Joy Donovan
Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.
Swiss Avenue has accounted for a lot of firsts. The tony neighborhood was developed by cotton gin magnate Robert S. Munger, who created Munger Place, Texas’ first deed-restricted neighborhood. The centerpiece of the exclusive neighborhood was Swiss Avenue, a ribbon of grand homes stretching from Fitzhugh Ave. to La Vista Drive. Swiss Avenue became Dallas’…
Working with Starside Custom Builders allows Pam Roberts, owner of PWR Designs, to play matchmaker of sorts. Instead of matching clients with the loves of their lives, Roberts works at people getting fluttery emotions about another important life goal. As the custom home builder’s exclusive designer, Roberts gets to match clients with the home of…
If ribbon cuttings are for “wimps,” as said Thursday morning, then the board sawing was very appropriate for Opal Lee, the honoree of a Fort Worth wall-raising ceremony. One of Fort Worth’s favorite daughters and the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” Lee used a power saw to cut the 2-by-6 symbolic board for her new house at…
Let’s talk some “hot goss” in Cowtown. Taylor Sheridan — you might have heard of him — is a big darn deal in a lot of places, but especially in Fort Worth. He’s got this TV show called “Yellowstone,” which you might have heard of. It’s a big deal, and so is he. He grew…
If music to live by is needed, then it’s as close as the living room at 8812 Rolling Rock Lane in Dallas. That’s because the living room of Katie and Billy Withrow houses a 1962 Wurlitzer jukebox. The couple found it on Craiglist, thinking it would be perfect for their 1957 Midcentury Modern. The jukebox…
