Dallas

Dallas Takes Its First Swing at Zoning Reform in Almost 40 Years

By Charles Grand / June 27, 2025 /

City staff in Dallas have been making the rounds to give residents a sneak peak at what they’ve got cooking for zoning reform. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, the city is embarking on a painstaking effort to simplify and modernize the portions of its voluminous development code that have to do with land use. The…

Raise a Glass to This Junius Heights Bungalow

By Joy Donovan / June 27, 2025 /

If only the walls of the house at 5818 Worth St. in Dallas could talk. It stands there, a cute little 1920s bungalow, in the charm-filled historic neighborhood of Junius Heights. Yes, built in 1920s, the year Prohibition began in the United States of America. You know, that’s the time when alcohol was illegal here.…

What’s June’s Best Buy? A Fully Updated Vickery Place Craftsman

By Karen Eubank / June 21, 2025 /

Vickery Place is a historic Dallas neighborhood platted by the Works-Coleman Land Company in 1911. Their vision was to transform farmland into one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Dallas. With streetcar access and proximity to downtown, it became highly sought-after very quickly. I think they’d be quite pleased to see that Vickery Place remains…

Dallas Officials Get Ready To Do Some Belt-Tightening

By Charles Grand / June 20, 2025 /

It’s looking like Dallas City Council members are going to have to make some tough choices this budget season, with staff estimating a roughly $36.5 million deficit during Wednesday’s council briefing. Apparently, declining property and sales tax forecasts are putting a damper on the city’s planned $5.13 billion budget for FY 2026. Even worse, without…

‘Hide and Peak’ Dallas CASA Playhouse Is Like Origami Come to Life

By Joy Donovan / June 9, 2025 /

Anyone lucky enough to get the playhouse named Hide and Peak, a part of the 30th annual Parade of Playhouses, will be set up for hours of imaginative and creative fun. “Everything was based on pure play,” said architect Patricio Sanchez, part of the team working on this unique playhouse that is part of the…