Highland Park

Highland Park Morning Family Tragedy May Have Been Suicide

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2012 /

Update: It was revealed that John Steele was taking Ambien for sleeplessness, a powerful drug that’s been linked to strange behaviors while the patient is asleep but acting in a wake state. A tragically sad and disturbing story in the 3200 block of Cornell Avenue in Highland Park, where bystanders and police are now saying…

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It’s For The Burbs: Thinking of Moving Out of The City? Crunch Your Commute Time With Trulia’s App

By Joanna England / June 28, 2012 /

Perhaps you’ve heard that D Magazine has released a new list that ranks North Texas suburbs, with Parker and Highland Village besting both Highland Park and University Park for the top two spots?

That’s all well and good, but let’s say you take this information, sell your Lake Highlands home for top dollar, and move out to Parker or Highland Village — what’s that commute going to be like?

Just ask Trulia, which just released a new app that can tell you how long you’ll be trapped on North Central Expressway or Interstate 35 should you choose to head for the ‘burbs.

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Who Bought Troy Aikman’s Lot: Brian and Barbara Pratt

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

Remember when I told you that Troy Aikman sold off the Potashnik lot next to his home over there on Highland Drive? The one listed for $11,500,000 for only 109 days? I heard that he sold it to the Pratts: Brian and Barbara Pratt. Word on the street was they paid just about tax value ($5,493,000) and…

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Monday Morning Millionaire: Browse Bud Oglesby’s Final Dallas Masterpiece Tomorrow

By Joanna England / June 4, 2012 /

When some very well known art collectors asked Bud Oglesby to design their Highland Park home, they couldn’t have known that it would be the last residential building the sought-after modern architect would dream up.

I know we call it “Monday Morning Millionaire,” but this house is truly priceless. And so is this opportunity.

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Highland Park Soda Fountain (or Highland Park Pharmacy, if You’re a Parkie) is a Century Old

By Joanna England / April 30, 2012 /

Apparently Highland Park Pharm … I mean Soda Fountain has an impressive list of regulars, which happen to include some folks in the Dallas real estate business. The Grand Dame of real estate, Ebby Halliday, is known to pop in every once in a while according to this story by Maria Halkias at the DMN.…

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