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Oak Cliff History Day, a community event celebrating the rich history of the area, takes place on Saturday, May 4, at the Western Heights Cemetery, the final resting place of the infamous gangster Clyde Barrow. This cemetery has drawn the Bonnie and Clyde crowd for decades, but there is so much more here. Cemeteries are the…
Dallas voters will decide Saturday on the biggest bond package in city history, a $1.25 billion measure that pledges funds for parks, streets, storm drainage, economic development, homelessness, housing, and more. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Find your polling place here. Ten Bond Propositions A bond brochure distributed by…
There are estate sales and there are Estate Sales. The old Dallas Morning News building, Bill’s Records and Tapes — those are iconic sales. Add this controversial sale at Dallas’ beleaguered Old City Park to the list of must-see estate sales in North Texas. Now through Saturday, the park is hosting a massive estate sale…
We all know that the three biggest selling points of a home are location, location, location. So, when you think about living in Oak Cliff, you want to live in the areas that are close to the attractions. While the location is the one thing about a house you can’t change, it’s also one of…
There’s a lot we don’t understand about how property tax appraisals work, let alone how to protest the county’s obfuscated appraised value. To help inform homeowners, CandysDirt.com has again teamed with Glenn Goodrich of PropertyTax.io to host a free webinar about protesting your property tax appraisal notice. The online webinar will take place at 10…
South Winnetka Heights just became the first Dallas conservation district to be approved in more than 13 years. South Winnetka Heights resident Michael Evans, along with several of his neighbors, spent about three years working with city staff on the proposal that will protect their historic neighborhood from McMansions and incompatible architecture. The newly minted…
