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[John R]

These photos are a mix of recent ones that I have taken in both Fort Worth and Dallas. I am also including some photographs of my neighborhood. A few of those shots have some from Christmas mixed in. My neighbhorhood is mostly smaller brick houses, but a small part of the neighborhood has large mansions. The neigbhorhood is called Ryan Place.

This is my house, one of the smaller homes:


Now for the big homes:


Here are more of the houses on the same street:




























About 1 mile away is the campus of Texas Christian University. The university moved to Fort Worth in the same year that Ryan Place was built. TCU started in Fort Worth, moved to Thorp Spring, then moved to Waco before returning to the city. In 1911, the university started with three buildings and a Campus Master Plan. Two of the buildings remain today and all of the structures from the 1920's were built to the Campus Plan. The campus is bisected by University Drive.

This is Jarvis Hall, the only unaltered original building on the campus.


Dave Reed Hall is the administration building and is the other original building. However, the portico has been removed and major additions were built to the rear.


Sadler Hall:




Old Gymnasium, now used for Ballet, built in the 1920's:


The Art Deco Science Building:


One of the new dormitories on the west side of the campus (behind the early buildings):




Some of the more modern buildings sit on the east side of the campus (east of University). This one was designed by Paul Rudolph.


Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo:


Here are some others:




TCU is currently on a major building boom, with a new 6 story apartment building located on the area's major commercial street and a new Campus Commons, complete with a new Student Center. A new bookstore is also being designed, but last week, a historic 800 seat single screen theater was demolished for the project. This was unexpected, because the University only purchased it in July. The theater came down because it had no city historic designation.

Now we move on to Downtown Dallas:

First Baptist Church:


First Prebyterian Church:




Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe:


Old Magnolia Oil Gas Station (Mobil):




Cumberland Hill School:


Mercantile National Bank Original Base being exposed:


The Gulf States Building:


W Hotel from downtown on Woodall Rogers Freeway:


I do have more pictures to upload and post, but I'm seriously thinking about doing another DFW urban excursion over Labor Day Weekend. (Unless I get a better offer!)
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[KevinFromTexas]

Great pics!
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[LoneStarMike]

Very nice pics of the Fort worth homes. Sigh ...I wish I could afford to live in a neighborhood like that.

[John R]

Most of the houses in the neighborhood are like mine, not the large mansions. I could not afford to live on Elizabeth Blvd. That is the street with the mansions. The further away from that street, the smaller and newer the houses become.
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