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The Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour is Your Chance to See The Appeal of Beckley Club Estates

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 2, 2023 /

By Donovan Westover Time traveling forward from our previously featured 1916 four-square tour house in Winnetka Heights, we find ourselves in Beckley Club Estates in 1928.  The moment I saw this stone cottage I was taken with the charming combination of the puzzlelike stone capped with the sweeping roofline. Curb Appeal When built, the house…

Be There or Be Four Square! Heritage Oak Cliff’s 2023 Home Tour is One You Don’t Want to Miss!

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 25, 2023 /

By Donovan Westover Our preview of the Heritage Oak Cliff Fall Home Tour begins in 1916 when this stately Rosemont Avenue four square was built.  The house was constructed in Winnetka Heights three years after downtown Dallas’ Busch Building (Kirby), four years after Adolphus Hotel, and six years before Magnolia Petroleum Building when the neighborhood…

Heritage Oak Cliff’s Fall Home Tour is Back And Better Than Ever

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 12, 2023 /

By Donovan Westover Labor Day has come and gone, and it is time to pack away your white clothing.  The time has also come for the annual Heritage Oak Cliff Fall Home Tour, which we are super excited to bring back after a pandemic hiatus.  This vital event, which has been on hold since 2019,…

One of Fort Worth’s Earliest Neighborhoods, Arlington Heights Is Well-Loved by its Residents

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 10, 2023 /

By John English Contributing Writer Arlington Heights is one of the more established and desirable neighborhoods in Fort Worth and one that has a lot of to offer to both families and couples alike. Located just north of I-30, west of the Botanical Gardens, and southeast of Camp Bowie Blvd., the Arlington Heights neighborhood includes…

How to Protect Grass and Trees During This Week’s Scorching Weather

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 7, 2023 /

It seems like every day we are breaking a new record for heat here in Texas. Even the most seasoned Texans are having a hard time coping with this extreme heat. As you look around, the highway medians are scorched, trees are weeping, and aside from the old reliable crepe myrtle, there is not a…