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Glen Abbey Dallas Homes

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Glen Abbey is the one neighborhood in Dallas that has a guarded and gated formal entrance and the graciousness of estate properties on bluffs and creeks surrounded by a nature preserve, park, and greenbelts, only twenty minutes from downtown Dallas.

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Glen Abbey Modern Home

Modern home designed by Oglesby·Green in the Glen Abbey neighborhood.

One of the finest Architecturally Significant modern homes in Dallas is found in the gated community of Glen Abbey.

Glen Abbey Provides the Privacy, Topography, and Security You Desire

If you love an environment with endless views of beautiful land, dramatic topography, a wide flowing creek, and at the same time desire a small, secure gated and guarded prestigious neighborhood of architect designed estate homes, then Glen Abbey is perfect. The streetscape of this very quiet neighborhood reflects the high power executives, business owners, athletes, and their families that comprise the collegial atmosphere of Glen Abbey. When one enters a home in this neighborhood, the street disappears and the beautiful gardens, mature trees, and gorgeous views appear.

White Rock Creek flows behind many of the homes, separating Glen Abbey from a nature preserve and greenbelt. The sights, sounds, and lights of the city are pushed further back by Preston Trail Golf Club and Bent Tree Country Club that form a perimeter wrapping around the greenbelts adjacent to Glen Abbey neighborhood.

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Glen Abbey is a Neighborhood of Architect Designed Estate Homes

The vast original estate property of Lupe Murchison was known as being some of the most beautiful land in Dallas. Here, the Glen Abbey neighborhood was created to capture the splendor of the land for architect designed estate homes. Designed guidelines require the craftsmanship and design dexterity of fine builders and architects. The best example of the quality of architecture found in Glen Abbey is the home designed by Graham Greene of Oglesby Greene, the 2010 Dallas chapter AIA firm the year. Its front facade draws from centuries old European homes while the interior exudes modernity and opens up to nature as adeptly as any home in Dallas.

The Wagging Tail Dog Park

As a home owner in Glen Abbey, you will be able to walk your dog to Dallas’ first dog park. The city of Dallas opened Wagging Tail Dog Park in 2009. The city maintains and monitors this seven acre park for unleashed dogs and their owners to enjoy this natural setting. The Wagging Tail Dog Park located between Keller Springs Road and White Rock Creek is another amenity of nature that embraces the Glen Abbey neighborhood.

Preston Trail Golf Club and Bent Tree Country Club Further Insulate the Homes of Glen Abbey From the Commotion of a City

Concentric circles of creeks, small lakes, greenbelts, parks, and golf courses surround the Glen Abbey neighborhood. Glen Abbey is not a golf course development. Here you are looking over a bluff not a tee box. You do, however, have the advantage Preston Trail Golf Club and Bent Tree Country Club around the corner. If you are a member of Preston Trail Golf Club, you might even hike through the nature preserve and across the greenbelt and arrive on the seventh green of the golf course.

Glen Abbey is Only Twenty Minutes From Downtown Dallas

Long time Dallas residents are just beginning to realize that, with the expansion of the Dallas North Tollway and North Central Expressway, the Glen Abbey neighborhood, in what was once considered far north Dallas, is now surprisingly close to the commercial center of downtown Dallas and the Dallas arts district. The elite private schools are only ten or fifteen minutes away. Access to the private and public airports are also very convenient.

Glen Abbey Clubhouse and Exercise Facility

Glen Abbey is an easy neighborhood to stroll or take brisk walks or run through the curving streets of this private neighborhood with very little traffic. Glen Abbey homeowners can also go to the clubhouse and exercise facility for more intensive workouts.

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North Dallas, including Glen Abbey, is a great place to find a modern home for sale, Texas modern home sale, or mid-century modern home for sale.

