2021 April Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate

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A HOUSE DIVIDED

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ARCHITECTURE AT RISK

PENDING

4919 SWISS | $1,995,000 4 Bed/3.1 Bath/3 Car/4,920 SF Brown-Qualls & Schrickel Group 214-801-1795

4611 W AMHERST | $1,199,000 4 Bed/4.1 Bath/2 Car/ 4,473 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777 NEW PRICE

5239 BONITA | SOLD 4 Bed/3.1 Bath/2 Car/3,348 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

10118 CARIBOU | $749,750

5 Bed | 4 Bath | 2 Car | 3,327 SF Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

2027 EUCLID | SOLD 3 Bed/2.1 Bath/2 Car/3,952 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777 PENDING

5151 MONTICELLO | $599,900

2 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,399 SF Alison O’Halloran - 214-228-9013 PENDING

4539 ASHFORD | SOLD

2328 W COLORADO | $449,000

10526 LONGMEADOW | $419,000

10339 LAKE GARDENS | SOLD

7404 CORONADO WAY | SOLD

805 EASTCLIFF | SOLD

3 Bed/2 Bath/2 Car/2,000 SF Brown-Qualls & Schrickel Group 214-801-1795

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,618 SF Mary Rinne - 214-552-6735

LAKEWOOD | LAKE HIGHLANDS | 214-826-0316

3 bed/2 bath/1,654 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

2 Bed/2.1 Bath/2 Car/2,115 SF Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

PRESTON CENTER | 214-692-0000

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car | 1,784 SF Dybvad Phelps Sinnott & Clayton 214.536.8786

3 Bed/2 Bath/2 Car/1,498 SF Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

EBBY’S LITTLE WHITE HOUSE | 214-210-1500

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NOT PICTURED:

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Steve Cairns

Konnie Clayton

Max Dunham

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972-740-2517 stevecairns@ebby.com

Dybvad Phelps Sinnott & Clayton Group

214-336-3623 maxdunham@ebby.com

Shelby James

Peter Loudis

Katherine McCullough

Cindy O’Gorman

214-533-7650 shelbyjames@ebby.com

214-215-4269 peterloudis@ebby.com

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The O’Gorman Group

Mary Rinne

Doug Selzer

Elizabeth Selzer

Kim Sinnott

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Selzer & Stell Group

Selzer & Stell Group

972-322-8073 dougselzer@ebby.com

214-797-0868 elizabethselzer@ebby.com

Dybvad Phelps Sinnott & Clayton Group

214-708-5233 konnieclayton@ebby.com

972-380-7389 cindyogorman@ebby.com

214-536-8786 kimsinnott@ebby.com

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Susie Thompson 214.354.8866

Gia Marshello 214.616.2568

Annamari Lannon 214.558.1224

Tyler Johnson 214.544.5987

Marsue Williams 214.762.2108

Tim Schutze 214.507.6699

Stephanie Pinkston 214.803.1721

Chris Pyle 214.726.5313

Nora Clark 214.797.6935

Emily Alfano 214.675.1134

Sally Shaw 214.679.6402

Victoria Wiman 214.770.0695

Richard Graziano 214.564.2602

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contents APRIL 2021 VOL.28 NO.4

14 MEGA MARKET Dallas’ housing boom explained 18 GET ORGANIZED Professional tips 40 RISK REGISTER Places in peril 44 TRUFFLE TROVE Handmade chocolates 66 PERCH HAUS Jaw-dropping views 70 GROWING SEASON How to get gardening 76 HISTORIC The unbreakable home of Louis Wagner

The owners of the historic Louis Wagner home collect antiques, including these classic pens. Read the story on page 76.

Photography by Jessica Turner.

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THE WORD Fast-casual restaurant Hawaiian Bros will serve a classic Hawaiian lunch plate when it opens on Greenville Avenue this spring or early summer. Here’s what residents had to say on social media.

Yep, that looks like Maui fast food...macaroni…rice...beef...or pork.

— Judy J. Pope How many varieties of Spam are on the menu?

— Don Abbott Don’t know if it’ll be Waipio Hawaiian food, but we can give it a shot.

#PICTUREPERFECT

— Ben Phillips

Hudson House oysters are flown in daily from the East Coast. Check out this photo taken by Kathy Tran and be sure to like and follow @Eastdallasadvocate on Instagram!

Search “Hawaiian Bros” at lakewood.advocatemag.com to read more.

coming and going

HOT SEAT

tribute to the longstanding Knox Street Pub.

HERE’S WHO’S RUNNING FOR DALLAS CITY COUNCIL IN THE MAY ELECTION.

[+] Late-night dessert company Insomnia Cookies popped up

DISTRICT 9

[+] KSP Henderson opened at 1921 N. Henderson Ave. It pays

at 2656 Main St. [+] Local favorite E-Bar Tex Mex is opening a spinoff called Eddie’s Tex-Mex Cocina this spring at 2018 Greenville Ave. in the former Tacos Mariachi space.

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EDUCATION DEBRIEF •The WOODROW WILSON SPRING MUSICAL is back.

Students are working on an abridged version of Chicago that will take place outside or with limited seating in the auditorium. Last year’s performance was canceled.

•WOODROW FRESHMAN CAMPBELL CHASE is swimming in accolades after her performance at the 5A Swimming and Diving State Meet. She won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:03.15. Chase also took third place in the 100-yard freestyle.

•ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY SCHOOL unveiled a new addition that includes 23 classrooms, science labs, a choir room, an orchestra room, a computer lab, locker rooms, a gym that doubles as a tornado shelter, offices and restrooms. Another part of the building is a dance studio, which will allow the school to begin a new dance program.

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n Nearly 14,000 East Dallas neighbors are without power as

winter weather causes outages n GALLERY: 4 stunning photos of a wintery White Rock Lake

you’ve got to see n 2 new tenants to open at Hillside Village n Dallas police arrest 28-year-old man in connection with East

Dallas murder n Neighbors organize to oppose The Lot, Local Traveler rezone

Correction: In the March 2021 issue of the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate, future upgrades to the SoPac Trail and its surrounding areas were incorrectly credited. The Vickery Midtown Public Improvement District has

headed

those

improvement

efforts. The Advocate regrets the error.

We can’t stop talking about…

Gov. Greg Abbott lifting the statewide mask mandate.

