Lionel Morrison Designed Modern Residence in the Arts District – Sold by Douglas Newby

1717 Arts Plaza #2005, Dallas, Texas

Lionel Morrison-Designed Residence – Sold by Douglas Newby

This is the best one-bedroom home at One Arts. Beyond the best location, the best site is ultimately what determines the happiness a home provides and its future value. Here, the One Arts building designed by Lionel Morrison, has the best location in the Dallas Arts District. This residence at #2005 has the best site, the sweet spot within One Arts Plaza.

Bespoke Residence in Architect-Designed Building is Rarity

Since Dallas is currently the strongest city in the country, and downtown Dallas is flourishing, it is no wonder hundreds of similar expensive high-rise apartment units are being built. While not quite a commodity, if you do not buy one of these new ubiquitous units, you can always get another similar one nearby. However, this bespoke residence at #2005 One Arts offers a singular opportunity.

Singular Arts District Perfection

First, there are only three one-bedroom residences that face the Arts District at 1717 One Arts Plaza.

Second, you will have the only one-bedroom residence with an enhanced floor plan. Also, you will have the perfectly sited apartment with a deep balcony terrace right next to the iconic protruding square of the exterior design, centered in the top half of the building, blocking the wind when you are sitting on the terrace and enjoying the outdoor fireplace.

Dining with downtown view

Patios have always been my favorite, balconies are even better. Stack house
Overlook the historic Swiss Avenue homes of the Wilson block, downtown Dallas with luminaries like Mariana Green and Jim Schutze at a table nearby. Great neighborhood restaurant.

Dallas Art Fair Reception at Neiman Marcus Downtown Dallas

The Dallas Art Fair had an opening reception at the downtown DallasNeiman Marcus store for artists, gallery owners, and patrons of the arts who live in the Dallas neighborhoods and neighborhoods withinUniversity Park and Highland Park, along with artists who came in from outside Dallas. Deep Ellum gallery owner Barry Whistler and his wife, artist and photographer Allison V. Smith, attended andcharmed the participants.

Nasher Exhibition in the Arts District

Lorenzo Piano designed arched ceiling of glass allowing diffused sunlight is the perfect environment for the exhibition by artist Otobong Nkanga, “Each Seed a Body.”

The Dallas Art Fair in 2025 was One of the Best Ever

On a beautiful spring day, the Dallas Art Fair can feel very New York with artists, art patrons, and gallerists mingling. The Dallas Art Fair is a combination of three distinct groups of participants. Many of the best Dallas art galleries participate. Many of the best art galleries from around the country participate. And many of the best galleries from around the world participate. It is interesting and beneficial to see how Dallas artists and their Dallas galleries compare with other artists and galleries from around the world.

Tom Orr Goes Public at the Nasher

Artist Tom Orr has delighted us with his sculptures and drawings seen over the years in galleries, museums and public spaces. This July in 2025, you can see the recent sculpture titled “Atlas” in the Nasher Public Window Gallery. One of the best things about the Nasher Sculpture Garden is often you can see the sculptures from the street even before you enter the galleries or the garden. Tom Orr is a perfect artist to have his work displayed in the Nasher Public Window. His work always combines a sense of strength, fragility, and lyrical forms that create a captivating presence.

Artist Tom Orr “In Balance” Exhibition at Barry Whistler Gallery

While Tom Orr was installing his “Atlas” exhibition in the Public Window of the Nasher, a show of his work, “In Balance,” was exhibited at the Barry Whistler Gallery in the Dallas Design District. This exhibition was a wonderful preview of his sculpture seen at the Nasher Sculpture Garden Public Window.

Visiting the Dallas Mayor at City Hall

Riding the elevator up to the fifth floor office to visit Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, I realized he was the tenth mayor that I had personally met with, most of them at some point at their Mayor’s Office at City Hall. When I arrived on the fifth floor, there was a row of photographs of every past Dallas mayor. These images brought back memories of my first visit to Mayor Robert Folsom’s office and my visit to the mayor’s office when Starke Taylor was mayor. It was fun to see in Mayor Taylor’s office a 12-inch walnut spool of copper wire with two tin cans at the respective end of the wire that had been presented to him when he presided over a Restoration House of the Year Award on his first day in office. This was given to him as a hotline to the neighborhoods of East Dallas. Looking at the pictures on the wall made me recall many of the conversations I had with each of these mayors in their office. It was a treat to meet Mayor Eric Johnson in his office, as I so admire how he has continued to build on the success of the previous mayors. Under his leadership, Dallas has never been stronger. There has also been much written recently about the I.M. Pei designed-City Hall building. It was fun to see the city from the balcony that I.M. Pei designed for the Dallas Mayor.

Dallas Favorites are Seen at the DMA Exhibition “The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse”

Here was a chance to revisit the Impressionist paintings from the Margaret McDermott collection and others in this wonderful exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District downtown.

Power Station

Every spring the Dallas Art Fair includes additional events and venues that allow people to see art. The Power Station in Deep Ellum is a great place to see art and early Dallas warehouse architecture.