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On SecondShelters.com: Lizzie Borden’s Final Home For Sale

By Bethany Erickson | October 31, 2017 |

The final home of Lizzie Borden is up for sale, just in time for Halloween. For less than $850,000, you can own a piece of history in Fall River, Massachusetts, that comes with period furniture and one helluva story. Come check it out on SecondShelters.com.

Just $10K Separates Trick-or-Treat Duo in Kiest-Polk’s Oak Park Estates

By Jon Anderson | October 31, 2017 |

This week’s Tuesday Two Hundred falls on the perfect day to highlight two homes in the Oak Park Estates neighborhood of Kiest-Polk, just east of Kiest Park in Oak Cliff.  They’re both single-story ranch homes and only a half-mile separates them. The homes, 2,042 and 2,102 square feet differ by 60 square feet and just…

Splurge vs. Steal: A Tale of Two Tudors in Highland Park’s French Streets

By Amy Puchaty | October 30, 2017 |

For those of you who love and adore Highland Park as much as we do, you’ll appreciate this week’s Splurge vs Steal. We are looking at two exquisite Highland Park estates, one a splurge and the other a steal — ahem, relatively speaking. Both offer a terrific location on larger lots, in the Tudor style we love,…

McKinney In Running for $150K Grant to Improve MPAC

By Bethany Erickson | October 30, 2017 |

McKinney officials have been lobbying for a few weeks now, but time is dwindling to increase their odds of winning a $150,000 grant that will be awarded based on daily votes by the public. But if you want to vote and haven’t, you only have two sleeps to get it done — the contest wraps…

The World (of Zoning) According to Jon

By Jon Anderson | October 30, 2017 |

I write a bit about development projects that include zoning changes of some sort.  This is mostly because those that don’t require a zoning change just file their plans and they’re off.  There is no public discussion, except after, when we see the usual awfulness that we’re all left to look at. Some, even CandysDirt.com’s…

Fort Worth Company Creates Solution For Ugly Satellite Dishes

By Seth Fowler | October 30, 2017 |

If you have lived in North Texas for any period of time you know what happens to your satellite dish when the weather takes a turn for the worse.  It’s neither fun nor pretty. When the rains come, wind blows, and hail makes its way to North Texas, it’s a guarantee that your Internet will…