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The Dallas City Council recently denied three zoning requests for duplexes in the Mount Auburn neighborhood, prompting a larger discussion on the need for self-determination in areas that have been threatened by what residents perceive as incompatible high-density development. Residents at the Jan. 8 council meeting who spoke out against duplexes in their neighborhood considered…
Mount Auburn is a neighborhood you might not be super familiar with. At least not the name itself, but the location is one you know. It’s in East Dallas off Grand Avenue near Interstate 30. Over there you’ll find El Taco Loco (and tons of other taco spots) and Kalachandji’s, a Hare Krishna temple that…
Hey, let’s just start this article with a simple phrase. Whoa. As in “Whoa. That’s a lotta work.” “Whoa. These before-and-afters are really something else.” And “Whoa, the listing agent was also the intended contractor but then he had to hand it off because COVID-19, when he became a homeroom teacher. Literally.” Like I said, it’s…
Gentrification is washing over Dallas like a wave. Neighborhoods that were once working class and affordable are vanishing faster than you can say “tear down.” One such neighborhood is directly behind me, so it has hit home (literally) in a big way. I have lived on Valencia Street in Hollywood Heights since 1990 and the Mount…
Adjourning by 8:30 p.m., November’s Dallas ISD school board meeting Thursday could’ve been a lot longer if a proposed policy change had not been pulled from the agenda. Social media (if you knew where to look) has been on fire recently with rumors that Lincoln and Madison high schools were facing closure. The idea that…
