CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS IN RYAN PLACE
This year’s Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place Home Tour is one fans won’t want to miss. In addition to the usual intriguing mix of five unique houses, there will be live music in tour homes and throughout the neighborhood from the likes of the Texas Wesleyan Choir as well as bands including Music Junkie, Basement…
Read MoreThis year’s Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place, which takes place this weekend, marks a milestone and something of a victory lap for the neighborhood association. In its heyday, Ryan Place — the first ever planned development in the City of Fort Worth — was home to the city’s cattle barons, bankers, and oilmen. After the stock…
Read MoreNext weekend’s 34th annual Ryan Place Christmas tour or Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place, by its official name, offers an interesting mix of homes stretching through the decades and communicating the complex story of the historic neighborhood. Tour regulars won’t be disappointed this year. Included will be a grand Southern Colonial Revival house built in…
Read MoreEvery city in America has one. You know it when you see it. Whether it’s the architecture, location, or landscape, there is always a street in the city that is simply magical. In Fort Worth the most magical and inspiring street is Elizabeth Boulevard. The main artery of the Ryan Place neighborhood, “in 1979 Elizabeth Boulevard joined…
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