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Friday Four Hundred: Gorgeous Historic Craftsman-style Prairie Home in Peak Suburban Addition

By Joanna England / August 1, 2014 /

Just southwest of the storied homes on Swiss Avenue lies a more intimate, less popular Swiss Avenue in the gorgeous Gaston Heights neighborhood. Bounded by North Fitzhugh Ave. on the northeast and Peak on the southwest, sandwiched between Live Oak and Worth Street, is a lovely little enclave of historic homes that enjoys a distinction as Peak’s Suburban…

Kathy Nealy Gets Her Condo Back After New Marketing Career — Oh, Also a Free Lawyer

By Candy Evans / August 1, 2014 /

WFAA-TV Channel 8’s Brett Shipp had an exclusive report on Thursday night’s 10 p.m. news that mentioned our little find we posted that Kathy Nealy, a Dallas political consultant who was indicted last Friday, is back in her Victory park condo after  her 2013 mortgage default was rescinded.  Channel 8’s report may shed some light on…

Thursday Three Hundred: Lovely Lochwood Home is an Escape From City Life With a Short Commute

By Joanna England / July 31, 2014 /

Lochwood is one of my favorite areas in Dallas because it has so many gorgeous, mature trees, hilly topography, and a stunning mix of architectural styles. I love the soft contemporaries, midcentury moderns, traditionals, and even the random colonial! And it’s popular with families, too, thanks to the close proximity to White Rock Lake and…

Drive Like Your Kids Live Here

By Candy Evans / July 31, 2014 /

These signs are proliferating in Preston Hollow and I’ve seen a few in the Park Cities. Anyone seen them? They are the creation of a Wethersfield, Ct. woman, Petulia Pugliares, who lives between two elementary schools and a high school and thinks people there drive too fast. She has witnessed several accidents and was even…

What Kind of Luxury Apartments Transwestern Might Build Behind Pink Wall — NICE!

By Candy Evans / July 31, 2014 /

It’s August, and still we see those “NO!” NIMBY signs all across Preston Hollow, indicating homeowner’s opposition to a potential multi-family residential development by a company called Transwestern, at Preston and Northwest Highway, Behind the Pink Wall. It’s been eight months since I wrote these words: