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