Valley View forever, Cowboys at a crossroads, art of the deals: Your Friday evening roundup

November 09,  2018 By Wayne Carter Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. The slow demolition of the former Sanger-Harris store attached to the nearly vacant Valley View Mall continues as the future of the mall itself remains uncertain. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer) Dallas It's time we face facts, lawsuits and a $230,000 unpaid water bill: Valley View is the mall that will never die From Metro columnist Robert Wilonsky: It is time to admit the obvious: Valley View Center — the mall that should not exist anymore, the mall the mayor recently called an "embarrassment" — is not going to come down in the foreseeable future. We are stuck, until God knows when, staring at the carcass at Preston Road and LBJ Freeway whose remains should have been carted off at least two years years ago. Even Lee Kleinman, the City Council member who once called the mere sight of the mall "gut-wrenching," can now only shrug at the obvious. I asked Thursday if he was resigned to the fact [Valley View isn't going anywhere any time soon](. After a long sigh ... "I would have to say 'yes' to that question." Mural defaced: A vandal [tagged an American flag mural]( that was painted on a Deep Ellum restaurant after the 9/11 attacks. Commentary: [Racial and economic segregation in Dallas is getting worse](, writes Myriam Igoufe. business New Dallas-area developments are coming with a big dose of art The first thing visitors see when they drive into the new Park District project in Uptown Dallas is a monumental silver sculpture. By Dallas artists Brad Oldham and Christy Coltrin, the polished steel artwork called Twist was commissioned for the office and apartment high-rise project. "They've been working on it for more than a year," said Scott Krikorian, a senior managing director for Park District developer Trammell Crow Co. "We wanted something that would do justice to the location. With the Dallas construction boom, developers are investing millions of dollars in art to go with their new buildings. Rather than just grab a few off-the-shelf items, [builders are commissioning artworks for buildings in the current round of construction.]( Growth market: Dallas' high-rise apartment boom [still has thousands of units on the way.]( Retail: Sears will close 40 more stores, [including two in Texas.]( Sports The ugly specter of 2016 will haunt the Cowboys against the Eagles, and it starts with the quarterbacks Tim Cowlishsaw looks ahead to Sunday's Cowboys-Eagles matchup: It's a short list but there are, in fact, other NFL teams that have struggled in the 21st Century at the same level as the Cowboys. But none are as tortured by their own success, a fact the Cowboys must revisit while facing the Eagles twice in the next month. It all starts Sunday night in Philadelphia, and the ugly specter of 2016 hangs over a Dallas team fighting to stay alive in the NFC East. Some of you might be saying, "Wait, wasn't 2016 pretty good? A 13-3 season and team-record win streak and all that?'' Yes, but that only happened because of the great collapse of 2015, the 4-12 record that not only landed the Cowboys the No. 4 pick in the draft but, more importantly, sent Jason Garrett's staff to Mobile to coach the North in the Senior Bowl. They spent a week with North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz who, at the time, was just starting to turn heads and jump into the top five on mock draft boards. [Read the full column.]( Crystal ball: Three bold predictions for Cowboys-Eagles, including [something besides screens Dallas can use against Philly's pass rush.]( X out: Former Dez Bryant [suffered what might be a torn achilles tendon]( on the final play of Saints practice. (Rex C. Curry/Special Contributor) Photo of the Day St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School students wave flags during a flyover of World War II-era planes at the 20th annual Veterans Day parade on Friday at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson. We have listings of [Veterans Day weekend events]( and [free and discount Veterans Day deals]( for veterans and active-duty military personnel. editors' picks - Public health: Why last flu season was so deadly, and [what you can do to protect yourself now.Â]( - Immigration issue: A passenger's lawsuit accuses Dallas-based Greyhound [of allowing a citizenship check.]( - Child endangerment: [A baby was left in a closet, and a girl wandered a Fort Worth parking lot]( while their mom went to work. - Bank heist: Police are looking for a man who robbed a Richardson bank [armed with only a note.]( - Fire deaths: A Texas father is accused of leaving four children alone [before they died in a burning house.]( - Candid camera: A thief who stole a surveillance camera from a Rowlett home [took a selfie in the process.]( - Sounds of the season: A Dallas radio station [has switched the dial to nonstop Christmas music.]( Finally... Feds say dark web led man to stolen credit cards used to hook up friends with hotel rooms If you were friends with Odis Luke Edwards, you could get an excellent deal on a hotel room, including free room service and other perks, according to federal court records. But Edwards, 39, was not a travel agent or broker with access to heavily discounted rates. The Lewisville man [used stolen credit card numbers from the dark web to book hotel rooms that he then subleased to friends for a profit](, according to federal prosecutors. His scheme caught up with him when suspicious hotel managers called police due to all the incidental room charges adding up, court records show. [Subscribe to our Real Estate newsletter]( 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? 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