WEST SIDE STORIES
Adventure Awaits on Fort Worth's historic and modern west side.
by Don Patterson Fort Worth was long ago dubbed the "place where the west begins", and the accolade is truer today than in the era of our early frontier settlers. Expansion and development has transformed the city's west side into a Mecca for those pursuing all that is truly "western." Here, the arts, fine dining, specialty shops, and nature in all its splendor flourish and give the community its distinct Cowtown flavor. Some of the southwest's finest museums and art galleries are nestled here in a sprawling cultural complex that can't seem to stop growing. The fabled Land of Oz had its yellow-brick road but Fort Worth boasts a thoroughfare that leads wayfarers to both the old west and the new. The old fashioned red-bricked pavement of Camp Bowie Boulevard lures visitors and natives alike to the city's cultural district. Lining the roadway is an ever-expanding collection of art galleries, auditoriums, boutiques, museums, restaurants, shopping malls, and theaters. At the doorway to the cultural district, Fort Worth's famed Casa Manana theatre commands the view. Popular live productions can be enjoyed under the theatre's distinctive geodesic dome. Casa Manana was originally heralded for its popular theater-in-the-round motif. Recent modernizing includes a modified thrust proscenium design, enlarging the stage and expanding and elevating seating to give play-goers a superior view. | |
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