. The City of Dallas operates two neighborhood parks, Netherland Park and Preston Hollow Park. The 7.2 acres (2.9 ha) Preston Hollow Park includes two baseball/softball fields, one soccer/football field, two tennis courts, one playground, seven picnic tables, and trails. The 5.3-acre (2.1 ha) Netherland Park includes two tennis courts and trails. Preston Hollow East and Preston Hollow North, two homeowners associations that cover most of eastern Preston Hollow, organize recreational activities such as book clubs and chess games. The Dallas Morning News

1407-616: Is now Gracie Mansion , Hamilton recruited the first investors for the new paper. Hamilton chose William Coleman as his first editor. The most notable 19th-century Evening Post editor was the poet and abolitionist William Cullen Bryant . So well respected was the Evening Post under Bryant's editorship, it received praise from the English philosopher John Stuart Mill , in 1864. In addition to literary and drama reviews, William Leggett began to write political editorials for

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1474-481: Is now termed the Old Preston Hollow area—an earlier large house in the area, by the pond near Avrill, was considered as part of the farm. In the 1930s, moving beyond Northwest Highway was considered "going into the sticks" and risky in terms of attracting affluent homeowners. Later, many people said that E.J. Solon's estate started the North Dallas migration. Preston Hollow was officially incorporated as

1541-608: Is served by seven branches of the Dallas Public Library system: North Dallas is home to the headquarters of Texas Instruments (TI) . TI is the No. 4 manufacturer of semiconductors worldwide after Intel, Samsung and Toshiba, and is the No. 2 supplier of chips for cellular handsets after Qualcomm, and the No. 1 producer of digital signal processors (DSPs) and analog semiconductors, among a wide range of other semiconductor products. Major business areas in North Dallas include

1608-469: Is the local citywide newspaper. The locally produced Preston Hollow newspaper is also distributed to residents of Preston Hollow. A book, Preston Hollow: A Brief History, written by a Preston Hollow resident, covers the history of the neighborhood. North Dallas As Dallas has grown over the last several decades, the concept of "North Dallas" has changed from the area just north of downtown, along Central Expressway (where North Dallas High School

1675-599: Is within the Dallas County Community College District . Southern Methodist University is in proximity to Preston Hollow. Dallas Public Library operates the Preston Royal Branch in the Preston Hollow area. It first opened in 1964. Its roof has arches above, and according to Andrew Scoggin of The Dallas Morning News , this makes the library appear distinct compared to others in the library system. As of 2013, there

1742-472: The Ladies Home Journal , purchased the Evening Post and briefly turned it into a non-sensational tabloid nine years later, in 1933. In 1928, Wilella Waldorf became drama editor at the Evening Post . She was one of the first women to hold an editorial role at the newspaper, During her time at the Evening Post , she was the only female first-string critic on a New York newspaper. She

1809-428: The Evening Post ended in 1879, when it was learned that he had defrauded Bryant the entire time. Henderson Jr. sold his interest in the newspaper in 1881. In 1881, Henry Villard took control of the Evening Post and The Nation , which became the Post ' s weekly edition. With this acquisition, the paper was managed by the triumvirate of Carl Schurz , Horace White , and Edwin L. Godkin . When Schurz left

1876-649: The Greenhill School (boys and girls k-12) in Addison, Lakehill Preparatory School in East Dallas, and Alcuin School all of which serve as an option for parents who want to send their children to schools not backed by a religious organization. Nonsectarian co-ed private school Dallas International School Churchill Way Campus (TPS 2 year old-4th Grade) Waterview Campus (5th-12th Grade). Preston Hollow

1943-626: The Platinum Corridor , Preston Center , and the Telecom Corridor . Since 2016 both Studio Movie Grill and Pollo Campero have their headquarters in the Hidden Grove Office Building in North Dallas. As the majority of North Dallas was developed in the late 20th century, the primary mode of local transportation is the automobile and the area has a low density compared with neighborhoods built in

