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Redevelopment plans for Butler Place in Fort Worth

Learn more about the preservation of the former community housing.

By Kate Mazade
, September 7, 2022
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Residents relocated from Butler Place in 2020.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The City Council met on Tuesday to discuss the redevelopment of Butler Place , a former public housing community at the intersection of I-30, I-35 + US-287.

Butler Place is a 42-acre property that opened in 1939 with 400+ units for low-income residents. It closed in 2020 when the residents were relocated with HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program. ⁠

Fort Worth Housing Solutions and its partners proposed to:

  • Designate the former Carver-Hamilton Elementary School and two other residential buildings as historic landmarks
  • Create a new 6.5-acre amphitheater adjacent to I.M. Terrell Academy
  • Financially support the development of a Fort Worth African American museum and cultural center
  • Save 1,000 bricks from Butler Place to be used in an on-site public art installation

Next, HUD must remove a federal restriction for Butler Place to move forward as anything other than public housing.

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Kate Mazade
Kate is a Fort Worth native, having returned home after studying architecture and journalism in Alabama and New York. Her writing has appeared in interntional and national publications including Dezeen, Metropolis, Madame Architect, American Theatre, and Architectural Record. She is the co-author of “Dearest Babe, Letters from a World War II Flight Surgeon.”