Joy Donovan
Joy Donovan is a contributing writer for CandysDirt.com covering the Midcities and Fort Worth.
Buying near Ridglea Country Club means landing in one of Fort Worth’s most desirable and established neighborhoods. It’s definitely the good life here. Golf and tennis at the club, shopping and dining along Camp Bowie, and finding Fort Worth freeways just minutes away. Does a crisp white brick home located along a tree‑lined street sound…
Feeling on top of the world is a daily reality at the home found at 3028 Mountainview Ct. in Grapevine. The street it’s built on tells a lot. Perched high above Northeast Tarrant County, this home on Mountainview Court offers sweeping treetop views that stretch across the horizon. It doesn’t look or feel like Texas,…
Housing trends in 1965: ‘Twas the era of shag carpets, wood paneling, flocked wallpaper, and a well-placed ashtray in the living room. A really swinging house could look like a scatter of Skittles like this: But reframe that 1965 thinking with a look at the house for sale at 3825 Sundown Dr. in Benbrook. What…
There’s a boom happening in Fort Worth’s Cultural District. It’s not an oil boom but definitely a business boom. It was 11 years ago that Fort Worth voters approved a new multipurpose arena. That arena, which opened in November 2019 as Dickies Arena, sits just off Montgomery Street and north of I-30. Dickies Arena hosts…
In 1940, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” ranked as the best-selling record ever, Winston Churchill became England’s prime minister, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to his third term, and Grapevine’s Historic Palace Theatre opened. That opening 85 years ago on Nov. 21, 1940, as a state-of-the-art movie house will be celebrated today at the theater, located…
