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History Emerges During Dallas Cemetery Crawl

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021 Evelyn Wolff 0 Comments Community, dallas Cemetery, Emanu-El Cemetery, FP, Freedman's Cemetery, GIVINGPEOPLE, Greenwood Cemetery, Hillcrest Mausoleum, McCree cemetery, oak cliff cemetery, oakland cemetery, Park Cities, Preservation Dallas, preston hollow, Sparkman Hillcrest Funeral Home, western heights cemetery

On the eve of All Hallows Eve, I found myself wandering through cemeteries and mausoleums as a participant in Preservation Dallas’ 2021 Fall Tour – Cemeteries of Dallas.

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Lindley Arthur Making Old Homes New Again

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 Evelyn Wolff 1 Comment Design, designer, Furniture, GIVINGPEOPLE, Home Interiors, Homes & Design, Interior, interior design, Lindley Arthur, Lindley Arthur Interiors, Park Cities, Park Cities People, Preservation Park Cities

Not only does Lindley Arthur live and work in the Park Cities, but she also grew up here and joined what’s now Preservation Park Cities last year.
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Uptown Mixed-Use Development Breaks Ground

June 30, 2021July 1, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Real Estate

International real estate firm Hines broke ground recently on Maple Terrace, a 3.37-acre mixed-used development in Uptown.

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Virtual Christmas Cheer

November 27, 2020December 29, 2020 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments Christmas, christmas lights, Community, coronavirus, COVID, Highland Park, Park Cities, University Park, Virtual

The holidays will look different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn’t have to mean skipping Christmas cheer for those willing to embrace the virtual.

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Best of 2019: Volk Focuses His Lens on Dallas

December 29, 2019January 9, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments

Editor’s note: As 2019 turns into 2020, we’re taking the opportunity to look back at some of our best and

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Did It Really Cost $27,000 To Remove the Big Pecan?

October 25, 2019November 15, 2019 William Taylor 0 Comments Big Pecan Tree, Town of Highland Park

Highland Park’s 150-plus-year-old landmark monarch pecan tree on Armstrong Parkway near Preston Road was huge. By some accounts, the Big

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Highland Park’s Big Pecan Comes Down Quickly

October 23, 2019November 15, 2019 William Taylor 0 Comments Big Pecan Tree, Town of Highland Park

Dale Cole Jenkins lives in Turtle Creek so it didn’t take her long to drive over to Armstrong Parkway and

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Removal of Big Pecan To Begin on Monday

October 17, 2019November 15, 2019 William Taylor 1 Comment Big Pecan Tree, Town of Highland Park

Weather permitting, removal of the Big Pecan Tree at Armstrong Parkway and Preston Road will begin on Monday and continue

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Town Council: Bye Bye Pecan, No Demo, Tax Hike Planned

September 3, 2019November 15, 2019 William Taylor 0 Comments Big Pecan Tree, Scott Brei, Town of Highland Park

Highland Park town leaders expect crews in early October to remove the historic monarch pecan at Armstrong Parkway and Preston

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Fair Park First Names New Executive Director

July 25, 2019November 15, 2019 Keyuri Parab 0 Comments Brian Luallen, executive director, Fair Park, Fair Park First, Luallen, Witte Museum

Fair Park First, the nonprofit devoted to restoring, revitalizing, and renewing the National Historic Landmark, announced Brian Luallen to be its executive director.

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Volk Focuses His Lens on Dallas

July 22, 2019November 15, 2019 William Taylor 0 Comments Community, Dallas Historical Society, Everyday, Leonard Volk, photography, Volk Brothers

Leonard Volk has loved photography since Jan. 3, 1950. That day, he bought his first “good” camera – a Leica IIIc – in Limburg, Germany, during 14-months he spent traveling after graduating from Yale in 1949.