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[John T Roberts]

Nitixope, you did get two of them right, but there are more.

[Stadtplan]

Al Hayne Memorial front and center.
https://www.dfwi.org...morial-and-park

[John T Roberts]

You still don't have them all.

[Stadtplan]

Butler Place Housing
IM Terrell High School

[Stadtplan]

Monnig is still there
https://goo.gl/maps/xYHb6azxiweLcEZG9

https://hometownbyha...ar.com/?p=30178

Also in 1925 architects Sanguinet and Staats designed a new building for Monnigs wholesale business at 100 East 15th Street next to Joseph Browns wholesale grocery building.

Years later Williams son Oscar, by then president of the company, would fight to save the building when it was threatened on two sides by construction of the Water Gardens, convention center, and east-west freeway.

And he would be successful. In 1982 Monnigs left the building, but it was renovated and lives on as Water Gardens Place.

The Monnigs buildings in the stores original location were less fortunate: They were demolished for the convention center.

[John T Roberts]

No one identified all of the objects still in place from the photograph.  Nitixope did identify three more objects, but there are three that are left.  The first, is in the distance above the Ashton Depot in the upper left.  It was the first I.M. Terrell School, which later became Carver-Hamilton Elementary, and of late was the administrative offices of Fort Worth Housing Solutions. 

 

The next item is the round water feature in the island with the Al Hayne Memorial, and the last object is the decorative rail that starts the South Main Underpass in the lower right of the photo.

 

Next month's tour is Bronze and Stone, our public art in Downtown.  It will be held on June 11, 2022 and we will meet at 9:00 AM in the Concourse of the Texas & Pacific Railway Terminal.

[John T Roberts]

The next Downtown Fort Worth Walking Tour is scheduled for Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 9:00 AM.  We will meet at the T&P Outdoor Concourse next to the T&P Tavern between the historic skyscraper and the commuter rail lines.  The title for the first tour of 2023 is “Skyline Tour – Fort Worth’s historic (& new) Skyscrapers”.

[John T Roberts]

This month's tour on Saturday will be fun and challenging.  The Stock Show Parade is running right through our planned route right after we finish at 11:00 AM.  The parade route goes south on Main to the Convention Center, west on 9th for one block, then north on Houston back to the Courthouse.  I guess the good news is that those who are interested can stay and watch the parade.

[ramjet]

Thank you, John, for your wing of the very well attended downtown skyscraper tour this morning.  Your insight and knowledge (and pictures on your iPad) were terrific.  I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.   I've done these tours twice since I've moved back to Fort Worth in October, and I'm taken aback by the high level of interest and the diversity of participants in these tours.  I attended the Stock Show parade after the tour and really enjoyed that as well.  I've known this since ever, but we live in a special place.  

[Stadtplan]

I echo ramjets appreciation of your tour guidance and expertise this morning, John. My energy level wasnt quite 100% today, but the weather was fantastic. On my walk back to the T&P Warehouse (where I parked), I was admiring the calm, quite presence of downtown over by St. Patricks Cathedral and current City Hall. With much of the cross streets blocked off for the parade route, there was a special feeling in the air today with the gentle south wind and sounds of the parade in the background.

[John T Roberts]

Ramjet, you are welcome.  As I said on the tour, I probably have as much or more fun as the attendees.  Nitixope, it was quite a different experience to be in Downtown today.  I also enjoyed my walk back. 

[arch-image]

When do y'all do the walking tours and where are they announced? Would love to do one of these! 

[Stadtplan]

When do y'all do the walking tours and where are they announced? Would love to do one of these! 

 

There's one this Saturday morning at 9:00am.  The group gathers at the open air seating area T&P Tavern.  It has a nicer public restroom and Tim & Donna serve homemade breakfast burritos beforehand.  This weekend is Historic South Main Village tour so they will be walking south instead of through downtown.

 

https://www.timdyoung.com/tours/

 

(By the way, if you don't or can't pre-register, just show up anyways, it's not a big deal.  It's more for the burrito count.)

 

There's free street parking along Lancaster all the way from the warehouse past T&P or pay in the T&P lot.