2010-412: The Post announced plans to change its Monday through Saturday publication schedule and begin issuing a Sunday edition, which it last published briefly in 1989. On April 14, 1996, the Post delivered its new Sunday edition at the cost of 50 cents per paper by keeping its size to 120 pages. The amount, significantly less than Sunday editions from The New York Daily News and The New York Times ,

2077-687: The Post . Leggett's espoused a fierce opposition to central banking and support for the organization of labor unions. He was a member of the Equal Rights Party . In 1831, he became a co-owner and editor of the Post , eventually working as sole editor of the newspaper while Bryant traveled in Europe in 1834 and 1835. Two additional co-owners of the paper were John Bigelow and Issac Henderson. Born in Malden-on-Hudson, New York , Bigelow graduated in 1835 from Union College, where he

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2144-553: The 1850s to the 2019 tornado. A neighborhood Facebook group called “Preston Hollow History” shares more historical information. Despite a 1948 U. S. Supreme Court ruling that state courts cannot enforce race-based restrictions on the occupancy of real estate, a covenant was enacted in 1956 for 17 lots in the James Meaders Estates subdivision of Preston Hollow, which stated that only white residents were allowed to live on those lots unless they were "domestic servants of

2211-432: The 1920s, the first people started moving to Preston Hollow for residential purposes. Ralph Stichter was the first, purchasing many acres at the northeast corner of Preston and Walnut Hill. He built two estates on his property, one right at the corner and another at what is now 6126 Lakehurst, which still stands, in 1922. That same year, real estate developer Ira P. DeLoache first noticed the area. In 1924, DeLoache bought

2278-525: The 1930s, 1940s, or even 1950s and newer, larger houses. The more modern homes have 6,000 square feet (560 m) or more space. Kay Weeks, a realtor of Ebby Halliday Realtors and a resident of Preston Hollow, said that over 20 years until 2009, many former middle-class areas became wealthier. Since newer houses in Preston Hollow opened, the land value increased. Many 1-acre (0.40 ha) lots, as of 2009, were selling for $ 1 million ($ 1420195.44 in today's money) or more. Some such lots in popular locations had

2345-483: The 1950s. In the 2005–06 school year, three elementary schools, Pershing, Preston Hollow, and Walnut Hill served sections of the Preston Hollow area. Residents zoned to Preston Hollow and Pershing were zoned to Franklin Middle School and Hillcrest High School . Residents zoned to Walnut Hill were zoned to Cary Middle School and Thomas Jefferson High School . In Fall 2006, the attendance boundaries changed, with

2412-484: The 1980s. In October 2020, the Post endorsed Trump for re-election, citing his "promises made, promises kept" policy. Weeks after Trump was defeated and sought to overturn the election results , the Post published a front-page editorial, asking Trump to "stop the insanity", stating that he was "cheering for an undemocratic coup", writing, "If you insist on spending your final days in office threatening to burn it all down, that will be how you are remembered. Not as

2479-816: The Dallas County are served by the Richardson Independent School District . Lake Highlands students are zoned to Lake Highlands High School (Dallas) or Lloyd V. Berkner High School (Richardson), while portions of Far North Dallas are zoned to J.J. Pearce High School (Richardson) or Richardson High School (Richardson). The Denton County portion of North Dallas is served by the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District , and students are zoned to R.L. Turner High School or Newman Smith High School . The area

2546-510: The Northwest Highway to the south, Royal Lane to the north, and Hillcrest Road to the east. She noted that there were several "western measures." Mary Jacobs of The Dallas Morning News noted that area real estate agents usually define the boundaries of Preston Hollow as the Northwest Highway, Royal Lane, Hillcrest Road, and Midway Road. Roland Anderson, a resident, quoted by The Dallas Morning News , said that real estate agents use

2613-474: The area. In the early 1930s, during the Depression , Edward James Solon, the treasurer of a company called Interstate and the partner who came with Karl Hoblitzelle from Chicago to Dallas, purchased a Preston Hollow corner property at Douglas and Averill Way. DeLoache built a Dillbeck-designed house on the property. This Tudor-styled home was considered the beginning of the many large estates built in what

