9 stories of resilience in Fort Worth’s historic neighborhoods

These Star-Telegram stories highlight the diversity of Fort Worth's historic neighborhoods and remarkable efforts to revive them or help them thrive. Do you have a similar story idea that we should pursue? Let us know! Shoot an email to editors@star-telegram.com.

Hemphill Street near the meeting point of Worth Heights neighborhood and Seminary neighborhood on April 16, 2024. By Amanda McCoy

‘LEFT BEHIND’ BY THE CITY, THESE FORT WORTH NEIGHBORHOODS NOW HAVE REASON TO HOPE

Help is on the way for these Fort Worth neighborhoods that feel ignored by the city. | Published April 25, 2024 | Read Full Story by Kamal Morgan

David Howard, a former NFL linebacker, stands in one of the community gardens he built in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth on April 17, 2024. Howard has been investing in the Stop Six community of Fort Worth for over two decades. He is in the process of building a small farm, as well as a SNAP and EBT grocery store, to provide fresh fruits and vegetables in order to address food insecurity in the community. By Amanda McCoy

A FORT WORTH NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A FOOD DESERT. THEN AN EX-DALLAS COWBOYS LINEBACKER MOVED IN

This former NFL star knows what it’s like to be successful. Now, he wants his neighbors in Fort Worth to know that feeling. | Published April 24, 2024 | Read Full Story by Tiffani Jackson

Former Butler Place residents Tremayne Kilgore, LC Timms, Joe Collier and Greg Wilson are photographed in the neighborhood where they grew up just outside of downtown Fort Worth on May 15, 2024. Butler Place was home to hundreds of residents despite the stigma of being in the projects and the violence surrounding them. Although the future of the neighborhood remains uncertain, demolition plans are in place for most of the area. By Chris Torres

AS FORT WORTH REDEVELOPS ITS OLDEST PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX, RESIDENTS LOOK BACK FONDLY

For many, life in this Fort Worth apartment complex rose above the stigma of public housing. | Published May 31, 2024 | Read Full Story by Kamal Morgan

The University Place neighborhood began development in the years after TCU moved from Waco to Fort Worth in the early 1900s.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR TCU WAS ONCE THE SUBURBS, WHERE HOMES HAD OUTHOUSES

Houses in this Fort Worth neighborhood didn’t have basic services when they were built in the early 1900s. | Published May 4, 2024 | Read Full Story by Richard Selcer

The R. Vickery School on May 6, 2024, in Fort Worth. The school was built in 1910 but has sat vacant for many years. By Amanda McCoy

THESE FORT WORTH TREASURES HAVE LANDED ON LIST OF CITY’S ‘ENDANGERED PLACES’

Without preservation, Fort Worth could have lost gems like the Stockyards, Public Market and Ridglea Theater. | Published May 7, 2024 | Read Full Story by Harrison Mantas

Mayor Mattie Parker speaks at the Fort Worth Hispance Chamber of Commerce about the Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Program that will bring eight national experts to Fort Worth for a week to gather information from Northside residents and stakeholders’ concerns about the development of Panther Island. By image not found

AS PANTHER ISLAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES, THEY'RE WORKING TO PRESERVE NORTHSIDE

The Northside community wants to preserve its culture and history, and this advisory panel wants to help. | Published September 17, 2024 | Read Full Story by Kamal Morgan

Renovations continue on the historic Armour building in the Fort Worth Stockyards on Dec. 6, 2024.

DISCOVERY OF ABANDONED TUNNEL ADDS TO STOCKYARDS LORE

Construction workers turning the old Armour building at the Fort Worth Stockyards into an energy firm’s new corporate offices made an intriguing find. | Published December 30, 2024 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

Regina Davis, secretary of the Fairhaven Neighborhood Council, sits on a bench at Village Creek Park in Fort Worth on March 3, 2025. By Chris Torres

CAN $4M HELP RESTORE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS A CLEAN, KIND, SAFE PLACE?

Longtime resident hopes city investment will help restore her neighborhood as ‘a place to live, and be safe, and show love.’ | Published April 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kamal Morgan

The Grand High Court of Heroines of Jericho building on May 6, 2024, in Fort Worth. The Grand High Court of Heroines of Jericho was an African American women’s organization with chapters created shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation. The building was built in 1952. By Amanda McCoy

ENDANGERED BUILDING, PART OF FORT WORTH’S BLACK HISTORY, GETS HISTORIC DESIGNATION

The Grand High Court of Heroines of Jericho gets a historic designation | Published March 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kamal Morgan

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.