[John T Roberts]

Unfortunately, the price of eggs has hit Tim.  This month, he will be preparing cinnamon pecan biscuits.  I hope the change in the free food doesn't run anyone off.

[Stadtplan]

Heres our path from today Southside Walking Tour. Thanks again John, I had a great time and enjoyed seeing everyone.

[Stadtplan]

We had quite the crowd today!  (this is both teams in one shot)

 

[ramjet]

I took a ton of pics on the fun and interesting tour today of the near Southside.  I attached a few below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stadtplan]

ramjet, Those turned out very nice.  I see you know your way around a camera.

[Stadtplan]

Here's a few of my shots from the Southside Walking Tour:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[arch-image]

 

When do y'all do the walking tours and where are they announced? Would love to do one of these! 

 

There's one this Saturday morning at 9:00am.  The group gathers at the open air seating area T&P Tavern.  It has a nicer public restroom and Tim & Donna serve homemade breakfast burritos beforehand.  This weekend is Historic South Main Village tour so they will be walking south instead of through downtown.

 

https://www.timdyoung.com/tours/

 

(By the way, if you don't or can't pre-register, just show up anyways, it's not a big deal.  It's more for the burrito count.)

 

There's free street parking along Lancaster all the way from the warehouse past T&P or pay in the T&P lot.

 

 

Dang, Sorry I missed it, I understood it was starting at 12:30 

[John T Roberts]

We missed you.  Nitixope mentioned he thought you were attending.  There's always next month, but it will be a week later due to one of those rare scheduling conflicts.

[John T Roberts]

Somehow, our Forum Meeting thread turned into the Downtown Walking Tour.  I will be moving all of these posts over to the correct one.

[John T Roberts]

The posts have now been moved over to the Downtown Fort Worth Walking Tour thread.

[Stadtplan]

We missed you.  Nitixope mentioned he thought you were attending.  There's always next month, but it will be a week later due to one of those rare scheduling conflicts.

 

arch-image, we'll catch you at the next one or maybe a forum lunch.  The lunches meet at 11:45 on the last friday of the month at Benitos on Magnolia and there was one or two times around the holidays when we weren't all pressed for time and did a brief Magnolia area walking tour as well as toured danben26's loft apartment at PS1200. 

 

The format of these Saturday morning downtown walking tours is pretty laid back but covers a lot more ground with a quite large group as you can tell from my photo. You're always welcome to stay as long as you can and peel off if you need to go sooner.  

 

We sort of kicked around the idea of doing a Stockyards walking tour led by John if anyone is interested.  I'd imagine this would also be a Saturday morning.  I'm game if anyone else is?  

[JBB]

Great photos from what looked like a great tour.  I'll make one of these someday.  I work a lot of Saturdays and when I don't it's because I have plans.

[ramjet]

Nitixope: your photos are really terrific. I especially like the ones of Broadway Baptist and the former synagogue (now Presbyterian church). Fort Worth has some magnificent church architecture, and as John pointed out this morning a lot of interesting school/education architecture. These tours have been so interesting and well done (thanks, John).

[Stadtplan]

Nitixope: your photos are really terrific. I especially like the ones of Broadway Baptist and the former synagogue (now Presbyterian church). Fort Worth has some magnificent church architecture, and as John pointed out this morning a lot of interesting school/education architecture. These tours have been so interesting and well done (thanks, John).

 

Thanks JBB and ramjet.  I always feel very uplifted after doing these walking tours, just a rare opportunity to tap into our city's history, and doing this with a big group lets you just soak it in for a minute.  The building that spoke to me the most today was the George B. Monnig house.  Look at those lines!  (she didn't know she was getting her picture taken this morning, without her hair and make-up)  I feel like there's another chapter to that story.  Glad to have hidden gems like that still with us.

 

[John T Roberts]

I saw that you found the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark plaque.  I didn't see it on the tour, and I thought it might have been removed.

[TLA]

Fantastic photos. Would have loved to go on this one, but had a friend’s birthday to attend. I imagine some of the tour participants never have walked much around this area or only have once S Main was redone. Nice to see new developments breathing life into the city’s history.

Regarding a Stockyard’s tour, I’m very interested.

