April Allen
Details are scarce, but it looks like the first phase of the Southern Gateway deck park is finally in the works. The $82 million project over Interstate 35 will connect East and West Oak Cliff and serve as a “park with a purpose’ adjacent to the Dallas Zoo. McCarthy Building Companies and EJ Smith Construction…
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Sometimes a park does more than provide shade trees and a place for children to play. Occasionally — once in a lifetime, some say — a park presents a rare opportunity to connect communities and create a gateway to a better life for residents. That’s the goal of the Southern Gateway Park, deemed “a park…
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Oh this one is so cute. It’s a little cottage over on North Oak Cliff Blvd. There’s a bay window and a pale pink door and it’s ADORABLE. The brilliant white dentil trim and everything is just a little slice of gingerbread-y heaven. I love the way the terraced front yard is lined in stones…
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Laura Bowden and her husband, Michael Shake, have preservation imprinted on their hearts. Their charming classic cottage in the Kings Highway Conservation District is a testament to that. “I need a T-shirt that says, ‘Save All the Old Houses,’ ” Bowden said. She and her husband are from the Southeast, and Bowden grew up in…
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If your New Year’s resolutions included becoming more active, our first Thursday Three Hundred of 2019 is a Kidd Springs Heights charmer perfectly situated to get you there. And when you account for the fact that it’s also in the coveted zone for Rosemont Elementary, this home at 815 N. Tyler St. just gets better.…
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