Fort Worth Dirt
Some Fort Worth Fridays are truly serendipitous. This week’s FWF was the result of a blocked-for-construction Windsor Parkway that detoured me through lovely Berkley Place. As with neighboring Ryan Place, some of the most beautiful properties lie in the quiet side streets. And so I landed at 2215 Ward Parkway, a street I had never…
Have you ever driven past a home and had to do a quick double-take because of the brick? I bet you didn’t know that there are almost a dozen different sizes of brick. The times I have to stop and take a closer look are when the home appears to be bricked in a random…
The neighborhood of Forest Park was recently identified as one of the “Five best Fort Worth neighborhoods to buy a house right now.” This fascinating area is approximately two miles southwest of downtown Fort Worth and less than a mile from the TCU campus. From many areas of the neighborhood, you can walk to the…
In 1921, leading Fort Worth architectural firm Sanguinet and Staats – designers of many iconic buildings which still stand, including the Texas Hotel and Our Lady of Victory Academy (as well dozens of houses in Arlington Heights) – constructed the Neil P. Anderson Cotton Exchange. Dallas’ famous Cotton Exchange was demolished in 1991. This being Fort…
In Part I we learned that there is a Housing Crisis in North Texas In Part II we learned that New Construction Not Helping Housing Crisis in North Texas In Part III we learned about the first-hand Struggles of Finding a Home in North Texas Now let’s talk about solutions to this crisis. Notice I said “solutions” with…
