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Upscale townhomes

Modern townhomes priced around $440,000 are planned in the Bishop Arts Neighborhood. The project, from Proximity Developers and builder Bill Mead, will take the place of an empty lot and a former office building on the Northeast corner of Tenth and Adams. The three-story homes will average around 2,300 square feet each with rooftop patios and garages. Oak Cliff-based Richard Drummond Davis Architect is designing the development. Harrison Preston Polsky of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is the agent.

Ice cream

Melt Ice Creams opened its pop-up shop inside Urban Acres in July. The shop is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Sunday through Oct.

31. Kari Crowe started the craft ice cream shop a little over a year ago in Fort Worth. Flavors available include a classic Madagascar vanilla bean, one with Dude Sweet Chocolate, vanilla with nectarine jam and a vegan option made with coconut milk. Melt is the second craft ice cream place to open in Oak Cliff this summer. Carnival Barker’s opened at Jefferson Tower in June [see page 14]. That’s good news, especially considering the summer’s ice-cream tragedies: Blue Bell is off the market, and La Original Michoacana is moving from Bishop Arts to Arlington.

100-year-old church closes

One of Oak Cliff’s oldest churches closed recently because of dwindling membership and overwhelming maintenance costs. Oak Cliff United Methodist’s congregation, a total of about 200 people, will be absorbed into Tyler Street United Methodist Church

The building is part of the original Oak Cliff on Jefferson and Marsalis and is a protected historic landmark. It was built in 1915, but the church body is much older — congregants began meeting in 1887, the same year Thomas Marsalis bought Hord’s Ridge with his vision for an upscale Dallas suburb. The Methodist conference will take ownership of the building.