Fort Worth is called the city "Where the West Begins," and 100 years ago, the neighborhood known as Fairmount was where the south side ended. Now considered inner city, the Fairmount Southside Historic District is actually numerous smaller subdivisions including the largest, the Fairmount addition, and the smallest, the dubiously named Swastika Place. The neighborhoods were home to early merchants, lawyers, judges, artists, and small-business owners-many of whom went on to local and national fame. Today that legacy continues. Fairmount welcomes new generations of urban pioneers and benefits from a neighborhood renaissance that has brought this historically and architecturally significant gem of the city back from the brink of extinction.

In 1980, David Dillon launched his career as an architectural critic with a provocative article that asked “Why Is Dallas Architecture So Bad?” Over the next quarter century, he offered readers of the Dallas Morning News a vision of how good architecture and planning could improve quality of life, combatting the negative effects of urban sprawl, civic fragmentation, and rapacious real estate development typical in Texas cities. The Open-Ended City gathers more than sixty key articles that helped establish Dillon’s national reputation as a witty and acerbic critic, showing readers why architecture matters and how it can enrich their lives. Kathryn E. Holliday discusses how Dillon connected culture, commerce, history, and public life in ways that few columnists and reporters ever get the opportunity to do. The articles she includes touch on major themes that animated Dillon’s writing: downtown redevelopment, suburban sprawl, arts and culture, historic preservation, and the necessity of aesthetic quality in architecture as a baseline for thriving communities. While the specifics of these articles will resonate with those who care about Dallas, Fort Worth, and other Texas cities, they are also deeply relevant to all architects, urbanists, and citizens who engage in the public life and planning of cities. As a collection, The Open-Ended City persuasively demonstrates how a discerning critic helped to shape a landmark city by shaping the conversation about its architecture.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Allen Chapel AME Church, American Airways Hangar and Administration Building, Blackstone Hotel (Fort Worth, Texas), Bryce Building, Bryce Building (Fort Worth, Texas), Burk Burnett Building, Carlock Building, Central Handley Historic District, Eighth Avenue Historic District, Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse, Elizabeth Boulevard Historic District, F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas), Fairmount-Southside Historic District, First Christian Church (Fort Worth, Texas), Flatiron Building (Fort Worth, Texas), Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, Fort Worth Public Market, Fort Worth Stockyards, Grand Avenue Historic District, Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Railroad Passenger Station, Henderson Street Bridge, Heritage Park Plaza, Hotel Texas, James H. and Molly Ellis House, Knights of Pythias Building (Fort Worth, Texas), Kress Building (Fort Worth, Texas), Leuda-May Historic District, M. A. Benton House, Markeen Apartments, Marrow Bone Spring Archeological Site, Marshall R. Sanguinet House, Masonic Home Independent School District, Morning Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas, Neil P. Anderson Building, Our Lady of Victory Academy (Fort Worth, Texas), Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church and Parsonage, Paddock Viaduct, Pollock-Capps House, Ridglea Theatre, Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House, Saint James Second Street Baptist Church, South Boulevard-Park Row Historic District, South Side Masonic Lodge No. 1114, St. Mary of the Assumption Church, St. Patrick Cathedral in Fort Worth, Stephen F. Austin Elementary School, T&P Station, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Tarrant County Courthouse, Thomas Shiels House, Westover Manor, Wharton-Scott House, William J. Bryce House. Excerpt: List of Registered Historic Places in Tarrant...

Presents black-and-white photos and text profiles of nearly eighty architecturally and historically significant buildings in Fort Worth, Texas, all built before 1945.

Lists buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historical significance as defined by the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, in every state.