Year: 2024

Tchotchkes And More Tchotchkes Dominate This Canadian Home

By Mimi Perez / April 3, 2024 /

The house featured in this week’s column serves as a personal cautionary tale. You see, nothing gets me going like tchotchkes. It is a heck of an admission to make but it is an honest one. It does not matter the trip, I always have to come back with one or two, maybe more, tchotchkes,…

On Good Friday, Tanks And SWAT Teams Descended on a Sleepy Colleyville Neighborhood

By Joy Donovan / April 3, 2024 /

So, it’s Good Friday. Your mind is on jelly beans, Easter eggs, and new shoes. The kids all have the day off school — not just any school, but an exemplary school as deemed by the state and the uber-active PTA of soccer moms and golfing dads. You’re having a third cup of coffee in…

[Podcast] Willie and Waylon Have Left Old City Park. What Happens Come May 26?

By Shelby Skrhak / April 2, 2024 /

Your kids have taken field trips here. Probably, you did too. But the future of the city’s oldest park and collection of late-1800s buildings is uncertain. Come May 26, Old City Park will change hands from the Dallas County Heritage Society to the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation department. In this episode of Dallas…

@properties Christie’s International Real Estate is Redefining Development Sales and Marketing With Its All-New Developer Services Division

By Daniel Lalley / April 2, 2024 /

Expanding on its dynamic and diverse catalog of client services, @properties Christie’s International Real Estate is introducing an all-new Developer Services Division (DSD) to provide comprehensive support for areas including brand development and design, integrated marketing (including digital and social), and sales and consulting for developers across Texas and globally. In recognizing the evolving needs…

How The Preston Center West Rezoning Almost Happened Without Community Input 

By April Towery / April 2, 2024 /

At a time when trust in Dallas’ public officials appears to be at an all-time low, a former city plan commissioner pointed out that a Preston Center West rezoning request was poised for approval without a community meeting that was promised two years ago.  Claire Stanard, who represented District 13 on the City Plan Commission…