Public Market

 Sometimes I feel like I must be a true stalwart trying to hold up progress of the whole world. Whenever I see an old building with a little style or a different character than the modern strip mall faux facades I wonder why progress is defined by the razing of all that history just to be replaced by some more sameness.

Public Market building

  Lucky for the city of Ft. Worth, Texas there is someone with a similar view of architectural history. Bob Simpson started by founding XTO, a gas company but as of late has taken to restoring old things. Everything from the Sanger building to as of late the Star-Telegram and even the Texas Rangers baseball team. HIs latest acquisition is the Public Market building on Henderson, kind of the predecessor to the strip mall from 1930 with a whole lot more  character. Good on you Mr. Simpson.