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4 CLICKWORTHY All the web news 8 DESIGNER LIVING Six ways to make your home more serene 14 MID-CENTURY MUSE Oak Park Estates builder’s house 18 SHOP LOCAL No mistakes in TyPo 20 A REASON TO CELEBRATE Afghan food in Bishop Arts 24 GLOW UP Inside a Winnetka Heights renovation
This Winnetka Heights bungalow hits contemporary notes while paying homage to arts-and-crafts architecture. Photo by Jessica Turner. See more on page 22. APRIL 2021
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he pandemic did nothing to cool Dallas’ fire real estate market over the past year. Home sales increased
almost 9% in 2020, compared to the previous year. Almost 120,000 homes were sold in the Dallas/Fort Worth area last year, and Dallas had the highest number of home sales of any city in Texas. Inventory, the number of homes available on the market, is at an all-time low, and demand remains high as new residents continue flowing into Texas from other states. Prices also increased dramatically. The median price for a home in the Dallas/Fort Worth area rose 6.4% last year to $291,000. That’s second only to Austin, where the median home price last year was $344,000, up 9.2% from the previous year. Search “real estate” at oakcliff.advocatemag.com to read more.
Legendary Oak Cliff boxing coach Gene Vivero, who operated a gym on Balboa Drive for 26 years, died recently at age 71. Vivero worked full time as a line-crew foreman for TXU, while raising four kids with his wife, Janie, and running a North Dallas restaurant with his mother and other family members. His work brought him to Oak Cliff frequently, and that’s how he found the former auto mechanic’s garage in Elmwood that he bought in 1994 and turned into Vivero Boxing Gym. Search “Gene Vivero” at oakcliff. advocatemag.com to read more.
VOTE VOTE VOTE Get to know the candidates for Dallas City Council and then go vote. Early voting is April 19-27, and election day is May 1. We asked the
LOCAL, LEGAL WEED TEXAS STATE REP. JESSICA GONZÁLEZ wants to allow local
governments to decide whether to make cannabis legal within their boundaries. González, whose district includes part of Oak Cliff, filed House Bill 3248, “which would allow counties and municipalities to adopt an order or ordinance that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis within their jurisdiction.” The legislation proposes that the state would adopt rules for licensing, regulation, testing standards and transportation of marijuana and
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candidates in Districts 1, 3 and 4 to make a
other cannabis products, and it would be taxed 10%. Here’s how that tax would be directed: 10% to cannabis regulation, 10% to cannabis testing and quality control, 20% to participating local governments for the purpose of oversight and 60% to the Foundation School Fund. González says a majority of Texans say they support legalization of recreational cannabis. FOR MORE OAK CLIFF CLICK WORTHY, VISIT OAKCLIFF.ADVOCATEMAG.COM
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SOPHOMORE MAKES STRIDES Zimaya Propes, a 10th-grader at the School for Health Professions at Townview, won “swimmer of the meet” at the UIL District 12-5A swim meet. The 15-year-old won her signature event, the 50-meter race, with a time of 30 seconds, swimming for her home campus, Lincoln High School in South Dallas. She also won the 100 meters and qualified for UIL regionals. Propes has also played basketball and volleyball and run track. She says she focused on swimming in hopes of earning a full scholarship to study veterinary science or zoology.
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OT HEARTBREAK A thrilling 5A state championship final ended in a one-point loss for the Kimball High School boys basketball team in a game that one analyst called “a true classic.” The Knights lost to Beaumont United 71-70 in the final seconds, after an electrifying season filled with fourth-quarter and overtime comebacks. Watch the highlights at oakcliff.advocatemag.com.
THE COWBOYS’ RIDE The Carter boys basketball team was the UIL District 12-4A champions. The district MVP, defensive and offensive players of the year were Erin Wright, Addarin Scott and Hamilton Hamm, respectively. 935 W 8TH STREET
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BRINGING THE HEAT Ariana Ortiz, a senior at Molina High School, pitched a complete game shutout for the girls softball team in the Dallas Coaches Association Tournament in March. The Jaguars took first place in the tournament.
coming & going [+] Edge Pilates moved its studio to the Victor Prosper building on the southwest corner of Zang and Davis. Owner William Alvarez and head instructor and manager Amanda Jared are Oak Cliff residents. The studio has 14 reformers with a range of classes listed at edgepilatesoc.com.
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[+] A fitness studio called Jungle swings into Bishop Arts this summer. Movement coach JJ Pepper relocated from Austin to open a business offering yoga, mobility and stretching workouts. Find more at jungledallas. com.
AMENITIES • Period Craftsman architecture complementing historic area with select front porches & balconies • Premium kitchens with Quartz counters, custom cabinets & stainless steel appliance packages • Expansive divided light windows • 9 & 10-foot ceilings with recessed lighting throughout • Hardwood flooring on the first and second levels • Low E, double-pane, energy-efficient windows • Private Attached 2-car garages • Prewired for high-speed data and television
[-] Cultivar Coffee closed its Jefferson Boulevard location because of pandemic-related business woes, but its coffee shop and roastery is still open on Peavy Road in East Dallas. [+] A pizza place is expected to open in TyPo this summer. Neony Pizza Works is a concept from entrepreneur Alex Ham, who owned a successful pizza joint in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea, before returning to Dallas a couple of years ago. Neony will serve “semi artisan-NY style pizza,” with a light and airy dough. He also plans to introduce a few items with an Asian twist. [+] Longtime Oak Cliff business Ann’s Health Food Center plans to open a 2,000-squarefoot store on North Tyler Street this month. The space, at 411 N. Tyler, is the former home of Growth Life Studio. Ann’s general manager Ryan Munchrath says he expects the store to soft open April 1.
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Layers of light and texture add to the warmth and depth of rooms. Read on for six overlooked design tips. Clockwise from left: Photos by Jill Broussard, Kelly Ann Sutton and Colleen McInerney.
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on Dallas Light and Barricade’s new West Dallas showroom. Minimalism is a trend she sees frequently in home design. Clients want higher-quality things instead of a lot of mass-produced clutter. “The Millennial generation has gone back to basics, and they want better craftsmanship,” she says. “Instead of having five sets of dishes, having one Story by RACHEL STONE
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really lovely set of dishes and investing a little bit of money in that. That’s what I’ve noticed, as a purchasing trend, and it’s good for the first-time homeowner or the first-time apartment dweller to invest in accessories that they can enjoy for a long time.” T homasson offers these tips to make your home more peaceful and beautiful.
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ACOUSTICAL CONTROL: This isn’t something everyone considers when planning their spaces, but there are all kinds of practical and beautiful ways to incorporate sound absorption. For example, Thomasson recently designed a media/gaming/homework space that is directly above the family’s living room. “We’re doing a cork wall on the media wall, so it’s going to have many purposes,” she says. “It’s having that acoustical control, but it’s also a lovely visual texture. And then cork is a self-healing material, so you can
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easily move artwork around or use it for collaborative brainstorming, and there’s no issue with patching and painting.”
L I G H T I N G : Consider how your room is lit at various times of day. Put as many lights as possible on dimmers. “Layering light is something people don’t think about,” she says. “It’s an important detail because it can set the mood, but it’s also very functional. And it also helps you be well-lit so that you look good in the room too.”
S LEEP MATTERS: We know that sleep affects our health, and bedrooms should be designed with that in mind. Lighting and acoustics, including blackout curtains and a white-noise element, can make a bedroom more nest-like. Invest in high-quality bedding. Thomasson says she always buys white sheets in high thread counts.
T E X T U R E S : Add interest to the eye and a calming touch for the brain. Consider pillows, blankets and fabrics that incorporate dimension such as
Fun wallpaper adds dimension to a powder bath. A great piece of art that you can enjoy for years is a good investment. Reworking quality vintage furniture might cost a little more than buying new but will last longer, in style and durability. Photos by Jill Broussard and Michael Hunter.
pleating or embroidery. Baskets can be useful for storage while adding natural texture to a room. Houseplants also add to the layers.
CO LO R : A person who wants a very colorful home interior, “is the rare gem of a client,” Thomasson says. Most people want a neutral palette with pops of color. “That has a lot to do with how busy and hurried everyone is these days,” she says. “Having a calm color palette and a lot of natural elements give a calm sense of self and sense of place.” For added interest, she suggests wallpaper. “It’s classic and modern all at the same time, and I don’t think it’s ever gone out of style,” she says. Peel-and-stick wallpaper is a good way to change up a room quickly without a lot of commitment, she says.
S P E N D W H E R E I T M ATT E R S : Reupholstering furniture tends to be more expensive than buying new, but paying to rework a classic piece adds value beyond the cost. One-of-a-kind artwork and high-quality rugs are other areas where investing more is worth it. She recommends shopping in Dallas Design District galleries to find original art that speaks to you. “Their price points start at a pretty reasonable place,” she says. “You can always find a wall that it looks beautiful on and enjoy that investment rather than money in your 401k, for instance.”
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Left: The fireplace that is the centerpiece of the living room was painted bright orange when Judy Pollack bought the house in 2009. Below: Pollack traveled to India and Asia as a retail buyer of fashion and home goods in the ’80s and ’90s. She’s skilled at placing furniture in ways that make her rooms flow.
