Preservation Park Cities

Could This Magnificent Hal Thomson Colonial Mean The Tide is Turning in The Park Cities?

By Karen Eubank / April 8, 2024 /

We may have reached the tipping point in the Park Cities as signs of momentum against demolishing history in the area are budding. Case in point: This 1926 Colonial designed by Hal Thomson stands as evidence that preservation works and is now a hot commodity. We’ve seen so many historic homes come down that those…

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By The Time You Read This, Another Landmarked Historic Highland Park Home Will Bite The Dust

By Karen Eubank / August 21, 2023 /

The phone calls and texts started coming fast this weekend. Highland Park neighbors on Fairfax Ave. were angry and sad that another one of the homes that define the character of the Park Cities has a bulldozer parked out in front. The word on the street is that the landmarked home at 4415 Fairfax will…

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Historic Home Hysteria is Running Rampant in The Park Cities

By Karen Eubank / March 24, 2022 /

I’ve written about most of the iconic homes that have bitten the dust in the Park Cities. It is a knife to the heart for historians and preservationists to see one bulldozed. And it’s going to keep happening. Demolition of historic homes has been going on for decades, all over this city. Dallas has done…

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Dallas, University Park Weekend Open Houses Show Range of Homes on Market

By Leah Shafer / April 28, 2016 /

The Internet is a beautiful thing when it comes to house hunting. But there’s no substitute for stepping foot in a home and seeing what it has to offer. That’s why we love open houses, and our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column was created to bring you an insider’s take on properties you don’t…

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