Ariel Davis ran around Sundance Square before there was a Sundance Square. She and her friends would go to Starbucks (then on Houston Street) and, fueled by caffeine and sugar, walk the streets. “At the time,” she said, gesturing out the floor-to-ceiling windows nearby, “none of this was built. It was just parking
Van Cliburn, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the Fort Worth Circle are as important to the identity of our city as the Stockyards and the skyline. City leaders, perhaps willfully forgetful of that truism, have often cut public spending for the arts whenever politically expedient projects like Dickies Arena, Amazon