Fort Worth, Texas , Tarrant County Seat, North Central Texas I-20, I30, I-35W, Hwys.377, 81, 287, 30

Fort Worth, Texas , Tarrant County Seat, North Central Texas I-20, I30, I-35W, Hwys.377, 81, 287, 30 miles from Dallas, 259 miles from Crazy Town (Houston), 187 miles from Austin, 262 miles from San Antonio, 625 miles from El Paso, is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-largest in the United States. Tarrant County Courthouse (1895; restored - 1983), looking N down Main St. "Fort Worth was founded as a military camp in 1849, named after General William Jenkins Worth. Today, free virtual home tours the city is portrayed as more old-fashioned and laid-back than its neighbor, free virtual home tours Dallas. Known as 'Cowtown' for its roots as a cattle drive terminus, Fort Worth bills itself as 'Where the West begins' and still celebrates its colorful Western free virtual home tours and Southern heritage. Also known as 'Panther City' due to a legend of a panther sleeping in the streets in 1875." ( from Wikipedia ) Sinclair Building (1930; restored - 1990) at night Picchi Pacchi Italian Restaurant sign A good example of the Zigzag Moderne styling and ziggurat elements on the Sinclair Building free virtual home tours . Approaching Sundance Square via Main Street 95.9 The Ranch Red Goose Shoe Store (c.1903) AMC Sundance 11 Chop House Retro Cowboy City Streets Fort Worth Bass Performance Hall (1998) AMC Palace 9 Ashton Hotel (1915) Flat Iron Building (1907) Hilton Fort Worth (1921; ballroom addition - 1961; annex - 1968; restored - 1981) - The hotel was originally known as the Hotel Texas and is not only architecturally significant, but also historically significant. President John F. Kennedy spent his last night in Room 805. Picture in elevator lobby area View of Convention Center and Flatiron Building from Hilton Fort Worth Fort Worth Convention Center free virtual home tours Hogan Office Supply Co. Peter Bros. Hats (since 1911) neon sign with Flatiron Building free virtual home tours in background Flatiron Building , early morning Houston Street Peter Bros. Hats Hilton Fort Worth in early morning free virtual home tours light You must check out their website , at least for the history: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS "President Kennedy acknowledges applause at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast 40 years ago today after receiving free virtual home tours a Shady Oak Western hat as a gift from the city. On this morning in 1963, Fort Worth gave President John F. Kennedy our hearts and our most treasured gift. Forty years later, one tiny mystery remains. What happened to JFK's Western hat? No souvenir has ever symbolized Fort Worth and Texas like the Shady Oak Western hat, given to nine presidents since 1923 in a tradition begun by Star-Telegram Publisher Amon G. Carter Sr. We gave Kennedy free virtual home tours a Western hat at the morning breakfast at the Hotel Texas, now the Radisson Plaza Fort Worth. He never wore it. And it has never been seen again." Yellow Pages ad in 1946 ( from Peter Bros. scrapbook ) Hilton Fort Worth W.T. Grant Store building (1939), the first floor now houses a bar called The Library , hence the sign The Art Deco Kress Building , once home to one of the Kress Co. stores The Sinclair Building (1930) Chisholm free virtual home tours Trail mural The 95.9 The Ranch neon sign by day Red Goose Shoe Store neon sign by day Tarrant County Courthouse Joe Daiches Jewelers (business opened in 1929) Fire Station No. 1 (1907; restored - 1982) City Streets Fort Worth facade during the day Bass Performance Hall in daylight Ashton Hotel and Kress Building The Fort Worth Convention Center has landed. Fort Worth Star-Telegram (1920; additions 1940, 1948, & 1970) Man with Briefcase First Christian Church (1913) the Library (in the W.T. Grant Store building) Neon advertises a couple of the restaurants down in Sundance Square
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