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The geeky St. Mark’s grad behind ‘America’s History Tellers’

ack at St. Mark’s School in Preston Hollow, Lindsay Graham AKA “Not the Senator” was just another geeky guy with…

Willis Winters first came to know the late architect Charles Dilbeck in 1997, when he was asked to help Preservation…

An Italian count built the mansion in the ’30s. Tom Hicks expanded it at the turn of the century. In…

Dallas Mayor R.L. Thorton pulled out a huge pair of scissors when he cut the ribbon on the Preston Royal…

Piece of the past When NorthPark Center opened its doors in 1965, it was the largest climate-controlled shopping center in…

Pieces of Jewish history are planted throughout Preston Hollow. Three of our neighborhood’s synagogues were established before the 20th century,…

Preston Hollow became a part of Dallas 71 years ago next week. Our neighborhood was previously an incorporated area with…

The idea of integration terrified Dallas. That’s evident in the Dallas Citizens Council’s 1961 propaganda film “Dallas at the Crossroads.”…

In 1944, our neighborhood had a drive-in movie theater and many people weren’t too happy about it. Rather than grumbling…

In 1900, the City of Dallas comprised a few square miles, and our neighborhood was all farmland. This map, donated…

In his local favorite from 1972, singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore asks, “Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at…

On September 8, Preston Hollow lost one of its most iconic figures – Ebby Halliday Acers. She was 104 years…