Abbott also announced that businesses could open at 100 percent capacity. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins isn’t down with that, and neither are a lot of Dallas restaurants and businesses. Many will retain health protocols like mask wearing and limited capacity.

Visit lakewood.advocatemag.com for a list of businesses still requiring masks.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY The Dallas Arboretum will

“It was an unprecedented experiment. Nobody had ever moved a house that big.”

—BOB WHISNANT, OWNER OF THE LOUIS WAGNER HOME ON LIVE OAK STREET Read more about the historic home in “A Firm Foundation” on page 76.

resume its popular outdoor concert series this spring after

canceling

last

year

because of the pandemic.

Masks are required, and lawn capacity will be capped at 50 percent. Up first is local favorite Emerald City on April 1, and the series continues every Thursday until July 1.

Photography courtesy of the Dallas Arboretum.

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OH, THE P L AC ES YOU ’ L L G O, I F YOU CA N FIND THEM A R ECA P O F DA L L AS ’ CO M P E T I T I V E M A R K E T Story by RENEE UMSTED | Illustration by JESSICA TURNER

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ompetitive doesn’t quite describe it. Over the pas t year, Dallas’ residential r e a l e s t a t e m a r ke t h a s b e e n unprecedented.

Dallas has a seller’s market, meaning it would take less than three months for all available homes in the area to sell, says C h u r c h i l l Mo r t g a g e b r a n c h manager Mason Whitehead.

“What we’ve seen nationwide, but especially with the migration to Texas, is a huge housing boom like we’ve never seen before,” he says.

Housing market conditions are, in part, the result of a decreasing supply of homes in recent years.

One factor driving demand for homes is an influx of people from California and New York who are looking for lower taxes and more space, says Whitehead, who’s been at Churchill for 11 years.

But that’s not the only reason.

“People know the y can sell their house. That’s not an issue,” he says. “But where do you go? You’ve got a lot of pent-up hesitation because, I know I can sell, but where do I buy?”

T h e d a t a b a c k h i m u p . In January, the number of homes for sale in East Dallas was just over 600, which is about 300 fewer listings than before the pandemic hit in March 2020.

At the same time, the median home sale price for properties in our neighborhood has been increasing. At $440,000,

For more real estate stats, visit lakewood.advocatemag.com. Graphic by HiGeorge.

January’s value was about $12,500 higher than the same time last year and $78,500 higher than it was five years ago.

Potential buyers, especially those looking at homes listed for about $400,000, are scrambling to present competitive offers.

“Not just writing letters, you’re not just going above market on the price. You’re doing anything you can to make your offer more attractive to the seller,” Whitehead says.

Me d i a n h o m e s a l e p r i c e s h av e been trending up, but there have been a few dips. The first happened in October 2019, when the tornado struck Dallas. The second setback was the onset of COVID -19. Home sales in Dallas dropped to 1,118 in April from nearly 1,300 in March. “ Then it came back with a roar,” h e s a y s . Ho m e s a l e s i n t h e c i t y soared to more than 1,900 in July.

Pe o p l e w h o l o v e d t h e i r h o m e s before the pandemic continued to appreciate them for months, when

many switched to remote work and stayed home, Whitehead says.

Those who didn’t love their homes experienced a different situation.

“If there’s something about your house you didn’t like, it really drove you nuts,” he says. “I’ve got to say, I was one of those people. It drove me nuts.”

Whitehead acknowledges that he doesn’ t have a cr ystal ball, but a ye ar af te r the pandemic s tar ted, he doesn’t see the real estate market slowing down unless there’s a spike in interest rates or another economic issue that makes people “nervous.”

He says buyers are attracted by a strong, diverse economy that can stand up to disasters.

“Texas has historically weathered the storm better,” he says.

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PAWS & CLAWS

SPRING CHICKENS Caruth Terrace residents Allison and Bobby Holaday had a case of pandemic puppy FOMO when all their neighbors rescued a dog last year.

But with Bobby’s allergies to dogs and cats, the couple found themselves at Rooster Home & Hardware. They brought home three chicks: Jessie Ruth, Blanche and Wilma. “One of our neighbors raised chickens, and on our walks last spring, we thought, ‘Hey, this looks pretty easy,’” Allison says. “We always said we’d get chickens at our next house, but I realized we’re not going anywhere. I garden, and chickens are a natural addition to my existing hobbies.” The 7-month-old hens happily peck at bugs in the backyard but will come running to anyone who has treats of dried mealworms, corn mix, lettuce or fruit. They love being held at night and will stretch out their necks to fall asleep on the Holadays’ shoulders.

“The more you interact with them, the more they treat you like pets, not farm animals,” Allison says. — JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE GOT A PET YOU WANT US TO FEATURE? Email your photo to jdunaway@advocatemag.com.

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SPONSORED CONTENT

INVESTING IN DALLAS The City’s B.U.I.L.D program supports small businesses one grant at a time

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hrough Broadening Urban Investments to the Leverage Dallas (B.U.I.L.D) Small Business Grant Program, 45 minority women-owned businesses in southern Dallas have been awarded one-time grants up to $3,000 each, according to DeNita Lacking-Quinn with the City of Dallas’ Office of Economic Development, Business & Workforce Inclusion.

The grants were approved by the B.U.I.L.D. Ecosystem and selected from 129 applicants last year. Qualifying business owners had less than nine employees or a 2019 payroll of less than $250,000. To receive funds, recipients had to complete three coaching sessions from an advisor selected from the B.U.I.L.D Ecosystem, a collaborative of more than 600 business service organizations the City supports.

Grants were available for technical training, business funding and guidance and mentorship, as well as rent, payroll, utilities and operating expenses.

One recipient, MilkSpace, LLC, says the company provides breastfeeding essentials and “has a special corporate social

responsibility initiative to lessen breastfeeding disparities in disadvantaged and underserved Black Women,” according to the MilkSpace website.

“The Dallas B.U.I.L.D grant greatly enhanced MilkSpace, LLC’s ability to remain afloat through the pandemic,” says Kelli Mumphrey, company founder and CEO. “More importantly, the three required sessions with the coach to assist with the development of the Business Continuity Plan was just as valuable. I am grateful for the City of Dallas B.U.I.L.D Ecosystem recognizing the need to support small-owned businesses.”

