Before central air conditioning, before television and mega-cineplexes, evenings in Dallas' sparkling new residential showplace were often spent out on the front porch swing. It was a different time. But the place has not changed all that much. Come see for yourself as the Munger Place Historic District Association welcomes you to the virtual views of Munger Place!

 

MPHDA HOME Tour Photos page 1

MPHDA HOME Tour Photos page 2

MPHDA HOME tour Photos page 3

MUNGER PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT ORDINANCE

DALLAS CITY LANDMARK COMMISSION

BUILDING INSPECTION FAQ

DALLAS CITY HALL

PRESERVATION DALLAS

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

DALLAS HOME AND GARDEN MAGAZINE



 
WWHS Spring Play "The Sound of Music" April 17-19, 7:30 PM

April 20, 2:30 PM

WWHS tickets $

MPHDA Annual Egg Hunt

March 15, 2008

Munger Park across from the Garden Cafe and the Quaint Home Gallery

10:00 AM 1 - 3 year olds

10:30 AM 4 year olds and up

Neighbors contact Mandy Allen for information. Can pay your annual dues at this event. $45 regular, $100 for annual membership and 10 Home Tour Tickets

 

Summary of Lightning Safety Tips for Inside the Home

  1. Avoid contact with corded phones
  2. Avoid contact with electrical equipment or cords. If you plan to unplug any electronic equipment, do so well before the storm arrives.
  3. Avoid contact with plumbing. Do not wash your hands, do not take a shower, do not wash dishes, and do not do laundry.
  4. Stay away from windows and doors, and stay off porches.
  5. Do not lie on concrete floors and do not lean against concrete walls.
    Learn more

 

The 2007 Home Tour was fabulous!!

A big thank you to Bill Milkereit and his team for pulling off the best tour ever!!!

07hometour.pdf


 

 

 

 

 

Preschool Parents!

Would you like to meet other parents in the neighborhood?  Are you interested in learning more about Lipscomb Elementary School?  The Old East Dallas Early Childhood PTA has been formed this year, and is off to a great start with over 50 members thus far.  While we support Lipscomb Elementary as our local neighborhood school, it is not required that you plan to send your children to Lipscomb, in order to join this group.   We hope to be a resource for all Old East Dallas parents in making the best choice for their child.

Join us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OEDECPTA/

Lipscomb has a teacher:student ratio of 1:16.

"Exemplary" rated the last three years.

Texas Monthly magazine named Lipscomb one of the top 100 elementary schools in Texas.

Principal Gonzalez was one of five finalists for DISD "Principal of the Year" 2007.

Advocate's "25 Things We LOVE about our neighborhoods"

#3:  Tremont 'Park'

That's what Munger Place residents call the stretch of houses on the street's 4900 block, which play host to local artisans and merchants during the neighborhood's PorchFest each spring.  When it comes to front-porch living, the young families who call Tremont between Fitzhugh and Collett "home" reside in a somewhat idyllic state more reflective of bygone years, relaxing on the weekends with a pitcher of iced tea while their children scamper about from porch to porch.


WWHS Wildcats!

Spring sports are in full swing! 


EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU

'a Beatles tribute'

Sean Tinsley, Christian Rios, Tony Rios and Dan Mutchler

Come sing and dance with us!

“A SPLENDID TIME IS GUARANTEED FOR ALL”

To view our scheduled performance dates, please visit:
 

www.myspace.com/8ArmsToHoldYou

To book your next private party or corporate event please contact:
Rod 214-532-5356  Rod@DBIReps.com

 

THE CORITHIAN B&B
A historic home near the heart of downtown Dallas, in the Peak-Suburban Historic District.

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Front Porch Revival: They can make a neighborhood

Dallas Morning News Editorial

11:34 AM CST Saturday, Apr 1, 2006

Dallas needs front porches. Can anybody reveling in the glory of these first warm spring days doubt it?

The jonquils are up and peeking around to see who made it through the winter, the trees are once again donning the seasonal green, and the city's neighborhoods hear the growl of lawn mowers emerging from hibernation. And people are out on the sidewalks once again – wearing shorts, even! – getting out and about and coming back to life.

You could see all of this happening without having to leave the house – if you had a front porch.

A front porch is not quite a public room, but not quite private either. It's a meeting ground between the homeowner and his neighbors, where everyone can see and be seen, can hear the sounds of neighborhood life.

Back in the day, most everybody had a front porch. You sat there in rocking chairs or on a swing, drinking iced tea and whiling the day away. Houses with front porches present a friendly, cheerful face. Houses without them have turned their back to the world.

To build – or not build – a front porch is more than an aesthetic preference. The built landscape not only expresses the things communities value but also helps shape those values. When developers decided to abandon front porches and set houses back from the street, they made it harder to create the conditions that make for a real neighborhood instead of a mere subdivision.

Enlightened cities – and enlightened developers – are working to reclaim traditional patterns of urban living, and that includes encouraging construction of houses with front porches. We know, for example, of a new house in East Dallas built in an old-fashioned style with a lovely front porch.

On any spring or summer Sunday afternoon, a stroll through the Munger Place neighborhood provides all the testimony you need to the humanizing influence of the front porch. Call us romantic, but it just might be that the front porch is an essential element of the civilized life. article