Architecturally Significant Dallas
It’s Statler Hilton Week in Dallas, the official grand opening of the historic hotel that will revitalize downtown Dallas dramatically. This is also the official grand opening of the Statler Residences, though they are already occupied. In fact, 68.49 percent of the 150 separate units are occupied. (Not sure whether that .49 percent is a coat closet…
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We all know it’s finally open and the coolest thing to hit Dallas since central air, but you might want to partake of the full five days of extravagant celebrations from Monday, February 26 thru Friday, March 2, at the Statler Hilton downtown. Festivities are promised to be over-the-top (best kind), open to the public, and feature themed parties,…
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A public hearing will be held at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, January 24, in the afternoon on the proposed PD and SUP for the Aldredge House, located on Swiss Avenue in the Swiss Avenue Historic District. The PD and SUP are a bit too restrictive, and we are asking for community support to make them more reasonable.
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In 1930, the Hillcrest State Bank was formed. Doing well, as banks do, by 1938 they were able to open a George Dahl-designed location on Hillcrest Avenue between Daniel and Haynie avenues. In 1981, Hillcrest State Bank changed its name to Texas Commerce Bank. In 1998, the name was changed again to Chase Bank of…
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There is something about this house that just touches my soul. Maybe it’s that the man who built the home, Grady Vaughn, was the founder of the Dallas Petroleum Club, and he died just about the time I was born. Maybe it’s the parties that were thrown here in the 1950’s and 1960’s, with Hollywood…
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