Fort Worth Friday
Some people get a toaster for a wedding gift. If you’re lucky, maybe you get the entire bedding set you registered for at the local department store. But a house? Now that’s a great wedding present. As the tale is told and retold, the Fort Worth Spanish Eclectic at 2640 Forest Park Blvd. was a…
One enduring trend in recent times has been the urbanization of suburbs. Think: Office parks in North Dallas. And contrarily, suburbanization of city centers. Think: Pottery Barn in Lower Manhattan or Costco— for God’s sake — in East Harlem. Dallas has its own urban suburb, Bryan Place, with recent construction in the historic neighborhood dating…
Oh, boy. I can already hear Fairmount purists wailing about a contemporary renovation of a 104-year-old historic property. A drive-by reveals nothing of note to distinguish 1643 S. Henderson from many other Fairmount bungalows. On the exterior, a simple gabled roof, a columned porch, and a red front door are all pretty standard repertoire in…
I hadn’t intended to write about this listing at 1501 Elizabeth Blvd., which is one block from my own house, having frequently covered Ryan Place over the years and Elizabeth Blvd. in particular. In fact, one of the larger jazz-age spreads on Elizabeth Blvd. was my first submission eight years ago to CandysDirt.com. I attended…
My, my … what would my grandparents think? They built their home in Tanglewood, the first development in Edwards Ranch, on Preston Hollow Road in 1960. The then-new addition was home to simple but attractive ranch-style houses and several daring modern designs. Those original ranch houses now sell for north of $600,000. In short, the…
