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As PV14 Nears Completion, Thoughts Turn To Preserving Views of White Rock Lake

By Joanna England / May 20, 2014 /

If there’s one thing that the discussion regarding the proposed restaurant at Boy Scout Hill has done it is galvanize a movement to preserve White Rock Lake. I suppose, depending on your viewpoint, this could be both positive and negative, as preservation often means ex-nay on any kind of development (or even re-development, for that…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Purrrrrfect Kessler Plaza Cottage Gets Major Points For Being Owned by a Cat Lover

By Joanna England / May 20, 2014 /

I know that all of the staging advice we publish says, rather unequivocally, to make the home look as if only humans live there. It gives buyers an opportunity to picture themselves in the space, and not all buyers have furry friends. In fact, some people are not pet lovers at all. But I do…

Crime Report: A Moving Target in Lake Highlands

By Zachary Dickens / May 20, 2014 /

By Dan Koller CandysDirt.com Contributor I’m in the midst of a move, so I know firsthand how frustrating it can be to transport all of your possessions and knickknacks from one house to another. Still, I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of the victim in this week’s highlighted crime.

Despite Limited Schedule, Construction Woes, North Oak Cliff Homeowners Think Streetcars Are Still a Boon For Neighborhood

By ricklopez / May 19, 2014 /

By Rick Lopez CandysDirt.com Contributor If a stranger talks to an Oak Cliff homeowner about the neighborhood for a few minutes, eventually he or she will boast about one of two things: the arrival of the newest critically acclaimed restaurant in the Bishop Arts District (which changes every few months) or a streetcar that will…

Here Is an Estate Sale You Won’t Want to Miss: the Sunnybrook Home of Mimi Lay

By Candy Evans / May 15, 2014 /

Susan Matusewicz at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s kindly alerted me to this fabulous sale that I would totally be at if I were not heading for The Greenbrier. You must go this weekend to 4935 Radbrook @ Sunnybrook. Mimi Lay built this wonderfully graceful 7000 square foot home, designed by Cole Smith, on more than tw0 acres…