Dallas Architectural Wonders
Not that long ago, Compass’ Angela Downes met with the owners of 1517 E. Levee Street. She’d helped them snag this incredible, whoop-whoop-sound-the-alarm-because-if-anyone-is-looking-for-THE-house-this-is-it home two years ago. This amazing, converted warehouse space is off the beaten path, urban living at its most refined, and one of the legitimately coolest houses in Dallas. We’ve been drooling…
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With two new virtual events on the horizon, The Dallas Architecture Forum is keeping us entertained and engaged like never before. The events, which are in collaboration with modTexas and UNT Special Collections, will take place Tuesday, September 29, 6 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, October 6, 6 to 7 p.m., respectively. Dallas Architecture Forum…
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On Saturday, 2828 N. Haskell Avenue was an innocuous office building set for implosion, making way for a billion-dollar mixed-use development called The Central. By Sunday, the Leaning Tower of Dallas was a viral sensation. Now, it’s inspired artists. It’s highly-rated and reviewed on Yelp. It’s even got a t-shirt. Where is the Leaning Tower…
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By Donovan Westover Special Contributor Prior to the 2016 holidays, I had the opportunity to visit the 1974 Mitchell House at 2717 Conflans Road in Irving. I owe Allie Beth Allman listing agent, Richard Waite a huge apology for my glacial progress as the holidays and life got in the way. As fate would have it,…
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It has a different aesthetic than many of the nation’s older, more traditional Flemish Renaissance, Art Deco, Georgian cum French Renaissance city halls: it’s edgy contemporary. Personally, I think the exterior needs a good steam cleaning — interiors, too! But our I.M. Pei-designed Dallas City Hall, which has been around and talked about since 1978,…
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