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By Jay FirschingSenior Associate and Historic Preservation Specialist, Architexas Fair Park was designed primarily for a one-time event, the 1936 Texas Centennial and World’s Fair. Preserving the Art Deco exhibition buildings initially intended to be temporary has been challenging. We have also lost so many structures, such as the Ford Building. Can some of these…
By Jay FirschingSenior Associate and Historic Preservation Specialist, Architexas Later this month, the City of Fort Worth and Trinity Metro will host public meetings about the Advancing East Lancaster transit-oriented development plan. The proposal is to establish high-capacity transit along the system’s most-used corridor. If things go according to plan, this will boost economic activity…
By Jay FirschingSenior Historic Preservation Specialist, Architexas On a hot August Friday, Barbara McCutcheon stood on the square in downtown Bonham and admired the manifestation of her hard work. It was a day of celebration as her decades-long struggle to restore the Fannin County Courthouse, her passion project. But it was in 2010 that the…
The complete renovation of Heritage Park in downtown Irving should make it clear to anyone that historic preservation is quite simply a labor of love. Each week I talk to the people involved in every aspect of preservation. They all display such heart, passion, and dedication that there is zero doubt in mind preservation is…
In Italian, Bella Villa means “beautiful villa.” In Vickery Place, Bella Villa means a stunning, newly preserved neighborhood landmark that’s living up to its name a second time. Bella Villa is a prime example that preserving history often takes a village. The circa 1926 complex was not only the sole multi-family building in Vickery Place,…
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