Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Larry Hagman Is Not the Only Star Who Lived in Dallas: Here’s Where Judy Garland Slept in Big D (and You Can, Too)

By Candy Evans / December 3, 2012 /

Update, Monday December 3:  360 degree views of Big D from this penthouse including a rooftop terrace with view of the bridge:. 2635 sf. 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, formal dining. And oh yes, it’s leased! Ah, the Maple Terrace. Dallas’ very first “million dollar apartment house”, and no barf beige! The elegant stucco Dallas Landmark…

This Mid Century Modern North Dallas Ranch Really Puts the “M” Back in MasterSuite…

By Candy Evans / December 3, 2012 /

Is it true that women in the 1950’s spent most of their time in bubble baths? I want to totally revive that trend, starting right here with this house porn! Here’s a delicious find up on 7715 Idlewood Lane, east of Hillcrest and north of Royal. Four bedrooms, five and a half baths, multiple formals. Snuggled…

What Museum Tower and the Nasher Sculpture Center Can Learn From the Ancient Arabic Design of Mashrabiya

By Candy Evans / December 2, 2012 /

Now here’s an idea for a solution to the Museum Tower/Nasher glare crisis, and it comes right out of one of the hottest spots in the world: Abu Dhabi. Get this: solar rays in this desert town can heat the outside surface of windows up to 90 degrees Celsius — um, folks that is 200…

Lee Harvey Oswald Bricks For Sale and Going Fast!

By Candy Evans / December 2, 2012 /

Here’s one of the Atlanta bricks for sale by the owners of the Oak Cliff apartment complex where Lee Harvey Oswald once lived. There are lots more available on Ebay. This historical apartment building was torn down last week, at 602 to 604 Elsbeth in Oak Cliff. As you can see, it was kind of…

Dallas/Fort Worth Fully Recuperated From the Recession Because Baby Docs Are Super Busy

By Candy Evans / November 30, 2012 /

People move here because in Dallas they can have a house AND a baby, even if they have to pay for both! We were told today that Dallas/Fort Worth is one of three, only THREE, U.S. metropolitan areas that have fully recovered from the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. We are told this by…