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Smith-Swinney Motor Co. Bldg. Up For Demolition Before Landmarks Commission


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#51 John T Roberts

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Posted 16 March 2007 - 01:05 PM

Well, this one is officially gone. As of noon today, a little bit of the first floor structure, a little of the east side wall, and the retaining wall on the first floor remained. From what I saw of the demolition, it appears that the owners did not attempt to save the cast stone trim pieces as requested by the interested parties one year ago.

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Posted 16 March 2007 - 01:42 PM

Well that's just great. Another bit of Fort Worth history, another piece of Automobile Row, and another Wyatt Hedrick building are gone. To the owners of the property:

You suck.

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Posted 16 March 2007 - 05:53 PM

Anybody know why the water gushed from the demolition for so long?
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 08:16 PM

QUOTE(Atomic Glee @ Mar 16 2007, 02:42 PM) View Post

Well that's just great. Another bit of Fort Worth history, another piece of Automobile Row, and another Wyatt Hedrick building are gone. To the owners of the property:

You suck.



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Posted 17 March 2007 - 03:01 PM

Just went by the site and it's flattened...just a big pile of scrap now..

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Posted 07 April 2007 - 11:17 AM

QUOTE(TexasPacific52 @ Mar 17 2007, 03:01 PM) View Post

Just went by the site and it's flattened...just a big pile of scrap now..


Is the loss of the building on 7th Street going to cause any push by Historic Fort Worth or other organizations to get stronger ordinances protecting historic resources here? I consider the apparently willful neglect and the eventual demolition of the building outrageous, but could it be prevented with stronger ordinances in the future?

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Posted 07 April 2007 - 11:49 AM

Pup, HFW is always pushing for stronger ordinances to protect historic resources. These moves are usually ignored.

Demolition by neglect could be prevented by stronger ordinances, but generally this city is Pro-Property Rights in its philosophy, so getting any preservation ordinance strengthened is unlikely.

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Posted 07 April 2007 - 09:37 PM

I though they were saving that building. What did I miss?
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 09:54 PM

Scott, in some ways you missed nothing. After the Demolition Delay Consultation meeting was held, the owner agreed not to demolish the building immediately after the 180 days expired. Those 180 days expired on May 16, 2006. A handful of people thought there might be hope that the building could be rehabbed since it stood for another 10 months. The only bad thing about the DD expiring is that the owner could get another demolition permit any time after that date and then he could begin demolition as soon as the permit was signed. It was fortunate that we were notified a few days before demolition actually begun and the contractor demolished the non-historic Goodyear Store before they started on the older building.

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Posted 08 April 2007 - 11:50 PM

John do you have any photos of the demo?
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Posted 09 April 2007 - 06:44 PM

No, I don't. 90% of the building went down one weekday morning.




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