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Professional Landscaper-Owner Brings Key West to This Fort Worth Home

By Joy Donovan / July 16, 2024 /

Ready to party? Here’s your new house. For under $400,000, someone is going to get a home ready for patio pool parties, fall barbecues, or football blowouts. The house at 4641 Highgrove Drive in Fort Worth is listed at $395,000, and it’s packed with features just begging for a party. Fun times are easy to…

Fort Worth Is Undergoing a Comprehensive Plan Update, and Nobody Is Mad About it

By April Towery / July 12, 2024 /

Fort Worth is reviewing and updating its comprehensive land use plan and thus far, the public engagement process has been less than hostile. All Texas municipalities are required by law to have a “comp plan,” a visioning document that guides future land use and informs zoning decisions. Basically, it outlines what residents want to go…

Red Tile Roof Mediterranean in Old University Place? Count Me In

By Eric Prokesh / July 12, 2024 /

If you are a Fort Worth Friday follower, you probably know that if I’m shown beautifully-executed stucco work and a red tile roof villa, I’m all in. Throw in a corner lot at 2501 Rogers Avenue and Park Hill in University Place and I am, well, ardently enthusiastic. Only seven days on the market, it’s…

Joseph Pelich-Designed Tudor on Medford Court West Graces Fort Worth’s Park Hill

By Joy Donovan / July 8, 2024 /

Historic and beautiful describes both the popular Park Hill neighborhood and the gorgeous Tudor that sits in its midst. In fact, the stately manor at 2424 Medford Court West in Fort Worth is so historic and beautiful that this isn’t even the first time CandysDirt.com has sung its praises. Realtor Martha Willilams, a broker and…

What About the Tenderloin Tamales? Fort Worth’s Reata Restaurant Leaves Sundance Square

By Joy Donovan / July 5, 2024 /

Fort Worth’s Reata Restaurant was buzzing last Sunday. Diners poured in with reservations booked steadily from brunch through lunch on to dinner Sunday — the last day in its 310 Houston Street location in Sundance Square. The upscale southwestern restaurant’s signature tenderloin tamales, chicken fried steak, and dessert tacos were zipping out of the kitchen.…