North Oak Cliff

Elmwood Residents Successfully Petition For Walkable Urban Mixed-Use District

By April Towery / March 6, 2024 /

A North Oak Cliff neighborhood once featured in the Tom Cruise movie Born on the Fourth of July scored a big win last week toward preserving its small-town charm.  The Dallas City Council unanimously approved a rezoning that will carve out an area of Elmwood as a walkable urban mixed-use district.  District boundaries extend along…

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Rezoning Approved For Homeless Veterans Boarding House on South Polk Street 

By April Towery / January 26, 2024 /

Dallas City Council members granted a controversial rezoning Wednesday to allow a group home on South Polk Street to continue operations as a multifamily dwelling in a single-family neighborhood.  A code complaint was filed by a neighbor last summer after operators remodeled the nine-bedroom home into individual units for formerly unhoused military veterans, prompting applicant…

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We’re in Love With The Kessler Park Tudor That Robert Kucharski Just Listed

By Joanna England / January 24, 2024 /

There has been no other time in my life that I wished so hard that I was in the market for a home than right now. I’m one of those people who has way too much equity and a crazy low rate that buying a home right now would not be the best idea, but…

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New Construction in Kessler Park Sparks Debate Over Conservation District Guidelines

By April Towery / January 23, 2024 /

Kevin Rachel and his wife moved to Kessler Park in 2020 because they liked the character of the North Oak Cliff neighborhood with its diverse historical architecture, hilly topography, and lush landscape.  About a year after the Rachels found their dream home on Canyon Creek within the Kessler Park Conservation District, construction began nearby on…

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Woody Brodie Jr. is Still in His North Oak Cliff Home on Nolte Drive, Still Looking For a Miracle

By April Towery / December 28, 2023 /

Woody Brodie Jr.’s South Edgefield neighbors say they’re hoping this holiday season that no news is good news.  Brodie was in an accident several years ago and can’t communicate verbally, but he knows there’s trouble with the title to his home and that shady investors want him out.  Brodie actually owns two homes on Nolte…

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