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Everyone’s a critic these days in Dallas, but not like Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster, who recently won a Pulitzer Prize for some of his work covering downtown. The selection of articles acknowledged by the Pulitzer jurists touched on topics like the potential relocation of City Hall, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center…
Some playhouses are about climbing. Some are about pretending. And then there are the ones that quietly invite kids to slow down, curl up, and let their imaginations take the lead. That’s exactly the idea behind “BOOKWORM,” Corgan’s 2026 entry for Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses, built by Austin Commercial. The design turns the simple…
The open call for concepts for a reimagination of Dallas City Hall and the surrounding downtown area is officially closed, and one of the submissions getting a lot of buzz is the master plan designed by UT Arlington architecture students. We touched on the plan in an earlier roundup, but more recently, we got a…
It’s hard to believe that it has been 22 years since I walked up the steps of this classic Place des Vosges townhome. I’d been hired as the photo stylist by “D Home Magazine” executive editor Rebecca Sherman and creative director David Feld for a feature on the Dallas home and art collection of Vernon…
Mayor Eric Johnson let loose on the city’s spending practices in a newsletter on Sunday, criticizing his fellow council members for repeatedly voting for “bloat” every budget season. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, City Manager Kimberly Tolbert implemented a number of emergency spending measures last month to mitigate a projected budget shortfall in the tens…