2680-414: The boundaries of eastern Preston Hollow were Northwest Highway, Royal Lane, Preston Road, and Hillcrest Road. Most of east Preston Hollow is under the jurisdiction of two homeowners associations : Preston Hollow East and Preston Hollow North. Eastern Preston Hollow is divided into several lots . The houses in eastern and northern Preston Hollow include some original two stories but mainly ranch houses from

2747-582: The boundary. As of 2007, many Preston Hollow residents send their children to private schools. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas operates area Catholic schools. Ursuline Academy of Dallas , a Catholic girls' high school, is located in the Estate area of Preston Hollow. Non-Catholic private schools within Preston Hollow North include St. Mark's School of Texas (1–12) and Preston Hollow Presbyterian School (1–6). Private Catholic schools in

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2814-461: The city of Dallas, and the municipality was annexed to Dallas shortly after that. That same year, the residents of Preston Hollow's southern neighbor, University Park and its southern neighbor, Highland Park , (collectively, the Park Cities ) voted to remain independent municipalities. The book, Preston Hollow: A Brief History, covers the history of the neighborhood from the first settlers in

2881-481: The early 20th century. Efforts made by the City of Dallas and Dallas Area Rapid Transit to increase the availability of alternative modes of transportation have received varying degrees of support from North Dallas residents. Since 1996, two light rail lines flanking North Dallas on the east have been constructed and well-received, and two more flank North Dallas on the west, in northwest Dallas . However, plans to build

2948-1331: The empty buildings were "viewed as intrusive symbols of the city's failure to control its growth" and "have come to exemplify much of what is wrong with North Dallas ." Around that time, residents tried to pressure area politicians into making the development more low-rise and further removed from the Preston Hollow community. The Dallas Galleria and the NorthPark Center are in proximity to Preston Hollow. Dallas Independent School District (DISD) operates local public schools. Elementary schools serving areas in Preston Hollow include John J. Pershing (in Mayflower Estates), Preston Hollow (in Preston Hollow North), Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy , and Harry C. Withers. Residents zoned to Pershing and Preston Hollow are zoned to Benjamin Franklin Middle School and Hillcrest High School . Residents zoned to Walnut Hill are zoned to Medrano Junior High School and Thomas Jefferson High School . Residents zoned to Withers are zoned to E.D. Walker Middle School and W.T. White High School . Withers has

3015-438: The failure of the competing World Journal Tribune ; however, the rising cost of operating an afternoon daily in a city with worsening daytime traffic congestion, combined with mounting competition from expanded local radio and TV news cut into the Post ' s profitability, though it made money from 1949 until Schiff's final year of ownership, when it lost $ 500,000. The paper has lost money ever since. In late October 1995,

3082-469: The former Preston Hollow town is now known as the "Estate area." The neighborhood is in western Preston Hollow. Tanner said that the estate area is east of Midway Road and west of Preston Road. Jacobs noted that the estate area is bounded by Preston Road, Walnut Hill Lane, Midway Road, and the Northwest Highway. She added that "The so-called estate area on Preston Hollow's western side boasts large lots with grand entrances, rolling hills, and winding streets, and

3149-643: The highest ratings of a nationally syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in a decade when it debuted in 2017. With Page Six TV ' s success, the New York Post formed New York Post Entertainment, a scripted and unscripted television entertainment division, in July 2018 with Troy Searer as president. In 2017, the New York Post was reported to be the preferred newspaper of U.S. president Donald Trump , who maintains frequent contact with its owner Murdoch. The Post promoted Trump's celebrity since at least

