Drive through Fort Worth, Texas late 90's

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2021
  • Starts near 3700 Crestline, up Camp bowie/W7th into downtown, stop at the main library, then back west on the Lancaster St bridge
    Who cares right? Someone might one day. So here it is. No making fun of my crappie sounding car

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  • @NealDurando
    @NealDurando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    That damn light at Montgomery and Camp Bowie!

    • @wesleymadsen4357
      @wesleymadsen4357 ปีที่แล้ว

      That damn light at university and camp bowie still killing people

  • @keithwilson6060
    @keithwilson6060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Ah, “the bricks” of Camp Bowie. May they never go anywhere.

    • @pepstalynn
      @pepstalynn ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They better not ever go away. They're legendary just like Main Street from the Convention Center to the Court House.

    • @gdub350
      @gdub350 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pepstalynnfrom my understanding they’re considered a historical landmark or one of those designations, they’re not going anywhere, no matter how many cars they jiggle apart.

  • @samcarter2371
    @samcarter2371 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fort Worth has changed so much it doesn't feel like Fort Worth to me anymore.

  • @Marty1410
    @Marty1410 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a cool video. I was the carpenter at the Kimbell Art Museum in the 90's, and I lived off of Byers and Camp Bowie. I was also a laborer on the building on the east side of 7th St bridge when it was being built. That was 43 years ago! Anyway, thanks for the lift down the bricks.

  • @jessesanchez5182
    @jessesanchez5182 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Who ever made this video should make a new one and compare side by side footage of what's still around and what's no longer here

  • @Unavailablecacadodo
    @Unavailablecacadodo ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw Tool at the Fort Worth convention center back then.

  • @keithwilson6060
    @keithwilson6060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That Montgomery Ward was our standard shopping venue when I was growing up. That catalog counter was burned in my brain.

  • @weljo2001
    @weljo2001 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Know that area well. Was born at Carswell AIR Force Base in 1962. Went to North Side High School and dated a girl from Arlington Heights. Worked at the Original Black-Eyed-Pea on Camp Bowie during High School in the late 70's...Played football at Farrington Field

  • @alexindia8915
    @alexindia8915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Your right about what you said. No one cares about today because it is now and accessible. However as time passes and things change, buildings get torn down, new ones built and people die, we begin to appreciate the walk down memory lane more and more. I enjoyed watching your drive cause I was 35 that year. I would have been ecstatic had your film been a drive through Fort Worth in say 1964, the year I was born. Or maybe 1940, the year my dad took an executive position and moved to Fort Worth.

    • @stevesharpe3370
      @stevesharpe3370 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are lying, if you were 35 you’d be 60 now and wouldn’t be playing on the internet we kids and 20 year olds?
      You would probably be in a retirement home or with ya grandkids!
      Stopping capping cuz! On god

    • @bearandrabbit6826
      @bearandrabbit6826 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevesharpe3370
      TROLL... GET A LIFE.

    • @larrygalbreath
      @larrygalbreath ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, today's regular old stuff becomes tomorrow's historical treasure. I wonder what kind of camera he was using?

    • @captaineldeezee1336
      @captaineldeezee1336 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@stevesharpe3370 You must be joking. 60 ain't old. Getting up there, sure, but not care home old. And you think the internet has a cutoff age at 20? 20 and 30 and 40 year olds built the Internet, back in the 90s. You must be out of your mind, broski.

    • @stevesharpe3370
      @stevesharpe3370 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@captaineldeezee1336 60 is senior citizen it is old because most people don’t live to 50 and that’s 10 years older then that! Technically 30 is the beginning of old age where you would stop using websites like this and just watch the news and read the paper

  • @michaeljneal
    @michaeljneal ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Montgomery Plaza; man it looked so different back then! Thanks for the video!

