SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 180
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize Ryan Place Addition of Fort Worth on the grand occasion
of the neighborhood's centennial celebration; and
WHEREAS, The plans for Ryan Place began with the
imagination of prominent Fort Worth landowner John C. Ryan, who
envisioned a tract of land comprising 100 acres between College
Avenue and Eighth Avenue as an area that could become one of the
finest residential districts to be found anywhere in the South;
and
WHEREAS, An excellent example of far-sighted planning,
Ryan Place became a vast neighborhood of well-kept, lovely homes,
which eventually were shaded by massive, mature trees that are
now a century old; and
WHEREAS, On the original tract, a beautiful 100-foot-wide
boulevard was laid out and paved, and large, ornate piers of
Carthage marble were erected at the Eighth Avenue and College
Avenue entryways; the boulevard became the center of the
Elizabeth Boulevard Historic District, which was established in
1979 and was the first registered residential historic district
in Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, Ryan Place residents established the first
organized neighborhood association in Fort Worth in 1974 and have
remained actively engaged in the betterment of their
neighborhood since that time; the area was named Neighborhood of
the Year by the City of Fort Worth in 2008, and in 2010, it was
selected as Best Neighborhood by the Fort Worth, Texas magazine;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
Legislature, hereby commend the residents of Ryan Place Addition
on preserving the beauty and many amenities of their unique
neighborhood and extend to them best wishes on the occasion of
their centennial celebration; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
the Ryan Place Homeowners Association and the residents of Ryan
Place as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Davis
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on February 7, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate