Thanks so much for posting this! I could see our family bookstore at 8th & Throckmorton; Dad never missed a day of work, he was probably there, ànswering the phone and running the cash register when this was filmed. Miss you, Dad.
We moved from West Texas to North Texas fort Worth to be exact in 1967 me My brother and two sisters. I was7 at the time seeing downtown fort Worth was amazing to me. Coming from a small town I said to myself what a giant city.
So many buildings that aren't there anymore, the CNB Bank building (with a WORKING, revolving clock), the Convention Center nearing completion, what looked like the footprint of a former roundhouse. Things sure did change over time in the town of the cow.
Major understatement! Right? I was 8 in 1968. I’m 64 now. Things have dramatically changed over the years. We moved to Central Texas 10 years ago and when I go back to Fort Worth, it’s barely recognizable in some areas of town. So much so I have to use navigation so I don’t get lost. Crazy.
I watched the CNB building being built. You could go in the elevator to the 27th floor and walk up to the roof, door wasn't locked. My school buddies would go to the edge and "spit" to the street and time how long it took to hit the street. Dangerous as hell, we didn't know that!
I remember that old skyline well. You could see that clock on top the old CNB building practically anywhere in the city. The Worth Hotel and Medical Arts building still standing and the revolving Conoco sign still there. A lot of change.
Do you remember the humidity in FW to be much lower back then? We had Horny Toads around our house. I always associated their disappearance with rising humidity.
I remember this skyline quite well and I must say this was the real Ft Worth cowtown I wish that they would have built more taller slender buildings because the ones built in the 80s are too wide and bulky
