Highland Park, TX

Former Home of Jack's of Dallas
8307 Preston Road near Northwest Highway

There is a historic site in Dallas that isn’t noted on Google, and I couldn’t find any mention of the man who built from scratch what became an iconic and copied men’s barber shop.

Before you pass judgment, please hear me out.

He was Jack Pitts and his fancy men’s hair salon was named Jack’s of Dallas.

Prior to Jack's of Dallas, for years and years, white men’s hairdos were reduced to about five styles: white walls, tapered, DAs, crew, and butch cuts.

Men like Bill Haley of Bill Haley and the Comets had slight adaptations – Haley had a hair squiggle that hung down on his forehead – but in the main, you went into the barber shop and picked white wall, tapered, DA, crew or butch.

And you hoped the barber hadn't made too big of a mess before he massaged Wild Root Cream Oil (Charlie) on the top to plaster it down with the hopes of hiding his mistakes from you.

As far as parts go, the barber never remembered were it was. He picked a place he liked best.

Of course every haircut was finished with brushing your neck with Jeris talc so that small pieces of the cut hair would go down the backside of your shirt collar and cause you to itch for the remainder of the day.

My hair was both course and thick – I had lots of it.

And nothing much made the top ever look orderly.

When I was in the 7^th grade, I became sure it wasn’t because I was 5’5” and weighed 120 lbs. that kept me from being a strong competitor against the football players for the pretty girls’ attention.

Bill with Crew Cut in 1954 ===>>

It was definitely the unruly hair.

So I went to a crew cut, held standing straight up and level across the top with a product heretofore used by black men called Royal Crown Hair Dressing. There were two more" Murray's Pomade and Peach Hair Dressing.

All of the stuff smelled, so I tried covering it up with extra blasts of Old Spice cologne.

I noticed no one got too close to me. But what was I to do?

Then a hair miracle happened in 1964!

Jack’s of Dallas appeared on the scene, and with it came the razor cut and the finished product styled and held in place with a new product called Dep.

No one’s hair would dare move after a dose of Dep jell, cooked in place with a hot bonnet hair dryer, and then that hold further guaranteed afterwards by five long spray can spritzes of lacquer.

Jack Pitts became my hero. I was able to have a regular haircut, and it would stay in place, and I could look like a grown man.

Never mind it cost $7 plus tip a week when regular barbers were will getting $1.50. He transformed me into the man I had dreamed I could be --- if only I could wear a regular hair style.

<<== Bill 1965, Jacks' of Dallas Hairstyle

Boys and men by the droves fought for appointments with Jack. Norris of Houston brought the same concept there.

While better hair products have come, and my hair has gotten less course and thinner, nevertheless, without Jack Pitts and his Jack’s of Dallas, I would have been a hairstyle outcast for at least the first forty years of my life.

So I am lobbying the City of Dallas to install a historical marker on the site of Jack’s of Dallas, 8307 Preston Road.

It’s the right thing to do.

BILL CHERRY, REAL ESTATE BROKER

Dallas = Park Cities
Since 1964
214 503-8563

Highland Park Texas Real Estate Sales were down 9% in December 2011 over the same month last year with 65 homes selling this month! For the year to date, overall home sales were at 779 homes sold, a 0% change from last year. Highland Park Texas real estate total dollar volume of homes sold this month was $59,436,360 which is a -25% change from this month last year. For the year to date, the total dollar sales were at $728,180,928, a -2% change.

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New Highland Park Texas real estate listings experienced a -6% change for the same period last year with 49 homes listed this month. For the year to date, overall home listings underwent a -16% change with 1,452 homes listed this year. Listings pending sales this month underwent a -32% change, with 30 homes contracted. Listings under contract for the year to date experienced a 0% change, with 776 homes under contract for this month.

The average sales price of a home in Highland Park was $883,309, a -23% change from this month last year. Overall, for the year to date, the average sales price was $971,096 a -3% change. Sellers received 90% of their asking price this month, which is a 1% change from last year. For year to date, sellers received 91% of their asking price, which is a 1% change. This month, homes spent an average of 123 days on the market until sold, which was a -12% change from last year. For the year to date, the average number of days on the market was 129, an overall change of -19%.

