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This luscious home at 5622 Harbor Town up in Bent Tree North, was designed by starchitect Frank L. Meier in 1981. It brings us nicely out of an introspective week here on CandysDirt.com, gazing at 1963-era homes built the year President John F. Kennedy made his tragic, fateful trip to Dallas. The home is…
The University Park City Council is considering limiting short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods, says the one and only Dan Koller of Park Cities People. Interesting topic to see at the end of a City Council agenda, and one that might address the growing trend of unregulated room rentals from websites such as Airbnb. The…
According to a post on tech and design blog Gizmodo, design firm REX was commissioned by the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund in 2012 to design a “third option” to buffer the glare from Museum Tower that was affecting the Nasher Sculpture Center. From REX: While any tower would reflect some light back into the…
When you think about Midcentury Modern architecture, some defining features often pop up. According to Mark Meckfessel, FAIA, here are some common characteristics found in Midcentury Modern design: Floor plans tended to be more open, with less separation among living, dining and family areas. Large, continuous expanses of windows broke down traditional notions of “inside” and “outside”. Roofs tended to…
The horsie above is in front of a home in McKinney, Texas, and — not sure what you call the gorilla in Santa suit — is in front of a lovely home in Waco, Texas. I really don’t know what to say… Toast to John Shore and Bill Young for great real estate sleuthing…
Abraham Zapruder Lived at 3909 Marquette in University Park in 1963: JFK Week and Dallas Real Estate
These are notes shown in the issue of LIFE: 50 Years Later that is on newsstands with the incredible gut-wrenching story of how Life editor Dick Stolley obtained the video of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas 50 years ago. It was shot carefully with a Bell & Howell Zoomatic Director Series Model 414 PD camera,…