  • @kiki_2x572
    @kiki_2x572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    post more bro i wanna see like the grand plaza an the hulen mall back then lol

    • @stevesharpe3370
      @stevesharpe3370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The hulen mall was safe and nice back then and la gran plaza was called town center and there was a Sears

    • @tommyakbar957
      @tommyakbar957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      town center!!!!! lol

    • @juanmonsivais3000
      @juanmonsivais3000 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I remember when it was called Seminary South. Man I miss them times

    • @smokebear9843
      @smokebear9843 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nahh frfr

    • @bearandrabbit6826
      @bearandrabbit6826 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bro! This is so cool! We moved to Ft Worth in July 97. Lived on Bryce near Montgomery. I recognized Arlington Heights as soon as you started driving! It's incredible how different it looks today! Kinda miss the old Ft Worth...You recorded a real piece of history! ❤

  • @vernixx
    @vernixx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks for BLOWING MY MIND! I feel like I just went back in time...should have stopped by The Wreck Room!

    • @backcountryme
      @backcountryme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or JJs hideaway. Man I spent a lot of money at both those places.

  • @johndavis8669
    @johndavis8669 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:43 West 7th has turned into a bunch of buildings in less then 20 years. You wouldn't recognize it now. If an identical tornado struck now. The damage would be 8 times versus the 2000 tornado and that would be cost of damages.

  • @P1_Cars
    @P1_Cars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    14:10 car guys be like: SHEESH a Nissan 300zx!

    • @translateslowly
      @translateslowly  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      89 grand am with a 4 banger. I swear it ran better then it sounds

    • @OhNo_4mor4freaknbiden
      @OhNo_4mor4freaknbiden 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How bout that Nissan stanza mini wagon . .. that one’s a classic

  • @kiki_2x572
    @kiki_2x572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    this is literally a gem

  • @ankor1066
    @ankor1066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You can see Bank One Tower and Landmark Tower with its dead clock on the roof. Fort Worth was very different then.

  • @gw2955
    @gw2955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Cash America building is there. It was wiped out by a tornado on March 28th, 2000.

    • @backcountryme
      @backcountryme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was at work that day just off Pharr street. Watched the tornadoes destroy downtown. Dad and I stood on the steps of the building and watched them go by within a few hundred yards of the building. Surreal day.

  • @steveludwig4200
    @steveludwig4200 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:41 - Bill McDavid Pontiac on right. Worked there in the New Car Wash station Summers of 72 and 73. My Dad was best friends with Bill. RIP to both...

  • @angelolovato6494
    @angelolovato6494 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you putting this up I was born in 85 and love seeing how things use to be

  • @roypribble2233
    @roypribble2233 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ft.Worth appears to be constant changing. I left in 1971 and i worked as xtra Christmas help at Montgomery Ward in 1961. So i could never get around the city now, id be totally lost!

  • @elizclark1967
    @elizclark1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good for you! Its cool to compare how the streets/city looked the and today..

    • @danielleslater2317
      @danielleslater2317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The IGA store is now a CVS. Miss living near the West side

  • @drpepper421000
    @drpepper421000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    At first I was thinking why would you film this but now I wish I had done more of this. I liked seeing the old Montgomery Wards building when it was a store and not condos. I’m glade they didn’t tear it down. Anyone remember when I30 went through downtown Fort Worth on a long elevated bridge.

  • @davejew01
    @davejew01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Man you ought to recreate that exact same drive

    • @pepstalynn
      @pepstalynn ปีที่แล้ว

      Top notch idea.

  • @LarryRobinsonintothefog
    @LarryRobinsonintothefog 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad someone did this. Once I figured out where they were, I remembered all the sites. Thanks for the memories.

  • @PostByJuice
    @PostByJuice ปีที่แล้ว +2

    if only you didn't turn right on Lancaster and would've went straight and turn left on Pennsylvania you could've recorded my old house :( but thanks for sharing! Miss Old Fort Worth

  • @joseangelramirez1782
    @joseangelramirez1782 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Homeboy had the original GoPro 😬. Love it Sir. I grew up there. Didn’t know I was an inner city kid 😆

  • @817Moon
    @817Moon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just to think that this was before the tornado brings back so many memories !

    • @larrygalbreath
      @larrygalbreath ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I sure remember that. I lived on the Northside, and I got hailstones the size of baseballs in my backyard.

