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
Square Footage: 2,192 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Year Built: 1925 Designation: Eligible for City of Fort Worth Landmark Description: Located within walking distance of the Cultural District and the West 7th Street district, this folk Colonial Revival style house at 3400 W. 4th Street is one of the few remaining historic homes in North Arlington Heights. This property was built … Read more
Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016 6:15 pm Samantha Calimbahin scalimbahin@bizpress.net |0 comments Rather than removing the historic district that governs building design in the Stop Six area, the city’s Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission is considering revising the district instead. The Landmarks Commission met July 11 and was expected to vote on whether the historic district … Read more
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
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