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SMINK Hosts Memoir Signing For Legendary Modern Architect Frank D. Welch

By Joanna England | May 28, 2015 |

  If you’re a lover of modern architecture, you don’t want to miss this event. Tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m., SMINK will host Texas architect Frank D. Welch for a reading and signing of his recently released memoir from TCU Press entitled “On Becoming an Architect.” You’ll recall, one of Welch’s designs was just…

Richardson-Based Genesis Real Estate Plans New 28-Story Victory Park Residential Project

By Joanna England | May 27, 2015 |

Our appetite for high-rise residential evidently knows no bounds, as Richardson-based Genesis Real Estate Group has announced yet another high-rise project planned for the urban core. This project, a 28-story high-rise at Hi Line Drive and Houston Street inside Victory Park, was designed by Houston-based architecture firm EDI, according to Dallas Morning News reporter Steve…

Sleek Remodeled 1969 Contemporary in Russwood Acres is Perfect For a Family

By Joanna England | May 27, 2015 |

The size and shape of a lot can greatly influence the look and feel of a home. Sometimes a sprawling home on a large lot is nothing short of nirvana, but to transplant that same home to one of the miniscule footprints in University Park? Well, that’s heresy. This gorgeous 1969 contemporary, which has clerestory…

Best Places to Rent in Uptown: These Spots Feel Like a Staycaytion Year Round, Says Grant Bynum

By Joanna England | May 27, 2015 |

By Grant Bynum Special Contributor Ready to live in a place that you can truly have a staycation every day? Then think about a move to Uptown. So many people are making the move to Uptown Dallas to enjoy the convenient and walkable lifestyle that only Uptown Dallas offers.  And, this year, Uptown Dallas got bigger and…

Think We’ve Got it Bad With This Rain? Pity the Poor Ranchers and Horse Property Agents

By Candy Evans | May 27, 2015 |

I was thinking the only thing worse than living with all this rain and mud and mess is living where there is a whole lot more mud & mess all the time — like the country. Horse farms. So I reached out to our Farm & Ranch correspondent on SecondShelters.com, Kathryn Roan, who is ready to hit…

Beyond Bumpershoots: What Are You Doing to Survive House Showing and Selling In the Rain?

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2015 |

Update, 10:47 p.m.: Virginia Cook agent Angela Downs says she wears these: You know, I am beginning to wonder if we need to start changing the way we build our homes to accommodate all this friggin’ rain. We certainly need to change our shoes. We have a big porch but our grill is in the…