Park Cities

Dallas is Really an Outpost Experiencing Growing Pains, but We Need a Plan (or Two)!

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2014 /

I went to a neighborhood meeting for an un-named neighborhood several months ago. Some of the residents wanted to close off streets to a busy, busy street nearby to put a halt to wild-driving trucks and cars crashing into structures and gouging lawns on corner lots. It’s apparently a huge problem. I went because I…

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The Most Expensive Homes on the Market In Dallas Right Now: What $10 Million and Above Buys You!

By Candy Evans / May 5, 2014 /

Thursday, Lisa Blue Baron’s palatial Preston Road estate goes into the MLS as the Mathews-Nichols team begins their marketing blitz to sell what will be the most expensive home ON THE MLS MARKET in Dallas. We heard today the asking price will be $37.5 million. Yes, I know that the Hicks are still marketing the…

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Battleground Preston Hollow: Transwestern Filed It’s Zoning Case Thursday for Lux Apartments at Preston, Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2014 /

If you haven’t heard about the furor over a proposed luxury high rise apartment complex at the intersection of Preston and Northwest Highway, and if you haven’t seen the “No” signs proliferating all over Preston Hollow as far west as Midway, as far north as Forest Lane, then you either live south of the Trinity…

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Live in the Park Cities (DISD) for $535,000 WITH POOL: Lot or Pied a Tere?

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2014 /

This charming little angel belongs to Dallas philanthropist, socialite and blogger Tanya Foster and her hubby, Pete. They bought a 60 by 160 foot lot at 7526 Colgate, near Boedecker, thinking of building a dream house. “We are about to be empty nesters and were trying to “forecast” what we needed,” says Tanya. “Turns out,…

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Brady Bunch Glam, Park Cities Style Home Doubles Your Living Pleasure

By Candy Evans / April 28, 2014 /

The first thing you notice about 3309 Centenary, this smooth-lined Mediterranean beauty, is the doubly huge Park Cities lot — 140 by 150, since it was two 70 by 150 lots knitted together. Knitting together lots seems to be a trend on Centenary, by the way. The huge half acre creates a splendid setting and…

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