  • @heatherherrera9559
    @heatherherrera9559 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    U drove right past my grandpa's house in the beginning of the video 💙

  • @mattnicholson5588
    @mattnicholson5588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is Priceless!

  • @broondjongen
    @broondjongen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Man, that Wendys on 7th street looks the exact same, untouched.

    • @sbclaridge
      @sbclaridge ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That Wendy's actually closed down within the last few months (at the time of this post), but it did survive in that location until 2022. Part of me suspects redevelopment might be coming soon to that lot.
      I started doing DoorDash deliveries at the end of September 2022, and I do recall stopping there once or twice to pick up an order in the weeks before it closed.

    • @theheavy2742
      @theheavy2742 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I came to comment this. The Wendy's always had issues with customer service in my experience. @@sbclaridge

    • @VahidMusictx
      @VahidMusictx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That Wendy’s is now been demolished and they will be putting a multi purpose building there. About a 6 story building I believe.

  • @possjaden83
    @possjaden83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks man I didn’t know I needed to watch this

  • @raylaguna2601
    @raylaguna2601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fort Worth before the 2000 Tornado.

  • @greysonperkins5785
    @greysonperkins5785 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Born and raised in Fort Worth, crazy seeing how things were so different back then as I was born in 2002. The Camp Bowie and W 7th I grew up with and know looked so different back then..

  • @larrygalbreath
    @larrygalbreath ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The downtown area was my Monday rout. I was hoping you would go through downtown. I drove through those streets for quite a few years. I used to service the Firestone garage when it actually was a tire store. Then they made it the office of the Firestone Apartments. Thanks for the tour. 👍

    • @roypribble2233
      @roypribble2233 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I use to work for Tx Electric Service Co. And Firestone use to keep our old Ford vehicle serviced.

  • @lyndaoldham5608
    @lyndaoldham5608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My hometown! I get excited!

  • @thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767
    @thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never been to Texas...Thanks for the view and History hon❤️

  • @justineaker2516
    @justineaker2516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just moved into some apartments in Rock Island, I lived in Fort worth at 4 in 98 so seeing all this stuff today is awesome.

    • @larrygalbreath
      @larrygalbreath ปีที่แล้ว

      Rock Island used to be a tough neighborhood. A friend of mine got killed right outside of his house over there. I remember when they started building all of the nice apartments, only on the west side of the street, with the nice views.

  • @kleverich
    @kleverich 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I lived in FW a few years after this was shot. I was thinking "that looks like west of downtown", then BAM there are the Camp Bowie Blvd. bricks. Looking at the same area on Google Street View, many of the familiar landmarks are gone.

  • @claudeperkins539
    @claudeperkins539 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He starts the car, turns left at 0:31 onto Owasso, passes right in front of my old house!

  • @jorgedeharo385
    @jorgedeharo385 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I drive through downtown often and in this video it’s crazy for me because some areas look unrecognizable to me

    • @Unavailablecacadodo
      @Unavailablecacadodo ปีที่แล้ว

      Same bro

    • @sbclaridge
      @sbclaridge ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really only recognize West 7th because I grew up in 1990s Fort Worth, although I do recognize a few buildings that still exist today. Namely the Montgomery Ward building (since heavily modified with retail and condos). Those apartments across the street from the Montgomery Ward must have been brand new back then; that's about the only building along West 7th in this video that hasn't been either demolished or completely remodeled between then and now.
      The Wendy's did close down a few months ago (late 2022), though I believe it remained recognizably similar between then and now as well. While it was demolished to make way for Crockett Row, I do recognize that four-story reddish-brown brick building at 5:47, and if I recall correctly, Acme Brick had offices there.

  • @backcountryme
    @backcountryme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow. I grew up in Burleson but moved to Canada in 2000. This brings back so many memories. One day I will move back home to North Texas.

    • @tommyakbar957
      @tommyakbar957 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro how is Canada

    • @backcountryme
      @backcountryme ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tommyakbar957 cold and becoming more socialist every day.

    • @johndavis8669
      @johndavis8669 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You will hate the cost of homes.

    • @backcountryme
      @backcountryme ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johndavis8669 oh yeah. My dad and most my family is still down there. The housing cost is insane.

    • @johndavis8669
      @johndavis8669 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@backcountryme People here think another horrible tornado won't come. They ought to think again. Just add current property values and the cost of damages would be very high where rebuilding would only be affordable if the size of the homes would have to be smaller. The ripple effect would be felt for a few years where property values within 30 miles would drop.

  • @pepstalynn
    @pepstalynn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dam. Back when the old Montgomery Wards building was around. That's some old school stuff there.

    • @sunny1992s
      @sunny1992s ปีที่แล้ว

      Not just MontWards, but the entire Linwood area was still around.

  • @NsyShwl
    @NsyShwl ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this off of Camp Bowie?? I used to drive up and down this place as a young man.. i recognized it when i saw the McDonald's and the Hospital off of Camp Bowie and Montgomery... Thanks for letting us relive these old times again.. its crazy how a camera can literally capture the life of a person in time..

  • @terryroach6481
    @terryroach6481 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sardines, Back Porch, Montgomery Ward's... thanks for the memories!

  • @b.sherrieb9977
    @b.sherrieb9977 ปีที่แล้ว

    EPIC! Levels - haha, with an MPACT machine! That church at the beginning is being replaced with a five story hotel.

  • @negativeindustrial
    @negativeindustrial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:18 That Celica on the right wasn’t sold until the model year 2000. So if this is “late 1990s” it’s, at the earliest, September of 1999 and that car is extremely fresh off the boat from Japan.
    More likely this was filmed in the early 2000s.

    • @gw2955
      @gw2955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      7:26 The Cash America building is intact in this video. It was wiped out by a tornado on March 28th, 2000.

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gw2955
      So we can narrow this down to a six month window that straddles the turn of the millennium.
      I wonder what other clues we can find?

    • @stepchildofsoul
      @stepchildofsoul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No earlier than August of '99. That's when the Carter Museum closed for the big renovation. I was living on CB @ Clover and walked to Asel Art all the time back then.

    • @translateslowly
      @translateslowly  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the date was a guess but I'm within a year in ether direction.

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@translateslowly
      Definitely. We’re just playing internet detective.

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh how I wish I could borrow that time frame and head to Crystals Pizza in Irving!

    • @danielknepper6884
      @danielknepper6884 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think there was a Crystal's Pizza on camp Bowie/ highway 80 back in the day

    • @jeenkzk5919
      @jeenkzk5919 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danielknepper6884 it was definitely a great place! I think went to that location you’re talking about.

  • @keithwilson6060
    @keithwilson6060 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I saw the CNB building downtown!!

  • @germb747
    @germb747 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Videos like this make the 1990s seem like the 1960s, but I guess that's what video camera were like back then.

  • @bearandrabbit6826
    @bearandrabbit6826 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Level's Grocery store! Lol Love it!

    • @johndavis8669
      @johndavis8669 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now you can find Tom Thumb on West 7th.

  • @stevesharpe3370
    @stevesharpe3370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now that’s a tough city!

    • @817Moon
      @817Moon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funkytown I reckon! 😎

  • @pjj9491
    @pjj9491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recognize all of that...

  • @thaneg21
    @thaneg21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sounds like a Model T from Six Flags Cruising Tha Bowie \~/ \~/

  • @lialia2268
    @lialia2268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow I miss my home

  • @stevesharpe3370
    @stevesharpe3370 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not much has changed. The cars just look newer LOL

  • @NsyShwl
    @NsyShwl ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow the corner of University and Camp Bowie look way different now 👀

  • @ryanclifton7033
    @ryanclifton7033 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Back before Fort Worth became super big

    • @VahidMusictx
      @VahidMusictx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even back in the 90’s Fort Worth was still consider a big city. In the 90’s it was around 450k people. It’s definitely massive now. One million people

  • @rogermoreno1152
    @rogermoreno1152 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This dude did GoPro long before GoPro was a thing

  • @thomasmontoya7279
    @thomasmontoya7279 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very cool

  • @crystald1986
    @crystald1986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not to far from 7th st right now lol

  • @VahidMusictx
    @VahidMusictx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @13:44 that domino pizza is till there to this day. Along with the Firestone Aparmtnmwnts

  • @miggy4real1
    @miggy4real1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    more like memory lane to me

  • @joaomontesinos
    @joaomontesinos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What year is it exactly?