The current supply of active listings on the market this month was 553 homes. This is a change of -19% from the same month last year. For the year to date, the supply of active listings on the market was 422, a -24% change. This month there was a 5.5 month supply of homes on the market; this was a -30% change from last year. For the year to date, there was a 3 month supply of homes on the market, which is a -25% change from the same period last year. The average price per square foot was $295 this month; a -7% change from last year. For the year to date, the average price per square foot was $295, a change of 0% . Highland Park real estate is known as area 25 in the North Texas Real Estate Information System. Information is believed reliable but is only as accurate as reported by the system in the month of December 2011.

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Highland Park Texas Real Estate Sales were down 9% in November 2011 over the same month last year with 49 homes selling this month! For the year to date, overall home sales were at 1,403 homes sold, a 16% change from last year. Highland Park Texas Real Estate total dollar volume of homes sold this month was $36,051,068 which is a -37% change from this month last year. For the 2011 year to date, the total dollar sales were at $671,654,792, which is a 2% change.

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New Highland Park Texas Real Estate listings experienced a 1% change for the same period last year with 84 homes listed this month. For the year to date, overall home listings underwent a -16% change with 1,403 homes listed this year. Listings pending sales this month underwent a 4% change, with 53 homes contracted. Listings under contract for the year to date experienced a 1% change, with 740 homes under contract for this month.

The median sales price of Highland Park Texas Real Estate was $677,517 a -37% change from this month last year. Overall, for the year, the median sales price was $979,278 a -1% change. Sellers received 96% of their asking price this month, which is a 2% change from last year. For the year to date, sellers received 95% of their asking price, which is a 1% change. This month, homes spent an average of 93 days on the market until sold, which was a -27% change from last year. For the year to date, the average number of days on the market was 98, an overall change of -19%.

The current supply of active listings on the market this month was 332 homes. This is a change of -25% from the same month last year. For the year to date, the supply of active listings on the market was 433, which is a -24% change. This month there was a 5.8 months’ supply of homes on the market; this was a -28% change from last year. For the year to date, there was a 7.5 months’ supply of homes on the market, which is a -28% change from the same period last year. The average price per square foot was $250 this month; a -15% change from last year. For the year to date, the average price per square foot was $295, a change of 1%

Highland Park Real Estate sales is known as Multiple Listing Service (MLS) area 25 in the North Texas Real Estate Information System. Information is believed reliable but is only as accurate as reported by the system in the month of November 2011. DFW Team Realty provides month reports on Highland Park Real Estate Sales as well as Highland Park Foreclosures, Highland Park Short Sales, and Homes in Highland Park. Please visit our website at DFWTeamRealty.com for the latest information on Highland Park homes by price range and community. Search Highland Park Real Estate at Homes in DFW

Highland Park, Texas Home Values were UP 31% in October over the same month last year with 67 homes selling this month compared to 51 sold this month last year! For the 2011, year to date, overall home sales were UP 2% with 663 homes sold compared to 652 homes sold last year.

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New listings were DOWN 19% for the same period last year with 92 homes listed as compared to 114 listed this month last year. For the year 2011, overall home listings were DOWN 17% with 1,319 homes listed as compared to 1,586 homes listed last year. Listings under contract were DOWN 2% with 56 homes contracted compared to 57 homes contracted this month last year. Listings under contract for all 2011 were UP 1% with 684 homes contracted as compared to 675 contracted for all last year.

The average sales price of homes was UP 16% to $1,007,406 as compared to $865,365 for this month last year. The overall year of 2011 average sales prices were UP 2% to $1,001,790 as compared to $978,702 last year. Sellers received 90.7% of their asking price this month as compared to 85.6% this month last year. The average days on the market until sold in was 117 days compared to 161 days for this month last year DOWN 27%.

The current supply of homes on the market was 444 homes DOWN 34% as compared to 693 homes from the same period last year. This is 6.8 month supply of homes on the market DOWN 25% as compared to 10.8 month supply from this month last year.

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