City Place
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City Place is a mixed-use facility featuring two 20-story buildings in central Fort Worth
, Texas
(USA
). The complex was formerly known as Tandy Center and served as the corporate headquarters for RadioShack
(formerly Tandy Corporation) for many years. During the Tandy/RadioShack years, the complex included a mall and an ice skating rink.
Leonard's Department Store opened on the site on February 12, 1963. In 1967, the Tandy Corporation bought the chain of department stores. As the corporation grew, it needed a new headquarters and so it demolished the department store in 1974 and constructed its headquarters on the site. The new Tandy Center included two office towers as well as a mall with an indoor ice skating rink. In the 1990s the mall began to decline and the anchor tenant moved out in 1995. The mall was turned into an outlet store shopping center, but has now been demolished.
Originally built by the department store, the Tandy Center Subway operated between the center and its parking lots from 1963 to 2002. It was apparently the only privately-owned subway
in the country.
In 2000, A tornado hit Fort Worth, causing damage to several downtown buildings including the Tandy Center.
In 2001, the RadioShack Corporation sold the Tandy Center to another company, and made plans to construct a new corporate headquarters a few blocks away on the Trinity River. The new owner renamed the complex City Place, and as of 2006 was planning on doing major redevelopment, including converting one tower to residential use (completed and now Tower One), eliminating the former shopping mall (demolision finishing in November 2011), and maintaining the second tower as office space.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). The complex was formerly known as Tandy Center and served as the corporate headquarters for RadioShack
RadioShack
RadioShack Corporation is an American franchise of electronics retail stores in the United States, as well as parts of Europe, South America and Africa. As of 2008, RadioShack reported net sales and operating revenues of $4.81 billion. The headquarters of RadioShack is located in Downtown...
(formerly Tandy Corporation) for many years. During the Tandy/RadioShack years, the complex included a mall and an ice skating rink.
Leonard's Department Store opened on the site on February 12, 1963. In 1967, the Tandy Corporation bought the chain of department stores. As the corporation grew, it needed a new headquarters and so it demolished the department store in 1974 and constructed its headquarters on the site. The new Tandy Center included two office towers as well as a mall with an indoor ice skating rink. In the 1990s the mall began to decline and the anchor tenant moved out in 1995. The mall was turned into an outlet store shopping center, but has now been demolished.
Originally built by the department store, the Tandy Center Subway operated between the center and its parking lots from 1963 to 2002. It was apparently the only privately-owned subway
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
in the country.
In 2000, A tornado hit Fort Worth, causing damage to several downtown buildings including the Tandy Center.
In 2001, the RadioShack Corporation sold the Tandy Center to another company, and made plans to construct a new corporate headquarters a few blocks away on the Trinity River. The new owner renamed the complex City Place, and as of 2006 was planning on doing major redevelopment, including converting one tower to residential use (completed and now Tower One), eliminating the former shopping mall (demolision finishing in November 2011), and maintaining the second tower as office space.