Weekly Roundup: The Queen of Highland Park

Plus, more Texas Monthly stories. [Listen to One By Willie Today](   [TEXASMONTHLY.COM](   Jul 14, 2023 [The Queen of Highland Park]( Business [The Queen of Highland Park]( For forty years, Allie Beth Allman has ruled the glittering world of luxury real estate in Dallas. Then came a flood of coastal money, a technological revolution, a rift with a longtime partner, and the inexorable toll of time. [READ STORY](   MORE FOR YOU Energy [In the Aging Oil Business, These Young CEOs Stand Out]( Many millennial and Gen Z workers have turned away from careers in fossil fuels—making Midland-based Permian Resources an anomaly. [READ STORY](   Style & Design [Austin Is Getting Bigger. So Are Its Fences.]( New homeowners are skirting city codes to close themselves off from their neighbors with sky-high, opaque barricades. [READ STORY](   Best Thing In Texas [A Texas Oak Tree Was Believed to Be Extinct. Now It’s Making a Comeback.]( Twelve years after the last known Quercus tardifolia disappeared, conservationists at the San Antonio Botanical Garden are bringing the species back. [READ STORY]( SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY OFFER   [Celebrate Our 50th With Us]( [Subscribe today]( to unlock unlimited print and digital access to 50 years of Texas Monthly for only $45 $25. [SUBSCRIBE](   RECOMMENDED Politics & Policy [Could Texas Really Eliminate Property Taxes?]( [READ STORY]( [Could Texas Really Eliminate Property Taxes?](     Health [This Texas Heat Is Killing Us]( [READ STORY]( [This Texas Heat Is Killing Us](     Border & Immigration [How Cartel Violence Has Reshaped Tejano Identity in South Texas]( [READ STORY]( [How Cartel Violence Has Reshaped Tejano Identity in South Texas](     ADVERTISEMENT [Listen to One By Willie Today]( [A snake crawled into an Austin power substation and made contact with an electrified circuit, causing blackouts in more than 16,000 homes.]( Meanwhile in Texas [A snake crawled into an Austin power substation and made contact with an electrified circuit, causing blackouts in more than 16,000 homes.]( [READ STORY]( [A snake crawled into an Austin power substation and made contact with an electrified circuit, causing blackouts in more than 16,000 homes.]( Meanwhile in Texas [A snake crawled into an Austin power substation and made contact with an electrified circuit, causing blackouts in more than 16,000 homes.]( [READ STORY](   WEEKEND READS [Meow Wolf Opens Its Maximalist, Multicolored Doors in Grapevine]( Art [Meow Wolf Opens Its Maximalist, Multicolored Doors in Grapevine]( [READ STORY](     [Anne Rapp Immortalized Small-town Texas on the Big Screen. But She Can’t Stop Her Hometown From Fading Away.]( Film & TV [Anne Rapp Immortalized Small-town Texas on the Big Screen. But She Can’t Stop Her Hometown From Fading Away.]( [READ STORY](     [Trill Burgers Is as ‘Houston’ as a Restaurant Can Get]( Food & Drink [Trill Burgers Is as ‘Houston’ as a Restaurant Can Get]( [READ STORY](  [Subscribe to Texas Monthly]( [Celebrate Our 50th With Us](   Unlock unlimited print and digital access to 50 years of Texas Monthly for only $45 $25. [SUBSCRIBE](   [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( You are receiving this message because you signed up for our newsletters. Want more? Check out [our other newsletters](.   P.O. Box 1569, Austin, TX 78767 [View Online]( [Unsubscribe](