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Katy Trail Condos | CandysDirt.com" width="640" height="480" /> Splurge vs. Steal is a new feature on CandysDirt.com. Every week, we look at two properties that offer something in common, but are miles apart in their asking price.   Katy Trail runs through some of the nicest neighborhoods in Dallas, starting at the  American Airlines Center in Victory Park and going to Mockingbird Station near Southern Methodist University . Everyone from runners to in- line skaters hit the trail every day. When a condo along Katy Trail hits the market, you can bet that’s in the description. This is a desirable amenity that opened in 2000 and continues to be developed. When complete, the trail will be 3.5 miles long, connected to the Trinity Strand Trail , with four major entrance plazas , benches, landscaping, and drinking fountains for people and pets.  Today, we’ve found two Katy Trail condos that are less than two miles apart in distance, but are over $250K apart i...

Dallas mayor's Confederate monuments task force has mixed feelings on statues' future Dallas sculptor Barvo Walker adores the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that overlooks Turtle Creek Boulevard . And it has nothing to do with Lee. "It is one of the finest equestrian statues in the country," said Walker, referring to Traveller, Lee's horse. And for that one reason alone, said Walker, he would like to see the statue "kept where it is because it's such a marvelous piece of art." Walker will actually have a say in the statue's fate. He is among the 20 members appointed to Mayor Mike Rawlings ' Task Force on Confederate Monuments unveiled Thursday . Walker will be joined by, among others, an architect, a professor and multiple attorneys, preservationists and a handful of religious leaders. A majority of the City Council has made it clear they want the monuments to come down -- preferably sooner than later. But several members of the task force sa...