Oak Cliff
This week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Dallas mortgage broker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial, offers a vivid description you wouldn’t typically expect for a home. For the Oak Cliff home at 318 N. Montclair Ave. in the coveted Winnetka Heights Historic District, listing agent Phillip Murrell of Compass RE Texas describes it…
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Sometimes a park does more than provide shade trees and a place for children to play. Occasionally — once in a lifetime, some say — a park presents a rare opportunity to connect communities and create a gateway to a better life for residents. That’s the goal of the Southern Gateway Park, deemed “a park…
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No pool? No problem. About 340 Dallas homeowners are offering their backyard oases this summer as a way to beat the heat and make some extra cash. While questions of liability have been raised about the pool-sharing site Swimply, it’s increased in popularity in the Lone Star State as temperatures hit the triple digits. About 260…
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Everyone knows that Oak Cliff has some of the best topography and native landscape in the city, but I found some compelling proof in quite literally, black and white. Yes dear readers, this is another of my historical storytelling rabbit holes into the Dallas Morning News archives from the past century. It’s also this week’s…
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I’ve written many love letters to Elmwood over the years and this cute little Cape Cod Cottage is deserving of just onnnnneeeee more. It’s an open concept and all the systems have been updated. And it’s adorable. And the location!! Compass’ Crystal Gonzalez is the biggest Elmwood cheerleader. She said it’s been up and coming…
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