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In a news cycle that only lends itself to the worst and the very best of public education in Dallas, we rarely hear of the experience of the non-Harvard bound, magnet-school-attending student. Today, I’d like to tell you all about one of those students. I know this student, Chris, because I’ve fretted and worried and…
I had heard it was under contract, but Troy Aikman has sold his stunning home at 3801 Normandy, the one built by custom home builder extraordinaire Tatum Brown, sold and closed last week on May 22. The house had gone under contract in January, so that was a long due diligence period. Whew! Listed for…
Thanks to nearly two months of non-stop rain, DFW homebuilders are experiencing major delays and expect months of playing catch-up even though it has stopped. Based on weather forecasts, that break might finally be here! More than 26 inches of rain have fallen at DFW International Airport so far this year, including a record-setting 3.3 inches…
This has to be one of my all-time favorite Dallas homes. It’s just so outrageous! Recall we told you about it in January when it was listed with “Agent Alicia” who cleverly alerted us to both the dungeon and the swinging former owner? Does the name Ralph Wade ring a bell? Me neither. But he…
We knew this day was coming. The day we’d see new construction of high-density, mixed-use projects all over North Oak Cliff. We rezoned less than a year ago to allow the growth we knew was coming, and hopefully have some control over how it transpires. So here we are, faced with a developer wanting to listen…
In our ongoing series, Interview with an Architect, we speak with leading voices in the North Texas architecture community and learn about their work, development issues in our community, and good design practices and principals (you can read the last one here). Robert W. Raymond, AIA, moved to Dallas in 1981 after completing his Masters in Architecture…
