Downtown Fort Worth

Fort Worth Friday: Fort Worth Does Urban Living, Too!

By Joanna England / February 6, 2015 /

That’s right, Fort Worth isn’t all huge houses, hilly neighborhoods, and epic estates. There are some great high rise and loft homes, too, and this unit inside the Montgomery Plaza building is a perfect example. Neon-topped and a visual beacon not unlike Dallas’ own South Side building, this cool conversion was once an industrial property.…

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Senator Wendy Davis is Not the Only Really Great Thing Fort Worth Has Going On: Let’s Talk DOWNTOWN

By Candy Evans / June 26, 2013 /

Meet Russ Sikes. The Plano resident –yes, Plano! — is a founding member of the North Texas chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, or CNU, which advocates principles of good “place-making” as a key to improving our quality of life. Good “place-making” makes for a better environment. Actually, over drinks Russ told me he…

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Senator Wendy Davis is Not the Only Really Great Thing Fort Worth Has Going On: Let's Talk DOWNTOWN

By Candy Evans / June 26, 2013 /

Meet Russ Sikes. The Plano resident –yes, Plano! — is a founding member of the North Texas chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, or CNU, which advocates principles of good “place-making” as a key to improving our quality of life. Good “place-making” makes for a better environment. Actually, over drinks Russ told me he…

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Tuesday Two Hundred: Fall in Love With Downtown Fort Worth in This Houston Street Condo

By Joanna England / May 21, 2013 /

I love a good loft, don’t you? I do get a little tired of everything being exposed and stained  concrete floors, but sometimes I see one and I just fall in love. This loft condo inside Fort Worth’s Houston Street Lofts at 910 Houston St. is a great property with a little extra. Like most…

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Curbed Checks Out Fort Worth’s Redeveloped Texas And Pacific Lofts by Wood Partners

By Joanna England / September 21, 2012 /

I love redeveloped historic properties, and it turns out Curbed’s Chris Berger and I share that passion. He’s covered some really interesting buildings, including a jail-turned-luxury-apartment-building! But one of the more recent focuses of his Past Lives column is the Texas and Pacific Lofts in Fort Worth, which is pretty incredible in its own right.

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