Fort Worth then and now

By Carol E. Roark

Subjects: Fort worth (tex.), Pictorial works, Texas, history, local, History

Description: "Fort Worth is a place that evokes fond memories of its places, people, and events. Residents and sojourners alike have favorites that help define what makes the city special for them. Perhaps the favorite site was a downtown intersection where the people watching was grand or a school playground with its impressive array of jungle gyms and slides. Although the details fade with time, our memory of the location doesn't change substantially - the way the place looked, our sense of how people used it or the feelings it evoked. In reality, though, things do change whether the alterations involve only minor details or major changes to the landscape and buildings.". "Fort Worth: Then and Now explores the changes that have taken place in the city by comparing a historic photograph with a contemporary image taken at the same place or in the same setting. Over time, some scenes have changed so substantially that they are scarcely recognizable, yet others retain many of the elements that would have made them familiar not only to us, but also to several generations of Fort Worthians."--BOOK JACKET.