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Fort Worth could soon have its very own Riverwalk, and the residents who live near the Trinity River might want to invest in a boat, canoe, or kayak. Community leaders gathered Thursday for a candid conversation on the challenges of navigating $403 million in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ flood control projects while implementing a…
No monkeying around, Fort Worth gets to brag that it is the site of Texas’ oldest continuous zoo. Something to roar about, right? And even though it was founded more than 100 years ago, the Fort Worth Zoo recently made some headlines. Founded in 1909, the zoo was listed this year in U.S. News &…
On Saturday, June 10, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted to condemn and acquire the 5,000 acres that comprise both Fairfield Lake and Fairfield Lake State Park — property acquired by Todd Interests on June 1. In a statement issued today, Todd Interests calls the use of eminent domain to keep the park open…
For the second year in a row, Alex Perry of Allie Beth Allman & Associates has been named the No. 1 luxury real estate agent in Dallas-Fort Worth and all of Texas. The recognition comes from RealTrends, featured in The Wall Street Journal, which this month announced The Thousand rankings for 2023. The Thousand names…
Four years of spirited debate came down to one vote just before midnight Wednesday, as the Dallas City Council banned short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods. The measure, proposed by District 14 Councilman Paul Ridley and known as the “Keep It Simple Solution,” was recommended last summer by the council-appointed City Plan Commission. The new zoning…
What do you know about the Municipal Archives? I bet it’s not much, so let’s change that. Our city archives are located at Dallas City Hall. They include every imaginable departmental record in a variety of forms and formats, including ledgers, manuscripts and typescripts, maps, photographs, microforms, and printed materials. It’s a gold mine of information…