The B.U.I.L.D Ecosystem partners with the City of Dallas Office of Economic Development, Redbird DEC and Dallas County business service organizations including Business & Community Leaders (BCL) of Texas, LIFT Fund, JPMG Chase, Dallas College, Women’s Business Council – Southwest, the Veterans Women’s Enterprise Center and many more. The B.U.I.L.D grant program provides 125 coaching hours – averaging 2.5 hours per recipient, with a possible 1.5 hours each over the following 90-120 days for those seeking additional guidance.

The Dallas B.U.I.L.D Ecosystem serves small businesses at www.DallasBUILD.org.

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D E F E N D I N G D EV E LO P M E N T Why Friends of Santa Fe Trail will support The Trailhead THE FRIENDS OF SANTA FE TRAIL announced support for The Trailhead at the Gaston-Garland-Grand intersection. Formerly the sites of The Lot and Local Traveler restaurants, developer Mill Creek Residential is requesting a rezone to build an eight-story project with 320 apartments and up to 13,600 square feet of commercial space.

“Over the last few months, the team at Mill Creek has shared their vision for the proposed development at the former sites of The Lot and Local Traveler with the Friends of Santa Fe Trail, and we are excited for the potential this project brings,” Friends of Santa Fe Trail President John Sturdivant says. “FOST works hard to make the trail a wonderful experience for all trail users and make the trail

available to everybody. This project will help us with both of those aims.”

The Santa Fe Trail begins near the White Rock spillway, winding past the Lakewood Country Club and Woodrow Wilson High School for 4.3 miles. At its termination just short of Commerce Street, a trail user can then take a left to Fair Park or a right to Deep Ellum. Friends of Santa Fe Trail was born in 2008 to support, enhance and advocate for the trail.

Sturdivant, a Lakewood Hills resident, says Mill Creek “engaged with us in a productive and open dialogue and listened to our feedback.” At a Friends of Santa Fe Trail board meeting in March, the project was endorsed “without dissent.”

“We want a diverse set of neighbors

to help provide the greatest public access to the trail,” Sturdivant says. “We also have concerns about potential alternative uses of this unique site if their project does not proceed.”

What of neighborhood concerns about traffic at the 3G intersection?

“Traffic was not considered in our support of the project,” Sturdivant says.

Leslie Hearn, organizer of Save the White Rock Skyline, a neighborhood group formed to oppose The Trailhead, calls the Friends of Santa Fe Trail endorsement “shortsighted.”

“If this rezone is allowed, there will be a proliferation of high-density development at this part of White Rock Creek and the Santa Fe Trail that comes with increased traffic and negative environmental impact,” Hearn says.

Story by SAM GILLESPIE | Photography by DANNY FULGENCIO

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T H E L A K EWO O D E D I T A room-by-room guide to organizing your home

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he pandemic forced Americans to take a good, hard look at their belongings.

While some neighbors spent quarantine eliminating junk at a level not seen since the great Marie Kondo purge of 2019, others found themselves buried under more stuff from too much retail therapy and traumatic Costco runs

for bulk items.

Home makeover shows like Netflix’s Get Organized featuring Nashville-based organizing company The Home Edit inspired us to turn our homes into Insta-worthy rainbow dreams. Words like “ backstock” infiltrated our vocabulary alongside “unprecedented” and “pivot.” Although clients

Story by JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE | Illustrations by JESSICA TURNER

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The Best Never Rest In a year like no other, these agents like no others propelled the top luxury brokerage in North Texas to new heights in its 60-year history. That’s what the best do: They raise the bar. To every agent and every client: Thank you.

Patrick Bukowitz

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“It makes a big difference working with a professional that has lived in and represented the neighborhood for many years.” —Tim and Gilda S.

“Rachel is lovely to work with and knows Dallas very well. She was able to discuss pros and cons of different neighborhoods and she is also a great resource.” —Jill R.

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“Beca demonstrated a superior understanding of the local housing market. She was professional, knowledgeable, diligent and responsive” —Robin S.

“Holly’s knowledge about the market is stellar.

She guided us through all aspects of both the sale of our old home and the purchase of our new home.” —Carolyn and Michael M.

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“Communication! She always had our best interest in mind.”

—James and Deborah H.

“My favorite thing about working with your brokerage was working with my agent, Susan Matusewicz. She went above and beyond.” —Cindy S.

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“An exceptional experience. Amazing from start to finish. Becky has a rare combination of strong empathy [and] analytical skills. Just what I need and want in an agent.” —Patrick M.

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“Lauren devoted countless hours researching all of the aspects for both the purchase of our new home and the sale of our previous one.” —Kendra and Brian B.

like Reese Witherspoon and Khloe Kardashian can afford The Home Edit’s $250-perhour rate, let’s face it, most of us can’t.

The good news is that you don’t need a professional to structure your life, and if you do, there are more affordable organizers in our neighborhood to help you get started.

Debby Rogers s tar ted her home organizing business, Upcycle Organizing, about three years ago and is passionate about transforming problem areas into more functional spaces.

“I think people go wrong by generally just having too

much stuff, and they’re demanding too much of their space,” she says. “I am not a miracle worker. It’s not like TV where [clients] leave and come back and their life is changed. They have to focus on what they really need, and we keep coming back to that during the process.”

If your hoarding tendencies have created an overwhelming clutter problem, the easiest place to start organizing is one corner in one room. Go through it piece by piece until you’re ready to move on to another corner, then another room. There’s no shame in keeping that useless

cat painting that has sentimental value. And everyone is entitled to the sacred junk drawer for loose batteries, hair ties and stray toy pieces. But if you have 10 pairs of black pants, consider cutting that number in half to make room for the clothes you actually wear on a daily basis.

“Especially with COVID, people are seeing the clutter,” she says. “They didn’t live in it so much before. Everybody has different levels of what they consider clutter, and we all have different tolerances. It causes varying degrees of stress, anger and angst.”

Here are Rogers’ organizing tips to reduce st ress a n d b r i n g o rd e r to yo u r c h a os : C LOS E T n If it’s stained, in dis-

repair or doesn’t fit, get it out of there. n Use matching hang-

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PA N T RY n Donate any products you’re

not using to a food bank, peace pantry or pop-up pantry in a neighbor’s front yard. n Use labels to demarcate gen-

eral areas for certain products like snacks, baking and cooking. n Use bins if you can afford them. Most dollar stores have some cheap ones to get you started.

