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Don’t Miss Summer Events at Capital Distributing and Scott + Cooner

By Joanna England | June 17, 2014 |

There are two great events going on this week for those who are keen on kitchens and design. The first is a fantastic happy hour presentation by Sub Zero/Wolf on “Summertime Eats.” The event, which starts at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, at the Capital Distributing Stemmons Freeway showroom, will showcase convection steam ovens…

New Cities Summit: Transforming Dallas Panel Covers What Big D Does Well, But There’s a Lot of Room For Improvement

By Joanna England | June 17, 2014 |

I had a chance to attend the New Cities Summit this morning, and I am glad I managed to catch the “Dallas: A Case Study in Re-imagination and Transformation” panel discussion. Of course, I expected a lot of talk about how far Dallas has come, and I got it. Moderator Rena Pederson, who was chief…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Traditional Style in a Growing Urban Locale

By Joanna England | June 17, 2014 |

Today we have a very cute Tuesday Two Hundred for you. We’re here in the Dallas Arts District today for the New Cities Summit, and we’ve got urban-oriented living on the brain. This home, which is inside the Montebello Park area of East Dallas is a wonderful family neighborhood that feeds into acclaimed Stonewall Jackson…

Zillow Launches “Coming Soon” to Capture the Hip Pocket Market — Good, Bad? What Do You Think?

By Candy Evans | June 17, 2014 |

Call it another by-product of our hot, inventory-deprived real estate market that was created out of the wreckage of the worst recession since the Great Depression.Last week while the nation’s top real estate editors were gathered in Houston, Zillow launched a new on line real estate search to help consumers find pre-market listings. Call them…

Monday Morning Millionaire: A Real NYC Fire Pole, Over-Top Media Room, Two Story Master Closet, Indoor Gymnasium, and (Almost) One Million Dollar Price Reduction

By Candy Evans | June 16, 2014 |

It’s the day after Father’s Day, but Dad would have loved this house on SO many different levels: the acreage, the authentic NYC fireman pole downstairs from the card room to the huge family room,  the indoor gymnasium, the kitchen, the media room where he could be cooking a steak while catching Inglorious Bastards, and…

New Continental Bridge Park Opens Ahead of New Cities Summit in Dallas

By Joanna England | June 16, 2014 |

The Continental Bridge was once the easiest way to get from downtown Dallas to West Dallas if you didn’t want to cross at Fort Worth Avenue/Beckley. But when the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge opened, the Continental Viaduct was all but obsolete. So what do you do with aging infrastructure and a growing urban population that…