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Dallas has a problem with history — it keeps trying to erase it. The latest target is Dealey Plaza. Preservation architect Norman Alston offers us a two-part history lesson which seems perfect on this particular day. Gratitude for our history is something we should all think about a little more. We hope you find this…
Buckle up, folks. The holidays are upon us. Halloween was the rehearsal and the real deal is tomorrow, Thanksgiving. Anyone can be thankful for family, friends, and yada, yada, yada. Me, I am thankful for the house featured in this week’s column. If this house were a person, she would be a queen. Let me…
City officials have again promised a “deep dive” into plans for repurposing 50,000 acres of city-owned real estate, but they don’t have a strategic vision, and three different panels are evaluating the assets. Those three panels — the Trust for Public Land, the Ad Hoc Committee on Pensions, and the Dallas Economic Development Corporation —…
A few weeks ago we featured the home at 408 E. Oak Street in the popular town (don’t call it a suburb of Fort Worth!) of Aledo. We were impressed because it was a beautiful, functional, and well-located home in Aledo for less than $350,000 — something that we rarely see in real estate these…
Hey oh, we’re back in Abilene for today’s feature. It’s a killer cluster of homes – a LEGENDARY set of short- and mid-term rentals called Sayles Ranch. It’s not a real ranch, but there’s no reason for me to explain that when the owner, creator, and visionary Terry Browder is a bit of a poet.…
Entering this Highland Park Italianate luxury home is like stepping into a countryside villa in the hills outside Rome. It’s one of the loveliest I’ve seen in quite some time, beautifully designed with groin-vaulted-and-beamed ceilings, stone floors, and fireplaces. When I find a house this sophisticated and tasteful I know an equally sophisticated and tasteful…