GA RAG E n Stay on top of the tiny piles. “The garage is where everything goes

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when it’s dead and never moves on to its burial,” Rogers says. “Piles are put on top of piles, and then it gets out of control. It happens so slowly that people don’t notice it. Then it takes a professional hauler.”

n Small appliances can take up

a lot of space. If you don’t use them, get rid of them.

n Designate areas for bikes, sports equipment, Christmas decorations and other items.

n Get rid of duplicate utensils

n Use hanging systems like peg boards, shelves or cabinets to keep the

and pans. “People have so many spatulas,” Rogers says. “Think about cooking two meals. If you run the dishwasher every day, you don’t need eight spatulas.

If you run it every other day, you might need two or three.”

space tidy.

n Be mindful of what’s in your

fridge. “You shut the door and don’t see it, and that’s why it gets cluttered,” she says.

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OFFICE n Reduce stacks of paper. Keep legal documents in a banker’s box, and

store it in a closet. Digitize any other documents you want to keep.

Shred the rest. “It’s very time consuming to go through every single piece, but it lightens the area and your mental headspace,” she says. n Have a good office setup. “People say, ‘I don’t like being in here,’” Rogers says. “I’m telling you, it’s the chair. Buy a really awesome desk chair. The ergonomics of the space goes with decluttering. It’s making the space functional for you.”

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n Convert an old china cabinet

into a game cabinet. “It’s a way to reuse a piece of furniture that is kind of obsolete now,” Rogers says.

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“Dallas has always been a city of newer, bigger, better,” says David Preziosi, executive director of Preservation Dallas. “It’s hard to fight that mentality. We do that by trying to raise awareness about why these buildings are important and tell stories about relationships. It’s more than brick and stone or wood.” The 2020 endangered list included several East Dallas sites. We investigated what happened to them one year later.

BRINK’S COFFEE SHOP, 4505 Gaston Ave. Status: Saved Paul & Paul Architects designed Brink’s in 1964. The futuristic “Googie” style architecture features two zig-zag slab roofs with walls formed of alternating storefront and rubble stone masonry. The building was the first built for former Olympians Norman and Maureen Brinker, who went on to develop Brinker International, the parent company of Chili’s. When the coffee shop closed, it sat vacant for years and was added to Preservation Dallas’ endangered list in 2015. Vandelay Hospitality co-founders Hunter Pond and Kyle Brooks purchased the property in 2016 and brought it back to life as Lucky’s Hot Chicken in September 2020. They wanted to purchase the landmark real estate because of Brooks’ personal ties to the restaurant. His father, Doug Brooks, helmed Brinker International from 2004 to 2013 as its chairman and CEO after Brinker. The pair restored the 5,000-squarefoot building and kept the retro, rotating sign, which Brinker made into a jockey and horse for his equestrian-style restaurant.

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per hour, but as demand for bread grew, a $12,000 addition designed by Bertram C. Hill was added to the side and back of the structure in 1934.

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area after outposts built in 1919, 1937 and 1954 were demolished. In 2019, Perry Guest Co. bought the building and planned to convert it into apartments. When COVID-19 hit, CEO Grant Guest put it on the market. He sold it in January, and the new owner plans to use it for office space.

new clubs, businesses and restaurants opened in the 2000s. The successful redevelopment attracted large, highrise apartment projects in the following decade. As the district continues to be successful, expect gentrification to continue. T here is nothing to stop a developer from purchasing large swaths of commercial blocks on Main, Elm, Commerce and Canton streets for out-of-scale developments, Preziosi says. In a yearlong outreach campaign conducted by the Deep Ellum Foundation, many residents and business owners expressed fears about losing the neighborhood’s identity.

“How do you uplift, uphold and preser ve what’s attracting this growth and makes the district so special?” says Stephanie Hudiburg, executive

director of the Deep Ellum Foundation. The foundation is in the midst of a historic assessment of Deep Ellum that will help it apply for grant funding and historic designations, such as the c ultural district status it gained last year. The Deep Ellum Foundation has already established 13 historic markers and 21 historic overlays throughout the district and plans for more. It also partners with the Dallas Public Library on light pole banners displaying historic buildings and prominent people from the district’s past. Long-term plans include creating a cultural trail connecting the Dallas Arts District, Deep Ellum and Fair Park.

DEEP ELLUM Status: At risk Deep Ellum was settled after the Civil War by formerly enslaved men and women. In the early 1900s, a slew of one- and two-story brick buildings was built for commercial purposes. In 1916, the Grand Temple of the Black Knights of Pythias opened offices for Black doctors, dentists and lawyers. It also operated as a community center with regular events in the building’s ballroom. Deep Ellum thrived as a commercial center and hotbed for jazz musicians, but the latter part of the century brought many changes.

The nearby railroad was removed to make way for the automobile, and desegregation prompted many residents to leave for housing and job opportunities elsewhere. Deep Ellum experienced a period of decline until

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He found a recipe online and passed them out to the clerks. Next time he was in the office, a man yelled, “ That’s him. That’s him right there.”

“I thought, ‘ What did I do?’ ” Spencer says. “ This woman says, ‘ You made the truffles. I’m a chocoholic. I’ve got to have more.’”

Spencer started making truffles at Christmas to give to family and friends. When he retired from law enforcement, he thought about selling chocolate commercially as a way to beat boredom. He consulted a French-certified chocolatier about the best flavors and practices before launching Lakewood Chocolates three years ago.

The only equipment he needed to get started was a chocolate warmer and a few molds.

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“A chocolate warmer is the most critical thing,” Spencer says. “You’ve got to keep the temperature at 88 to 90 degrees. When the chocolates ge t out of temper, the y ge t gray looking. There’s no telling how many hundreds of dollars I went through to get it right. Chocolate is one of the most temperamental foods you can deal with.”

Spencer starts by painting the molds with a colored cocoa butt e r. C o m m o n h o u s e h o l d i t e m s , such as a toothbrush and a paint brush, are used to create the elegant, eye-catching designs. Then he pours dark chocolate into dome- or heart-shaped molds to create a hard outer shell. Each is filled with one of his four ganache flavors: raspberr y, coffee, matcha tea or amaretto and Grand Marnier.

Fo r E a s t e r, S p e n c e r m a k e s a hollow chocolate eg g that, when cracked, releases a handful of his signature truffles.

During the busy season from November to May, Spencer makes chocolate three to four times a week from his nearly 100-year-old house.

He works eight hours each day and produces about 400 truffles.

