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Dallas Real Estate Prominently Featured in ABC Pilot “Broken”

By Candy Evans | April 1, 2016 |

Last night, if I had not known better, I might have thought Charles Manson had escaped to Texas and landed at 4001 Turtle Creek Blvd. This was the scene on the corner, and the side street was closed off. But then I remembered how Barry Lacina had called last month seeking a location to shoot…

1980s Details Come Full Circle For This Classy Crestline Traditional

By Eric Prokesh | April 1, 2016 |

How many times have you passed a house and wondered what lies within? This home at 1715 Western Avenue, in the Crestline area of Fort Worth, lying only a stone’s throw from River Crest Country Club, conceals a great deal behind its pleasingly proportioned, discreet façade of comely rose-colored brick. Soaring double-height windows and the front door…

CD Exclusive! Renaissance Condo Neighbor to Build Experimental Environmental High-Rise in Oaklawn

By Jon Anderson | April 1, 2016 |

Just a few weeks ago we reported on the mysterious new owner of the “Poston Property” on Hall Street that’s surrounded by the Renaissance Condos.  Now, an insider has provided CandysDirt.com exclusive detail on the still shrouded owner’s plans. Remember, Steve Brown, you read it here first. Apparently the owner, a former household name in…

Amazing “Preston Hollow” House Changes Colors, Boasts Mother-In-Law Cottage

By Candy Evans | April 1, 2016 |

Wow, this is something we have not really seen. But how interesting! Show the home in two different colors. Is it red, is it beige, who knows? Maybe it’s BOTH! (Or maybe you just need new glasses?)The house at 9951 Bowman Blvd. was listed as being in Preston Hollow. Yes, Preston Hollow indeed — west…

Dallas Mourns Loss of Neil Emmons

By Bethany Erickson | March 31, 2016 |

  The political and real estate worlds of Dallas were rocked today with the news that tireless advocate of neighborhoods and preservation of Dallas’ architectural history Neil Emmons apparently passed away in his sleep overnight. He was 45. Robert Wilonksy reported in the Dallas Morning News that Emmons, who has been serving as a City…

Is the Preston Center Task Force Building Consensus on Faulty Foundation?

By Jon Anderson | March 31, 2016 |

Last night’s Preston Center Task Force meeting laid bare their purpose — development.  It’s funny how way back when, this body was begun to study traffic and parking in the Preston Center area and yet, as we’ll see, these critical concerns from neighbors have been kinda pushed into the back seat by development. Back in…