Year: 2024
When this adorable West Kessler cottage was listed for sale in 1941, the advertisement in The Dallas Morning News read: “Owner Gone to Georgia. Said to sell his attractive two-bedroom home at 726 Tenna Loma in beautiful West Kessler.” Reading historic real estate advertisements is amusing because you get an insight into history, society, and…
When you see the same things in houses over and over again, you start to wonder why everybody doesn’t know what you know. What are they, stupid? That’s a word we’re not allowed to use in my house. I tell my girls (who are 6 and 8) that the answer is only easy if you…
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at noon on Saturday, Aug. 3, to include a memorandum from Interim Assistant City Manager Robin Bentley about the Elm Thicket/Northpark permits. The Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood — where residents mobilized almost two years ago to protect the former Freedman’s Community from displacement and noncompliant construction — was peppered recently…
On this episode of Dallas Dirt, host April Towery sat down with Matt Segrest, president of Alamo Manhattan, to discuss what multifamily and hotel projects the developer has underway in Dallas. Alamo Manhattan has been credited with reviving the Uptown area of Dallas with the development of Uptown Marriott — a site that the company…
Without question, North Texas builders are among the nation’s best. With the most impressive collections of custom homes in the country, areas like Dallas, Midlothian, Frisco, and Fort Worth have become meccas for imaginative design and impeccable properties. After nearly 10 years in the business, Augusta Custom Homes is certainly counted among the best the…