“I’d like to have a walk-in shop, but then it goes from being an artsy craft project to a business,” Spencer says. “I limit myself on sales because I don’t want to be swamped with it. I want to turn out a good product.”

His first commercial retailer was The T-Shop in Lakewood. Now he sells exclusively at Talulah & HESS and the Coffee Company in East Dallas, as well as Lost Oak Winery in Burleson. A box of eight truffles cos ts $20, and a box of 15 cos ts $30.

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FAISAL HALUM

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

MARY BETH HARRISON

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

GARY HASTY

Karrington Realty

NATALIE HATCHETT

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SERGIO MANRIQUEZ

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

GIA MARSHELLO

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

JACK MCLEMORE

MICHAEL SCHMITT

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

ELIZABETH MELLO

TIM SCHUTZE

Coldwell Banker Residential

CRAIG MERRIMAN

SUSAN SCULL

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AMY MESSER

ALBANY SHAW

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

JEFFREY MITCHELL

SALLY SHAW

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LAUREN MOORE

SHANNON SILVEIRA STUPAY

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MOHAMMED JABER

Modern Living Real Estate, LLC

TYLER JOHNSON

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BRAD JOHNSON

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TAYLOR JOHNSON

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JOHN JONES

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

CLIFTON KESSLER

Rogers Healy and Associates

ROBERT KUCHARSKI

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

Keller Williams Realty DPR Compass Real Estate Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate Allie Beth Allman & Associates David Griffin & Company Realtors

ROSEMARIE LACOURSIERE Engel & Voelkers Dallas Park

MARTY VON RUNNEN

Insight Realty Network

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MICHELLE HOPSON

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

REUBEN RIOJAS

JORDAN ROSEN

Meyer Group Real Estate

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Compass Real Estate

Keller Williams Realty DPR

CHARLES MAUZY

JOHN HOLMES

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

Paragon Realtors

Halo Group Realty, LLC

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

Listing Results, LLC

BLAIR HUDSON

Compass Real Estate

JONATHAN ROSEN

EVE HOLDER

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Local Resident Realty

Compass Real Estate

Mauzy Realty

Compass Real Estate

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

Meyer Group Real Estate

LAUREN ROCKWELL

ELIZABETH MAST

PHILIP HOBSON

Keller Williams Realty DPR

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

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Redfin Corporation

SUSAN MATUSEWICZ

Berkshire HathawayHS PenFed

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

RICK ROBLES

JUSTIN MARTIN

JOEL HEIKENFELD Redfin Corporation

Creekview Realty

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Five Star Properties

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PAM HENDERSON

Rogers Healy and Associates

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

JOANNA ROBERTSON

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International

Anden Real Estate LLC

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

PHILLIP MURRELL BETH NUNEZ

CINDY O’GORMAN

FAHRI OLGUNDENEY BECKY OLIVER

BRIAN PIENCIAK

Brinkley Property Group

LYNDA PIEPGRAS

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BRITTNEY WARREN JOHN C. WEBER

CHRISTI WEINSTEIN

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MELISSA WHITE SMULYAN

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MARSUE WILLIAMS

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NANCY WILSON

VICTORIA WIMAN

MARJAN WOLFORD

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DONALD WRIGHT

ERIN YOUNG GARRETT

Berkshire HathawayHS PenFed TX

KIM SINNOTT

Ebby Halliday, Realtors

ALAN SMITH

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

PAUL STANZEL

Paul Stanzel Realtors, Inc

KELLY STARNES NYFELER Coldwell Banker Residential

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Friend and Realtor to East Dallas for over 25 Years I am humbled and so very grateful for once again being recognized as a Top Realtor in East Dallas. Real Estate is so much more than a career to me because of my amazing clients that have become friends.

East Dallas/Lakewood is one of the most unique and beautiful areas of Dallas... what a joy it has been to sell homes here for over 25 years!

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Country Club Estates 6333 Country Club Circle | $1,595,000 Incredible 1923 English Tudor built by Lakewood’s original builder developer, Dines & Kraft, has all of the architectural features one looks for in Dallas most sought-after urban areas. From the sweeping Gables, Ludowici tile roof, arched entryway, & into the delightful & historic interior design.

Sitting on an oversized lot with spectacular views of Texas oldest golf course, Lakewood Country Club, & beyond to the iconic Lakewood Theater & sunset views of downtown Dallas! With 3,070 sqft of living space & 669 sqft in guest quarters, this home offers an exceptional opportunity.

Walking through the entry, the sweeping stairway overlooks the Living Area with wood burning fireplace, crown moldings, high ceilings, & banks of light-filled windows!

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modern beauty rises above t h e s h o re of White Rock Lake. Perched on a hill in The Peninsula neighborhood, the three-stor y home offers treetop views and panoramic scenes of the lake from its rooftop deck.

A p t l y n a m e d Pe r c h Haus, the home integrates nature into its design with floor-to-ceiling windows, wood accents and open floor plans cons i s t e n t w i t h C a l i fo r n i a modern style.

“When I think of California, I think of beach h o u ses a n d w i d e - o p e n windows capturing views of something spectacul a r,” a rc h i t e c t M i c h a e l Gooden says. “We were trying to do a nod to that.

We’re capturing a park across the street and the lake through the trees.”

Lo ca te d o n a we d ge shaped lot, the house i s ro t a t e d s o i t s s i d e s r u n pa ra l l e l to t h e two converging edges of the we d ge. T h a t c re a t e s a “vanishing point” similar to the Flatiron Building in New York City.

“That lot was a pretty big challenge because it wa s i r re g u l a r s h a p e d ,” Gooden says. “We were constrained with the amount of property we could use to build. When you’re coming from the s t re e t , yo u ’ re l o o k i n g up. It’s a pretty dramatic view.”

The outdoor entry ends at the front door, about 12 feet above street level.

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With such a large change in elevation, Gooden used steel retaining walls to divide the sloped lawn into flat, tiered landscape zones.

There’s no backyard. Instead, the house wraps around a side yard, where a jetted lap pool is located next to a small patch of grass.

A 15-foot sliding glass door creates a seamless transition from the pool deck to the interior. The three-bedroom, two-and-a-halfbath home features charcoal gray floors and dark steel accents to counterbalance the white walls and natural light from the floorto-ceiling windows.

