Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Dallas–Fort Worth task force/Requested Articles
This is a list of requested articles in the scope of WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth. Please, if not already done so, create the category (e.g. Music, Business, Literature) in which the request would enter best in.
Requests
Arts
Landscape Architecture
- Lambert Landscape Company, first LA firm in Dallas, credited with bringing azaleas to the area
Biographies
- John S. Armstrong, co-founder of Oak Cliff, prominent business leader
- Charles Blaylock, prominent Dallas Realtor, primarily in residential
- Ron Chapman, long-time Dallas media personality at WFAA-TV, KVIL, et al.
- M. Thomas Edgerton, noted Texas educator, founder of Oak Cliff College for Young Ladies
- Harvey Goff, a Dallas character of the highest order who has/had a collection of military vehicles, including tanks that he used to drive in the Park Cities Fourth of July Parade (and the reason that the city started assessing a bond on floats/vehicles of a certain size ... the armory was tearing up the streets!)
J. Erik Jonsson, former mayor of Dallas
Henry S. Miller, founder Henry S. Miller Company, "God's own Realtor"
Henry S. Miller, Jr. , former CEO Henry S. Miller Company
- Texie Waterman, founding choreographer of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, a post held from 1972-1983. Dance studio owner as well.
Neighborhoods
- Casa Linda, Dallas, Texas, northeast Dallas neighborhood; adjoins Casa View, but has its own personality, shopping center and unique history
- Hord's Ridge, settlement that preceded Oak Cliff
Places
- Goff's Hamburgers, Dallas institution for its flame-broiled burgers
- Highland Park Cafeteria, much beloved and much missed Dallas institution
- Marsalis Park and Zoo, location to which the Dallas Zoo permanently relocated from Fair Park in 1912; part of Thomas Marsalis' legacy to the area
- Northlake Shopping Center
- Oak Cliff College for Young Ladies, noted private school founded in what used to the Park Hotel in Oak Cliff
- Richardson Square Mall, notable regional mall in Richardson --- OK ... it's not on the Texas mall links and a couple of other pages ...
- Sandy Lake Amusement Park, Carrollton, well-known destination for high school senior trips and for its annual band and choir competitions aka the Sandy Lake Music Festival http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/fnotes/fn0404/pounding.html
- Town East Mall, notable regional mall in Mesquite
- Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas: article focuses too much on nightclub scene and not neighborhood/history (theater, blues, etc); provide references in article.
Schools
Secondary Schools
Garland ISD Evening School (on the campus of Garland High School, Garland)
Middle Schools
- Bussey Middle School (Garland)
- Classical Center at Brandenberg (Garland)
- Coyle Middle School (Rowlett) (opened 1973)
- Sam Houston Middle School (Garland)
- Hudson Middle School (Sachse)
- Lyles Middle School (Garland)
- 1992-93 National Blue Ribbon School[8]
- Memorial Preparatory School (Garland)
- Schrade Middle School (Rowlett)
- Sellers Middle School (Garland)
Elementary Schools
- Luke & Betty Abbett Elementary School (Garland) (opened 1989)
- Armstrong Elementary School (Sachse) (opened August 19, 2002)
- James M. Back Elementary School (Rowlett)
- Bradfield Elementary School (Garland)
- Bullock Elementary School (Garland)
- Randolph Caldwell Elementary School (Garland) (opened 1955)
- George Washington Carver Elementary School (Garland) (opened 2007)
- Centerville Elementary School (Garland)
- Classical Center at Vial Elementary School (Garland)
- Club Hill Elementary School (Garland)
- Cooper Elementary School (Garland)
- Couch Elementary School (Garland)
- Daugherty Elementary School (Garland)
- Davis Elementary School (Garland)
- Dorsey Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 12, 1996)
- Freeman Elementary School (Garland)
- Joyce Giddens-Steadham Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 9, 1999)
- Golden Meadows Elementary School (Garland)
- Handley Elementary School (Garland)
- Heather Glen Elementary School (Garland)
- Carl L. Herfurth Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened 1988)
- Hickman Elementary School (Garland)
- Hillside Academy for Excellence (Garland)
- Keeley Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 1991)
- Kimberlin Academy for Excellence (Garland)
o 1991-92, 1998-99 National Blue Ribbon School[8]
- Lister Elementary School (Garland)
- Luna Elementary School (Garland)
- Montclair Elementary School (Garland)
- Northlake Elementary School (Garland)
- Park Crest Elementary School (Garland)
- Nita Pearson Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened 2004)
- Roach Elementary School (Garland)
o 2006 National Blue Ribbon School[9]
- Rowlett Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened 1979)
- Sewell Elementary School (Sachse) (opened 1992)
- Shorehaven Elementary School (Garland)
- Shugart Elementary School (Garland)
- Southgate Elementary School (Garland)
- Spring Creek Elementary School (Garland)
- Stephens Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 15, 1994)
- Toler Elementary School (Garland) (1976)
- Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence (Garland)
o 1996-97, 2007 National Blue Ribbon School[8][9][10]
- Watson Technology Center for Math and Science (Garland)
- Weaver Elementary School (Garland)
- Williams Elementary School (Garland)
Pre-Kindergarten schools
- Gloria Cisneros PreKindergarten School
Notable Private Schools
- All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth, Texas, part of the Southwest Preparatory Conference
- Blue Jean Kindergarten (defunct private school)
- The Covenant School of Dallas in Dallas, Texas
- Garland Christian Academy in Garland, Texas
- Holy Cross Lutheran School (Dallas County)
- Oakridge in Arlington, Texas, part of the Southwest Preparatory Conference
- Pope John Paul II High School of Plano Texas located in Plano, TX
- St. Philip's School & Community Center in Dallas Texas
- Trinity Lutheran School (Dallas County)
- West Plano Montessori School (Collin County)
- The Winston School in Dallas, Texas
- Zion Lutheran School (Dallas County)