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hen Judy Pollack went from 75225, Preston H o l l o w, t o 75 2 24 , Oak Cliff, her friends a s s u m e d s h e w a s m ov i n g t o Kessler Park. Oak Park Estates is several miles south of that more famous neighborhood, and from Pollack’s sunny living room, it’s easy to imagine yourself in the Ouachita
Mountains rather than a 15-minute drive away from Downtown Dallas. She bought the house on Lost Creek Drive in 2009, and she knew before she stepped foot in it that she wanted to make an offer. “As soon as I walked through the gate, I just had a feeling,” she says. That was during a recession, but she still put in a bid well over
the asking price on the first day it was listed. This was the builder’s house. Developer Fred Partleton, who still lives in Oak Cliff, built many houses in the neighborhood, including this one, which he designed for himself in the 1960s. Because of that, it has personal touches, like plugs on all of the eaves that are linked to a timer in APRIL 2021
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A screened-in porch gives Great Smoky Mountains vibes, even while some city and traffic noises are audible.
the garage that can control Christmas lights. Partleton came over a few years ago and gave Pollack his original plans. When she bought it, the brick fireplace was painted bright orange, and one side of the garage had been used as a tattoo studio. It had good bones, but she renovated the entire house, starting with insulation, HVAC and plumbing, including moving the sewer line. She renovated the kitchen and bathrooms, but she left some of the original tile, fixtures and flooring. The floorplan is part of what makes this house so special. It’s built into a cliff, and the front of the house — living room, dining room and kitchen — are connected to the bedrooms and bathrooms by a hallway that is actually a bridge. “There’s nothing underneath it,” she says. The bridge has windows and is an ideal place for some of the art Pollack has accumulated, first in her travels working as a fashion and home goods buyer, and later, as a fundraiser for and servant to the arts in Dallas. There’s also a patio off the kitchen and a porch that wraps from the living room around to a screened-in porch at the back of the house. Pollack enlarged a terraced garden area, and in pre-COVID times, she frequently held dinner parties on the patios.
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The back half of the property drops off some 15 feet, toward the creek, and the lot is filled with old trees stretching to the creek. While the front yard is manicured, she has gardeners just keep the back yard free of heavy brush. The back half of the house is built over a walkout basement that includes a laundry room and two adjacent one-car garages. She parks her car in one and uses the other as a home gym. Upstairs, Pollack uses the master bedroom, with its wall of windows facing the creek, as her office. She does store her clothes in its closets, and she gets ready in the master bathroom. But she sleeps in one of the smaller bedrooms, where there are blackout shades and no electronics. “All I do is sleep in here,” she says. Buying a house anywhere in Dallas is a challenge right now, because of low inventory and high demand, but in this quiet neighborhood behind Bishop Dunne Catholic School, you’d really need luck and timing to score one of the mid-century homes. Pollack says she has friends who beg her to sell this house to them, but she’s not going anywhere. “Everyone on this street has been here 30 or 40 years,” she says. “People don’t move out once they’re here.”
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MAKING A TYPO SHOPPING OFF THE ROUNDABOUT Story by RACHEL STONE
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tail buildings are nearing completion just east of Davis Street Espresso and Oil & Cotton, at West Davis and Van Buren. One thing many of the retail startups in the TyPo district share is that they took br ick-and-mor tar spaces after years of successful online sales. That is the case with Talking out of Turn, the stationery and gift store with its eye-catching bubblegum pink trimmings at the corner of Davis and Tyler.
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Autumn Moon
Owner Yesenia Hernandez is an interior designer by trade and an artist at heart. She started this store with one original T-shirt design and an online store. The shop carries home goods and gifts as well as Hernandez’s irresistible tees ($26-$32), such as the original, “Mamacita,” as well as “Support women owned businesses” and “Texas babe.” 418A N. Tyler St., autumnmooncreative.com Hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday
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DLM Supply
Retail maven Deavon Moore opened this boutique about five years ago with a focus on men’s fashion and gifts. The store recently expanded to include women’s and children’s clothing and accessories. 837 W. Davis St. dlmsupplyco.com Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday
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This female, family-owned enterprise does event planning and styling as well as installations, such as balloon arches, donut pegs and 3-D flower walls.
