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The Glass Door & Mirror Company
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The Glass Door & Mirror Company
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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A total of 3 condemned properties on 3 separate lots with a combined area of about an acre and a half with 7 or 8 abandoned buildings.
4 large pre-fab metal warehouses, a large metal on wood frame shop, a brick front office and another wood frame front office show room building. A couple of buildings next door may or may not have been part of this location.
The buildings have been vandalized and stripped of all aluminum and copper. Gang tags are present along with a few bum artifacts.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: - select -
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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asbestos
unsafe flooring
vargrants, rats, lots of debris and broken glass
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Old and heavily vandalized buildings, bum habitations, piles of assorted junk and a few tons of broken mirrors.
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In 2006 the city of Ft Worth acquired this property from a local realtor LOF JON Realty. They had bought up all the derelict and vacant property on this side of the street. But just prior to that all the appraised values went down significantly. Then the City purchased it from them.
Almost all the nearby buildings on this side of the street have been demolished and nothing but bare earth remains. Except for this property. For some reason it has not been leveled. Not yet anyway.
It may be because of too much asbestos. A hazmat warning tape was strung around the site recently. Or maybe there are legal obstacles but whatever the reason it has become a popular and active bum habitation, even mattresses and box springs have been dragged inside the buildings.
From 1973 until 2006 most of the buildings at this location were part of a glass door and mirror manufacturer. They built and installed custom made mirrors, glass doors and shower doors with everything from artistic stained glass to beveled glass to UL listed level IV bullet resistant glass (stops a 30-06 rifle round).
The door company is still in business and has moved just a few blocks up the street.
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Not sure what the city plans to do with this. It is adjacent to the very busy Union Pacific Davidson Rail Yard.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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| Photography |
7 / 10 |
| Coolness |
7 / 10 |
| Content Quality |
7 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 6/18/2017 3:50 AM.
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on Jun 18 17 at 3:50, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jun 17 17 at 19:37, Explorer Zero changed the following: Status, Accessibility, Description
on Jun 17 17 at 19:34, Explorer Zero made this location available
on Jun 17 17 at 19:30, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Bonus train pic
on Jun 17 17 at 19:29, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Bad luck to the max
on Jun 17 17 at 19:28, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Main shop long
on Jun 17 17 at 19:27, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Eat my shorts
on Jun 17 17 at 19:27, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Monthly planner
on Jun 17 17 at 19:26, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Plans
on Jun 17 17 at 19:25, Explorer Zero updated gallery picture Protected
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