Fort Worth Zoo

We’re Not Lion: These Open Houses Show That Living Near The Fort Worth Zoo Is Great

By Joy Donovan / June 15, 2023 /

No monkeying around, Fort Worth gets to brag that it is the site of Texas’ oldest continuous zoo. Something to roar about, right? And even though it was founded more than 100 years ago, the Fort Worth Zoo recently made some headlines. Founded in 1909, the zoo was listed this year in U.S. News &…

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Builder Takes Classic Approach to Fort Worth Neighborhood Near Natural Waterfalls

By Marlin Weso / March 23, 2021 /

In the small city of Westworth Village, Plano-based homebuilder Shaddock Homes announced that it is opening up a development called Westworth Falls not far from Airfield Falls.

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Fort Worth Announces Plans to Sell Zoo Land

By Eric Prokesh / April 1, 2019 /
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In a bold, some may say brutal example of “highest and best use,” the  City of Fort Worth has announced plans to sell the Fort Worth Zoo. Founded in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock, and a few rabbits the 110-year-old zoo is now home to some 7,000…

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Fort Worth Friday: Are You Ready For a Trip Back in Time?

By Joanna England / May 15, 2015 /

Because that’s what this exceptionally preserved two-story mid-century modern home built in 1953. It’s in the Berkeley Place neighborhood, just a jump from the Fort Worth Zoo. And folks, this home is a total time warp! It’s so immaculate that I could imagine Don Draper sitting down in one of those Eames chairs in the…

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Thursday Three Hundred: Head to Fort Worth For a Terrific Tudor With Income Potential

By Joanna England / January 9, 2014 /

Let’s talk Tarrant County, folks, specifically Cowtown. Fort Worth, which is rated as a growth market and prime for investment by Trulia and Local Market Monitor, has some outstanding deals that are sure to make any homeowner happy. Take this Tudor, for instance. It’s in the sought-after Berkeley Place neighborhood just east of Forest Park…

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