414 N. Tyler St. sweeteleganceevents.com Hours: By appointment only
Mod + Jo
Jordan Flynn founded her design studio while living abroad without a work visa for her husband’s job. The online shop now has a national presence for its affordable, small-batch jewelry that’s made for layering. 421 N. Tyler St. modandjo.com Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday
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Beatnik Fine Goods
This shop, with its fullwall black-and-white mural, opened several years ago and is known for trendy women’s clothes and accessories. But it also carries home goods, gifts, art and baby stuff. 837 W. Seventh St. beatnikfinegoods.com Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
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Hola Café
What would a trendy neighborhood be without multiple coffee shops? Honduras native Jeniffer Avila grew up harvesting and selling coffee beans with her grandmother and now co-owns this tiny shop with her husband, Daniel Hinojosa. Specialties include the iced mocha latte made with Mexican chocolate and an Instagram-worthy half-and-half matcha-and-espresso drink.
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House of Beauty Queens This looks like it could be a clothing boutique from the outside, but it’s actually esthetician Aniyah Vasquez’s
eyelash and brow studio. 412 N. Tyler St. Hours: By appointment only
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Haus of Vintage
This boutique is a good place to find a silky bomber jacket to go with your dad shoes, and it’s a women-owned business that offers sustainable clothing as well as styling services. The owners also have Back Haus, a space that offers classes, such as how to make a charcuterie board, and popup shops, such as a recent Black-owned business vendor market.
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413 N. Tyler St. Instagram: @hausofvintagedallas Hours: 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, 1-6 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 1-7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday
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Tiny Victories
One of the best cocktail happy hours around (4-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday). If sitting inside a bar makes you uncomfortable in these covid times, you can still be tiny and victorious on this bar’s small patio. 604 N. Tyler St. tinyvictoriesoc.com Hours: 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Tuesday-Sunday, closed Monday
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416 N. Tyler St. holacafedallas.com Hours: 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon Sunday
831 W. Davis St. encantopops.com Hours: noon-8 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, noon-9 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, closed Monday
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A FG H A N D I G S We stan the new Nora MATT PIKAR DOUBLED DOWN on the Bishop Arts District when he remodeled the inside of his restaurant, Nora, post-pandemic. The chef/owner recently outfitted the upscale Afghani restaurant, at the corner of Bishop and Ninth, with beautiful and comfortable blue velvet chairs, dramatic wallpaper and, of course, Persian rugs and textiles. He also replaced one wall with folding glass doors leading to an
expanded patio, which has an indoor/outdoor bar. On the other side of the bar, there are white tablecloths and more of a fine-dining experience. The patio and an indoor lounge area are more casual. But the menu is the same. The most traditional of Afghani dishes is qabil palao, Pikar says. It’s a pile of saffron rice with seasoned lamb or chicken, topped with carrots, raisins, almonds and pistachios.
“If someone invites you to their home, they have to make this if they like you,” he says. “If they don’t make this, that means they don’t like you.” There are also steamed beef or leek dumplings topped with yogurt and tomato sauce. They can be ordered as an entrée for around $20, or as a smaller-portion appetizer that costs around $10. A $34 lamb shank is braised in tomato, garlic, onion and spices and served with saffron rice.
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From the grill, order beef kofta, chicken, ribeye, lamb tekka, shrimp or lambchops. A combo kebab costs $40 for a choice of three that can serve two or three people. They all come with grilled veggies. But Pikar’s most famous dish is the chicken meatballs. None other than Guy Fieri of Food Network visited Nora on Greenville Avenue and raved about them. They’re mixed with coriander, cumin, turmeric and paprika and cooked in a sauce made with sun-dried tomatoes, dried plums, cilantro and cooked yellow lentils. Pikar hired a sommelier to revamp the wine list, which includes labels from Greece and Macedonia, since alcohol is taboo in Afghanistan. There’s also a cocktail menu that includes a margarita and a mule.
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This is the second location of Pikar’s second restaurant in Dallas. The first was the highly regarded Afghan Grill in North Dallas. After that closed, Pikar opened Nora on Lower Greenville in 2012. He moved it to a brand-new space in the Bishop Arts District about a year and a half ago. Because of its price point, Nora has always appealed to an “established clientele,” Pikar says. With the renovation, he hopes to appeal to a younger, hipper crowd, while retaining his loyal customers. He has plans to stay open later and have live music occasionally. A brunch menu is also in the works. Already, the new, new Nora has hosted birthdays and engagements, as well as many first dates.
Pikar is a single dad who lives in North Dallas and rushes from Oak Cliff to pick up his daughters, Stella and Nora, from Greenhill School. “I spent all of my money in here,” he says of the restaurant. “I had to make it different and get more people coming.” Nora Restaurant and Bar, 205 N. Bishop Ave, 214.828.0095, noradallas.com
Opposite spread: Persian fabrics and velvety indigo chairs mix with contemporary style at the newly redesigned Nora. Clockwise from above: The restaurant has this lounge area and tables for casual dining near the front, and white tablecloths near the back for a more formal experience. Nora’s famous chicken meatballs. Chef/owner Matt Pikar.
