Preservationists

Demo of Mission Motel Imminent as Work Begins on New West Dallas Development

By Leah Shafer / January 8, 2015 /

The clock is ticking for the old Mission Motel in West Dallas as Trammell Crow Residential begins work on a new development on the site and adjoining lots, which will include 300 rental units, as well as 14,000 square feet of retail space. “We are tearing it down. We just finished asbestos abatement and will start demo…

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Home of Fort Worth Civic Legend, Ruth Carter Stevenson, Demolished Despite Preservationists’ Objections

By Joanna England / June 24, 2013 /

Yikes. This dramatic episode sounds a lot like Mark and Patricia Lovvorn’s campaign to take a wrecking ball to Stanley Marcus’ historic Nonesuch Road home. Except, well, preservationists were actually able to stop the owners from tearing down that house. The modernist former home of Ruth Carter Stevenson, daughter of Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter,…

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Home of Fort Worth Civic Legend, Ruth Carter Stevenson, Demolished Despite Preservationists' Objections

By Joanna England / June 24, 2013 /

Yikes. This dramatic episode sounds a lot like Mark and Patricia Lovvorn’s campaign to take a wrecking ball to Stanley Marcus’ historic Nonesuch Road home. Except, well, preservationists were actually able to stop the owners from tearing down that house. The modernist former home of Ruth Carter Stevenson, daughter of Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter,…

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