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Laura Ladner Lists a Luxury New Build in Colonial Hills That Hits All The Right Notes

By Eric Prokesh / June 9, 2023 /

Laura Ladner of Burt Ladner Real Estate is hitting on all cylinders in the listing game these days with three of the most interesting houses on the market in her portfolio. There’s that fanciful Dilbeck house in Tanglewood, then there’s the refreshing contemporary in the Crestline area — both recently featured on these pages —…

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This Slick Midcentury Ranch on Collinwood Avenue is The Best of The Westside

By Eric Prokesh / September 24, 2021 /
Collinwood

Collinwood Avenue is a bit of a mixed bag. Some buyers, tempted by comparatively bargain prices while seeking a prized Westside address abutting Westover, bought houses here in the 1990s and early aughts and razed them to build larger homes. Well, prices have risen considerably and there isn’t much of that sort of activity anymore.…

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This Fort Worth Home on Harley Avenue Flaunts 1970s Sophistication

By Eric Prokesh / April 16, 2021 /

I hope that headline was an attention grabber. One tends to remember the ’70s as the decade of laminate walnut paneling, avocado appliances, and shag carpeting. And yet several buildings of distinction got built. Think Skidmore Owings & Merrill’s John Hancock Center in Chicago. And we needn’t go that far from home. Fort Worth’s own…

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Tired of Open-Concept? Classical Perfection Can Be Found in Monticello

By Eric Prokesh / October 9, 2020 /

It’s not as easy as you might think to turn out a weekly Fort Worth Friday column. This week I had to sift through a lot of less-than-wonderful to find wonderful. I believe one example will suffice. See above. Even the most cavernous of open concept schemes can’t prevent the weight of all of that…

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Fall Fast For The Glamorous Updates in This Crestline Road Home

By Eric Prokesh / February 14, 2020 /

Mainline Westside residence on Crestline Road exudes the glamorous air of vintage Hollywood with bold design and inspired color palette.

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