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RENO AS YOU GO THIS 108-YEAR-OLD BUNGALOW IS A CONTEMPORARY JEWEL BOX Interview by RACHEL STONE | Photography by JESSICA TURNER
LEE RUIZ DIDN’T KNOW about Oak Cliff
in 2003. That’s the year he and his husband, Chris Barker, moved to Dallas from California, and they were renting in the Lower Greenville area. Ruiz’s commute took him to Grand Prairie on Interstate 30. “I wish I could tell you that I was in love with Oak Cliff ’s charm and that I knew this was going to be the greatest place in the world, but none of that is true,” he says. “It was really by accident, because I figured that if I lived on this side of town, it would cut my commute time in half.” T h e y s e r i o u s l y c o n s i d e r e d a d i ff e r e n t house before landing on their 1913 cottage on Willomet Avenue in Winnetka Heights. It’s totally renovated now, but they did everything gradually after moving into a very livable house in 2004. It had been updated
at various points in the ’80s and ’90s. “Everything worked. It was there, but it was not our style,” Ruiz says. “It was a mix of traditional here and there, and then a truck-stop bathroom in the guest room.” Barker chimes in: “And then ornate in several places, with florals, lots of Marie Antoinette.” It had a weird loft upstairs with grey carpet and a functional bathroom with saloon doors and a modular shower. When Ruiz’s job went fully remote in 2016, they rebuilt the staircase and transformed the loft into an office with a new bathroom and a cool vintage vibe, where they sometimes hang out and listen to records and drink whiskey. Opposite page: This attic loft, renovated in 2016, makes a perfect office and hangout spot for homeowners Lee Ruiz and Chris Barker.
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They turned that “ truck-stop bathroom” into a delightful tiny guest bath around the same time they did the master bedroom and bath. They’ve worked with Oak Cliff-based designer Cleo Spears throughout the years. “ T his house is totally traditional on the outside, but when you walk inside, it’s not that. It’s ver y contemporar y,” Ruiz says. “It tells a stor y about Winnetka Heights, because everything kind of looks the same from the outside, but when you walk in, it could be anything. Our house looks nothing like our neighbors’ houses.” Ruiz and Barker designed the front room of their house as a “reception” room. Spears selected the striking chain-link glass
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chandelier, convincing them to move the fixture to line up with the front door. And she designed the contemporary fireplace that gives a nod to arts-and-crafts with its sculptural wooden facade. They commissioned a painting o f “ a go r i l l a i n a c o w b o y h at ” from local artist Mark Buxkemper in 2017 to place above the fireplace. Some of the other artwork has been picked up from the Turner House’s annual “Rising Star” fundraiser. They have a portrait of a woman that came from Cuba. A watercolor from Dallas fashion designer Geoffrey Henning. A work from Milton R od rigu e z. An oil painting of a cow’s cute face on a Formica tabletop, by artist Meg Harper. One of the mos t interes ting pieces is one they produced
Top: “Chris’s Greatest Day,” is a blown-up selfie of Barker and Ruiz taken before a 2014 Kate Bush concert in London. Above: This chest of drawers, covered in cowhide, is a catchall for front-door clutter.
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Opposide page: Cleo Spears of Orchid Interiors selected the chain-link glass chandelier as a centerpeice to the entry, which homeowners Ruiz and Barker call “reception.” The fireplace adds a contemporary nod to arts-and-crafts architecture. Barker chose the peacock blue rug, which matches a runner in their hallway (not pictured). Below, a portrait of of a cow’s face, painted on a formica countertop, by Meg Harper. The color palette from reception is drawn into this adjacent TV room.
