Lords of an Underground Empire
The Old Plantation is the hottest bar in town. But only after surviving arson, harassment, and sabotage.
By
David Bauer
Published in
D Magazine
June
1979
Photography Courtesy of Ed Oakley
J
anuary, 1976: The two men stood in the dim light and surveyed their new domain. The place was looking good. It was late Saturday night and construction was right on schedule. The bars were nearly complete, all the equipment installed; the big dance floor was laid in the disco. Tomorrow they would put down the carpet and begin fine-tuning the place for their grand opening, just five days away. The two men had high hopes for their new nightclub here on Cedar Springs. It was going to be, they felt, the best gay bar in Dallas, the liveliest disco around. There was an established competitor just blocks away, but they were confident. The new Old Plantation would be a hit. They took one last look around, smiled at each other, and left.
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Australia s and New Zealand s first set of clinical guidelines for children s head injuries has been created by a network of specialists based at the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI).
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An artist’s rendering of the development planned behind S4.
On the national level, COVID-19, the presidential election, the Black Lives Matter movement and social justice issues and, for the LGBTQ community in particular, the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bostock ruling baning anti-LGBTQ employment discrimination were the biggest stories of the year.
But here in North Texas, there were some more local stories that ranked at the top of the list, too. As we kick off the first week of 2021, Dallas Voice looks back at the local stories that had North Texans talking in 2021.