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The resignations of two outspoken Dallas department directors with major ties to housing were confirmed by city leaders late Friday. CandysDirt.com immediately reached out to Director of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization David Noguera and Director of Planning and Urban Design Julia Ryan, with whom we’ve had an excellent rapport over the past few years. We…
This cute little house with the orange front door has a pretty cool story that might even overshadow the updates. It’s one of four that were purchased and renovated by Kirk D. Myers. Myers passed away unexpectedly earlier this year, but this is just a part of his legacy. Myers loved South Dallas and was…
Sometimes homes are just large for the sake of being large. And as much as price per square foot isn’t used in the overall value of a home, many still fall into the trap of, “What’s the price per square foot?” and think that will tell them anything. Sometimes a builder will start building and…
I cannot let the clock run out on Monday, September 11, 2023, without mentioning 9/11. The day that changed our lives in America forever. I remember Dan Rather crying, saying America the Beautiful’s “Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears!”would never mean the same. It was, as my mother put it, our generations’ Pearl…
At the end of a lengthy day of briefings last week, city officials announced they would postpone Chief Information Officer Bill Zielinski’s after-action review on the ransomware attack that took down Dallas servers and gained access to the personal data of more than 30,000 users in May. The postponement of Wednesday’s briefing also prompted the…
Bianca Watson was destined to renovate this historic Lakewood Dines and Kraft home. “I’ve lived in a Victorian, a Colonial, a Georgian, you name it,” Watson said. “Every time my mom found a house, my dad would tell her it had to be perfect as-is. She’d assure him it was perfect. Then, when we were…
