Karen Eubank
Karen is a senior columnist at Candy’s Media and has been writing stories since she could hold a crayon. She is a globe-trotting, history-loving eternal optimist who would find it impossible to live well without dogs, Tex-Mex, and dark chocolate. She covers luxury properties and historic preservation for Candys Dirt.
We’ve reached the tipping point in Dallas when it comes to the historic preservation of architecturally significant homes. For the past few years, we’ve watched an alarming amount of these residences that were designed and owned by the men who built our city razed without a second thought. It’s Time to Stop Demolishing Architecturally Significant…
Your holiday calendar may be filling up, but be sure to make room for the Winnetka Heights Holiday Home Tour on Dec. 9, and don’t miss this historic 1913 Prairie Foursquare at 127 N. Montclair Ave. History on Display at Winnetka Heights Holiday Home Tour Winnetka Heights is the city’s sixth historic district and the…
This Casa Linda Estates Reinvented Ranch is one of the best I’ve seen, and it’s from one of the newest, most creative partnerships in Dallas, Imagineering Homes LLC. Ricky Evans grew up in construction and started his company, 323 Services, 10 years ago with an emphasis on standing-seam metal roofing for commercial clients. Like almost…
This is one of those homes that filmmakers love. The symmetry, the style, and the detail of this Highland Park Traditional are representative of the All-American look that is so hard to find today. I know because for many years I was tasked with scouring Dallas for films and commercials being shot here. This is…
By Norman Alston, FAIA Despite the clear significance of Dealey Plaza as a nationally important historic site, over the past year it has been the focus of ideas and attitudes that illuminate how we generally have only a superficial grasp of Dallas history. In addition, we can see how we still struggle to understand the…
