Torn Down Vacant Lot – 10 years!

The greatest architectural travesty is when an architecturally significant home gets torn down before the owner is ready to build a new home. This home designed by Fooshee and Cheek, also the architects that designed Highland Park Village, was torn down approximately ten years ago. It has had different owners since and has been on and off the market. The original home was in beautiful shape and fit the Highland Park setback restrictions perfectly. In the subsequent ten years that owners and potential owners have struggled with how to build a large home here, there have been many buyers that this original home would have been perfect for. This is such a good example of a home that would have sold in the last ten years for more than what they are trying to sell the land for if this delightful home was still standing. Houses are always in jeopardy of being torn down, but they should never be torn down before there is an architectural design and building permit in place to construct a new home. Prematurely tearing down a home is economically disadvantageous to the owner and is a great loss to the community. #highlandpark #historic #preservation #historicpreservation #teardown #spanishcolonial #mediteraneanstyle #Home #architecture #architect #architecturallysignificant #architecturephotography #dallas #Dallashome #1920s #dallasarchitecture #beverlydrive #highlandparkvillage #realestate #travesty #lot #neighborhood #history #design #balcony #style