The kitchen, living room and master bedroom are located on the first floor, with the bedroom

ro t a t e d 7 d e g re e s o f f a x i s t o create the home’s L shape. The master bathroom has a number of unique features, including a ribbon of windows along the top and a frosted panel that can be moved to conceal either the shower or the adjacent toilet.

Two guest bedrooms, a home office and a second living room are located on the second story, with the rooftop deck on the third level. The owners worried that, someday, they would have trouble using the stairs to the upper stories. So, the house was designed and framed for a tube elevator to be installed in what is now a closet.

“When they call us up, it will be

ready to install,” Gooden says.

The home was also built with energy efficiency in mind. Lowflow plumbing fixtures, high-performance windows and LED lights are standard throughout the house. A hanging fireplace in the living room burns ethanol fuel and doesn’t emit dangerous fumes.

On the exterior, large overhangs provide shade and help manage energy consumption due to the expansive glass façade.

Perch Haus sits among a mix of lake cottages, ranches and Mediterranean homes, but it is one of a growing number of modern residences in The Peninsula.

“It’s become a pocket of modernism in Dallas,” Gooden says.

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eighbors sprouted green thumbs as they looked for activities to do while locked down at home. The outdoor hobby became so popular, local garden centers like Walton’s Garden Center and Redenta’s Garden Shop couldn’t keep plants on the shelves.

Interest in gardening continues to bloom, and plant retailers expect to be inundated with orders again this spring. If you missed the COVID-19 gardening craze last year, it’s the perfect time to get your hands in the dirt. Three neighborhood gardening experts share their tips for new plant parents.

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verything Mariana Greene learned about gardening, she learned by reading, doing and killing.

She’s here to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes.

“Right plant, right place — that’s what we’re trying to teach beginners,” Greene says. “You’ve just got to get out and dig in the dirt. There’s a lot of pleasure to be gained.”

Greene has loved flowers since childhood, and even though she worked full time and reared a child, she always found time to grow her garden. When Greene and her husband, former Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze, moved into their house on Bryan Parkway more than 35 years ago, the backyard was a flat expanse of grass. But Greene wasn’t interested in growing grass. She dug flowerbeds until there wasn’t any more room. Then she added pot after pot to the space that eventually became an outdoor oasis.

Her misadventures in the garden entertained readers throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area through a weekly Gardening Fool column that ran for about 10 years in The Dallas Morning News. Greene is also known as a pioneer in urban chicken keeping. With eight pet chickens, trouble in the henhouse provided plenty of fodder for a monthly chicken column to run alongside Gardening Fool.

greene’s tips for starting your garden 1. Prepare beds for spring planting in winter. Take out spent plants. Remove weeds. Prune perennials.

2. Prepare soil. “Our native soil is bad,” Greene says. “We have rocky limestone or black clay. It chokes the roots until they can’t get nutrition or water. You can make your own soil cheaply if you have patience.” Take hardwood leaves that have fallen and mulch them with a lawn mower. Or make a compost pile by dumping those leaves and layering them with green kitchen scraps. In the summer, it needs water. That will take about a year. Add the soil or compost in the winter and let it settle until March.

3. Start with a raised bed. Most plants and shrubs have roots that grow laterally, so a deep, deep hole isn’t necessary, Greene says. Plus, you won’t have to dig up the clay. Flowerbeds should be about 8 inches above the grass line. That makes the garden more visible from the road.

4. Hold off on planting until mid-March. That’s usually when the last frost occurs. Plant soon afterward because the weather gets hot and humid fast.

5. Choose the right (heat-tolerant) plants. Not every plant in the store is suitable for North Texas.

“They may be popular because of magazines or Instagram posts, but you can’t count on what the tag says,” Greene says. “Most labels say they’ll need full sun, but most wholesale retailers aren’t in Texas.

Texas sun is extremely hot.” Make sure plants are suitable for horticulture zone 8a. Plants native to Texas are excellent selections to try. “They have a measure of reliability and success, and they’re not very picky about how they’re cultivated,” Greene says.

a gardening reading list Lone Star Gardening

by Neil Sperry.

The compilation of Sperry’s writings covers all aspects of outdoor gardening and landscaping.

Plants for Texas

by J. Howard Garrett.

The encyclopedia of more than 500 Texas plants, trees, shrubs, flowers, vines, grasses, vegetables, fruits, weeds and cover crops includes instructions for planting and maintaining them.

Lasagna Gardening

by Patricia Lanza.

She shows how to create easycare gardens in practically any location without hours of backbreaking digging or noisy tilling.

Dallas Planting Manual

by Lorine Gibson and Dallas Garden Club.

Mrs. Edward Belsterling compiled the original in 1941. Gibson, who gardened in Knox-Henderson, updated the manual in 2001.

6. Ask for help. Employees at plant and gardening stores are happy to help. “They love to talk about plants,” Greene says. “They’re usually longterm gardeners themselves or have gone through training. They’re good for advice. You should pick their brains. You’re not going to find someone who wants you to go away.”

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what to buy Freeze--tolerant plants: pansies, kale and poppies

Flowering plants:

snapdragons, petunias, alyssum, zinnias, coleus, impatiens and marigolds

Vegetable plants:

carrots, tomatoes, eggplant,

peppers, cucumbers, beans, squash, radish, lettuce, spinach and onions

Heat--tolerant flowering plants: pentas, globe amaranth, begonias, lantana, salvias and tickseed

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f Dave Forehand can grow plants in a tropical rainforest, an African desert and a Florida swamp, rest assured he can get your East Dallas garden off the ground.

After graduating with a degree in landscape and ornamental horticulture from Auburn University, the Alabama native took his green thumb to Walt Disney World. He worked at The Land in Epcot. The main attraction is a 15-minute boat ride that takes guests on an informative journey through a series of greenhouses showcasing plant and food crop production in different regions of the world.

Forehand may have spent years working at The Happiest Place on Earth, but he put down roots in Dallas. He met his wife while she was interning at Disney World as a Texas A&M student. The Texan later encouraged her husband to apply for an opening at the Dallas Arboretum.

He’s been vice president of gardens and visitor services for more than 20 years.

Every year, Forehand oversees Dallas Blooms, the Arboretum’s spring festival showcasing 100 varieties of spring bulbs and more than 500,000 blossoms.

The Arboretum’s horticulturists start by removing existing fall plants, adding compost to the soil and adding blood meal to keep away squirrels and birds. Bulbs are stored in paper bags and chilled in a refrigerator for up to six weeks before planting. Frequent watering isn’t necessary in the winter, but gardeners should always water before a freeze. Doing so insulates the plants and saves them from freezing.

