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.
If there were ever a place where luxury and Levi’s go hand in hand, it would be Fort Worth. Nicknamed Cowtown because it was a major livestock trading center, Fort Worth is the only city in America with a twice-daily cattle drive. However, it’s also home to world-class art museums and the Van Cliburn International…
Historic Fort Worth released The Fort Worth Most Endangered Places list yesterday, and it’s a doozy. One of the real gut punches is the Allen Chapel at 116 Elm Street. It was designed by William Sidney Pittman and built in 1915. He is the same gentleman that designed the Knights of Pythias Temple in Dallas,…
This gorgeous Kessler Park Old English Tudor was built for a king. Although not royalty, this king made a real difference in the lives of Dallas workers during the Great Depression. Louis Carlisle Kimple was considered to be the king of wax paper. You know the stuff. Years ago, cake tins were lined with it,…
Marketing a home is similar to creating a musical composition. To be successful in either, you must hit all the right notes. The three critical elements in composing music are rhythm, melody, and harmony. Marketing a home requires three critical elements as well. To resonate with buyers today, a house must be updated to current…
Dallas has had a lot of losses in historic preservation. The Dr Pepper building on Mockingbird, P.C Cobb Stadium, Little Mexico, and the massacre on Main Street in 2015, when some of the oldest buildings in the city were razed, are all gutting losses. We always wonder why someone doesn’t do something. Newsflash. That someone…
