Dallas YMCA

Downtown Dallas YMCA: From a Dallas Legend’s Broken Dream to a North Texas Sports Hub

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 19, 2023 /

By Jay Firsching One of the major challenges of my job in historic preservation is avoiding the research rabbit hole. While digging into an archive, you stumble upon an intriguing factoid and before you know it, you’ve squandered most of your day chasing a captivating story that’s completely unrelated to your actual research agenda. The…

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Preservation Dallas Architectural Tour Features Parks Estate and Other Achievement Award Winners

By Joanna England / May 18, 2016 /

As we’ve been telling you, May is Preservation Month. And while there have been just skads of events on the calendar, the one you absolutely should not miss is the May 21 Preservation Dallas Architectural Tour featuring some of the literal “best of” Preservation Achievement Award winners. This year, I was afforded the opportunity to…

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