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Thursday Three Hundred: Lake Highlands Home Shows The Value in a Good Real Estate Photographer

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing homes listed for more than $100,000 that have horrible photos accompanying them. Sometimes they look like they were taking with an iPhone while the person was shakily balancing a clipboard with one hand. Some are so horribly out of focus all you can see is perhaps a…

Dallas Arboretum Parking Saga: Officials Say 6-Story Garage Across Garland Road From Arboretum Won't Impact Neighborhoods, Traffic

By Joanna England / June 19, 2013 /

It was just a year ago that public outcry from neighborhoods surrounding the Dallas Arboretum put the kibosh on a parking lot planned for Winfrey Point. That project would have paved over a significant portion of the restored prairie and baseball fields inside one of White Rock Lake’s most popular areas.
It was protracted, dramatic, and thankfully short. It sent Arboretum officials back to the drawing board to formulate a parking plan that won’t impact neighborhoods, views, and traffic on Garland Road — a major East Dallas thoroughfare.

Dallas Arboretum Parking Saga: Officials Say 6-Story Garage Across Garland Road From Arboretum Won’t Impact Neighborhoods, Traffic

By Joanna England / June 19, 2013 /

It was just a year ago that public outcry from neighborhoods surrounding the Dallas Arboretum put the kibosh on a parking lot planned for Winfrey Point. That project would have paved over a significant portion of the restored prairie and baseball fields inside one of White Rock Lake’s most popular areas.
It was protracted, dramatic, and thankfully short. It sent Arboretum officials back to the drawing board to formulate a parking plan that won’t impact neighborhoods, views, and traffic on Garland Road — a major East Dallas thoroughfare.

Saturday Seven Hundred: This Lakewood Two-Story Has The Media Room Dad Craves

By Joanna England / June 16, 2013 /

Happy Father’s Day to all those great dads and grandfathers out there! You deserve to kick up your feet, enjoy a beverage and a homemade card, and maybe a little barbecue while you watch the Rangers try to shake off this funk that’s keeping them from scoring. What better place to enjoy Father’s Day than…

Nasher Says No to Museum Tower’s Offer to Replace Oculi Roof

By Candy Evans / June 14, 2013 /

Back to the Hatfields and McCoys. Yesterday we reported that Trustees of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, which owns Museum Tower, were told by their experts there is only one solution to the building’s glare problem: re-orienting the light receptors on the Nasher roof by removing and replacing the existing. The receptors, called oculi,…