Fort Worth considers permanent tribute to hometown star Leon Bridges
Ten years ago Leon Bridges cut his first studio album “Coming Home” in the heart of the Near Southside.
The album helped make Bridges a household name, boosting his national profile and earning him his first of six Grammy nominations.
Now the Fort Worth City Council wants to mark the occasion by placing a series of street sign toppers along the street where Bridges recorded his debut album.
The sign toppers would be along a section of South Calhoun Street between East Vickery Boulevard and East Broadway Avenue. The former Supreme Golf Warehouse Outlet building houses Niles City Sound — the recording studio where Bridges recorded the album.
The council will vote on a resolution at its Sept. 30 meeting to approve the toppers. The resolution also recognizes Bridges both for his career accomplishements and his elevation of local artists and charities.
The Big Good — Bridges’ charitable collaboration with former TCU football coach Gary Patterson— regularly raises over $1 million annually for local organizations like the Tarrant Area Food Bank and the Tarrant To and Through program.
A portion of Bridges’s Oct. 7 performance at the luxury Fort Worth hotel Bowie House will also be donated to charity.
The city honored Bridges in during his November 2024 concern in Dickies Arena by designating Nov. 15 as Leon Bridges Day, and by temporarily renaming a street outside the area in his honor.
These new signs would be perminant in recognition of Bridges’s contributions to the city.
The Sept. 30 council meeting will start at 10 a.m. at city hall at 100 Fort Worth Trail.
This story was originally published September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM.
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