Preservation Dallas
I am proud to be a trustee on the Board of Preservation Dallas, a Dallas nonprofit that has held my heart since I planted my family’s roots in North Texas more than 40 years ago. After an exhilaratingly successful 50th anniversary celebration at the beautiful Dallas National last May, I was asked to join the…
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By Matt WeinsteinPrograms Associate, Preservation Dallas For those of us who never knew Dallas before Interstate 30, it is difficult to imagine The Cedars as an affluent district of large homes with manicured lawns that was once the southern gateway to downtown Dallas. Few homes tell the neighborhood’s story as well as the Blue House.…
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Did you know CandysDirt.com is the only media outlet in the country offering a weekly column on historic preservation? I spend a good portion of each week researching ways to educate and inform our readers about why preserving our built history is critical. I also persuade and cajole some of our finest preservation specialists such…
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I learned more on the first day of the Historic House Specialist seminar than I think I could have learned in an entire college semester. That is if colleges offered historic preservation classes, but that’s another column. I kid you not, Preservation Dallas knows how to offer more easily digestible information in less time than…
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What do you mean I’m not allowed to put solar panels on my Winnetka Heights Craftsman cottage? Is my 1950s Ranch house considered historic? Why can’t we pull out all the windows and floors and just leave the brick? Isn’t that preservation? The answers to your burning historic preservation questions will be provided in the…
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