Dallas

How To Remove Graffiti 101 If a House is Struck Before a Showing, & Don’t Clean Up After Rolling With Fire

By Candy Evans / June 30, 2014 /

As we reported late yesterday, Oak Lawn’s Legacy of Love Monument, Cathedral of Hope, plus other buildings were vandalized by nasty graffiti early Sunday morning including the building that houses The Dallas Observer, the building that houses D Magazine (no!)  and even the Dallas Morning News. Yesterday a few power cleaning companies volunteered to clean…

Highland House Rezoning Tabled ‘Til October, Pending Land Use Study for Preston Center, Laura Miller Theatrics

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2014 /

Last Thursday, the Dallas Plan Commission voted to postpone a decision on rezoning for 6215 Westchester, proposed site of the Highland House luxury apartments a Dallas developer wants to build in the center of Preston Center. The reason: to provide time for a land-use study of the area. Laura Miller was there in full theatrics, trying…

WTF? Why Are They Painting This Uptown Church BLUE???

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2014 /

Update: Robert Wilonsky took this story and did his magic, finding out that, are you ready, the designer who is painting this church blue is Gary Riggs! Thanks to Pete Peabody for alerting me this morning! Dialing up Gary right now… OK, I get it. It’s not really a church, it’s an office building, but…

Estate Sale of the Week: Like Majolica? You’ll LOVE this North Dallas Sale

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2014 /

Like I don’t need one more thing in my home but several bags to take stuff out, but I cannot pass up a good Majolica sale. So head up to 11737 High Forest Drive, just off Forest Lane in between Inwood and Preston. This is not Preston Hollow folks, but who cares? This is the…

Maple Terrace: How Does a Property Obtain a Historical Designation?

By Candy Evans / June 26, 2014 /

I called up David Preziosi, Executive Director of Preservation Dallas, to see if he thought the Maple Terrace might qualify for landmark status to keep it from being swallowed up by a developer who would tear it down. Does he even think the building could qualify? Yes, he does.