Historic Preservation
When you find a Hal Yoakum New England Colonial that is beautifully intact and completely upgraded, my advice is to sign the contract — immediately. Yoakum designed this New England Colonial in 1938. He was one of the go-to architects in Dallas from the late 1920s until his death in 1974. His work for the…
For anyone who thinks a historic home cannot be cool, think again. Just peek inside this classic Westlake Tudor in Lakewood. Interior design icon Michelle Nussbaumer took it to an entirely new level and it shows a historic home can be truly hip. Nussbaumer, for our newcomers, is legendary in the global design world and…
I hope you read Part 1 of what is happening to Old City Park. To summarize, no one seems to have a solid plan, nor is there any effective communication from City of Dallas officials to the Dallas County Heritage Society (DCHS), the organization that has run the park for 51 years and, by all reports, would…
Two weeks ago, a social media post about Old City Park’s resident donkeys Waylon and Willie and their exodus from the historical village just south of downtown Dallas started a lively online discussion. There were more than 30 comments that included some pretty inflammatory remarks about demolishing historic buildings and developers taking over the park.…
By Norman Alston, FAIA In recent months, the local community, especially the historic preservation community, has celebrated remarkable progress in the long fight to both recognize and protect our history. Painful losses continue, and the cry that Dallas can’t protect its remaining historic buildings still rings out loudly, but the recent approval of the Deep…
