Fort Worth Club to Demolish Former Star-Telegram Classifieds Building for Surface Parking Lot
July 15, 2009 at 11:34 am | Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development | Tags: Architecture, commercial, Downtown, Historic Preservation, urban design
We’ve just learned that the DDRB will be reviewing an application on August 6th by the Fort Worth Club to demolish the former Star-Telegram Classifieds Building at 5th & Taylor in Downtown and replace it with a surface parking lot.
We’ve already written about how unfortunate it would be to lose the Classifieds building. It is the only remaining example of Mid-Century Modern/Googie architecture in downtown Fort Worth. To lose that remaining example would be a shame from a preservation standpoint – even more so because the replacement use, a surface parking lot, is about the worst thing that could go there from an urbanism perspective.
If you’d like to express your views on the demolition of the Classifieds Building, we’d recommend taking a look at the Fort Worth Club’s Contact Us page for potential contacts.