Historic Preservation
David Preziosi, the Executive Director of Preservation Dallas sent me an email last week about Tenth Street. It filled my heart with hope. “I received some great news this morning! It was announced that Tenth Street has been approved for an African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.…
Preservation Dallas just released the list of their 2020 Most Endangered Places in Dallas. Guess what is on the list? Our own Deep Ellum. That’s right — we could lose Deep Ellum. If that doesn’t alarm you, I worry about your soul, as well as your sanity. “Gentrification run amok” Drive to Deep Ellum and…
This historic Spanish Mediterranean home began life in 1933 as a duplex. That’s because the neighborhood was designated for apartments and duplexes when Highland Park was zoned in 1929. Architects Marion Fooshee and James Cheek designed some of the beautiful homes in Dallas, as well as the Highland Park Village shopping center. There is not…
Settle in, get comfy, and grab your coffee, because I have quite the story about this historic Moss Haven Colonial. In the 1930s, an iconic Texas oilman and civic leader commissioned another home, designed by Anton Korn, on Armstrong Parkway. It was called pretentious by the Dallas Morning News at the time because it was…
This historic Bluffview Colonial Revival is an excellent example of the best of both worlds. We are drawn to historic facades because they are familiar. Traditional styles resonate at a new level during the pandemic because what is familiar affects us on a deeply psychological level. It makes us feel safe and that’s priceless right…
