North Oak Cliff
Editor’s Note: The Clarendon/Edgefield zoning change referenced below is a “downzone” that affects seven commercial properties. Under the current zoning, apartments can be built up to four stories. The height would be limited by the overlay, which follows the unanimously approved West Oak Cliff Area Plan. By Suzanne FelberCandysDirt.com Contributor When I moved back to…
Bart Thrasher grew up riding bikes along the rolling hills and the alleyways of Kiestwood Estates. Now the fourth-generation North Oak Cliff dweller is selling homes in the area, and he’s got a new listing on South Franklin Street that is nothing short of a piece of art. The three-bedroom, two-bath abode at 3454 S.…
District 1 residents asked for bond funds to go toward home repair and displacement mitigation programs — and that didn’t happen. The Oak Cliff Gateway Tax Increment Financing Board swooped in last week with a plan that sounds like a win-win: use TIF funds for those programs. The Oak Cliff Gateway TIF was created in…
Housing advocates were disappointed that the Dallas City Council designated just $26.4 million for housing in the upcoming May bond election, but instead of getting mad, they’re going to get creative. Some District 1 residents in North Oak Cliff’s long-established neighborhoods such as Elmwood, Polk Vernon, Hampton Hills, West Kessler, Jimtown, Kidd Springs, and South…
A North Oak Cliff neighborhood once featured in the Tom Cruise movie Born on the Fourth of July scored a big win last week toward preserving its small-town charm. The Dallas City Council unanimously approved a rezoning that will carve out an area of Elmwood as a walkable urban mixed-use district. District boundaries extend along…
