Fort Worth Dirt
Collinwood Avenue is a bit of a mixed bag. Some buyers, tempted by comparatively bargain prices while seeking a prized Westside address abutting Westover, bought houses here in the 1990s and early aughts and razed them to build larger homes. Well, prices have risen considerably and there isn’t much of that sort of activity anymore.…
Last week Tarrant County Tuesday told you about a home project in the historic Fort Worth neighborhood of Fairmount that was priced just so a new owner could obtain the property and, with a little elbow grease and imagination, transform the home into another historic gem in the neighborhood. The response was tremendously positive. Longtime…
I hadn’t expected to be back on Samuels Avenue after only one week. After researching and briefly documenting its former glory as Fort Worth’s first premier neighborhood, I took a drive down the avenue to get the lay of the land. Needless to say, there have been a few changes in the past 120 years.…
You know when you find a neighborhood that would be perfect for you and your family? The homes are the right age and style. The neighborhood is filled with beautiful tree-lined streets and has amazing proximity to shops, restaurants, and your other favorite places. Plus you hear the community is welcoming and second-to-none when it…
When Fort Worth began to make the transition from an abandoned military outpost to a proper town, its first wave of wealthy citizens made their homes to the northeast of downtown on a bend in the Trinity River. This was Samuels Avenue. The area was once part of a plantation that, after several sales, became…
