Lake Cliff Park

Oak Cliff Duplex Offers Neoclassical, Historical Style with Modern Home Amenities

By Shelby Skrhak / May 29, 2020 /

Before Lake Cliff Park became the serene green space it is today, it was an epicenter of entertainment in the early 1900s built to attract potential homeowners to the casual lifestyle that Oak Cliff was beginning to create. Across the street from the park along Blaylock Drive, early residents built beautiful homes ranging in architectural…

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Lake Cliff: The Gateway to Oak Cliff Has a Colorful History

By Deb R. Brimer / May 22, 2019 /

Lake Cliff may have the most colorful history of any neighborhood in Oak Cliff. It was once part of the original township of Oak Cliff that Dallas annexed in 1901, and it has been the gateway to Oak Cliff since the 19th century. Named after the small freshwater lake created by the exclusive Llewellyn Country…

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Founders Park Land Swap Development Stalls Out

By Amanda Popken / January 22, 2019 /

After over a year of meeting with neighbors, stakeholders, and City of Dallas staff, the WindMass Capital development team has thrown in the towel just before this Wednesday’s City Council meeting where they would have been on the agenda to move forward on a very complicated deal. WindMass owns the Founders Square Apartments. Over the…

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East Kessler Park Traditional Gets a New Lease on Life

By Karen Eubank / December 6, 2018 /

Our Inwood Home of the Week is an East Kessler Park traditional at 435 Allison Drive, and it has quite a story. Let’s begin with the fact it was built for John Stemmons. Yes, that John Stemmons. When Steve Kettering of Kettering Ideas and his partner (and daughter), Neysa Font, found this East Kessler Park…

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Lake Cliff Tower Condo Offers Sweeping Views of Downtown, Calatrava Bridges

By Leah Shafer / May 5, 2016 /

If you’ve driven past this building in North Oak Cliff a hundred times and wondered what it’s like inside, then today’s Thursday Three Hundred will satisfy your curiosity. This is a rare corner unit in Lake Cliff Tower in North Oak Cliff, with sweeping downtown and Calatrava bridges views and lots of updates. Located at…

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