Fort Worth Dirt
Many have been captivated by Mistletoe Heights, a venerable early 20th century Near Southside neighborhood. The fabled Wagner ranch family had a Fort Worth home here. Trendy design blogger and soon-to-be television star, Grace Mitchell, launched her design career by lovingly embellishing her Mistletoe Heights digs. Perfectly manicured lawns bear witness to a completed gentrification…
Zamco Properties LLC unveiled plans last week to develop The Worth, a 24-story luxury condominium tower in downtown Fort Worth. According to a spokesperson for Zamco Properties, The Worth will offer high-rise living with stunning views of Fort Worth for miles and miles. Noted Dallas architectural firm GDA Architects is currently creating the schematic of…
In this day and age of short attention spans, emojis expressing our inmost thoughts, and novels consisting of 140 character Tweets, I thought I would give a few highlights for Tarrant County Tuesday.
Just one block south of TCU is one of Fort Worth’s loveliest neighborhoods. Adjectives like “charming,” even “darling” spring to mind when describing Westcliff. And here, comparisons to Dallas are unavoidable. Having lived in Dallas for most of my life, I had to drive through the neighborhood vainly looking for evidence of teardowns. It’s all…
Imagine Fort Worth in 1903. From grainy photos I’ve seen, there was a lot of dust, cows, and not much else. There certainly were not any charming homes that would last 114 years and become historic properties, right? Wrong. The 1900 census of Fort Worth showed 26,668 residents, which was up from 1880 when there…
