Hell's Half Acre: A CBSN Dallas-Ft. Worth Special

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@consuelor3453 5 күн бұрын

Proud Fort Worth native. Born and raised. ❤️🤍💙

@ignaciotorres8970 Жыл бұрын

Kenny never took a sip of that bourbon 🤣

@LidiaExplores Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this deep dive. I just visited the downtown Fort Worth area a few days ago, and I wanted to learn more after seeing the Wild Bunch sculpture and the Hell's Half Acre historical markers. Forth Worth has such a multifaceted history. With the Flatiron Building, the JFK Memorial, the Water Gardens, and a couple other historical landmarks, the downtown area is an interesting area to explore.

@user-kp4gl1qm8j 11 ай бұрын

It just moved out to Azle on the Jacksboro Highway

@keithbarrett4630 Жыл бұрын

A neat tidbit I've read was that Short paid for Courtright's funeral...which was very well attended. The White Elephant on the north side of town was considered to be an upscale gambling establishment for gentlemen.

@OutOfTheAether 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been interested in this after I read about it online.

@bobsteadman9728 2 жыл бұрын

This was my old stomping ground. This was home. Although you had other cowtowns there was no other place like it. Still miss the Stock Show & Rodeo followed by a few libations at the White Elephant (It's been there since the beginning of Ft. Worth) or Filthy McNasty's. Now I'm stuck in northern Virginia just outside DC. Other than Civil War history there's really no character here.

@jaylucien669 2 жыл бұрын

Bring it back!

@OutOfTheAether 2 жыл бұрын

Wtf no

@D1TemplarKnight Жыл бұрын

It is here, you just have to dig a little deeper.

@billlong9109 10 ай бұрын

Brothels are still around the metroplex

@IvanGarcia-eu5un 2 ай бұрын

@@billlong9109where I can’t find them

@SuperPanther34 4 күн бұрын

I used to work at a coffee shop in Fort Worth where I got to serve Mr. Smart. This is pretty cool to see him be a historian, much less on this Fort Worth documentary.

@jeffreym.keilen1095 23 күн бұрын

Reminds me of "The Combat Zone" in Boston.

@maxcox7097 3 ай бұрын

Hattie, Luda and May street in Fort Worth are named after madams.

@progrocker2112 11 ай бұрын

Local history is so fun. Shit I was looking up Pantego today and the fact that it and another city are encapsulated by Arlington but live on is amazing. For me it's the namesake of my alma mater, Lawrence Bell, that produced the Huey, ubiquitous in Vietnam.

@paulfisher9554 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad they didn't mention all of the natural springs that run through HHA, which is the reason all of the bath houses and brothels were there.

@AbolishFamilyCourt 2 жыл бұрын

Where's all the natural springs? I live here... They must be tucked far away or dried up

@JCII100 Жыл бұрын

Ya. Where we’re the springs?

@carywest9256 11 ай бұрын

@@AbolishFamilyCourt They dried up, because of human pressure. Nothing last forever, ya know.

@mow4607 7 ай бұрын

Richard's book is a great read!

@irvingcastillo2502 Жыл бұрын

I’m only here cause of the band Fugitive song called Hells half acre

@Wellch Жыл бұрын

Location was nowhere near Dallas.

@carywest9256 11 ай бұрын

30 miles in Texas is near! That's the distance betwixt downtowns.

@Emocar2 2 жыл бұрын

Waiting for the time travelers comments

@maxcox7097 3 ай бұрын

I thought Hell's half acre was where the convention center is now. Whatever was where the convention center is now, was totally filthy and gross, I watched them tear it down in the 60's. My father called it the slums, you could see inside the rooms when they tore the buildings down, it was total filth. I remember heavily stained floral wallpaper, probably from tobacco smoke and other things.

@AbolishFamilyCourt 2 жыл бұрын

Still very true in Fort Worth today

@progrocker2112 11 ай бұрын

Mostly at Bucks.

@ivebeenswank 10 ай бұрын

how do you know about this? maybe if you spent less time whoring & focused on paying your child support/alimony you wouldn't be so worried about "abolishing the family court"

@JustinShafer 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@paulenciso Ай бұрын

Ken what????

@waterywatery Жыл бұрын

There probably WASN'T a conscious effort on the part of the fountain designers regarding the water symbolizing the "washing away of past dirt". The Water Gardens were designed by two New York architects. If that was your suspicion, Brendan Smart, why didn't you just interview the fountain designers to verify? If they are not still alive, surely there was a dedication ceremony that may have eluded to this idea. No? Presumptuous.

@mykelltaylor8441 2 жыл бұрын

The way y’all try to make it seem cool. Why not talk about all the terrible things that happen to blacks then.

@Ambuscade94 Жыл бұрын

Victim mentality 🙄

@sweetlanakay Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree with you

@RR64434 10 ай бұрын

There were terrible things but that isn’t what this video is about.

@thehardnesschannel1605 29 күн бұрын

Do you know if there was bug hole $ex? If so how much? How much was a blowy? Handy? And how much was the fish taco? This video just keeps talking about crap

@user-bi4hw2wi2k 6 ай бұрын

From North to South , its where The The Convention Center is on 9th - To I-180 is at the Underpass/Lancaster Drive . The Total Space today is - The Ft Worth Water Gardens . ( Still just as useless as it was back then ) . You had to walk a good 2 city blocks to enter into the Area from The Train Station . The Acre was one of Many stopping entertainment off points for Chisolm trailsmen from San Antonio , Waco , Red River Station , And Kansas from 1800 on. Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisholm_Trail

@VahidMusictx 5 ай бұрын

Hells half acre is in Fort Worth. Not Dallas Fort Worth. Just Fort Worth. Stop putting the two cities together. Dallas has nothing to do with hells half acre.