South Oak Cliff
A slight 0.28 percent decrease in Dallas City Council District 4 crime over the past year isn’t substantial and could change tomorrow, but it doesn’t mean South Oak Cliff is without challenges when it comes to public safety. The glaring issues in District 4 include decaying infrastructure, poverty, and neighborhoods that have been underserved for…
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Over in South Dallas, there’s a family home with a dream layout. It’s set on one-third acre in Bretton Woods. Inspired by Craftsman architecture, but new construction. It’s like the Anthropologie of homes. It looks “vintage” but it’s basically brand new. Dave Perry-Miller’s Emily Ruth Cannon said the side garden is the jam. It’s an…
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Bob “Videobob” Moseley says he “can sell ketchup popsicles to Eskimos in white gloves.” Moseley’s best sales job may be selling his “party house” located in South Oak Cliff. In a 40-minute video Moseley produced himself, he takes viewers on an in-depth tour of his home that he bought 10 years ago. “I bought this…
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Just a few scant years ago, saying you were buying a house in Oak Cliff would elicit what some called the “Oak Cliff Oh,” as if moving to the area required a thoughtful, tactful response. But times have changed. And perhaps one of the biggest success stories in Oak Cliff is the public school choices…
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In our third installment looking at the Dallas Independent School District’s school board election, we will be looking at District 5, which includes Oak Lawn, Wilmer, West Dallas, Hutchins and parts of east Oak Cliff. Incumbent Lew Blackburn, Marquis Hawkins, and Linda Wilkerson-Wynn are running. One of the highest-profile issues facing District 5 right now…
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