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I learned more on the first day of the Historic House Specialist seminar than I think I could have learned in an entire college semester. That is if colleges offered historic preservation classes, but that’s another column. I kid you not, Preservation Dallas knows how to offer more easily digestible information in less time than…
Check out the Tudoriest Tudor over in Oak Cliff. It’s in the officially titled “Daniels L.O. Jr.” subdivision and we all know it SHOULD be L.O. Daniels, but no one really asked us. Speaking of not asking … who was L.O. Daniels? Well, his full name was Lark Owen Daniels, and according to Heritage Oak…
The perhaps semi-hackneyed and overused Realtor-speak “curb appeal” jargon seems woefully insufficient to describe this lovely Park Hill perch at 2420 Lofton Terrace. Park Hill is one of the loveliest Near Southside neighborhoods, and this assiduously renovated gem is nothing short of enchanting. It’s difficult to imagine that this house, with its rich repertoire of…
The Dallas Plan Commission voted unanimously on Thursday in favor of rezoning the Shoreline City Church property on Garland Road, making way for a four-story apartment complex adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood. The project will go before the Dallas City Council in late October. Plans presented by Ojala Holdings have changed dramatically since discussions about…
Richardson ISD is building its first-ever middle school on Walnut Hill Lane, and we found a few superb homes where a walk-in closet and backyard oasis are icing on the cake in a high-ranked educational market. Addison-based Cadence McShane Construction broke ground this month on a 231,000-square-foot Lake Highlands Middle School campus that will accommodate…
Allie Beth Allman has put thousands of people in homes, many of them in the Dallas area’s most expensive and prestigious properties. And she’s built a high-end real estate powerhouse brokerage that she sold to Warren Buffett’s HomeServices of America. Recognized as one of Dallas’ leading real estate entrepreneurs, Allman has received the inaugural Women…
