Historic district
Texas has six of the friendliest neighborhoods in America, with the No. 5 spot going to South Boulevard Park Row, a historic district in southern Dallas. Before you go trying to snatch up a lot or a brand new build in the area, you should know the study isn’t exactly scientific. North Carolina-based All-Star Home…
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Sometimes, a house is more than a home. It’s a love story. This Winnetka Heights American Four-Square is one of those stories. Christopher and Allyson Harrison are among that rarest group of home buyers — those who are not looking to demolish or even flip but to restore a home properly. Allyson comes by her…
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By Norman Alston, FAIASpecial Contributor One of the basic tenets in my field of historic preservation is explained by the idea that “a building is a product of its time.” To be more accurate, however, I would expand this idea to say that a building is a creation by people, and the people who cause…
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Why do you love your neighborhood? That’s the question my lovely editor Joanna England asked me recently. It got me to thinking about what draws us to our ‘hoods and what keeps us there. It’s an especially important question when you have chosen to live in a conservation or historic district. So, I thought it…
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When I first fell in love with Winnetka Heights, I had those ambitious stars in my eyes about historic homes. You know the feeling, like you could transform a 100-year-old house into the stylish, cozy setting for the rest of your life. Today, I am tired. Really, really tired. I no longer have stars in…
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