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Fort Worth Zoning Commission Approves Hotel on Citadel Spring Drive Next to Residential Neighborhood
Fort Worth zoning commissioners appeared surprised during an October meeting that there was no in-person opposition to a planned development that includes a five-story, 181-guest hotel. Developer Chetan Patel of Tharaldson Family Inc. is proposing a combination SpringHill Suites and TownePlace Suites on 3.52 acres at 2752 Citadel Spring Drive. Just prior to unanimously approving…
Twenty miles from downtown Fort Worth is the town of Aledo, Texas. Established in 1880 as the Parker Post Office, the name was changed to Aledo most likely after Aledo, Illinois. The entire town is roughly two square miles in size. Being relatively close to Fort Worth, Aledo experienced rapid growth in the 1990s when…
I love East Dallas and use to live in Little Forest Hills back in the day. And if you walked all the way through to the edge, there was street called Buckner Blvd. It’s not a little-known street or anything. It’s a major one. Everyone knows Buckner. It’s the street with that Underground House on…
There are not many people better suited to comment on Highland Park architecture and history than Dallas architect Wilson Fuqua. If you take a glance at his website, you will see the source of inspiration for his own work are the early 20th-century homes of Highland Park, University Park, and Preston Hollow. He also had…
An area of Fort Worth is booming with housing, and while city officials and neighbors say they welcome it, they’re also concerned about stormwater management and infrastructure. During an October meeting of the Fort Worth City Plan Commission, officials approved a waiver and preliminary plat for a 500-home subdivision called La Frontera. The waiver itself…
A controversial Garland Road apartment complex is moving forward, as officials with the Dallas Public Facility Corporation announced recently they’ve closed on the property. Keith Pomykal, president of the Dallas PFC shared the news with board members in an Oct. 27 email. “This afternoon the DPFC closed on ‘The Hayden,’” Pomykal said in the email. “This…
