OK so what is so bad about this stuff that the City of Dallas wouldn’t let a nice East Dallas man cover his dirt with a little fake turf? This is the completed side yard over at Dr. Barne’s house off Douglas north of Northwest Highway. It’s probably a...

Last August, Junius Heights resident Jose Escobedo appealed the Dallas Landmark Commission’s “No way, Jose” decision to let him keep his fake lawn. Well, he lost that appeal yesterday. (See jump, a little unconventional here because I give up trying to...

We really don’t know how good we have it in Dallas. Did I tell you about the conference where a group of appraisers from Mississippi thought our economy was booming because people are still eating out in restaurants? Now I read that the Ritz-Carlton...

A Reader writes: “Dallas Dirt is my favorite real estate resource. (Editor’s note: THANK YOU XOXO)  My dear Mother is having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that she will soon have to sell her parent’s Dallas home (she is the executor of...

I talked to Clay Evans — no relation, though you never know —  his development company, SC Companies, represents the local partnership that owns the vacant lot where Anteks once stood on Lovers Lane. (The furnishing store is now in the Dallas Design...