North Dallas

The Alcuin School Offers an Olive Branch to a North Dallas Neighborhood: One Million Dollars

By Candy Evans / February 20, 2015 /

If you live near Churchill Way, your property values are about to go up. The Alcuin School has pledged $1,000,000 to fund neighborhood security patrols in the neighborhood — $100,000 per year over the next ten years if the ‘hood agrees to a small zoning change. Why are they doing this? To be nice neighbors.…

Cris Craft Home in Urban Reserve Available, Awesome, Gets National Ink

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2015 /

Really, it’s one of Dallas’ most unique new homes. I’m talking about Ed Murchison’s listing at 22 Vanguard Way, otherwise known as the Chris Craft House, designed by architect Vince Snyder. The home is named after the famous boat company that immortalized hand-crafted wood boats because interlocking wood beams under the home’s long, vaulted ceiling,…

A Dog Park in North Dallas Instead of a Library?

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2015 /

City councilman Lee Kleinman and and Jennifer Staubach gates are looking to turn an unused piece of green space at the corner of Forest Lane and Nuestra into a temporary dog park. But the City won’t pay for it, so they are seeking commercial or private funding. That vacant lot also happens to be the…