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There’s a house up in Allen that has a fresh coat of paint on the exterior and a fresh stain on the fence. How do I know? I was polled to help pick the color. It’s a traditional home, but there’s no need to cover up that rich red brick with a slap of white…
Next in a series: North Texas cities, towns, and neighborhoods celebrate fall with all the gusto of people who have suffered through a Texas summer, and we are here to let you know about the best area fall festivals, Oktoberfests, pumpkin patches, and Halloween fun over the next several weeks. Today, we’re covering a family tradition…
In the canon of contemporary American architecture, the midcentury movement remains one of the most timeless and treasured. Almost anywhere you encounter this type of design, it inspires profound awe and interest. Like San Francisco with its Victorians or New England with its Queen Annes, the Dallas community is in a unique position to exhibit…
The annual Downtown Dallas Inc. State of Downtown event is typically a pep rally for the momentum around the city’s business district, but this year’s gathering was a chance to hear from local leaders on a topic at the forefront of everyone’s minds these days: affordable housing. City Manager T.C. Broadnax, Housing Forward chairman Peter…
Hey, here’s a cute one. It’s a Craftsman with a huge tiled front porch and a feeling of big, open, airiness inside. It’s on North Rosemont Avenue and it’s even on the better side. Look, they’re both great sides, but in this case, odd numbers take the win. What a total rambling charmer with incredible…
Most of you are familiar with St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fort Worth’s oldest Catholic church, dedicated in 1892. Less well known is the equally beautiful St. Mary of the Assumption on Magnolia Avenue inaugurated 17 years later in 1909. The original modest wooden structure burned in 1922 and was replaced by the grander Neo-Romanesque building in…
