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In 2000, a tornado hit Fort Worth, causing damage to several downtown buildings including the Tandy Center. [7] In 2001, the RadioShack Corporation sold the Tandy Center to another company, and made plans to construct a new corporate headquarters a few blocks away on the Trinity River. [8] The new owner renamed the complex City Place.
Montgomery Plaza fronts West 7th Street, which connects Fort Worth's Cultural District with the downtown area. West 7th has recently become one Fort Worth's most vibrant urban neighborhoods, a burgeoning community at the juncture of six major streets. The area includes a wide variety of dining, nightlife and residential options.
Downtown Fort Worth is the central business district of the city, and is home to many commercial office buildings, including four office towers over 450 feet tall. [5] Radio Shack has its headquarters in Downtown Fort Worth. [6] In 2001 Radio Shack bought the former Ripley Arnold public housing complex in Downtown Fort Worth for $20 million.
A 7th floor office inside the Bank One building the night the tornado hit on March 28, 2000 in downtown Fort Worth The tornado ravaged a southeast Arlington neighborhood near Bardin and Matlock ...
Fort Worth Stock Show, 1930s to 1950s. Queen Elizabeth visits Texas in 1991. Fort Worth snowfalls, from 1880s to 1950s. Labor Day in Fort Worth over the decades. Sept. 11, 2001, in Fort Worth and ...
Retail developer Jonathan Woodner first announced plans for Swifton Center in 1951, and sold his stake in the mall to Stahl Development in 1954. [2] The site chosen for the center was the southeast corner of Reading Road (U.S. Route 42) and Seymour Avenue within the city limits of Cincinnati, Ohio, a site determined by market analysts to be the center of population for the Cincinnati market at ...
J.D. Granger, who pushed for Fort Worth to become a more river-focused city, plans to open a restaurant in the Riverbend area next year.. The restaurant will be called Crystal Springs Hideaway and ...
1904 saw the beginning of the tradition of Fort Worth Fire Department apparatus being painted white. That year, Station #5 had been selected to represent Fort Worth at the annual Texas State Pump race at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. The members of Company #5 were unable to take their regular apparatus and instead had to use a reserve pumper.