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Nasher Says No to Museum Tower's Offer to Replace Oculi Roof

By Candy Evans | June 14, 2013 |

Back to the Hatfields and McCoys. Yesterday we reported that Trustees of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, which owns Museum Tower, were told by their experts there is only one solution to the building’s glare problem: re-orienting the light receptors on the Nasher roof by removing and replacing the existing. The receptors, called oculi,…

Nasher Says No to Museum Tower’s Offer to Replace Oculi Roof

By Candy Evans | June 14, 2013 |

Back to the Hatfields and McCoys. Yesterday we reported that Trustees of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, which owns Museum Tower, were told by their experts there is only one solution to the building’s glare problem: re-orienting the light receptors on the Nasher roof by removing and replacing the existing. The receptors, called oculi,…

What Will Demolishing Dallas' Highway 345 Do For Downtown's Real Estate Market?

By Joanna England | June 14, 2013 |

As you’ve no doubt heard, there’s a movement afoot to tear down Highway 345 — a stretch of elevated asphalt that spans from Deep Ellum and north to Woodall Rogers Freeway. Doing so, proponents claim, will connect the east side of the city center to downtown and create a more walkable environment. I’m all for…

What Will Demolishing Dallas’ Highway 345 Do For Downtown’s Real Estate Market?

By Joanna England | June 14, 2013 |

As you’ve no doubt heard, there’s a movement afoot to tear down Highway 345 — a stretch of elevated asphalt that spans from Deep Ellum and north to Woodall Rogers Freeway. Doing so, proponents claim, will connect the east side of the city center to downtown and create a more walkable environment. I’m all for…

Friday Five Hundred: Updated by Russell Buchanan, This Mid-Mod is All Style

By Joanna England | June 14, 2013 |

This house kills me dead! I am already fond of Russell Buchanan‘s work. He’s the award-winning architect behind the Mockingbird Lane box house we reported on last week. If you weren’t bowled right on over by that amazing home, then this one will knock your stinking socks off! Buchanan is known for his modern architecture,…

Ticket Giveaway: You Could Win One of 10 Free Passes to The Plano New Home And Remodeling Show

By Joanna England | June 13, 2013 |

This is going to be a fabulous event, folks! In just 8 days, the Plano Centre will be Ground Zero for haute decor and even hotter designers. Besides checking out some amazing manufacturers and builders, you can meet HGTV’s own “Design Star” winner Jennifer Bertrand at the Plano New Home and Remodeling Show next weekend.

Sponsored by the Dallas Builders Association, this event will showcase innovations in construction and design, as well as some incredible vendors. If you don’t already have a ticket, you’re in luck! We’re giving away 10 FREE passes to the show! All you have to do to enter our random drawing is comment below! Want a free entry? Tweet about our contest using the hashtag #CandysDirt!