History of La Gran
These are previous names of La Gran Plaza
What are Seminary South and Town Center?
This is the distinct smell of urine - and sometimes worse than that - could be found here until recently.
What is the stairwell?
This communicator always put on bright lipstick before going anywhere.
Who is Cindy Brooks?
This was the first park in Fort Worth, established in 1873.
What is Hyde Park?
Set to retire in 2025, this man will have been the department's director for 33 years.
Who is Richard Zavala?
This is the 3-level department store that originally occupied the area where PARD's offices are currently located.
What is Sears?
This athletic equipment can be found juggled at the traffic light - sometimes perilously.
What are tennis rackets?
This administrator could hardly be found behind her boxes of documents.
Who is Chris Taylor?
Park & Recreation has 302 of these, which range from very small to massive.
What are parks?
These were the past and present charges against a Community Center aide arrested during their shift at a Community Center.
What are homicide and arson?
The original shopping center was shaped like this letter of the alphabet.
What is an L?
This is not just an Old Testament King, but also the name of the old guy who serenades us daily.
Who is David?
This tenured planner-then-AD was a ringer for the current City Manager
Who is David Creek?
This is the number of directors that our department has had in the last 50 years.
What is 3?
This development of houses is located within the bounds of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, meaning residents must go past our entrance gate to get home.
What is the Lakeland Addition?
What is a ceiling/roof?
These were spilled across the Seminary overpass one morning.
What are fish?
This former wrangler was the pro before Sarah & Adriana.
Who is Marilyn Isaacs?
Since the 60's or earlier, Park & Recreation has not had its administrative offices located here.
What is City Hall?
This was the name given to the group of people a Recreation Program Specialist unwittingly helped escape prison.
What is the Texas 7?
In 2004 the mall was bought and its name was changed to this.
What is La Gran Plaza?
This is the number of keys needed to access every door to our various office spaces.
What is 5?
This duo worked together for 26 years and retired within months of each other.
Who are Sandra Youngblood and Kelli Pickard?
This is the year that PARD moved to La Gran Plaza in a single day.
What was 1994?
This was the year the Park Department was formed in Fort Worth - 36 years after the first park was established.
What was 1909?