Year: 2024

City Plan Commissioner Wants to Rezone Short-Term Rentals Near Bishop Arts, Change Hotel Definitions

By April Towery / May 2, 2024 /

A Dallas real estate developer is petitioning the City Plan Commission to allow two multifamily buildings he owns near Bishop Arts to continue operating as short-term rentals despite a pending legal matter that could ban such activity in residential neighborhoods.  There’s another challenge, too. The builder and property owner, Christian Chernock, is the city plan…

Celebrate Oak Cliff History Day With Clyde Barrow’s Ghost at Western Heights Cemetery

By Karen Eubank / May 2, 2024 /

Oak Cliff History Day, a community event celebrating the rich history of the area, takes place on Saturday, May 4, at the Western Heights Cemetery, the final resting place of the infamous gangster Clyde Barrow.  This cemetery has drawn the Bonnie and Clyde crowd for decades, but there is so much more here. Cemeteries are the…

Ten Dallas Bond Propositions to be Decided Saturday, Housing Advocates Rally Support

By April Towery / May 2, 2024 /

Dallas voters will decide Saturday on the biggest bond package in city history, a $1.25 billion measure that pledges funds for parks, streets, storm drainage, economic development, homelessness, housing, and more.  Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Find your polling place here.  Ten Bond Propositions  A bond brochure distributed by…

We Explored the Old City Park Estate Sale and Here’s the Scoop

By Shelby Skrhak / May 2, 2024 /

There are estate sales and there are Estate Sales. The old Dallas Morning News building, Bill’s Records and Tapes — those are iconic sales. Add this controversial sale at Dallas’ beleaguered Old City Park to the list of must-see estate sales in North Texas. Now through Saturday, the park is hosting a massive estate sale…

Great Updates Are a Gamechanger For This West Kessler Heights Cottage

By Joanna England / May 1, 2024 /

We all know that the three biggest selling points of a home are location, location, location. So, when you think about living in Oak Cliff, you want to live in the areas that are close to the attractions. While the location is the one thing about a house you can’t change, it’s also one of…