3216-1021: The late Ross Perot , energy tycoon the late T. Boone Pickens , and include former American Airlines chairman Bob Crandall , software developer Larry Lacerte, Stream Energy Chairman Rob Snyder, and included the investor the late Harold Simmons . Sports & entertainment figures include Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban , former Dallas Mavericks player Dirk Nowitzki , current Dallas Mavericks player Luka Dončić , former Dallas Cowboys players Roger Staubach , Daryl Johnston , and Chuck Howley , previous Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks , former Dallas Cowboys football coach Wade Phillips , golfer Lee Trevino , golfer Jordan Spieth , and current Dallas Stars player Tyler Seguin . Noted residents of Old Preston Hollow who are now deceased include ClubCorp founder Robert H. Dedman Sr. , trial lawyer and Democratic Party fundraiser Fred Baron and his wife Lisa Blue Baron , and Mary Kay founder Mary Kay Ash . Richard B. Spencer grew up in Preston Hollow. Preston Hollow

3283-470: The name in the broadest manner possible because they believe the name has " panache ." He added that, in the words of Jacobs, "Preston Hollow is really an amalgamation of neighborhoods." A map in the book Preston Hollow: A Brief History shows the boundaries, which were concluded by extensive research, as a backwards L shape with the Mayflower Estates area as “disputed”. The area belonging to

3350-478: The news section to Paul Sann and stayed on as editorial page editor until 1980. Under Schiff's tenure the Post was seen to have liberal tilt, supporting trade unions and social welfare, and featured some of the most popular columnists of the time, such as Joseph Cookman , Drew Pearson , Eleanor Roosevelt , Max Lerner , Murray Kempton , Pete Hamill , and Eric Sevareid , theatre critic Richard Watts Jr. , and gossip columnist Earl Wilson . In November 1976, it

3417-474: The newspaper was owned by Dorothy Schiff , who developed the tabloid format that has been used since by the newspaper. In 1976, Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp bought the Post for US$ 30.5 million (equivalent to $ 163 million in 2023). As of 2023, the New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper by print circulation among all U.S. newspapers. The Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US$ 10,000 (equivalent to $ 183,120 in 2023) from

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3484-628: The newspaper's circulation. The new owner was Thomas Lamont , a senior partner in the Wall Street firm of J.P. Morgan & Co. Unable to stem the paper's financial losses, he sold it to a consortium of 34 financial and reform political leaders, headed by Edwin Francis Gay , dean of the Harvard Business School , whose members included Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1924, conservative Cyrus H. K. Curtis , publisher of

3551-592: The paper in 1883, Godkin became editor-in-chief. White became editor-in-chief in 1899, and remained in that role until his retirement in 1903. In 1897, both publications passed to the management of Villard's son, Oswald Garrison Villard , a founding member of both the NAACP and the American Anti-Imperialist League . Villard sold the newspaper in 1918 following widespread allegations of pro- German sympathies during World War I hurt

3618-486: The paper was temporarily managed by Steven Hoffenberg , a financier who later pleaded guilty to securities fraud , and for two weeks by Abe Hirschfeld , who made his fortune building parking garages. Following a staff revolt against the Hoffenberg-Hirschfeld partnership, which included publication of an issue whose front page featured the iconic masthead picture of founder Alexander Hamilton with

3685-481: The paper would have shut down. In December 2012, Murdoch announced that Jesse Angelo had been appointed publisher. Various branches of Murdoch's media groups, 21st Century Fox 's Endemol Shine North America , and News Corp 's New York Post created a Page Six TV nightly gossip show based on and named after the Post's gossip section. A test run in July would occur on Fox Television Stations . The show garnered

3752-427: The paper. Her husband George Backer was named editor and publisher. Her second editor and third husband Ted Thackrey became co-publisher and co-editor with Schiff in 1942. Together, they recast the newspaper into its modern-day tabloid format. In 1948, The Bronx Home News merged with it. In 1949, James Wechsler became editor of the paper, running both the news and the editorial pages. In 1961, he turned over

3819-532: The report or that the Post had ever contacted her. Politicians include former U.S. President George W. Bush , former Dallas mayors Tom Leppert and Laura Miller and her husband, retired Texas legislator Steve Wolens ; and Christina Crain, the namesake of the Christina Crain Unit women's prison and former chairperson of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice . Business executives included

