Fort Worth Friday

This Spectacular Overton Park Midcentury Modern is a Designer-Curated Time Capsule

By Eric Prokesh / July 14, 2023 /

This dazzling Overton Park Midcentury Modern time capsule looks as if it was built yesterday or conjured up for a period feature film. In fact, the house was built in 1957 in the then-new development of Overton Park for prominent civic leader Leon Brachman who died at the age of 90 in 2010. Brachman engaged…

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Fort Worth Friday Flashback: Elizabeth Boulevard

By Eric Prokesh / July 7, 2023 /
Fort Worth Friday Flashback

Today is my birthday so I’m taking it easy and sticking close to home, very close to home. I’m sticking to my own street, Elizabeth Boulevard, reviewing previous posts and taking the temperature of the market. I’ve lived on historic Elizabeth Boulevard for 10 years now and have seen a lot of changes. And never…

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Martinis, The Twist, And a Fort Worth Midcentury Modern Designed by Architect Mariana Thompson

By Joy Donovan / June 30, 2023 /

If Don Draper carried a martini into a party where Laura Petrie was doing the twist with The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” on the stereo, it could have been at this Fort Worth Midcentury Modern. This one-owner Fort Worth Midcentury Modern is on the market with 3,486 square feet of memories and more. Architect Mariana…

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This Stylish Ridglea Hills Listing Has All the Bells And Whistles

By Eric Prokesh / June 23, 2023 /
Spectacular Ridglea Crest Listing

It’s only hours old, but this stylish Ridglea Hills listing nestled between Ridglea Country Club and Luther Lake is a near-perfect family home, recently updated and absolutely move-in ready. Built in 1997, the 4,500-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-and-one-half-bath house presents an imposing if somewhat minimalist countenance to the street. The façade is fairly traditional in form but…

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Laura Ladner Lists a Luxury New Build in Colonial Hills That Hits All The Right Notes

By Eric Prokesh / June 9, 2023 /

Laura Ladner of Burt Ladner Real Estate is hitting on all cylinders in the listing game these days with three of the most interesting houses on the market in her portfolio. There’s that fanciful Dilbeck house in Tanglewood, then there’s the refreshing contemporary in the Crestline area — both recently featured on these pages —…

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