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The winter point of Pointillism is to accentuate t The winter point of Pointillism is to accentuate the design and capture the moment.  On a morning bike ride through Dallas neighborhoods, what better way to convey a season, capture a home, and express a feeling than with full, soft, white snowflakes falling against the backdrop of a home painted in a graphite tone trimmed in white.  This city home surrounded by nature on a rolling block was transformed by one of my favorite artists, Allison V. Smith, and her husband, the esteemed gallerist, Barry Whistler.  They took a home with great proportions that was perfectly sited, but at a glance might look like many other brick homes of the Dallas period.  Dramatic paint, landscaping, and a well-positioned porch bench make the home visually enticing and an inviting spot for a porch salon.  Here is a home that captures the essence of every season and the vitality of the city interlaced with nature—Organic Urbanism at its best.  Thank you, Allison @AllisonVSmith  and Barry @BarryWhistlerGallery, for your many contributions to heightening the aesthetics of Dallas. *Winter Pointillism
#DallasNeighborhood #Architecture #Design #HouseColor #FrontPorch #Home #Winter #Snowflakes #Pointillism #OrganicUrbanism #HomesThatMakeUsHappy
A Christmas tradition in our family started, not w A Christmas tradition in our family started, not when I received this speed-reading mechanical bear, but when my father did when I was a child.  He so enjoyed narrating and showing off this speed-reading bear to family, friends and neighbors stopping by over the holidays that he received a mechanical toy every Christmas from then on.  On Christmas Eve presents were opened, and on Christmas Day all the previous mechanical toys received at Christmas were brought out and put under the tree.  And what a collection it was—from Charlie Weaver mixing a drink, drinking it, and smoke coming out of his ears, to the Neiman Marcus nursing dog. The tradition continued after my father was gone and I began receiving a mechanical toy every Christmas. *Speed Reading
#MechanicalToy #ChristmasToy #Toy #Christmas #ChristmasGift #Bear #SpeedReading #ChristmasTradition #MechanicalBear #MidCenturyToy #Tradition #FamilyTradition #Father #Neighbors #Friends
The wonderful thing about being a real estate brok The wonderful thing about being a real estate broker is not just seeing great houses, but meeting and getting to know wonderful people. This Henry B. Thomson architect-designed house is a beauty.  Every time I go inside, I marvel at its proportions and why it instills such a pleasing sense of awe in a greater way than other important houses. Just having the opportunity to revisit that feeling would have been motivation enough to represent the seller and offer this architecturally significant home for sale. What was really thrilling was to represent a Hal Thomson homeowner who I met when I was in my 20s, when the homeowner was first looking at homes on Swiss Avenue. I have watched her renovate the home, maintain the home and contribute in a friendly and meaningful way to the neighborhood. This homeowner exemplifies why so many Swiss Avenue homeowners live on Swiss Avenue for decades—the comradery and friendly atmosphere, the proximity to downtown with skyline views popping up over the trees that grace the boulevard, the nationally celebrated neighborhood chef-owned restaurants, and the close proximity to the Santa Fe Trail and White Rock Lake. While the sale of this home invokes sentiment, it also brings joy to see this architecturally significant home being passed on to another homeowner who also loves historic homes, gardens, Dallas, and Swiss Avenue.  The great houses survive 100 years because of great owners. This Hal Thomson-designed home has another one. I always strive for gracious transactions. This important home was listed, sold and closed in 19 days with all the participants delighted with the outcome and the future of the home. *Baton Passed