3886-406: The school's practices were not legal because they attempted to keep white students together even if minority students had to be placed in inappropriate courses; this ruling was miscited in at least one local paper as indicating that "all-white" classes had been created. Cary Middle was disestablished in 2020 after a 2019 tornado destroyed the campus, with Medrano and Franklin taking portions of

3953-569: The surrounding area include Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (Boys, 9–12),Christ the King Catholic School (K-8), St. Rita Catholic School (K-8) and St. Monica Catholic School (K-8). Other private schools in the surrounding area include Episcopal School of Dallas (PreK-12), Hockaday School (PreK-12, Girls), Parish Episcopal School (PreK-12), and Good Shepherd Episcopal School (PreK-8). Three co-ed, nonsectarian private schools exist in Dallas that do not require uniforms,

4020-648: The west of North Dallas in northwest Dallas . The two lines serve DFW Airport , Irving and Las Colinas , Carrollton , Farmers Branch , the Stemmons Corridor , Victory Park , downtown, Deep Ellum , Fair Park , south Dallas and Pleasant Grove . Lines and stations in North Dallas include: Dallas's Love Field Airport is located in North Dallas, near the Bluff View and Devonshire neighborhoods. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex 's major international airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ,

4087-562: Was a member of the Sigma Phi Society and the Philomathean Society, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. From 1849 to 1861, he was one of the editors and co-owners of the Evening Post . In 1877, this led to the involvement of his son Isaac Henderson Jr., who became the paper's publisher, stockholder, and member of its board, just five years after graduating from college. Henderson Sr.'s 33-year tenure with

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4154-467: Was announced that Australian Rupert Murdoch had bought the Post from Schiff with the intention that Schiff would be retained as a consultant for five years. In 2005, it was reported that Murdoch bought the newspaper for US$ 30.5 million. The Post at this point was the only surviving afternoon daily in New York City and its circulation under Schiff had grown by two-thirds, particularly after

4221-469: Was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton , a Federalist and Founding Father who was appointed the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington . The newspaper became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name New York Evening Post (originally New-York Evening Post ). Its most notable 19th-century editor was William Cullen Bryant . In the mid-20th century,

4288-542: Was part of the Post ' s efforts "to find a niche in the nation's most competitive newspaper market". Because of the institution of federal regulations limiting media cross-ownership after Murdoch's purchase of WNEW-TV, which is now WNYW , and four other stations from Metromedia to launch the Fox Broadcasting Company , Murdoch was forced to sell the paper for $ 37.6 million in 1988 (equivalent to $ 96.9 million in 2023) to Peter S. Kalikow ,

4355-443: Was preceded by Clara Savage Littledale , the first woman reporter ever hired by the Post and the editor of the woman's page in 1914. In 1934, J. David Stern purchased the paper, changed its name to the New York Post , and restored its broadsheet size and liberal perspective. For four months of that same year, future U.S. Senator from Alaska Ernest Gruening was an editor of the paper. In 1939, Dorothy Schiff purchased

4422-648: Was the area's only connection to Downtown Dallas . Terry Box of The Dallas Morning News said that the Northwest Highway "was nothing more than muddy right of way." The area that would later become Preston Center was a dairy farm in the early to mid-20th Century. The developers intended Preston Hollow to be what Box said was "more than a flatland suburb on the fringes of a new and growing Dallas." Doctors, entrepreneurs, industrialists, lawyers, and oil businesspeople moved to Preston Hollow. Many built country-style estates that housed horses and stables. A private school which later became St. Mark's School of Texas opened in

4489-460: Was used until the town of Preston Hollow was annexed by Dallas in 1945, is now an office for Ebby Halliday Realtors. The Dallas Fire Department operated Station #41, which opened on January 16, 1958, in Preston Hollow. The station was destroyed by the October 2019 tornado. Area residents and business owners refer to it as the "Preston-Royal Fire Department." Fire Station #27, which opened in 1948,

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