Butler Place : Housing group looks at redevelopment of 41-acre complex

Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2016 9:30 am Rick Mauch FWBP Features Writer | 0 comments Butler Place Constructed between 1939 and 1940, Butler Place is one of 52 federally funded low-income housing projects built in the United States during the Great Depression. It housed 250 African-American families in the Chambers Hill area, a rather notorious part … Read more

Fort Worth’s Trimble Tech High School celebrates building’s 100 years

BY DIANE SMITH dianesmith@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH Trophies, photos and architecture hint of 100 years at Fort Worth’s Trimble Tech High School building. Another sign the Fort Worth campus is filled with memories: Multiple generations of Trimble Tech graduates — whether the Class of 1959 or the upcoming Class of 2017 — show their pride when … Read more

America’s 11 Most Endangered Places

Since 1988, the National Trust has used its list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places to raise awareness about the threats facing some of the nation’s greatest treasures. The list, which has identified more than 270 sites to date, has been so successful in galvanizing preservation efforts that only a handful of sites have … Read more

Meet Fort Worth’s new historic preservation officer!

Fort Worth’s new historic preservation officer brings 29 years of experience in architecture, architectural conservation, historic preservation and preservation planning in both private practice and various levels of government. Learn more about Murray G. Miller: Can you share some of your philosophies about historic preservation? My philosophies about historic preservation are rooted in the very … Read more

College Avenue Lofts

College Avenue Lofts, 1329 College Avenue Project Participants: Kris & Rhonda Fagala, College Avenue Lofts, Studio 97w History and Building Significance: The College Avenue Baptist Church Annex was designed by Clyde H. Woodruff and erected in 1925. This 3 story brick building is a contributing structure to the Historic Fairmount Neighborhood and is located one block … Read more

Botanic Garden structures honored for preservation effort

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

Not for sale: Aging Fort Worth church no longer on the market

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

Salsa Limón Distrito on the move to River District

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

Pace picking up on plans to redevelop World War II-era Fort Worth public housing sites

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

Ridglea Theater prepares to host live music again

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

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