April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
If the walls of 7552 Baxtershire could talk, they might ask for a scalpel. Come to think of it, those walls would definitely know how to administer cancer treatments and resuscitate a heart. The fabulous $1.3 million home in the trendy JanMar subdivision was built in 1984 and originally belonged to the legendary Dr. Michael…
Pitching a Major League Baseball game in Yankee Stadium is a lot like selling a $1.6 million home in Southlake. Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Realtor Eric Hacker played professional baseball for 17 years and employs the same process-driven strategy of working with home buyers as he did on the baseball diamond. “Athletes that compete at the…
Dallas has been wrestling with the issue of whether to change the code allowing short-term rentals in residential areas, but it’s not the only city that’s had to evaluate the matter. When Airbnb announced in June that party houses and “open-invite gatherings” of more than 16 people are permanently prohibited following a trial period due…
Islamic architecture is a girl’s best friend. That’s not exactly how the saying goes, but Yale School of Architecture professor Jaffer Kolb is going to shine some light on how the geometric art form influenced a Cartier jewelry line. Kolb joins Sarah Schleuning, curator of the Cartier exhibition, and Kate Aoki, head of exhibition design…
It’s been well-documented that it’s hot outside. Homebuyers are looking for pools; sellers are doing well touting the popular backyard oasis. And the number of people willing to let strangers use their pool for an hourly fee is skyrocketing. When we first covered this phenomenon last June, 94 pools were listed in the greater Dallas…