  • @pacnick11
    @pacnick11 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    oh that was the end of the video, pullin into the parking

  • @loren4777
    @loren4777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What sucks is all the orange lights now are probably LED now and I hate these new led lights

    • @johndavis8669
      @johndavis8669 ปีที่แล้ว

      Orange street lights are the thing of the past. The late 1990s no cameras on school buses. No one demanding outrageous wages. $1.18 per gallon and would remain that way till after fall of 2002.

  • @waterywatery
    @waterywatery ปีที่แล้ว

    12:30 quick get over behind the Nissan Stanza

  • @johnstevenson4194
    @johnstevenson4194 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What year is this?

  • @AMADOGMYGUY
    @AMADOGMYGUY 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2000 march: Good day but a EF3 tornado ruins it

  • @backcountryme
    @backcountryme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish we had those gas prices back. Ha

  • @b.g.bbeezo100
    @b.g.bbeezo100 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bro were you driving a Go Kart or a Motorcycle?

  • @romeogreen9008
    @romeogreen9008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What year

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      At the earliest it’s September of 1999 judging by the 2000 model year Toyota Celica shown at 1:18 on the right. It’s more likely this was filmed in the 2000s but could be very late 1999.

  • @willtrojan8854
    @willtrojan8854 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The video was recorded about 30 years ago

    • @thetexanhusky
      @thetexanhusky 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *over 20

    • @sbclaridge
      @sbclaridge ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably closer to 23 (and a half) years ago, at the time of this post in February 2023.
      Some other commenters narrowed the timing down to late 1999 and early 2000 (due to a model year 2000 Celica that wasn't released until September 1999, the start of the Amon Carter Museum renovations in August 1999, plus the fact that it was before the March 2000 tornado).
      Given that the trees are fully-leaved, with perhaps some hints of trees starting to change color (I know some of the trees in Trinity Park are deciduous), I'd probably narrow it down to late October or early November 1999. If I'm just imagining things with respect to the trees starting to change color, then I'd guess either September or October 1999. If it were mid-to-late November (and to some extent early December) there would be plenty of autumn color, and you wouldn't see very many leaves on the deciduous trees after mid December. With respect to spring, you don't really start noticing a lot of leaves on our deciduous trees until late March and April, so giving the timing of the tornado, we can essentially rule out early 2000 entirely; this video most likely dates from autumn 1999.

  • @gregbgregb8487
    @gregbgregb8487 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok ok ok ok

  • @mvpentertainment5233
    @mvpentertainment5233 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see the new jail downtown so this is after 2010

    • @keithwilson6060
      @keithwilson6060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope, the jail has been around longer. The old Cash America building facade puts this before the 2000 tornado.

  • @denicemclean990
    @denicemclean990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What are you driving?

  • @robertlynn4435
    @robertlynn4435 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nissan 300ZX 14:12

  • @apj341
    @apj341 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crappy sounding car 🤣

  • @wesleymadsen4357
    @wesleymadsen4357 ปีที่แล้ว

    76109

  • @Cowboy1Brian
    @Cowboy1Brian ปีที่แล้ว

    Montgomery Wards! RIP

  • @user-kp1pz6zv8y
    @user-kp1pz6zv8y ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miss the days before everyone decided to move here. Now it's a Cluster fu## traffic jam everywhere you go lol

    • @pepstalynn
      @pepstalynn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly.

    • @jema5039
      @jema5039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They ruined our home state tbh. I wish we could go back to not having all these people here its harder to find real texans unless ur in the country now.

    • @translateslowly
      @translateslowly  ปีที่แล้ว

      "real texans" you mean the Mexicans or even before that?