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Laura Ostteen Fights For Old East Dallas Trees, But There’s No Ordinance Prohibiting Removal

By April Towery | October 16, 2023 |

Trees offer tons of benefits — from shade to environmental advantages to aesthetics — but it’s also within a developer’s rights to cut them down to make way for new buildings.  Residents in Elm Thicket/Northpark told CandysDirt.com in September that the canopies that used to line their streets have gone by the wayside as new development…

Dallas Architecture Forum Features Women Engineers Who Have Broken The ‘Steel Ceiling’

By CandysDirt | October 16, 2023 |

For many years, engineering was a profession dominated almost exclusively by men. That “steel ceiling” has begun to be broken by a group of talented, determined women, but there is still work to do. To explore the issue, the Dallas Architecture Forum will present a panel discussion on the topic of “Women Engineers Shaping the…

Let the Bidding Begin! Art Auction Benefits Dallas 24 Hour Club

By Elaine Raffel | October 15, 2023 |

Next weekend, 40 impressive works by 12 local artists are about the hit the auction block. Now in its third year, the 27th Annual David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction gets underway, benefitting Dallas 24 Hour Club.

Love Field Neighbors Launch Noise Mitigation Proposals at Environmental Commission Meeting 

By April Towery | October 15, 2023 |

Residents who live near Love Field are still mad about the noise generated by the city-owned airport, but for the most part, they appear to understand their adversary is not the City of Dallas; it’s the airlines that aren’t complying with a voluntary noise curfew.  The Love Field Citizens Action Committee has been working with…

Lecture Highlights Fort Worth’s Art Deco Architecture as a Part of Cowtown Culture

By Joy Donovan | October 15, 2023 |

New York City has its Chrysler Building as a well-known example of Art Deco architecture, but Fort Worth boasts its own inventory of the style. Those examples will be part of the upcoming lecture presented Thursday by Kathryn E. Holliday, Ph.D., as part of Historic Fort Worth’s Cantey Lecture series, an annual event. This year’s…

A Dallas Cowboy’s Dream Home is a Buyer’s Touchdown at The Landing

By Candy Evans | October 15, 2023 |

Oh if only I could tell you that this house is on the market because the seller, former Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame inductee and defensive tackle Tony Casillas, is moving to the Star in Frisco where he will plant himself as a consigliere reserve for America’s team. Casillas, a Tulsa native, could sure lend…