themselves. It’s a blown-up iPhone selfie by Barker titled “Chris’ Greatest Day,” taken in front of the Hamersmith Odeon Theater in London, England, just before they saw musician Kate Bush perform in 2014. “I sat this close to her, and she sang right to me,” he says. “It was … well, it was the greatest day ever.” The kitchen features a banquette with a six-person dining table that’s on industrial casters so that it can be rolled into the cooking part of the kitchen to use for prep, for a bar or buffet. They used to entertain a lot before the pandemic, and they know that everyone likes to hang out in the kitchen. But the flow of the space between the kitchen, dining and reception area also keeps people moving around the spaces. Since the pandemic, they’ve invited friends into the backyard through the side gate, but that narrow space was uninviting, and they had an old
Bradford pear tree that had died. So they filled it in with decomposed granite and did a little bit of landscaping. Now they can set up a long table there for socially distanced outdoor suppers. Their block, just off West Jefferson, goes all out for holidays, like many in Winnetka Heights. Ruiz and Barker go big ever y year, and they’re always changing up the theme. One year it was “Blue Christmas,” when all of their lights were blue. Barker dressed as Elvis, and Ruiz dressed as a snowman and danced. While their neighborhood is known for porch culture, Ruiz and Barker live on their porch. They’ve had dinner or parties with everyone on the block. Three of them had a progressive party to celebrate their houses’ 100th anniversaries in 2013. “We use our porch more than anyone else,” Ruiz says. “We’re here in the morning for coffee. We’re here after work. In the evening, after dinner. We’re here listening to music and drinking wine.” APRIL 2021
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The Advocate’s annual Top Realtor special section recognizes the Top 5% of all active neighborhood Realtors, determined by reported sales volume.*
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TOP 25
Paragon Realtors
CYNTHIA PAINE DRENNAN
KATHY HEWITT
MELISSA O’BRIEN
JOANNA ROBBEN
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
JASON SAUCEDO
ICELA FERNANDEZ
JENNI STOLARSKI
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Dwell Dallas Realtors, LLC
Compass Real Estate
THANI BURKE
ROGER LOPEZ
MICHAEL MAHON
Compass Real Estate
Value Properties
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
SEAN RAY
ELVA TORRES-FONSECA
FRANK LIU
SAL KHAN
Urban Leasing Inc
Ultima Real Estate
Texas Intownhomes, LTD.
Citiwide Alliance Realty
DAVID GRIFFIN
FERNANDO ROBLES
AARON JISTEL
David Griffin & Company Realtors
Selling Dallas, LLC
Listing Spark
CRYSTAL GONZALEZ
ROB ELMORE
CONNIE SEGOVIA
Compass Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
JP & Associates Frisco
COURTNEY TAURIAC
GED DIPPREY
BRANDON FLEEMAN
Compass Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Ebby Halliday, Realtors
SUSAN MELNICK
DANIEL QUINTANA
RIC SHANAHAN
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Keller Williams Urban Dallas
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
AUBREY PEARSON Keller Williams Arlington
ROBB PUCKETT Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
LAUREN ROCKWELL Compass Real Estate
MARY RODRIGUEZ Century 21 Judge Fite Co.
JONATHAN ROSEN Compass Real Estate
RAUL RUIZ Allie Beth Allman & Associates
ALEXANDER SADLER Ace Realty Partners
MANDY SCORCIO
DECARLA ANDERSON
Monument Realty
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
ALBANY SHAW Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
APRIL ALLEN
PERI DUNCAN
MOHAMMED JABER
JP & Associates Arlington
Berkshire HathawayHS PenFed
Compass Real Estate
ANN ANDREWS
PAM DYER
SCOTT JACKSON
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Allie Beth Allman & Associates
Compass Real Estate
JOHN BARRETT
ELONA DYNOV
CARLOS JASSO
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Redfin Corporation
JP & Associates Addison
TESS BARTOLI
THAD ESCALANTE-BROWN
MADELINE JOBST
Keller Williams Realty-FM
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International
ROBERT BLACKMAN
JAMES FARIAS
RAY KING
Solvent Realty Group
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
R. King Realty
DEBRA TAYLOR
CHRISTINA BRISTOW
BILL FARRELL
ROBERT KUCHARSKI
The Hughes Group Real Estate
United Real Estate
Compass Real Estate
David Griffin & Company Realtors
KELLY THOMPSON
PATTY BROOKS
ANNE FOSTER
CLARKE LANDRY
Ebby Halliday, Realtors
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Allie Beth Allman & Associates
BART THRASHER
LANDON BURKE
KENT FREDERICK
LAURA LOPEZ
David Griffin & Company Realtors
Compass Real Estate
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
Eco Agent Realty International
CLAYTON TOMPKINS
GARY BURNS
WENDY GALLOWAY
IVAN LOZA
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
City Life Realty, LLC
Berkshire HathawayHS PenFed
Cityline Realty, LLC
BARBARA VAN POOLE
BENJAMIN CAMPOS
MARIBEL GARCIA
MARLENE LUVIANO
Keller Williams Realty DPR
Ultima Real Estate
Century 21 Judge Fite Co.
