CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS IN RYAN PLACE

This House is Ready for Its Next Act in Ryan Place

By Joy Donovan / December 6, 2024 /

Aspiring stars, here is the house for you. The house at 2633 College Ave. in historic Ryan Place has everything a rising rocker, divine dancer, or especially a great saxophonist needs to live the dream…at home. The home boasts its own stage in the backyard. Owner John Mink performed many a mini concert atop this…

Don’t Forget to Buy Your Tickets For The 39th Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place

By Eric Prokesh / December 1, 2023 /

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…

City Honors Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place by Proclamation

By Eric Prokesh / December 6, 2019 /

This 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…

Variety Marks The 34th Annual Ryan Place Christmas Tour

By Eric Prokesh / November 24, 2017 /

Next 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…

A Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place: December 3 – 4

By Seth Fowler / November 29, 2016 /

Every 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…