Fort Worth Dirt
Alright. I am happy in my hundred-year-old Texas Mediterranean house chock-a-block with period antiques. And yet. When confronted with the simplicity and elegance of an outstanding exemplar of the modern idiom, it’s not difficult to lose myself in the reverie of imagining a very different life. Winston Churchill once observed, “We shape our dwellings, and…
I was so tantalized when this Park Hill new build dropped in my mailbox that I had to check it out in person. It’s on a lush ravine double lot with stunning views — you can even glimpse the downtown skyline from one of the upstairs bedrooms. Park Hill has a rich legacy of classic…
Some stories aren’t linear, dutifully following a single storyline, but are instead a complex tapestry woven of many threads. So it is with the home at 2608 Carter Avenue nearly crumbling under the weight of its history. Built around 1913 (though its precise age is not certain), it was the last home of the nearly…
Here is a chance to own a piece of history. There’s a house listed in popular Arlington Heights that can tie its history back a hundred years to the famous soldier James “Jim” Bowie. Yes, this celebrated legend of the Texas Revolution is remembered in Fort Worth in many ways, including the Camp Bowie military…
Sometimes real estate and filmmaking cross paths in the most unexpected ways. Like, say, you are listing a movie star’s home. But in the case of Fort Worth Compass agent Robby Lebus, the Realtor is part of the inspiration for a film from a time in his youth that kids only dream of. It was the…