JP & Associates Frisco
REGGIE WALKER
EMILY RUTH CANNON
ABIGAIL GONZALES-ROJAS
BARBARA MACLEOD
eXp Realty LLC
Compass Real Estate
Keller Williams Urban Dallas
Paragon Realtors
LAURA CANO
LEXIE GORHAM
ANA MAHDI
JP & Associates Realtors
United Real Estate
Uruk Realty
SHERI CARCANO
DONALD GREEN
JUSTIN MARTIN
Coldwell Banker Apex, REALTORS
Coldwell Banker Residential
Redfin Corporation
MICHAEL CHATMAN
MARCELINA GUERRERO
MARY MCLEAN
Refind Realty Inc.
Value Properties
Dallas McLean Realty
JOSEFINA CONTRERAS
FAISAL HALUM
COURTNEY MICHALEK
Value Properties
Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International
Iconic Real Estate, LLC
JUANITA COUCH
LINDSAY HAROON
DENNIS MILLER
Couch Realty, Inc.
Michael C. Blatney, Broker
Keller Williams Arlington
JEFF DEAN
CHRIS HICKMAN
ADAM MURPHY
1 Source DFW Realty
Ebby Halliday, Realtors
Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
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DIANE SHERMAN Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate
CLAIRE ST. PIERRE Knobler Property Group LLC
KELLY STARNES NYFELER Coldwell Banker Residential
PATRICIA TAFOYA VALENZUELA Century 21 Judge Fite Co.
KATRINA WHATLEY Ultima Real Estate
KAY WOOD Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International
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Self-Preservation SOUTH WINNETKA WANTS CONSERVATION DISTRICT STATUS MICHAEL EVANS ISN’T ONE to wait for someone else take initiative. When he witnessed some of the transitional bungalows that distinguish his South Winnetka neighborhood being torn down and replaced with modern-style homes, he had to step up. An Oak Cliff resident since 2004, he says he didn’t want “McMansions” to overshadow houses like his two-story blue bungalow, with its white front-porch swing and yellow door. “I’m definitely not afraid to stick my neck out there and get things going or start things up,” Evans says. “I kind of felt like, ‘Why not me?’” Talk of becoming a conservation district floated through the neighborhood for years, but the process started in August of last year, when Evans and a committee of nine others submitted an application. Three months later, the City of Dallas held the first preapplication meeting, where senior planner Michael King shared information about what the South Winnetka Heights Conservation District would be and explained the process.
Evans says the meeting brought out a lot of neighbors he’d never met. Most at that meeting said they didn’t want strict standards, like what kind of windows they can install, or the types of plants allowed. “We’re simply just trying to save what our neighborhood looks like,” Evans says. If successful, the move would make the neighborhood the largest collection of transitional bungalows in any conservation district in Dallas. Kathi Kibbel, a neighborhood resident for 21 years, says she doesn’t care “if you plant purple flowers or have a rainbow doormat,” but she doesn’t want to see a lot of teardowns. “I want to keep the true flavor of the neighborhood, keep true to what the neighborhood was originally intended to be,” she says. Evans says there may be some people who just don’t want change, but he thinks many of the concerns he’s heard from his neighbors come from not knowing what a conservation district really is. Continued on page 34
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Chief planner Bill Hersch says a conservation district helps preserve the architectural character of an area. Hersch worked on the architectural survey of the proposed district, which included documenting the homes, assigning architectural styles to them and researching when each house was built. Evans puts it another way. “These conservation districts are an incredible way for neighbors to take ownership of their area and ensure that the development that’s being done is contextual and is sensitive to the neighborhood that is there already,” he says. “I don’t care what you do to your house,” he says. “It’s if you ever sell and you decide to move, I want to make sure that your house stays the way it is, pretty much.” The neighbors won’t be rushed into any decisions because the process to become a conservation district usually takes between one and two years. The committee is now determining what standards they think the neighborhood wants. The city will help finalize them before neighbors are asked to approve them. At least 58% of property owners in the proposed district must sign the petitions within one year for the process to continue. “We like it the way it is,” Evans says. “You know, it’s got its own charm, and we want to keep that as much as possible.”
Onward & Upward
Longtime neighborhood residents Kathi Kibbel and Ish Carballo say they’re not sticklers for historic accuracy, but they want to preserve the basic shape of their neighborhood.
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PRESERVATION BASICS TWENTY-ONE AREAS in Dallas are registered as landmark districts, or historic districts, which have stricter standards than conservation districts. They’re characterized by structures in the same architectural style or united in their connection to historic events. HISTORIC DISTRICTS regulate specific materials, colors and styles to be used in construction and renovations. There are 20 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS in Dallas. If approved, South Winnetka Heights would be the 21st conservation district. Conservation districts PRESERVE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, without lasering in on historical accuracy. The APPROVAL PROCESS for renovations in a conservation district is not as difficult as it is in a historic district. PROJECTS IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS must be reviewed by city staff members, neighborhood taskforces and the landmark commission. But in conservation districts, the plans need only be approved by city staff members.
