Fort Worth

Opal Lee, The Grandmother of Juneteenth, Will Get Her Family Home Back

By Joy Donovan / March 22, 2024 /

If ribbon cuttings are for “wimps,” as said Thursday morning, then the board sawing was very appropriate for Opal Lee, the honoree of a Fort Worth wall-raising ceremony. One of Fort Worth’s favorite daughters and the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” Lee used a power saw to cut the 2-by-6 symbolic board for her new house at…

What do Taylor Sheridan And Cowtown’s Best Spot For Tex-Mex Have in Common?

By Joy Donovan / March 19, 2024 /

Let’s talk some “hot goss” in Cowtown. Taylor Sheridan — you might have heard of him — is a big darn deal in a lot of places, but especially in Fort Worth. He’s got this TV show called “Yellowstone,” which you might have heard of. It’s a big deal, and so is he. He grew…

A Fort Worth Gateway That’s Close To It All

By Nikki Barringer / March 12, 2024 /

Originally constructed in 1921, the Neil P. Anderson Building was the home of the Neil P. Anderson Cotton Company. It was considered the “gateway to Downtown Fort Worth.” It was designed by Sanguinet & Staats, an architecture firm that specialized in steel-frame construction and designed several skyscrapers that dot the Fort Worth skyline. If you’re…

Could Community Land Trusts Be The Solution For Housing Affordability in North Texas?

By April Towery / March 5, 2024 /

Hundreds of new affordable housing units could be offered in Dallas and Fort Worth over the next five years under the Community Land Trust model, a group of expert panelists said Thursday. The Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Consortium held its quarterly meeting Feb. 29 at Trinity Habitat for Humanity to discuss CLTs and how they’re building momentum…

Laundry Evangelist Patric Richardson Says The Perfect Laundry Room Needs This

By Joy Donovan / March 4, 2024 /

Patric Richardson was destined with a clear — and might we say clean — path to become The Laundry Guy. The first clue might have been that his favorite childhood gift was a toy washing machine Santa delivered to him at the age of 3. The second was majoring in fashion merchandising and textiles at…