Neighborhoods
Dallas City Council members granted a controversial rezoning Wednesday to allow a group home on South Polk Street to continue operations as a multifamily dwelling in a single-family neighborhood. A code complaint was filed by a neighbor last summer after operators remodeled the nine-bedroom home into individual units for formerly unhoused military veterans, prompting applicant…
Kevin Rachel and his wife moved to Kessler Park in 2020 because they liked the character of the North Oak Cliff neighborhood with its diverse historical architecture, hilly topography, and lush landscape. About a year after the Rachels found their dream home on Canyon Creek within the Kessler Park Conservation District, construction began nearby on…
Texas has six of the friendliest neighborhoods in America, with the No. 5 spot going to South Boulevard Park Row, a historic district in southern Dallas. Before you go trying to snatch up a lot or a brand new build in the area, you should know the study isn’t exactly scientific. North Carolina-based All-Star Home…
Woody Brodie Jr.’s South Edgefield neighbors say they’re hoping this holiday season that no news is good news. Brodie was in an accident several years ago and can’t communicate verbally, but he knows there’s trouble with the title to his home and that shady investors want him out. Brodie actually owns two homes on Nolte…
Former Dallas City Councilman Philip Kingston and his wife, City Plan Commissioner Melissa Kingston, were granted two variances and denied one last week as they moved forward with plans to remodel a home on Velasco Avenue. The action of filing variances with the Board of Adjustment drew the ire of a few neighbors who believe…
