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Over 14 city blocks (previously known as "Hell's Half Acre") were demolished to make way for the new facility that opened in 1968. The building is noted for the indoor arena, resembling a flying saucer. In 1997 the City of Fort Worth purchased the facilities and properties, changing the complex's name to the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The Town Hall (also Town Hall [a]) is a performance space at 123 West 43rd Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue near Times Square, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It was built from 1919 to 1921 and designed by architects McKim, Mead & White for the League for Political Education .
The Fort Worth Water Gardens, built in 1974, is located on the south end of downtown Fort Worth between Houston and Commerce Streets next to the Fort Worth Convention Center. The 4.3-acre (1.7 hectare) Water Gardens were designed by noted New York architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee and were dedicated to the City of Fort Worth by the Amon ...
The theater on Montgomery Street, built in 1983 as Fort Worth’s only IMAX, abruptly shut down in March 2020 when the pandemic began. The Star-Telegram reported in December that the nonprofit ...
More than 50,000 students from Fort Worth schools roam the halls of the museum each year, and with the new Omni Theater next year, the museum looks to spark interest in learning in a unique way.
(Updated from a column first published Sept. 20, 2017.) What makes Fort Worth “Funky Town?” Now on a line of TCU Horned Frogs T-shirts, the nickname started with a song nearly 40 years ago ...
This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions.
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.