Uptown

Alamo Manhattan to Break Ground Early Next Year on Luxury Uptown Apartment Tower 

By April Towery / September 20, 2022 /

Developers at Alamo Manhattan are willing to demolish their own offices to make way for their next big project — a really, really high-rise Uptown apartment tower across the street from the Marriott Hotel they built earlier this year. A rezoning request was recently approved to make way for Fairmount Tower, and architects with WDG…

Oak Lawn Committee Sees Changes For Knight Street And Night Sky

By Jon Anderson / November 10, 2020 /

Sexy rendering, right?  The Oak Lawn Committee saw two presentations last night. Let’s get the quickie out of the way to give us plenty of time breaking down this beauty. Back in September, the Oak Lawn Committee saw a proposal by the owners of a vintage single-family home at Knight Street and Rawlins wanting to…

Home Builder John Sebastian’s Knox Crib Hits Market With Celeb History

By Candy Evans / August 7, 2020 /

You cannot say that many homes improve with age, but this one sure does. I first wrote about 4321 Travis when pro golfer Jordan Spieth sold it in 2015 — for more than asking price! As I said then, the location was Apple delicious: you could actually flip-flop it to Knox Street, the Apple Store, Kate…

Updated: Maple Terrace Residents Voice Concern Over Historic Building’s Demolition

By Jon Anderson / August 5, 2020 /

Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to include responses from Hines. It’s been known for some time that the historic Maple Terrace apartment complex at Maple Avenue and Wolf Street had sold to global real estate firm Hines, and that they plan to build a high-rise on the back parking lot area. It’s also…

Is Turtle Creek Cursed? Planned Developments Struggle to Break Ground

By Jon Anderson / June 22, 2020 /

Probably even before the Sheppard King mansion was built in the 1920s, Turtle Creek was one of Dallas’ most fabled boulevards. Unlike other tony streets, Turtle Creek has been known since the 1960s for its residential high-rises – attracting a Venn diagram of acrophiliacs and downsizers. However, in recent years it’s become our boulevard of…