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Texas Monthly Spices up Cinnamon Shore With Showhouse

By Joanna England | August 11, 2016 |

Port Aransas is hot and getting hotter says Valerie Jarvie in her latest dispatch on SecondShelters.com. This Texas Gulf Coast town is home to Cinnamon Shore, a beachside community that will be home to the first-ever Texas Monthly Magazine charity showhouse. The home, designed by top architects in the Gulf Coast vernacular and built by some of…

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East Dallas Modern is Our City’s New Paradigm in Urban Living

By Joanna England | August 11, 2016 |

In the 1950s, developers were throwing up housing in new suburban subdivisions as fast as possible, filling the need for new single-family homes as World War II veterans had their homecomings. Today, many of these neighborhoods are considered inner-ring suburbs, but what about the once heavily commercial or industrial areas that are now ripe for…

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Architect-Designed Modern Townhome Leads Our List of Dallas Open Houses

By Leah Shafer | August 11, 2016 |

This week, we’ve got a fantastic lineup of Dallas open houses. We’re looking at five properties that range in price from $340K to $745K. You’ll find modern marvels, a Lochwood cottage, Kessler Square Tudor and more. Jump to see our choices for this week’s CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week!

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Incredible Outdoor Spaces Make This Kiestwood Home Feel Like a Tropical Treehouse

By Leah Shafer | August 11, 2016 |

Some of the most lush and secluded properties in Dallas can be found in Oak Cliff, where there are rolling hills and lots of green places. Our Thursday Three Hundred is a truly one-of-a-kind property at 3320 S. Ravinia Dr., near W. Keist Boulevard and S. Westmoreland Road in Kiestwood. This contemporary home has two bedrooms, two…

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Midcentury Style “Light” and Sensibility in This Sexy Bluffview Area Modern

By Candy Evans | August 11, 2016 |

This home will be open on Thursday, August 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. for your viewing pleasure! Oh yes, this one is a keeper. I mean, just look around us at everything that is being built. Modern homes are increasingly preferred by today’s buyers, and smart builders have definitely taken note. It’s really no…

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Dallas County Commissioners Want 8 Percent Pay Raise, Thanks to Property Tax Windfall

By Candy Evans | August 11, 2016 |

Get out the smelling salts, you surely are going to faint: Dallas County Commissioners, SOME Dallas County Commissioners, are asking for an 8% pay raise, netting them $157,000 a year (up from $145,474 currently) because the county is flush with money from the property taxes we are all paying through the nose for, thanks to…

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