Realtor.com Article on Cox Mansion Quoting Douglas Newby

“This house really embodied the glorious architecture of the 20th century. It had the most prominent site of Highland Park, and it was the house that everybody knew,” Douglas Newby, a Dallas-area real estate agent who specializes in architecturally significant homes, told Realtor.com on Tuesday.

“It’s just such a travesty when the most iconic home in Highland Park is torn down,” he added. “The salt in the wound is asking for a height variance.”

Newby argued that approving the zoning code change would not only “reward” Beal for turning the beloved landmark into a pile of rubble, but also encourage other owners to level other historic homes and replace them with McMansions that would dwarf their neighbors, irrevocably changing the character of the town.