Fort Worth Neighborhoods
“He quite clearly and unselfconsciously sees architecture as an art and is unwavering in pursuing that goal. That makes him unique. This sometimes lonely quest has placed Emery Young at the very top of his community of architects.” That was Dallas architect Frank Welch’s assessment of Emery Young’s work. Emery Young died in 2016, preceding…
“U.S. Existing-Home Prices Hit Record High in May” so trumpets a scary Wall Street Journal headline from Tuesday’s edition. And it is kinda scary out there. This week I looked at a cottage in Berkley Place, unrenovated, north of 700K and what was essentially a double-wide near Eagle Mountain Lake for $399,000.00 among many pricey…
“Multiple Offers. Please submit all offers by 9pm Wednesday 28th.” So begins the listing for this home on Meadowbrook Drive. And why not? In this super-seller market with record-low inventory, a 1924 vintage four-bedroom, three-bath house with mature trees and a deep setback from the street priced at under $140 per square foot was bound…
A more accurate description would be “old San Antone meets old Fort Worth” because this venerable 1927 house, built by illustrious San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres has been home at one time or another to members some of Fort Worth‘s better-known families including Moncriefs, Armours, and Penns. Ayres, a Colombia University-trained architect, moved to…
“Proportion is the good breeding of architecture. It is that something, indefinable to the unprofessional eye, which gives repose and distinction to a room… in its effects as intangible as that all-pervading essence which the ancients called the soul.” Edith Wharton, The Decoration of Houses The Decoration of Houses, written 123 years ago, is arguably…
