107-year-old Bianchi House named historic landmark
A 107-year-old East Dallas home, once called “The House of the Future,” has been named a historic landmark, according to the Dallas Landmark Commission….
Historic Preservations
Devotees of Dallas architect, aka ‘Dilbeck Nation,’ treated to home tours
Willis Winters first came to know the late architect Charles Dilbeck in 1997, when he was asked to help Preservation Dallas with a Dilbeck…
The most political house on Swiss Avenue
Harryette Ehrhardt and her husband, Jack, bought the house at 5731 Swiss Ave. in 1970, when the neighborhood was nothing like the pristine row…
CareNow opening in former bank-gas station at Belmont & Abrams
When there’s new construction in the neighborhood, it’s usually a health-care facility or a pharmacy, right? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding: Health-care facility it…
Are bowling and karaoke heading to Lakewood Theater?
Lakewood Theater has been vacant since 2015, but may have a new tenant that will bring bowling, arcade games, craft cocktails and karaoke to…
Court orders another stop work order on 4217 Swiss – city asks it to reconsider
Update: The story was updated to reflect the Board of Adjustment’s ruling on the most recent stop work order, which was not connected to…
From the farmhouse to the country club: Parks Estates history
Unless you know where to look, you will probably cruise right by Parks Estates, but it is one of East Dallas’ oldest and most…
Mother’s Day Weekend: Swiss Ave. Home Tour, Spring Fling, drink for a good cause and more
Take a peek inside some of the city’s most beautiful and historic homes on the Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour. The weekend…
This Lakewood castle is on the market and may contain a secret tunnel
The Chateau Des Grotteaux, one of our neighborhood’s most iconic properties, is now up for sale. The average passer-by can see its slate roof…
Take in the White Rock and Hollywood Home Tours this weekend
It’s April in East Dallas, and that means there are home tours to enjoy. Two collections of beautiful and historic homes are on the…
City will allow Swiss construction to continue unless court says otherwise
Construction on a development at 4217 Swiss Avenue continues despite the Dallas Board of Adjustment overturning a previous decision to allow construction to continue…
Too much historic demolition in Old East Dallas?
Developers tear down old buildings all the time in neighborhoods where multistory condos are coming up like toadstools after a Gulf Coast rain. But…
