City of Fort Worth Planning Department Collection

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Black and white image shows a fenced off construction site with materials and equipment. A sign at the lower left foreground is headed with Tarrant County Convention Center and contains decision makers and vendors involved in the construction. Multiple tall office buildings are visible in the background.

Building site for Tarrant County Convention Center, negative, circa 1965

HISTORICAL NOTE

The City of Fort Worth Planning Division, formerly the Planning Department, provides comprehensive, long-range planning for the growth and development of the city. 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The City of Fort Worth Planning Department Collection primarily contains photographs and negatives, dating from 1957 to 1976, of various areas of Fort Worth including the Central Business District, Cultural District, downtown, Fairmount-Southside Historic District, Montgomery Street, Ryan Place, and the future site of the Tarrant County Convention Center (now Fort Worth Convention Center).

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Photographs

(48) monochromatic photographs, 1957-1958; undated

  • Aerial view of West Freeway looking east from Summit Avenue, by Squire Haskins, late 1950s; undated (restricted - requires permission)
  • Aerial views of downtown Fort Worth, by Skeet Richardson, 1957-1958 (restricted - requires permission)
  • Aerial views of Henderson Street, by Skeet Richardson, December 18; 1957 (restricted - requires permission)
  • Aerial views of downtown Fort Worth, by Don Wallace, Incorporated, 1957 (restricted - requires permission)
  • Downtown Fort Worth street scenes, by Don Wallace, Incorporated, 1957 (restricted - requires permission)

(293) monochromatic photographs and (299) black and white negatives, circa 1965

  • Unidentified airport - possibly Meacham Field or Spinks Airport
  • Fort Worth Central Business District
  • Harris Methodist Hospital area
  • Lancaster Avenue to 9th Street, Jones Street to Jennings Avenue, and site of Tarrant County Convention Center (now Fort Worth Convention Center) 
  • Throckmorton Street
  • Fort Worth residential area 
  • Berry Street area near Texas Christian University 
  • Elizabeth Boulevard, Chase Court, and Ryan Addition 
  • Fairmount-Southside Historic District
  • Seminary South Shopping Center
  • St. Stephen Presbyterian Church
  • Unidentified people 
  • 1300-2700 Montgomery Street
  • Calmont Avenue, Camp Bowie Boulevard, Crockett Street, Tulsa Way, South University Drive, West Vickery Street, West Freeway, and other unidentified street views
  • Fort Worth Cultural District
  • East Berry Street, West Berry Street, Benbrook Boulevard, West Cantey Avenue, Forest Park Boulevard, McCart Avenue, Park Hill Drive, Seminary Drive, University Drive, and other unidentified street views

Ryan Place Addition Houses, (717) monochromatic photographs, circa 1965

  • Fifth Avenue: 2260-3013 and unidentified addresses
  • Sixth Avenue: 2411-3005 and unidentified addresses
  • College Avenue: 2401-2530 and unidentified addresses
  • Elizabeth Boulevard: 1001-1604 and unidentified addresses
  • Lipscomb Street: 2018-2518
  • Ryan Place Drive: 2416-3035
  • South Adams Street: 2417-2709
  • Willing Avenue: 2300-3038 and unidentified addresses

Publications

  • Fort Worth Citywide Historic Preservation Plan, prepared for the City of Fort Worth by Looney Ricks Kiss, Urban Prospects; Marcel Quimby, Architecture/Preservation; Pavlik and Associates; Christopher Bowers; July 8, 2003.
  • Eight Decades of School Construction: Historic Resources of the Fort Worth Independent School District, 1892-1961, prepared by the City of Fort Worth with consultant Susan Allen Kline, September 2003.

 

 

Monochromatic photograph with overall light brown tone shows an elevated or bird's eye view of a downtown street scene. Other buildings of varying sizes are visible.

Bird's eye view of Flatiron and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company buildings, photograph, undated

 

Black and white photograph shows a busy intersection with traffic. Different business storefronts, along with signs, are visible. A sign for Main Street Drug Store, advertising Coca Cola, is visible above a traffic light at the top right.

Main and Eleventh Streets, before demolition for Tarrant County Convention Center, photograph, circa 1965

 

Black and white photograph shows a street in the foreground. There is a Mid-Century Modernist style building in the center with stone facing and zigzag canopies.

Street view of Clover Drive In, negative, circa 1965

 

Monochromatic photograph with overall light brown tone shows an angled side view of a two and a half story brick house. The image prespective emphasizes the gambrel roof.

Side view of 2530 College Avenue (James-Fujita House) from West Robert Street, photograph, circa 1965