Fort Worth Dirt

You’ll Love to Lock And Leave With This Townhome in Gated Casa Blanca

By Eric Prokesh / April 12, 2024 /

For your consideration is a 2,600-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bathroom townhouse in a coveted Westside location in the Monticello neighborhood. Welcome to Casa Blanca, a gated community built in 2005 with 22 Mediterranean-style units centered on a lovely landscaped courtyard. Twenty years have allowed trees to mature and given the development a cohesive continuity. Townhouses are built…

The Ever Enduring Charm of Quaint Clover Lane

By Eric Prokesh / April 5, 2024 /

This is the third time I’ve paid a visit to Clover Lane since I began writing for CandysDirt.com and each time I have been struck by the ever-enduring appeal of this quiet little street. Along with Clarke Avenue, its perpendicular appendage, it practically constitutes a separate neighborhood in Fort Worth’s Westside. As I’ve mentioned before,…

A Fort Worth Condo That’s Close to Nightlife AND Trinity Park

By Nikki Barringer / March 24, 2024 /

I’m going to try something different with this one, because let’s get real, we’re all in it for the pictures. No one is shoving people out of the way to read “the picture” I paint with my words; you know? But since I do have some odd obsession to overexplain – probably stems from childhood…

Opal Lee, The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Will Get Her Family Home Back

By Joy Donovan / March 22, 2024 /

If ribbon cuttings are for “wimps,” as said Thursday morning, then the board sawing was very appropriate for Opal Lee, the honoree of a Fort Worth wall-raising ceremony. One of Fort Worth’s favorite daughters and the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” Lee used a power saw to cut the 2-by-6 symbolic board for her new house at…

A Historic Westover Hills Estate With Tudor Details Hits The Market This Week

By Eric Prokesh / March 22, 2024 /

If you thought last week’s featured listing was eye-catching, you’ll probably swoon over this week’s stunner. It’s the same style and same vintage only supersized. Also, it bears a prestigious single-digit Westover Hills address at 8 Westover Road. The six-bedroom, six-bath house has over 8,400 square feet of living space and sits on a verdant…