[John T Roberts]

I wanted to let the forum know that I will not be leading one of the tours tomorrow (Saturday, March 18).  I have come down with a very bad cold and I had to take today off from work.  I have already tested for Covid, and it came back negative, so that is good news for me.  Tim Young and Brian Ketcham will be the tour guides.

[Stadtplan]

Hope you are feeling better soon.

[Stadtplan]

Some photos from this morning. Me and ramjet were there.

[John T Roberts]

Nice photos, Nitixope!  I'm starting to feel better today.  Maybe, I will be able to get out of the house tomorrow.

[Stadtplan]

Thanks John. We did have a discussion on the Bryce Building. I didnt get a photo though.

[John T Roberts]

I'm sorry that I couldn't make it, but this hit me like a ton of bricks at work on Thursday. 

[Stadtplan]

I'm sorry that I couldn't make it, but this hit me like a ton of bricks at work on Thursday. 

The air was very clear today but quite breezy in the shade. Better that you stayed home and rested. I caught a minute of Tims presentation in front of the Panther statue behind Flatiron and he did a good job, but I had intended to meet up with ramjet. It was fun hearing Brians quips too.

[Stadtplan]

I had two other photos I was going to post from yesterday:

 

 

 

 

I was imagining seeing these doors open and looking down the street inside the warehouse.

[Stadtplan]

Historic Hotel Tour

Join us for a free walking tour of some of downtown Fort Worth's historic hotels and the spots where others once stood.

 

https://www.eventbri...ts-664821708627

 

Date and time

Saturday, July 8 · 9 - 11am CDT

 

Location

Historic Texas & Pacific Railway Station 221 W Lancaster Ave Fort Worth, TX 76102

[Stadtplan]

Historic Hotels Route:

 

[Stadtplan]

Catchall for the rest of the photos from the tour (sorry, they got out of order a bit when I uploaded them but we're headed from north to south at this point.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

[John T Roberts]

The Downtown Fort Worth Walking Tour for October, scheduled for Saturday, has been cancelled. 

[Stadtplan]

The Downtown Fort Worth Walking Tour for October, scheduled for Saturday, has been cancelled. 

 

I was actually looking forward to this one given the cooler weather.

[John T Roberts]

The reason for the cancellation was that both Brian and Tim had unexpected scheduling conflicts pop up that they couldn't cancel.  Welooked at doing it a week early, or a week late, but there were other conflicts with them, as well.  The result was that the tour was cancelled, and Tim contacted everyone that had signed up to tell them the tour was not going to happen on Saturday.  We had over 100 people to sign up, and that is too many for me to handle on a tour. 

[Stadtplan]

The reason for the cancellation was that both Brian and Tim had unexpected scheduling conflicts pop up that they couldn't cancel.  Welooked at doing it a week early, or a week late, but there were other conflicts with them, as well.  The result was that the tour was cancelled, and Tim contacted everyone that had signed up to tell them the tour was not going to happen on Saturday.  We had over 100 people to sign up, and that is too many for me to handle on a tour. 

 

I've noticed the tours have really gained in popularity recently.  That would be a challenge to corral that many people by yourself.  I really enjoyed the Near Southside Tour and the Hotels Tour too.

[John T Roberts]

They have gained in popularity and we are down one tour guide.  We really need three regular guides with Tim and Donna serving as back-ups. 

[Stadtplan]

Free Downtown Fort Worth Walking Tours

Saturday, November 11th –

“JFK Visits Fort Worth”

https://www.timdyoung.com/tours/

 

[John T Roberts]

I don't want to put a damper on anything, but the last I heard was the tour is "Sold Out".  Since we only have two tour guides, the numbers are limited.

[Stadtplan]

I don't want to put a damper on anything, but the last I heard was the tour is "Sold Out".  Since we only have two tour guides, the numbers are limited.

 

SOLD OUT - Free Walking Tour - Fort Worth's Historic Churches SAT Dec 9 at 9am

 

https://www.eventbri...DIyMy4wLjAuMA..

[ramjet]

Just a few shots from this morning's downtown walk and church tour:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John T Roberts]

I really enjoyed guiding the tour this morning.  I want to thank Ramjet, Nitixope, Charlie, and Hipolyte for attending today.