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La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth is a Hispanic-themed shopping mall in Fort Worth, Texas. Opened in 1962 as Seminary South and later known as Fort Worth Town Center , it was reinvented as a center catering to largely Hispanic clientele after losing most of its major stores.
Mira Vista is a gated community in far Southwest Fort Worth with over 700 high end houses, a championship golf course and country club. [15] Morningside; Overton Park; Overton Park is a neighborhood represented by the Overton Park Neighborhood Association (OPNA) www.overtonpark-na.org in Fort Worth, Texas located southwest of city's downtown.
The Fort Worth skyline as viewed from the west. Fort Worth, the 5th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, is home to 50 high-rises, 21 of which stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). [1] The tallest building in the city is the 40-story Burnett Plaza, which rises 567 feet (173 m) in Downtown Fort Worth and was completed in 1983. [2]
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.
The Fort Worth ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is north of the control center. On December 30, 2020, a case of COVID-19 caused an evacuation of the control center and a complete ground stop. [1] [2]
Fort Worth residents know Wedgwood as "being near Hulen Mall". Newer houses are located near Candleridge Park. Another park, Le Blanc Park, features tennis courts, soccer fields and a basketball court. The Candleridge community is a middle class area where the houses were built from 1975 to 1981.
In January 2020, plans to demolish the Convention Center's arena were confirmed by the Fort Worth City Council. In addition to the arena's demolition, the plans also include straightening Commerce Street, building a 1,000 seat hotel and adding over 50,000 square feet of exhibit space, with groundbreaking intended for 2022 or 2023.
At 477 feet (145 meters), it is Fort Worth's fifth tallest building. It has 33 floors. Its addresses are Commerce Street, East 1st street, East 2nd Street, and Main Street. It was completed in 1982. It was the tallest building in Fort Worth from 1982 until 1983 when the Burnett Plaza was completed. It is the shorter of the two towers in the ...