Tanglewood
I’m suspicious of motives behind phrases such as “highest and best use,” which are intended to offer a moral justification for razing older properties. With its oversized lots and access to first-rate Tanglewood Elementary School, the many smaller 1960s ranch-style houses that average 2,500 square feet have proved tempting targets for teardown and redevelopment. Many…
The Tanglewood neighborhood in Fort Worth takes passers-through back in time to a day when kids played outside and yards were well-groomed.
When is “teardown” not a dirty word? When the house is a modern stunner perfectly sited in a deep, tree-lined Tanglewood lot. From its inception, the Tanglewood addition was forward-looking, with a legacy of many midcentury gems. The spacious lots and excellent public schools have tempted owners into tearing down mostly ordinary ranch-style homes and…
Over the river and through the woods … to grandmothers’s house we go! So we used to sing on the way to Thanksgiving dinner at my grandparents. The river was a branch of the Trinity near the zoo and the woods were the tall trees of Tanglewood, the first residential development carved out of Edwards…
It’s March and that means we get to enjoy outdoor living! Hopefully no more soggy afternoons or need for winter coats. These next few months are what make North Texas a fantastic place to live. Trees start turning green. Grass and weeds start growing. Swimming pools get warmer and you can almost smell the burgers…
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