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akewood neighbor Howard Garrett started studying horticulture because it sounded easier than chemistry.

He fell in love with landscaping and started his own company. It became so successful, it merged with legendary Lambert Landscape Company, credited with introducing azaleas in Dallas.

When his daughter was born in the late 1980s, her eating habits piqued Garrett’s interest in organic gardening, and he began teaching techniques to other homeowners and landscapers. He wrote 15 books on the subject and has written a weekly Dallas Morning News column for more than three decades. He also took to the airwaves to preach organic gardening on a nationally syndicated talk show.

“It just works better in every way,” Garrett says. “It works with nature instead of against it. We teach people how to stop using pesticides. You’ll grow plants that have healthy root systems. Because the soil is healthy, it holds water and nutrients at the right level, and that results in saving water.”

Known as the Dirt Doctor, Garrett created an organic gardening and landscaping course through his nonprofit, the Texas Organic Research Center. It teaches proper planting techniques, composting, organic fertilization, non-toxic pest control, irrigation, crop production and tree management.

“Trees make more difference in the landscape than anything else,” Howard says. “It forms the overall character of the property. They’re the most expensive plants, but they will increase the property value from year to year to year.”

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garrett’s tree tips 1. Go organic. High-nitrogen fertilizers damage the soil because they’re basically bags of salt. With organic fertilizer or compost, the soil gets better with every application. “You never have to say, ‘Well this bed is worn out. We’re going to have to start over,’” Garrett says.

2. Let trees form the character of the garden. Fill in lower plants as time and budget allow.

3. Choose native trees for best results. Top of the list are live oaks, red oaks, bigtooth maple, bald cypress and Texas ash. The second-best trees are the ones introduced from Asia, such as Japanese maples and crepe myrtles, that behave like native trees.

4. Plant the tree slightly higher than the ground grade. “The biggest problems I see are insects eating the fruit or a disease problem on the tree,” Garrett says.

“I look into it, and almost 100 percent of the time, the trees have been planted too deeply in the ground.” The flare at the base is part of the trunk and should be above ground.

5. Don’t trim or prune much after planting. A healthy root system is key to a healthy tree. The more foliage, the more sunlight is collected and the more food is produced to help build roots.

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house divided can, in fact, stand. In January 1977, a 3,000-square-foot Victorian home was cut in half, loaded onto a truck and rolled 2 miles down the street to its new home at Live Oak and Dumas.

The harrowing journey down dark and foggy thoroughfares was necessary to save the old home from demolition. Now, 44 years later, the house never has to face the wrecking ball again.

It is preserved as a Texas Historic Landmark under the care of owners Bob Hopkins and Bob Whisnant.

“The house comes from a period of nostalgia,” Whisnant says. “A number of people say, ‘It reminds me of my grandmother’s house.’ It’s not cookie cutter. It’s cozy and comfortable.”

German immigrant Louis Wagner and his wife, Anna Fretz Wagner, built the home in 1884 at 2917 Bryan St. It was located just 2 miles from Wagner’s general store, which sat on what is now the John F. Kennedy memorial, across from the old, red county courthouse.

The home remained in the Wagner family until Robert and Susan “Musti” Roller decided to save it.

The house was located on prime real estate close to downtown, and the land was being purchased and cleared for a new building

project. Developer Fox and Jacobs Inc. announced that anyone who wanted to move the house could have it for free — although the Rollers racked up thousands of dollars in expenses preparing for the move.

City ordinances required the home to be moved overnight, between midnight and 6 a.m.

First, the roof was removed so the residence could pass under utility lines during transport.

Then the two halves and a five-stall carriage house were loaded onto two flatbed trucks and delivered to the new lot — empty after a fire had destroyed the previous residence. The home sat through several snowstorms and rainstorms before the roof was replaced.

“It was an unprecedented experiment,” Whisnant says. “Nobody had ever moved a house that big. They numbered every piece of wood so they could put it back exactly as it was.”

The house is located in the Swiss Avenue Historic District, but it is stylistically different from the majority of homes. For one, it’s older. It was built more than 20 years before construction began on the district’s first home in 1905.

Additionally, the home’s walls consist of layers of wood, rather than the plaster commonly found in 20th-century residences. When the home was moved, construction workers placed sheetrock over all but two of the wood walls.

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The balloon-frame construction uses true two-by-fours for the exterior walls.

Long studs extend uninterrupted from the foundation to the roof.

“It really documents a different time,” Whisnant says. “The cost today would be incomprehensible because timber is so much more expensive.

You also couldn’t do it today because you couldn’t find a piece of lumber that long.”

DID YOU KNOW? Today, a two-by-four actually measures 1 ½ inches by 3 ½ inches. If a board needs to be replaced, Whisnant buys a longer plank and whittles it down.

Whisnant and Hopkins purchased the four-bedroom, two-and-a-halfbath home in 1996. They had lived in Junius Heights Historic District for 15 years but needed a home with separate

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living quarters for Whisnant’s elderly mother. The carriage house, which had been converted into an apartment and two-car garage, provided the perfect place.

“We loved that there was a special place for his mother,” Hopkins says.

“Since his mother died, it’s been a luxury for us and guests who come to visit. It’s a great place to get away from the main house.”

The exterior of the home stands much like it did in 1884. The Rollers went so far as to hire an architect to recreate from photographs a mule post that was stolen just before the move to Live Oak Street. A stained glass window that a former caretaker had removed to prevent vandalism was also returned to the property.

The Rollers upgraded the interior with modern utilities and appliances.

Many of those changes remain today.

Whisnant and Hopkins installed a new air conditioner but have not made any

major renovations.

“I want to remodel the kitchen and bathrooms, but it’s hard to remodel a kitchen like this,” Whisnant says. “You don’t want it to look like a North Dallas kitchen. That’s not right.”

The home is furnished with 19thcentur y European antiques that Whisnant purchased over the years from art dealers, galleries and markets.

Although the pieces aren’t American, they are consistent with the time period when the house was built.

“It’s kind of eclectic,” Whisnant says.

“This new trend of whitewashing the entire interior, I don’t think I’d feel at home in that kind of space. You couldn’t do that in this house. It would look like you forgot to finish it.”

