Fort Worth Dirt
There’s Ridglea — a solidly affluent neighborhood with immaculately manicured lawns and largish comfortable dwellings — and then there is super-fancy Ridglea. Several years ago, on a whim, I took a detour on the way to Ridglea Village down Curzon Avenue and discovered an unknown-to-me enclave of Ridglea as elegant as anything Rivercrest or Westover…
Garages for eight cars … think of what could happen there. A backyard lagoon, complete with a waterfall and a remote-controlled ring of fire … think of what could happen there. A 40-foot-high foyer, with a grand staircase to match … think of what could happen there. Such are the choices at 9517 Bella Terra,…
Do you feel that? Wait for it … there it is again. Yep, the temperature in Fort Worth just dropped below 109 degrees for a brief moment, and that can only mean one thing. Fall is nigh upon us in Texas! Can I get an “amen!” We yearn for sub-100-degree days so we can light…
Driving slightly off my usual route, I spotted this dignified 114-year-old Fairmount Craftsman and knew I had to write it up because Fairmount listings are scarce, right? Wrong. Upon investigation, I found no fewer than 17 active listings in this cherished Fort Worth neighborhood. But prices are through the roof, right? Not exactly. True, gone…
“It’s the oldest African American church in Texas,” said Jerre Tracy, executive director at Historic Fort Worth Inc. “It would be so nice if it would continue to be discovered.” Allen Chapel is historically significant in many ways. Built in 1914, the church was designated as a recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1983, and in…
