Downtown Fort Worth
Originally constructed in 1921, the Neil P. Anderson Building was the home of the Neil P. Anderson Cotton Company. It was considered the “gateway to Downtown Fort Worth.” It was designed by Sanguinet & Staats, an architecture firm that specialized in steel-frame construction and designed several skyscrapers that dot the Fort Worth skyline. If you’re…
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The Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel exploded in downtown Fort Worth on Monday afternoon, injuring several individuals, according to reports. The former W.T. Waggoner Building was acquired almost five years ago to become the Sandman, a 20-story hotel with 1,500 square feet of meeting space, CandysDirt.com reported in 2019. The hotel opened in March of…
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Business owners: pay attention. There’s a historic Fort Worth office building for lease that has been a good luck charm for its former tenants. The 1953 Yates-Ottmann Building, located at 1020 Summit Ave., has worked like a good luck charm for the previous businesses housed there. All have left because their thriving businesses’ expansion necessitated…
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The Metroplex Business and Civic Association released a graphic last week showing that crime for the month of September was vastly lower in downtown Fort Worth than in downtown Dallas. But we know from Mark Twain that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” CandysDirt.com contacted Downtown Dallas Inc. Chief of External Affairs and Government…
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Construction trucks have been rolling onto The Fort Worth Public Market, which is good news for the long-empty, historic treasure in urban Cowtown. The landmark at 1400 Henderson St. in downtown Fort Worth is now the site of progress. Wilks Development broke ground there on June 20, the 93rd anniversary of the building’s original opening.…
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