Uptown
It’s been a Ritzy week here at CandysDirt.com and I’ve got a different story to tell. Having lunch at the Dallas Ritz with Kyle Crews from Allie Beth Urban was the perfect tee-up to my flight to Paris … where the Ritz legend was born. In a way it was also a harbinger. You see,…
Read MoreBeing on the Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) must get tiring in the way a parent gets tired of a child who expects an OK for sitting down with a gallon of ice cream and a spoon … every day. Developers go before the OLC to present their arguments for a “gallon of ice cream”…
Read MoreVideo courtesy of Uptown Dallas, Inc. Something has to be done. Uptown is beginning to feel a bit like Greenville Ave. did a few years back. Remember? The late night crime and violence, residential streets overrun with youthful overindulgence, and uninvited visitors parking in front of residences … to put it nicely. Uptown is on the cusp…
Read MoreA fireman and an inspector are looking to the 7th floor where witnesses of Monday night’s collapse at the Taylor Luxury Apartments say the trouble started, either as a strike of lightning that came up from the quick storm burst, or a wind shear that peeled away some concrete facade near the top of the…
Read MoreUpdate: Candy zipped over to see what she can find out, and here’s what we know so far (with pictures). “The cable guy’s truck was smashed,” Candy related from the field. “The glass is shattered on the edge of the building, and it looks like something came down from the seventh floor.” Firemen on the…
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