Historic Preservation
Sometimes you can look at a house and just know interesting people have lived there. When I spotted this flawlessly updated rambling ranch in East Kessler, I dove straight into research mode, digging into The Dallas Morning News archives and making a flurry of phone calls! And what treasure trove of information I found! This…
By CJ GreshSpecial Contributor Are we facing the possible demolition of yet another landmarked church? This time it’s the historic Oak Cliff United Methodist Church. Why don’t we honor history — especially Black history — more? In 2019 CandysDirt.com shared possible adaptive reuses for the Oak Cliff United Methodist Church in What Do You Do With an…
By Norman Alston, FAIASpecial Contributor The Geneva Heights Elementary school in East Dallas is facing quite a challenge. In November of 2020, the citizens of Dallas approved a truly remarkable bond program for the Dallas Independent School District. At $3.2 billion, it’s the largest ever undertaken by a school district in Texas and dwarfs previous…
If we’re highlighting the people who preserve, protect, educate, and keep the bulldozers at bay so we may continue to have a city with character and history, we have to profile Nancy McCoy of McCoy Collaborative Preservation Architecture. McCoy has touched almost every significant building you can think of in and around Dallas, from those…
For those of you new to Texas, let me introduce you to North Texas Giving Day, which is Sept. 23, 2021. The Communities Foundation of Texas sponsors this 18-hour online event every year to support local non-profit organizations in 20 counties of North Texas on one user-friendly platform. North Texas Giving Day was created in…
