News Items for Preservation in general
One of Fort Worth’s most iconic gardens has been rehabilitated, and the work has been honored by Historic Fort Worth Inc. for its sympathetic execution. Bennett Benner Partners earned the 2016 Preservation Project Award for its restoration of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden cascade fountain and upper rose garden shelter. The award recognized phase two … Read more
BY MITCH MITCHELL mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH Members of a historic African-American church in downtown Fort Worth have successfully stopped the sale of their building. The three church leaders who were pushing the sale have agreed that they have no authority to sell Mount Gilead Baptist Church and have backed away from the deal they struck … Read more
Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2016 3:00 pm Courtney Dabney cdabney@bizpress.net | 0 comments The first restaurant in Fort Worth’s new River District, Salsa Limón, will be moving soon from its University Drive address to its new home at 5012 White Settlement Road as the 276-acre community of homes, townhomes and apartments takes shape in a bend … Read more
BY SANDRA BAKER sabaker@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH It’s getting closer to the day that Fort Worth will see the last of World War II-era public housing buildings. Fort Worth Housing Solutions, the housing authority of the city of Fort Worth, plans to start construction in the first quarter on the initial phase of new apartments at … Read more
BY PRESTON JONES pjones@star-telegram.com On a recent afternoon inside the Ridglea Theater complex, there were familiar sounds: construction workers talking while they lifted tools and framed doorways, the screech of steel and drywall being cut echoing down the hallway connecting the Ridglea Theater, the Ridglea Lounge (formerly the Ridglea Bar) and the Ridglea Room. What … Read more
Posted Aug. 27, 2016 Jim Hodgson, director of the Fort Worth Aviation Museum, helps unveil the new historical marker for Meacham International Airport. The latest Texas historical marker was installed this month to observe the long and colorful history of aviation at Meacham International Airport. The marker is located between the flag poles at the … Read more
Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 2:45 pm Samantha Calimbahin scalimbahin@bizpress.net |0 comments Learn more about the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Strategic Plan: www.fwbg.org/strategic-plan With an estimated $15 million worth of improvements needed at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, city officials are looking at funding options as part of a 2016 Strategic Plan, including a possible admission … Read more
Fire Station No. 1 Bell, Jim. [Fort Worth Fire Station], photograph, Date Unknown; , University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Jim Bell. Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 12:49 pm Samantha Calimbahin scalimbahin@bizpress.net |0 comments The ground floor of the historic Fire Station No. 1 building at the … Read more
Some Mount Gilead members believe you can’t separate the history from the mold, but there are ways to keep the spirit of their church alive without condemning the building further. Merging with Paradox Church could be that way. Ornate glass doors overlook the sanctuary at Mount Gilead Baptist Church in downtown Fort Worth. Ron T. … Read more
A filmmaker puts the final touches on a documentary about the legendary district. Posted July 20, 2016 by Jeff Prince in Film Red Steagall will host an upcoming documentary on the Stockyards. Photo by Joel Walters. A bunch of cowboys are expected to be sidling up to bars and moseying down sidewalks in the Stockyards … Read more