East Dallas
No one denies that the Aldredge House is a beautiful home, or that it has been well-preserved by its caretakers, the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance, but the current use of the historic Swiss Avenue home as a venue for weddings is no longer tolerable for its neighbors. It’s about more than just stray panties…
Channel 4’s Fox 4 News did their version of the Nightmare on Swiss Avenue that neighbors allege the wedding business at Aldredge House is causing. I’m not saying anything except, watch:
Nick McCune has lived in the Swiss Avenue Historic District for more than 16 years at 5514 Swiss Ave., a sublime two-story Craftsman home that is right next door to the Aldredge House. His home, like the Aldredge House, was built in 1917 and is pristine, with a large front porch and an expanse of…
Call it Lakewood Blue! It’s no secret that one of the hottest ‘hoods in town is Lakewood, in extraordinary East Dallas, where more than 538 homes have been sold this year. They flew off the shelves. Listed homes stay on the market here about 38 days, and the average price per sold property has inched…
David Schechter of WFAA-TV first caught wind of this: a handful of neighbors near Aldredge House at 5500 Swiss Avenue are complaining the weddings there are simply too wild. It’s no longer “rose petals and rice”, they say, but rather sparklers, fireworks and LED balloons, with underwear (bras and thongs!) sometimes flung in their yards.…
