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I admit that I have to stifle a laugh when people call Dallas City Hall old. After years growing up in Europe and Asia, I know old architecture. America is a young country, and Dallas is a young city, so calling our city hall old lacks context. Let’s look around at just a few examples…
There’s nothing I love more than finding a really terrific home in a fantastic neighborhood for a great price, and this week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters, Senior Loan Officer with First Horizon is all three. Lake Park Estates is one of those great East Dallas neighborhoods where people love to…
Plans to give Lovers Lane some much-needed love kicked off this month as the Dallas Transportation & Public Works Department (TPW) began a year-long study on the best way to make Lovers Lane more pedestrian and bicycle friendly from Lomo Alto Drive to Lemmon Avenue. The study and work, which will be a several-year-long endeavor,…
Something I often do when I’m writing about these WTF homes is I forget to include a photo of the exterior. You know, the curb appeal. My lovely editor, Shelby Skrhak, has to go back and include that picture for me. She does that so you delightful people can see the calm before the storm.…
The City Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend that the city begin exploring relocation options for City Hall functions currently housed at 1500 Marilla St. The property condition assessment and recommendation renewed speculation on social media that officials were laying the groundwork for redevelopment of the site, possibly to accommodate a new Dallas…
The real estate world quaked a few short weeks ago when Compass, Inc. completed a $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc. — that’s the owner of major real estate brands like Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s, Century 21, Corcoran, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and others. The January 9 acquisition created the world’s largest residential…
