North Dallas

Too Close For Comfort: North Dallas Residents Protest Proposed Lighted Pole Sign on Forest Lane

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2022 /

To say the intersection of North Central Expressway and Forest Lane has deteriorated is an understatement. The highway underpass continues to be a favored camp for Dallas’ burgeoning homeless population, though the city has fenced off and rock-filled much of the underpass. Reports of homeless interactions here fill the neighborhood app NextDoor, and another encampment…

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Game, Set, Match For The Preston Road Corridor: Woodhouse Buys T Bar M Racquet Club in North Dallas

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2022 /

Property owners in the far North Dallas corridor along Preston Road will be thrilled to learn that Woodhouse has closed on the purchase of the T Bar M Racquet Club off Preston Road and Dilbeck Lane, just north of the Preston and LBJ Intersection, and across from the still-in-progress Midtown development. Woodhouse is co-owner of the exclusive private…

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The Hillcrest High School Community Foundation Continues To Uphold A Legacy

By Sylvia Bloom / August 21, 2022 /

In the spring of 1971, my grandfather moved my mom and their family from Woodridge, a suburb of Chicago, to Dallas to begin a career with a stock brokerage firm. He was trading brutal winds and winters for Texas summers to make a better life for the people he loved most. His new job offer…

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LBJ Corridor Study, Take II: Are City Leaders Forcing Upzoning on Neighborhoods?

By Candy Evans / March 27, 2022 /

Area-wide meeting at 4:30 p.m. Sunday King of Glory Lutheran Church, 6411 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy. We read how, Monday night, things were just getting underway at the new, improved meeting for the LBJ Corridor Study convened by Dallas City Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz. The meeting asked residents — homeowners — for input on their vision…

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Feeling Lucky? You Have Five Days to Bid on This North Dallas Midcentury Masterpiece

By Elaine Raffel / February 9, 2022 /

When it comes to marketing, Briggs Freeman/Sotheby’s International Realtor Janelle Alcantara is the consummate pro. Which is why we weren’t surprised to learn about the ingenious strategy she’s using to sell her personal home.

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