Roma in Fort6 Worth - Local History - Fort Worth Forum
Sep 25, 2008 · I rember back in early 1940's on way to school at W.J. Turner seeing a Gypsy horse drawn wagon come over the crest of the hill on Azle Av. It was an impressive site with the wash tubs and pots and pans hanging on the sides. Later years saw a …
Chuck Wagon's - Local History - Fort Worth Forum
Apr 11, 2008 · Page 1 of 2 - Chuck Wagon's - posted in Local History: Here is a list of several restaurant chains in and around Fort Worth from days gone by:Chuck Wagon Hamburgers (locations throughout the Fort Worth-Mid CitiesClover Drive InnsLone Star Drive InnsMr. Quick HamburgersClown Hamburger on Belknap in Haltom City (hole in the wall with a great …
Casa Manana - Local History - Fort Worth Forum
Jun 29, 2008 · Casa Manana - posted in Local History: What memories does everyone have of this Theater in the Round? I'm sorry to say that in my entire life, I was inside it no more than twice, and in both cases I was a little kid and bored out of my skull. I've never been a fan of live theater. Lots of other people are, though. Both trips to the "House of Tomorrow" and its characteristic …
Stuff around Kimball's - Local History - Fort Worth Forum
Jun 1, 2008 · Stuff around Kimball's - posted in Local History: There is a huge trucking distribution center on the northwest corner of South Loop 820 and I-35W. It was built in the 1950s before the Loop was completed. As a kid in the '70s I remember seeing the name "Kimball's" on the building but never knew exactly what they shipped in and out of it; a guy I was in Boy Scouts with said …
Reuse for Stripling/Cox E. Lancaster - Fort Worth Forum
May 7, 2009 · Reuse for Stripling/Cox E. Lancaster - posted in Public & Institutional: I see in the Meadowbrook Shopper that the Stripling/Cox on E. Lancaster is being fitted out to be the Police Dept. Crime Lab. Glad it's not just going to be vacant forever. We live somewhat near it, mercifully not so near to be disturbed by the booming techno-dance music those Crime Lab staffers play …
The unobvious food memories - Miscellaneous - Fort Worth Forum
Jan 16, 2007 · Page 1 of 4 - The unobvious food memories - posted in Miscellaneous: I want to hear of your food memories...this is not the obvious places/things that have been mentioned in other threads (like the mexican resturant downtown that has been demolished, nor the Hardies mentioned elswhere earlier today).Also, this isn't meant to be a listing of GREAT food, just …
Warehouse building - Historic Photographs - Fort Worth Forum
Sep 7, 2006 · Warehouse building - posted in Historic Photographs: Warehouse building, Jones St and E. 9th, SW corner, c. 1930s, Fort Worth.View is looking South.This building was next to the Tex-Ice complex on Jones Street. I think that John Collier Industries owned this building in the 1950s and it either stored or manufatured one of the first oleo margarines. The name of the …
Airport Freeway Tunnel - Local History - Fort Worth Forum
Jul 29, 2008 · Airport Freeway Tunnel - posted in Local History: On a visit to the larger city to our east not long ago, I had occasion to tell my colleague about Greater Southwest International Airport and the tunnel that remained for so long after the construction of DFW. It started me to thinking about when that tunnel was removed, and much to my irritation, I could not find a …
Historic Buildings and Preservation - Fort Worth Forum
May 6, 2012 · Page 1 of 2 - Samuels Avenue - posted in Historic Buildings and Preservation: Forum member and Samuels Avenue resident/advocate, John S., always gets his licks in whenever he can.
West 7th Development - Commercial - Fort Worth Forum
Sep 27, 2006 · Page 1 of 32 - West 7th Development - posted in Commercial: FORT WORTH -- After months of negotiations, a Dallas investment fund with ties to town-house and restaurant developments has closed its deal to buy prime acreage on West Seventh Street from Acme Brick Co. The company is moving to southwest Fort Worth next year after more than five decades …