ABOVE: The dining room features one of two shiplap wooden walls that was not covered with sheetrock during the move.

RIGHT: The Louis Wagner home is one of the oldest in Dallas. It had a sister home that was torn down.

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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

By PATTI VINSON

Straightshooting and quirky T h i s L a kewo o d ya rd fea t u res eclectic neighborhood finds

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u Smith’s yard is eye-catching, but if you’re picturing a well-manicured, precisely landscaped English garden, think again. Instead of tulips and topiary, Smith favors quirky, as in a State Fair of Texas Swiss Skyride gondola, among other pieces dotting her neighborhood property.

Smith is an independent, funny, kind, straight-shooting Texas gal who appreciates the unusual, particularly items with a Dallas or Lone Star State connection.

Her most unique yard art is the gondola. Are you old enough to remember the incident at the State Fair of Texas in 1979? If not, here’s a recap.

The Swiss Skyride was a popular attraction, propelling riders in gondolas across the fairgrounds high above the crowds. But high winds caused several gondolas to collide, sending two cars filled with riders plummeting 85 feet to the crowded Midway below. One person died, and 17 were injured.

The ride was closed, and the parts were sold. It was in the early 1980s that Smith acquired one of those gondolas, No. 11 to be exact. So why did she want this piece of history?

“Because I’m a native Dallasite. It’s a Dallas thing,” Smith says.

The gondola was in perfect condition when she purchased it, so it

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Lu Smith sits in a Swiss Skyride gondola from the state fair. Photography by Carly May.

obviously wasn’t one of the cars that crashed. Nestled in a shady area of her yard, it retains the shiny, deep green and light blue paint job. Unfortunately, the same tree that offered shade dropped a large branch several years ago, leaving a big dent in the gondola’s top.

Still, it’s a precious and fascinating piece of state fair history, and curious passersby can’t resist. Over the years, quite a few have stopped with one of two comments: “What is that?” or

“That’s from the state fair!”

Several visitors have offered to take the gondola off her hands, but Smith says that’s not going to happen.

One interesting sidenote: There are at least two other original state fair gondolas sitting in yards not far from Smith’s home. Must be something in the neighborhood water, this quirkiness.

Early on, the gondola served as a fabulous plaything for Smith’s grandchildren, but it has now retired to a

quiet life of housing a few garden tools.

Smith has been an oddities and memorabilia collector for almost 50 years. Her first antiques purchase was a pair of blue stained-glass panels, a choice she made over the “fussy” look of curtains.

She caught the collecting bug and innately had the eye, eventually opening small booths at antique malls, such as Lula B’s and Dolly Python. You can find her current booth at neighborhood favorite Curiosities.

Smith has always favored items offering a glimpse of Dallas’ past. Next to the gondola sits an old Cabell’s ice chest, while nearby stands a tall blue flame, immediately recognizable to those of a certain age as the Lone Star Gas emblem. It likely sat atop a building and rotated.

While poking around at Canton Trade Days a few years ago, she came across a wide metal sign reading “Lakewood Memorial Assembly of God.” Turns out the old turquoise and white sign, with its neon embellishments, had been at the building now housing The Father’s Church on Abrams Road.

Odds and ends, including more than a few giant letters, dot her yard and porch. Large red letters spelling “SMITH” line her fence. An enormous red S — from an old Sears perhaps — leans near her front door.

Perhaps the most intriguing item in the garden is the tombstone fragment Smith found at the corner of her property when she moved in.

Most of the name chiseled on the stone is long gone, with only “J.D. McK” remaining.

Smith showed her respect for that stone, and the remainder of her historic collection, by locating it in her garden.

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WORSHIP

WORSHIP

By GEORGE MASON

BAPTIST PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Public, private and philanthropy Ou r so c i a l fa b r i c i s fo r a i d i n g t h e m ost v u l n e ra b l e

Bible Study 9:15 / Worship Services 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500 ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809

Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

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I

t’s not true, but it does seem like trailer parks attract tornadoes more than other areas and inflict severe damage to our most vulnerable neighbors. The same was true during the cold spell at the end of February that some have dubbed snowpocalypse.

An apocalypse is literally an unveiling event. Something that is otherwise hidden is revealed. And that’s what happened when the two weeks of our winter of discontent rolled in. The most fragile homes, structures and people suffered the greatest loss.

Two women’s emergency shelters — Genesis Women’s Shelter and The Family Place — lost power and saw water pipes burst, leading to the forced evacuation of already traumatized women and children.

These extraordinary nonprofits provide refuge to those who are escaping domestic violence. The storms added insult to injury.

The church I serve provided short-term relief to the 123 women and kids from The Family Place until pipes burst in our building too, and the loss of water forced another disruptive move. Whatever inconvenience others experienced during that time — some are still dealing with lingering effects of water damage — think of what it was like for these families. Their homes were not safe from the threat of physical abuse. Their emergency shelter was not safe from a severe weather event.

They ended up sleeping on cots in a church that was like a dormitory with no showers or privacy.

Dallas has heroic people who look after women and children in domestic distress: Paige Flink and her staff at The Family Place, Jan Langbein and her staff at the Genesis Women’s Shelter and Mona Kafeel at the Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation, just to name a few. Magnanimous

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philanthropy fuels these ministries. Compassionate advocates pursue social and legal protections to address abuse and give hope to those who have endured it.

Churches, synagogues, mosques and other organized faith communities don’t exist only for themselves. They are also part of the wider community and have the spiritually imposed charge to love their neighbors as themselves. Most nonprofit organizations that do charitable work are faith-based, such as The Salvation Army and Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation, or they were started by people with a faith-inspired vision of the world, such as the aforementioned women’s shelters.

All these groups form a buffer zone between government and private interests. Faith communities do not pay taxes, although the police and fire departments serve us when we need them. This arrangement is partly due to our country’s commitment to religious liberty but also to the social contract that recognizes our helpful role in contributing to the needs of the community that otherwise would require additional taxpayer burden.

Our social fabric is a complex matrix of public, private and philanthropic efforts to maintain communal well-being. When any one of these fails to do its part, we lose an important leg in the social safety net stool.

Once again during this crisis, we witnessed the important role of faithful individuals and groups doing their part.

GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host

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LUTHERAN EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH /corner of Peak & San Jacinto/English Worship 10:00 am/Sunday School 11:00am-Noon/Spanish Worship 12:15pm/ church.emanueldallas.org CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

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