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    He was a great architect! My favs are his colonial designs, but do like his mod designs as well. My whole neighborhood in E. Fort Worth has that county contemporary theme to it.
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    Has anyone been to Bravo's on Hwy 6, b4 you get to 59? I went there and enjoyed my nachos. I was stunned that they used queso, instead of real cheese, but I was impressed. The fajita meet was fantastically seasoned, our service was great, and our bill reasonable. While I was there, my partner's cousin's daughter was silly. She kept getting up to "get some baloons and gum." Well, when we were about to leave, some of the waiters came out, and put a sombrero on my head, then immeidately took it off my head, and put it on lil Meagan's head, then came behind her and smushed some whipped cream in her face! The joke was really on her, wasn't it? That was too cute! My partner makes a great frito pie. Freshly grated cheese on top of an old family chilli recipe, on top of those big frito's scoops. Funny thing is that the chilli tastes like nacho's, but messier. Pour some Pace's on it and dig in! When it comes to Tex-Mex, I'm spoiled. I grew up eating fresh hard and soft tacos, enchiladas, breakfast tacos, and nachos. So, when it comes to tex-mex I'm picky. El Fenix in Dallas is my fav. Funny thing is, my mom is this lil itty bitty thing from Chillicothe, TX, but she can make a MEAN taco!
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    ....but I bet you know that you're stuck in that wheel chair...........ya aaaarre Blanche! I've read somewhere that there is one bath on the first floor, that's still a complete deco bath, and upstairs some of the baths were ripped out, and some were covered in carpet on the walls! That may have been from the Texas Historical Commission article on the house.
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    Once again, Prisclynn, thank you so very much! Some of us may never be able to go in there and see what a house that is ever again!
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    Thanks Prisclynn..........those are awesome! That made my day!
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    I just hope that the developer does the mansion justice. Now, I'm trying Rice's library to see if I can dig anything up on the house.
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    I have a lot of respect for GHPA and David Bush. He just e-mailed me back. I don't want to put the e-mail here, but he basically shared with me what's alread in this thread, and the fact that a private developer is closing very soon on the property and turning the mansion into an assisted living facility! However, Mr. Bush also stated that the developer has NO PLANS WHATSOEVER of having a tour of the mansion. That part sucks, but I maybe able to finagle something. It's always worked for me here in Dallas and Fort Worth.
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    thanks bachanon! I just e-mailed the ghpa to see if I could get some more info on the house, where to find historic pictures of the house, and what happened to the floor plans.
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    That house turned out GREAT!!! I have a pdf article on the house, and it's huge, even in it's original floor plan! Kudos to the guys that bought it and restored it.
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    This is my first time here! Woo hoo! I've been lurking around here for a month or so. Anway, I'd love to see more pics of the mansion; that's what brought me here. I've googled, and googled, and googled, and can't find many of the mansion. However, I've looked at it on google earth and local.live.com. I was in Houston here recently and missed out, because of the weather! Does anybody have any more pics, old, new, inside and out? BTW, I live in Fort Worth, and this place rocks 100 times more than the Dallas Historical Society boards!
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