Fort Worth Friday

Travis Avenue Craftsman Offers Opportunity in Hemphill Heights

By Eric Prokesh / August 31, 2018 /

I must confess to a certain lackadaisical, late-summer lethargy searching for this week’s Fort Worth Friday. Then I found 2832 Travis Avenue in Hemphill Heights and regained my enthusiasm. We’ve been keeping an eye on Hemphill Heights as one of the up-and-coming in-town neighborhoods for some time. “The Heights” is a neighborhood south of Ryan Place,…

Walking South Main With Briggs Freeman’s Lisa Logan

By Eric Prokesh / August 24, 2018 /

The South Main development is one of those stories with so many threads that it nearly defies being woven into a coherent fabric. In fact, South Main is comprised of so many stories, any one of which is worthy of focus. Neighbor, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s agent, and generally super-connected person Lisa Logan, whom we’ve met more…

Low Key Irwin Street Façade Conceals Spacious Living

By Eric Prokesh / August 17, 2018 /

Things aren’t necessarily what they appear at street level.  From the corner of Irwin Street and Forest Park, 2301 Irwin Street appears to be just the sort of charming, one-story Craftsman-style bungalow one would expect to find in Mistletoe Heights. I continue to marvel at the variety of venerable Near Southside neighborhoods — Berkley, Park…

Arch Adams Townhouse Offers Style and Choice Location

By Eric Prokesh / August 10, 2018 /

If convenient, lock-and-leave living, a choice West Side location, and an affordable price top your list of must haves, you should definitely take a look at a new listing at 716 Arch Adams Lane. Location? Off 7th Street and within easy walking distance of the museums and 7th Street restaurants and clubs. The street is…

Arcadian Crestwood Hideaway On Rockwood Park Drive

By Eric Prokesh / August 3, 2018 /

Mopey and melancholic, your Fort Worth Friday correspondent was looking for real estate comfort food to chew on, and there are few neighborhoods more delicious than Crestwood with its lovely, well-bred, unpretentious houses set among cherished old oaks. And with the summer dog days upon us, we are all seeking refuge where we can, so…