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Good news for preservationists Lisa Marie Gala, Virginia McAlester, and Jim Rogers, as the IRS has granted the Dallas Endowment for Endangered Properties (DEEP) with tax exempt status under Section 501 (c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. “May is National Historic Preservation Month and The National Historic Preservation Act’s 50th birthday in 2016, so opening…
Strait Lane has long been home to the largest most impressive estates in Dallas and a veritable Who’s Who has claimed residency here at one time or another. Luminaries like Nancy Dedman, Phil Romano, Jessica and Dirk Nowitzki, Robert and Laura Wilson – yes the parents of Owen, Luke, and Andrew –Lisa and Kenny Troutt,…
The TV series Mad Men started it all by introducing a new generation to an era of style that defined “cool,” placing midcentury modernism squarely back into mainstream consciousness. Dallas has an excellent collection of ‘mid-mod’ homes by a range of iconic architects that include Harwell Hamilton Harris, Glenn Allen Galaway, O’Neil Ford, and Howard…
Do you have a specter in your neighborhood? While walking the dog, I often wondered about 2300 Willing Avenue, just around the corner, at the edge of Ryan Place. In an advanced state of decay it looked uninhabitable if not uninhabited. Returning home one evening, I noticed a chink of yellow light behind a torn shade. Signs…
Being in London last week, I decided to sniff around for you and found a bit of Texas in the air. The London housing market has been a story of ever-increasing growth for quite some time. There are several reasons for this. The sustained growth and enormous bonuses of the financial sector. The growth of…
As you’ve probably read by now, the Dallas Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted 5-3 last night to purchase the building at 9400 N. Central Expressway in a bid to consolidate the district’s various departments that are currently spread all over Dallas County. We can debate the merits of having a building where hundreds…
