Eric Prokesh

Eric Prokesh is an award-winning interior designer who calls Fort Worth his home.

Young Rehabbers Rock Near South Side

By Eric Prokesh / September 9, 2016 /

The Near South Side revival is not only being fueled by a hefty half billion dollar commitment of city funds alone, though that isn’t hurting. There is a dynamic energy here that is youthful and passionate. It is evident in the variety of mod and imaginative eateries and bars on once dodgy Magnolia Avenue, and…

Corner Lot Cottage Charmer in Colonial Hills Has Original Details, Modern Updates

By Eric Prokesh / September 2, 2016 /

Colonial Hills, another alluring, older enclave near the Colonial Country Club and TCU is benefiting, like other reviving Near South Side neighborhoods, from development on nearby Hulen. That development will eventually include the Clearfork project, anchored by Neiman-Marcus, set to open in 2017. Unfortunately large lots and access to desirable Tanglewood schools, also make these vintage charmers tempting tear-down targets.…

Scintillating Fort Worth Symphony Opener

By Eric Prokesh / August 27, 2016 /

Rare gift at any time of life is to find a new friend. Rarer still, in mid-life, is to find a friend like Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya, with whom one connects at many points. Admirer of friends past, like the late great artistic director of the Dallas Opera, Nicola Rescigno, conductor of many of Maria Callas’ finest…

Ground Breaks on Lakeside Tower on Lake Grapevine!

By Eric Prokesh / August 26, 2016 /

Two weeks ago we took you to the extreme west of Tarrant County, to the rich ranch lands of Aledo. So what lies in the easternmost corner of Tarrant County? Parts of Flower Mound. Residents of Dallas and Fort Worth may have a fuzzy impression of Flower Mound, perhaps recalling the area as horse country with huge…

High-Profile Tower in Downtown Fort Worth Houses Castle in the Clouds

By Eric Prokesh / August 19, 2016 /

The Tower at 500 Throckmorton Street is a building with a dramatic past, stubbornly surviving to adapt itself to the future. Once known as the Bank One Building, yes, that Bank One Building,  was at ground zero of the horrific March 28, 2000 tornado, which left half a billion dollars worth of damage to Fort Worth’s downtown…