HFW Staff Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 5:39 pm | Updated: 11:48 pm, Mon Jul 11, 2016. Samantha Calimbahin scalimbahin@bizpress.net |0 comments Salsa Limón’s University Drive location is picking up and moving ¬– literally. The Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission voted July 11 to approve moving the taco restaurant’s building from 929 University Drive to 5012 White Settlement … Read more
Square Footage: 4001 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Year Built: 4001 Neighborhood: Texas & Pacific Lofts, Downtown Fort Worth Designation: National Register of Historic Places, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, City of Fort Worth Landmark Description: Cliff Garten, artist of the Avenue of Light sculptures along Lancaster Avenue, has been quoted as saying, “They relocated a freeway to preserve historic … Read more
Marice Richter mrichter@bizpress.net | 1 comment Corgan 401 North Houston Street Dallas 75202 214-748-2000 www.corgan.com As construction progresses on the I.M. Terrell school site, the design that will repurpose this Fort Worth landmark into a resplendent showplace for 21st Century learning begins to take shape. Fort Worth school district officials and community leaders broke ground in … Read more
BY JEFF CAPLAN Special to the Star-Telegram When Texas Rangers and city of Arlington officials agreed in May to build a retractable-roof stadium to replace the still-beautiful ballpark the team plays in today, the Twitter handle @MLBcathedrals posted a clever image of the stadium being airlifted to either Oakland or Tampa Bay. You know, … Read more
FORT WORTH When Mary Overton Burke died in 1867, her family chose a remote spot to bury her. Back then, the road leading to what would become known as Burke Family Cemetery was little more than a muddy wagon path. Today it’s four-lane Bryant-Irvin Road, one of the busiest streets in southwest Fort Worth, and … Read more
On Wednesday, May 25, 81 Club at Billy Bob’s Texas hosted the Work-in Progress presentation where members of the general public gathered to hear the results of the charrette. The presentation recapped the public input process, discussed the market analysis, and presented drawings and maps of future zoning concepts. After the presentation, attendees could view area maps, study drawings … Read more
District 5 Councilwoman Gyna Bivens, like many Fort Worth residents, clearly has a soft spot in her heart for the historic area known as Stop Six. Maybe that’s why her eyes narrow and her jaw clenches at something she believes is holding this part of east Fort Worth back. She’s determined to change it. Stop … Read more
Posted June 11, 2015 by Kevin Buchanan in Blotch In the late ’30s, a Fort Worth cement contractor named C. M. Davis came up with an idea to kill two birds with one cement-colored stone: to demonstrate that cement was capable of being used in an architecturally interesting way that was within reach of the … Read more
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