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In the dark? L i g h t a n d l i fe a re o n t h e way
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n the depths of this winter, I took a brief trip out to our lake house in East Texas, just to check on things. It was nighttime, and out there in the country there are no streetlights to speak of and no light pollution as we tend to have in the city. At one point, I opened the outside doors without turning on either patio lights or the hall light behind me. Suddenly, I found myself face-to-face with a gaping darkness. I knew there as a doorway, but I couldn’t see it. I knew that in front of me there were trees, a driveway and flowerbeds. But they were also gone. I paused a moment to see if maybe my eyes might adjust and reveal the outlines of the door frames, or some variations in shadow beyond. But nothing changed. All there was — before me, beside me, behind me — was pure and total darkness. For a brief moment, it was genuinely terrifying and disorienting. I was fairly sure I knew where I was, and what I should be seeing, but there were no lights at all to mark a path. Maybe after our long winter, you are feeling disoriented and in the dark. Maybe you have a relative or friend who’s died of COVID-19. Maybe you are still recovering from broken pipes and the PTSD of our winter storm. Maybe you’re frustrated at how the health guidance of local, state and federal officials still seems so different and conflicting. In the immediate aftermath of the winter storm, many people shared with me that they had a feeling similar to PTSD. Maybe things still feel pretty dark. If so, remember that the Easter morning story starts in darkness! “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb,” the Gospels tell us.
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Mary is the first apostle. She runs to the other disciples and says: “I have seen the Lord.” For this, the early church granted her the title “Apostola Apostolorum.” Which sounds really fancy, but just means “Apostle to the Apostles.” Don’t rush past this either: the first “apostle” was a woman. Whether you see the metaphor of a crucified and risen savior as Ultimate Truth, whether you are a skeptic, spend a moment meditating on the truth of resurrection itself. Consider how the light always comes back. Consider how all of nature, this time of year, speaks to the truth of life overcoming death. Trees and flowers scream out the truth that life overcomes death. Even plants we thought were dead after that horrible storm are coming back now. Each beautiful dawn reminds us how light overcomes darkness. That darkness is not the final word. The best way I know to describe resurrection is to say that new life is “bakedin” to the spiritual DNA of the universe. God takes whatever bad things happen in our world and makes new life out of it. That how “the reality of reality” works. Death does not happen “so that” there can be new life. Night does not happen “so that” there can be “day.” Death, and night, simply “are.” But so is light and life. New life comes out of death just as surely as the sun rises in the East. That’s the message of Easter. It’s baked in to the fabric of all existence, not just in this Gospel lesson today. Christ is Risen. And if you are still feeling as if you’re in a dark place, following this winter, trust that light and life are on the way. ERIC FOLKERTH is senior pastor of Kessler Park United Methodist Church.
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Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org
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City within a city S h o p Oa k C l i f f, c i rca 1 92 9
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publication that’s about 90 years old gives a wonderful glimpse into Oak Cliff ’s proud self-promotion at the time. This booklet, Oak Cliff: A City Within a City, has the tagline “Stop and Shop — Buy it from your neighbors!” It was intended to show that Oak Cliff, by then a well-established neighborhood annexed to the City of Dallas in 1903, was its own self-contained community, full of friendly, neighborhood businesses. Each ad in the book is accompanied by a photograph. Though the publication is undated, the photo of the famed Cliff Queen movie theater features movies released in 1929. Here are some of our favorite advertisements from the vintage book. Find more old Oak Cliff ads at oakcliff.advocatemag.com. 1. BOOKLET COVER Oak Cliff: A City Within a City, has the tagline “Stop and Shop — Buy it from your neighbors!” 2. BARRETT’S CLEANERS (E. B. Tipton, prop.), 607 E. Jefferson [The building is still standing.] “We clean everything but a guilty conscience.” 3. CLIFF QUEEN THEATRE (L. L. Dunbar, proprietor), 616 E. Jefferson. On the marquee: “South Sea Rose,” starring Charles Bickford and Lenore Ulric, from 1929. Talking pictures — “clean entertainment” for the whole family. 4. OAK CLIFF BANK & TRUST (aka Jefferson Bank & Trust), 106-108 W. Jefferson (with the Texas State Mutual Life Insurance Co. upstairs). “Plenty of parking space.” 5. OAK CLIFF ICE DELIVERY CO., 1027 S. Beckley. “We help to make Oak Cliff a cooler place.” 6. OAK CLIFF PHARMACY, various locations. “Candy, soda, cigars, sick-room supplies.” APRIL 2021
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