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The city trails are busy. The tree-lined neighborh The city trails are busy. The tree-lined neighborhood residential streets remain tranquil. Isn’t it remarkable that one can ride a bike from White Rock Lake to the downtown Arts District through four linked single-family zoned historic and conservation districts and the Wilson Block Historic District on Swiss Avenue?  While the Sante Fe and Katy Trails also provide enjoyable links from White Rock Lake to the Arts District, can you think of another city where one can ride several miles through the quiet residential streets surrounding downtown? The conservation district of Lakewood, the historic district of Junius Heights, the historic district of Munger Place, and the historic district of Peak Suburban protect the aesthetics and scale of the homes. The single-family zoning protects the neighborhood, keeping the density, traffic and number of cars parked on the curb low. People are fleeing cities where there is no refuge from high density neighborhoods. Cities that have added density to their neighborhoods have experienced destabilization and deterioration like Dallas once had when the neighborhoods were zoned multifamily. In Dallas, this deterioration was reversed when the neighborhoods were rezoned single-family. There is a push by some at City Hall to allow ADUs and backyard rental houses on every single-family zoned lot in Dallas. This would have a devastating effect on our tree-lined neighborhoods. Cities are fragile. We need to continue to nurture ours. *Residential Link to Downtown
#ADUs #LowDensity #BackyardRentalHouses #TreeLinedStreets #BikeRide #Trail #Path #Dallas #Neighborhood #DallasNeighborhood #City #OrganicUrbanism
Architect C.W. Bulger was part of early 20th centu Architect C.W. Bulger was part of early 20th century architectural royalty. Bulger came to Dallas in 1905 to design a prominent church.  His classical architectural departure from the Gothic church style of the time prompted his invitation to design this neo classical church with Iconic columns and a gold dome for the Gaston Avenue Baptist Church that is now Criswell College. His son, Clarence, who had just graduated from the University of Chicago, joined his practice and in 1907 they designed the first skyscraper in Dallas, the Praetorian Building. The father and son architectural firm went on to design elegant and refined homes on Swiss Avenue and in Highland Park, Lakewood and Northern Hills. The foundation of Dallas architecture was made up of great architects that included C.W. Bulger, Hal Thomson, Lang & Witchell, C.D. Hill, Marion Fooshee, James Cheek and others. *Neo-Classical Sacred Design #CWBulger #GastonAvenueBaptistChurch #CriswellCollege #Architecture #Architects #Neoclassical #Dallas #SacredSpaces #Design
As a contractor once said, “If you are going to As a contractor once said, “If you are going to give a home a facelift, start with the eyebrows.” While renovation will make this charming Craftsman cottage fresher and more elegant, this home is also a good reminder that gentrification is underrated. It is worth noting that working class homeowners, teachers, journalists, and artists bought and fixed up houses in the neighborhood and helped change the apartment zoning to single-family zoning. This prevented large apartment complexes to be built that would have had expensive rent and cause the affordable homes like this one to be torn down. Gentrification from renovation is a slow process. Gentrification started 45 years ago in the now historic districts of Munger Place, Junius Heights, and Peak Suburban Additions. It is nice that this Junius Heights historic district home is now taking its turn at renovation. *Raised Eyebrow
#JuniusHeights #GentrificationIsUnderrated #EyebrowDormer #OldEastDallas #SingleFamilyZoning #Neighborhood #Dallas #Architecture #Historic #Revitalization
The Howard Meyer angle makes an impact on architec The Howard Meyer angle makes an impact on architecture, neighborhoods and Dallas. This great architect did all three across Dallas. At White Rock Lake in 1939 he set the tone for classic estate homes overlooking the lake. On Turtle Creek Blvd. he designed 3525 Turtle Creek, a residential high-rise, that gave panache, style and elegance to Turtle Creek that became known for prestigious high-rises.  In 1953, Howard Meyer with architect Max Sandfield designed Temple Emanu-El, a sacred space for a religious community, that became the pride of the Dallas community. In Greenway Parks Howard Meyer designed a midcentury modern home in 1950 that propelled the design of many other architecturally significant midcentury modern homes in Greenway Parks. In 1982 Jim and Carolyn Clark retained Howard Meyer to consult with on the home's renovation. The result was a midcentury modern residence that renewed interest in midcentury modern homes in Dallas. The current owners’ further renovation maintained this modern home as a beacon for the best architects in Dallas to come to Greenway Parks and design architecturally significant homes here. *Angle of Howard Meyer
#HowardMeyer #Architect #Architecture #GreenwayParks #OrganicUrbanism #HomesThatMakeUsHappy #ArchitecturallySignificant #modern #Mid-Century
Highland Park is associated with opulence, archite Highland Park is associated with opulence, architecture, Highland Park Village, success and prestige. What is easy to forget is that the township of Highland Park is attractive in the way any small town or village is attractive. Highland Park is made up of tree-tunneled streets and tree-lined boulevards, perfect for riding a bike, running, or walking through the many serene neighborhoods linked by parks. During the pandemic one often sees more people than cars.  One visits with neighbors and friends passing on the sidewalks and quiet streets.  Highland Park is surrounded by the vibrant neighborhoods of Dallas; however, homeowners can still enjoy the timeless attributes of a gentle neighborhood and natural beauty. *September Dawn
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