Oak Cliff
Dallas is finally paying attention to West Oak Cliff. The City Plan Commission last month unanimously approved the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — a guide to drive new development while protecting current residents. It actually does a lot more than that. For example, it encourages accessory dwelling units to provide more choices for missing-middle…
I feel like the older I get, the more charming Oak Cliff gets. Especially Winnetka Heights. Winnetka Heights is one of the only single-family neighborhoods in Dallas where you can truly walk to restaurants and shops. Good ones, too. Favorites that have been around a minute mixed with new ones that “you just HAVE to…
Double architect alert! That’s who owns (and remodeled) this Tudor-y Tudor on Elmwood Blvd. in Oak Cliff. It fronts to a greenbelt and it’s adorable. It’s just about as crisp and clean as they come. Starting in 2018, they updated the primary bathroom, redid the sewer main and electrical, gas lines in crawl space, plumbing,…
Ready for some privacy? Set on over an acre, this house is a freaking entertaining dream. Again, IT’S AN ACRE. Just a big, huge, beautiful backyard, and just beyond it is Crow Creek, which means no neighbors behind you save the occasional opossum making his way home after a long night of opossuming. Or maybe…
What’s one to do with a suburban shopping center with way too much parking in an area that desperately needs more affordable housing? Build some affordable housing, that’s what. Realtor and developer Monte Anderson with Options Real Estate owns the site at 3939 S. Polk St., which was built in the 1960s. He’s requesting rezoning…
