Texas Alps in Grapevine - Surrounding Cities - Fort Worth Forum Texas Alps in Grapevine - posted in Surrounding Cities: Indoor ski slope planned for Grapevine08:14 AM CDT on Wednesday, July 22, 2009WFAA-TV Staff GRAPEVINE — How would like to go snow skiing in North Texas in the middle of the summer? Snow Sport Entertainment Ltd planned to announce Wednesday a new project called Texas Alps in Grapevine Texas Alps is described as a 590-foot indoor ski
Alps Building - Architecture in Fort Worth Formerly: Alps Hotel Ashby Dill Grocery This two story ochre brick building with cast stone window sills, trim, and cornice was restored and converted into an office building in 1983 Ashby and Dill Grocery opened with the building on the ground floor Over the years, numerous businesses have been located on the ground floor
Oncor Building - Architecture in Fort Worth In the 1950's, Fort Worth was experiencing a small building boom with the Fort Worth National Bank outgrowing its old headquarters in what is now the Kimpton Harper Hotel,across 7th Street The Dundee Buildingwas demolished around 1950 in order to construct this building In 1952, they completed a 16 story tower fronting 7th Street between Houston and Main Streets In 1961, a 25 foot wide, 4
Domino Building - Architecture in Fort Worth Historic Designation: City of Fort Worth Demolition Delay This building is a replica of the original Domino Building was reconstructed within the original two blocks of Sundance Square The building gets its name from "Buck's Domino Parlor", a domino hall that occupied the ground floor in the early days of the structure The Architect for the reconstruction was Thomas E Woodward and
Austin, Texas - May 2006 - Urban Photos - Fort Worth Forum Austin, Texas - May 2006 - posted in Urban Photos: This last weekend, I met a few people from the Skyscraperpage com Forum in Austin I had a great time because it had been several years since I walked around downtown We met in front of the new Austin City Hall and these are the photos that I took in order except for one AMLI DowntownFront of City HallEast side of City HallNorth side of City
Avilla Reserve - Residential - Fort Worth Forum Avilla Reserve - posted in Residential: Avilla Reserve is an interesting development proposed way up north on 114, just west of TMS and Justin HS The development is very dense, but consists of individual homes, as described in the zoning case submission, The applicant is proposing a zoning change to create a “cottage community” that will include multiple individual, separate structures
National Humane Alliance Fountains - Fort Worth Forum National Humane Alliance Fountains - posted in Local History: Recent S-T article discussing the National Humane Alliance (NHA) Fountains (by the way, nice to see coverage on local historical topics ) https: www star-tel e271529642 html fountains so horses and other animals could have access to water in urban areas in cities across the United States The five -ton granite structures have
Man with Briefcase also a movie star - Miscellaneous Man with Briefcase also a movie star - posted in Miscellaneous: So I was watching the movie "Sneakers" last night and found a couple amusing things First, a number of serious, non-ironic references to the NSAs lack of ability to operate domestically And second, in the Ben Kingsly character's office there are several of Borofsky's Man with Briefcase, just like the one in Burnett Park only