Mockingbird Lane

City Hall Roundup: Development Code Change Would Protect Tenth Street Historic Homes From Demolition

By April Towery / February 11, 2024 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

The Dallas City Council is expected to vote Feb. 28 on a code update to protect historic homes from demolition when they fall into disrepair.  Neighborhoods such as Southern Dallas’ historic Tenth Street are watching closely. A code amendment would repeal a 2010 ordinance that they say has had a disproportionately negative impact on Black…

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Hurry To Catch This Charmer On Mockingbird Lane

By Amy Puchaty / May 29, 2020 /

Pour the sweet tea and settle into your rocking chair, this home on Mockingbird Lane is made for porch sittin’, memory makin’, and livin’ amidst the trees. In this week’s Friday Four Hundred, we take you to a charmer on Mockingbird Lane and it has character for days! Enter 6786 E. Mockingbird Lane, just minutes from…

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Traditional Open Houses To Steal Your Heart This Weekend

By Amy Puchaty / February 13, 2020 /

If ever there was a reason to get excited about real estate, it’s our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week. And today’s traditional round-up does not disappoint! With homes in Old Preston Hollow, Caruth Hills, and Mockingbird Lane, these timeless traditional homes will make your heart swoon. Which is more you? Let us know in…

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‘Hippie Green’ Home in Quaint Montebello Park Feels Huge Inside

By Joanna England / June 5, 2015 /

“We call it the TARDIS because it looks so small from the outside and everyone that steps in the front door says ‘WOW!’ ” seller Jodie Adams claims. She’s put her adorable Montebello Park home on the market with Realtor Bill Nelson. This home has so many cute features, including an upstairs addition that has…

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Ken Hughes, Mockingbird Station Developer, Dies After Brief Illness

By Joanna England / November 29, 2014 /

We were saddened to hear that the developer of the transit-oriented development by which North Texas judges all other rail-adjacent construction, Mockingbird Station, has passed. Ken Hughes was the brains behind the mixed-use project that was anchored to the DART Rail station on Mockingbird Lane near US 75. It was a revolutionary concept when built…

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