Dallas City Council
Last week I was sickened to read about Spectrum Properties’ plans for the North Texas Food Bank headquarters bound by Pearl Expressway, Cesar Chavez Blvd., and Farmers Road in the Farmer’s Market area of downtown Dallas. Not because the Food Bank will be displaced – it won’t. But because Spectrum, who purchased the land from…
On Wednesday City Council will vote to approve Pegasus-Ablon’s application to drop a 20-plus-story high-rise into a 36-foot-height neighborhood. I say this with certainty. The votes have been metaphorically counted and the hearing before city council is mere theater to let any opposition believe they actually had a chance of swaying a vote. They don’t.…
What happens when you spot a preservation-worthy building and know the owner is bent on demolition and utterly resistant to the idea of a landmark designation? Last week I broke down landmarking your residence. For commercial buildings, though? Well, that’s where it gets tricky. Developers in Dallas are not always homegrown, so they often don’t…
Let’s say you purchased a gorgeous vintage home and pulled out all the stops to bring it to its former glory. You carefully researched paint colors, meticulously rebuilt existing windows, and perhaps stripped away an ugly fireplace façade to uncovered an original Rookwood. After pouring heart and soul into restoration and renovation, of course, you…
By Keith W. HefnerRealtor and Dallas Resident In 1970, Frank Caven opened his first gay bar, changing the landscape of Dallas and the Texas LGBTQ+ community forever, at a time when acceptance of homosexuality and frankly dancing too late in the evening was illegal in the city. After many years, and many hard-fought battles for…
