Fort Worth Dirt
Can we just pretend last week didn’t happen? I guess one good thing about SNOVID-21 is that we stopped talking about COVID-19 for a while. Let’s get back to talking about homes! As I was bundled up with my blankets and bow ties and bottles of freezing water I started thinking about where I would…
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…
To say it’s cold outside is an understatement. Don’t worry, come July and August we all will have forgotten these sub-freezing days and will be pining for cooler temps. With Jack Frost upon us for the next few days, let’s take a look at some Tarrant County homes on the market that have nice and…
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…
There was a time when local Fort Worth homebuilder, Village Homes, was thriving. “When I started with Village Homes in 2009,” explains director of sales Janet Bishop, “we were probably building 30 or 40 homes and we thought we were super busy. In 2021 we will build nearly 200 homes in the Fort Worth area.”…
