Fort Worth Friday
Honestly, sometime in the very near future we will look back and say “Remember when you could buy a luxurious house in a near in-town location for a mere $250 a square foot?” Fort Worth will for many, be a missed buying opportunity like Brooklyn in New York or, nearer to home, Kessler Park in…
“Proportion is the good breeding of architecture. It is that something, indefinable to the unprofessional eye, which gives repose and distinction to a room… in its effects as intangible as that all-pervading essence which the ancients called the soul.” Edith Wharton, The Decoration of Houses The Decoration of Houses, written 123 years ago, is arguably…
Early morning last Thursday, February 12, an accident involving 133 vehicles on an icy bridge of Interstate 35 West close to downtown Fort Worth sends dozens to area hospitals and claims six lives. It is an ominous overture to troubles to come and an example of deficiencies in preparedness. The cataclysmic accident won’t be the…
One of the things I love most about Fort Worth is its preservationist instinct. Older neighborhoods, the venerable Westside enclaves of Westover Hills, Rivercrest, and Crestwood are largely as they were built. Ditto the old Southside Neighborhoods of Mistletoe Heights, Berkeley Place, Fairmount, and my own Ryan Place. There are, however, a few neighborhoods like…
Alta, as you may know, means “high” in Spanish, and property on this desirable, private Rivercrest drive is the location of some of the highest-end real estate in Fort Worth. High applies in many ways to this Alta Drive home. It is perched on a high bluff with stunning westward views. Architecture and construction are…
