Fort Worth Dirt

Perfect Pairing: Quirky Dilbeck Meets Bewitching Crestwood

By Eric Prokesh / October 26, 2024 /

It’s been too long since we looked in on my favorite Westside neighborhood Crestwood which contains some of Fort Worth’s most unique and lovely residences nestled on lots graced by ancient oaks some of which grow in the middle of the charming arcadian lanes. Some readers may believe Dallas has a monopoly on Charles Dilbeck…

I Do Declare, This Foat Wuth House Has a Front Porch Worth Rockin’ On

By Joy Donovan / October 22, 2024 /

Why, I can practically hear Aunt Pitty Pat gettin’ the lemonade ready for company. Yes, the most gracious front porch at 4001 Bunting Ave. in Foat Wuth is just welcomin’ the neighbors over for a cold beverage and a nice long chat. The likes you’d see in the deep South, sugah, this front porch. I’m wonderin’…

In Ridglea North, Sixty-Two Never Looked So Sexy

By Eric Prokesh / October 10, 2024 /

So sexy and this 4,800 square foot speaks with a French accent as well. These Mansart-roofed houses were criticized when they were built as deviating from classical French architecture. And in truth, the giant arched two-story window units that break through the roof line have no antique precedent but through the lens of time the…

Fort Worth Approves Data Center Over Concerns of Environmental Justice Threat

By April Towery / October 4, 2024 /

The Fort Worth City Council agreed last month to allow the construction of a 121-acre data center project at Rock Creek Ranch straddling a portion of the Chisholm Trail Parkway just west of Crowley.  Supporters tout the project as a potential economic boon for the City of Fort Worth and Tarleton State University. But opponents…

A Million-Dollar University Place Cottage in Fort Worth? The Market Says Yes!

By Eric Prokesh / October 4, 2024 /

“A million dollars isn’t what it used to be,” legendary oilman H.L. Hunt is reputed to have said. I’m afraid that is the painful reality for buyers in today’s real estate market. Not to take anything away from this undeniably winsome four-bedroom, three-bath house, with over 2,600 square feet after additions. The charmer also sits…