Real Estate Philanthropy

Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouse Returns to NorthPark Center June 14 to 30

By CandysDirt / February 27, 2024 /

It’s that time of year again when some of our favorite architecture firms and home builders create miniature masterpieces all for a good cause. The annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses — the agency’s signature awareness event and fundraiser — comes back to NorthPark Center June 14 to 30 and every year we can’t wait…

The Gingerbread Stroll Charity Fundraiser Offers Homes so Sweet You Could Just Eat Them Up

By Joanna England / November 20, 2023 /

Since it’s beginning 13 years ago, the Gingerbread Stroll has brought beautiful gingerbread houses from Dallas’ top pastry chefs and bakeries to Highland Park Village. This year is no different, but it may be a little sweeter. The event, sponsored by Allie Beth Allman & Associates kicked off Thanksgiving break on Nov. 17 and will…

Kimley-Horn Offers a Parade of Playhouses Double Feature

By Nikki Barringer / July 23, 2023 /

It’s the last Parade of Playhouses write-up this year and we’re going out with a bang. It’s Kimley-Horn people!! They’re an engineering, planning and environmental sciences firm and they’re HUGE. They work on projects across the United States and the variety is STAGGERING. We’re talking a UNLV Parking Garage, the City of Odessa Water and…

The BECK Group Squares Off for Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses

By Nikki Barringer / July 22, 2023 /

For eight years, architecture and commercial construction company The Beck Group has created playhouse designs for the annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses at Northpark Center. And every year they come up with completely inspired designs that seriously make you say, HOW DID THEY TOP LAST YEAR?! But they do. Every dang time. I mean,…

Highland Park High School’s Parade of Playhouses Entry is Inspired by Charles Dilbeck

By Nikki Barringer / July 18, 2023 /

Highland Park High School means business. They have a MAPS program that stands for “Moody Advanced Professional Studies.” It’s a three-pronger that includes brain science and health, engineering design, and environmental architecture. The program was designed to create a “profession-centered approach to education.” Now here’s where I’m about to tie it all up in a…