John T Roberts

Rriojas71, you should.  It's a great place to visit.  Every year, the Fort Worth Bicycling Association has a 3 day ride in the Davis Mountains, starting in Fort Davis.  On the second day, the route goes from Fort Davis, to Alpine, to Marfa, and back to Fort Davis. 

AIAFW had a continuing education session at the Ellis Pecan Building on Wednesday.  It was my first opportunity to go inside and I will admit that it is still a grand space and I look forward to see Transform 1012 N. Main executing their plan for the building.  Over the years, I did have a few legal opportunities to go inside, but it wasn't ever possible with my work schedule.

I'm thinking that the Walmart property might be a distribution center, instead of a store.  They have a large Supercenter right off the edge of the map that you posted, and it is fairly new.

Doohickie, you have them reversed. 

East side of Westcliff Center:

• Worth Food Mart
• Piggly Wiggly
• Westcliff Hardware
• Jabo's Ace Hardware

West side of Center:

• Wyatt Food Store
• Kroger Wyatt Food Store
• Minyard's Food Store
• City Market
• Albertson's

I hope that I got all of the tenants listed.  I may have forgotten some, but I think everyone can get the drift on how those stores changed over the years.

From what is exposed, you can see that the original center had some Art Deco detailing.

I don't think I have answered this question before, and I'm not sure I have all of the answers.  The COFW requirements are tougher than the National Register's for individual nomination.  From what I can remember, I believe that it is our City's Preservation Ordinance that the HCLC reviews and approves the National Register's nomination of a structure within our city limits.  This approval is only a recommendation.

The notification was sent yesterday that the old W.I. Cook Children's Hospital on Lancaster is now officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

On the opposite side of things, now we know why the star gazing is so great out in Big Bend National Park. 

Someone should report this to the city with a photograph to back it up.

The home in question was purchased by a preservationist and restored.  I have been fortunate to tour the beautiful home after it was saved and restored.  It is no longer in danger.

Those deteriorating structural issues need to be addressed quickly, or something terrible could happen.

Growing up in the area does have its advantages.  I'm pretty sure right now those stairs are blocked with the construction at the pool. I haven't walked down them in a few years. 

There are several historic bridges within the zoo grounds.  Some of them you can see when you are in the zoo.  I think the one that I am referring is back in the service area for Texas Wild.  It is right off of Park Place on the south side of the street and the pool.  The creek is next to the road at that point.

As I had mentioned before, this was one of the pools where I swam when I was a kid.  There also used to be a couple of secluded tennis courts to the southwest in what is now the service area and Texas Wild.  We used to go over to those courts to play because they were free and never crowded.  There is also a historic bridge over Zoo Creek back in there.  Finally, there are some historic steps down to the pool from Tillery Park, up on the bluff. 

TLA, I also drove through there Sunday, but I didn't take any photographs.  I also agree that one month seems ambitious.

Great photos, TLA!

The next tour returns to Downtown.  We will be viewing the history of the Fort Worth Skyscraper.  The date is May 11th, and the time and place are 9:00 AM at the Texas & Pacific Railway Terminal.

I think with the advancement of time, these lesser known buildings have been forgotten as designed by these famous architectural firms.  Also, I know we don't include houses on this forum, but the Sid and Anne Bass House was only one of 30 homes that Paul Rudolph designed.  This house gives him 3 structures in the city that his firm was responsible for the design.  Along the same lines, I.M. Pei only designed 3 houses in his career, and we have one of them in the Tandy House.  What is even more of a coincidence is that the Bass House and the Tandy House sit on the same physical block. 

Going back to the commercial side, John Portman's Fort Worth National Bank was actually a revolutionary design for his firm.  His previous projects had a very tall atrium surrounded by hotel rooms.  This skyscraper design turned that concept inside out and ran the core of his building through the middle of the atrium, which was on the outside of the building and sheathed in sloped glass.  Portman later took this concept to further extremes at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles and the Renaissance Center in Detroit.  I think one of the reasons that Portman seems to no longer be credited with this project is from the radical remodeling of the building to convert it to residential.  Other than the octagonal tower, all of the original design features are gone.

I could comment on all the rest, but I think that is enough for now.

I did drive by there yesterday afternoon, and the pool progress looks good.  I do think they are going to build that new sidewalk all the way from Forest Park up to Colonial Parkway.  It does appear that way from the construction that has already been done. 

The Fort Worth City Council has voted to repair the FWWR crossing at W. Berry & Cleburne Rd.  This repair has been needed for quite some time.  The Fort Worth Report has the story.

https://fortworthrep...ent-complaints/