Polytechnic Heights, Fort Worth, Texas

Neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas

Polytechnic Heights, known as Poly by locals, is a neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, located on the southeast side of the city. In 2016, the neighborhood had roughly 20,000 citizens. Texas Wesleyan University is located in Polytechnic Heights. Rosedale Street serves as the neighborhood's main roadway.

## History

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Initially developed in the 1850s, the area experienced a golden age in the 1930s as a place for faculty housing for Texas Wesleyan University. Up until the 1960s, the area was middle class and white. The area became more ethnically diverse because of the Civil Rights Movement, as many middle class African Americans migrated from the Stop Six and Glenwood neighborhoods. By the 1980s the neighborhood was mostly African American and low income. (This process and its effects on race relations and crime were analyzed by sociologist Scott Cummings in his book Left Behind in Rosedale, in which the neighborhood was identified pseudonymously as 'Rosedale'.[1]) During the 1990s the neighborhood experienced an influx of Hispanic residents and a substantial decrease in crime.[1]

## See also

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* List of Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas

## References

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1. ^ a b Horsfall, Sara. "A Neighborhood Portrait: Polytechnic Heights of Inner City Fort Worth: Introduction". Texas Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23.

## External links

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* Neighborhood Housing in Poly
* Homepage of the Poly High Class of 1967

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Fort Worth, Texas

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* Arlington Heights
* Como
* Crawford Farms
* Downtown (Sundance Square)
* Eastchase
* Fairmount–Southside
* Handley
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* Polytechnic Heights
* River Oaks
* Sansom Park
* Stockyards
* Stop Six
* Tanglewood
* Wedgwood
* Westover Hills
* Westworth Village
* Woodhaven

Government|

| City|

* Fire Department
* Mayor
* Police Department

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Federal|

* Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth/former Carswell Air Force Base
* Federal Medical Center, Carswell
* Western Currency Facility (Bureau of Engraving and Printing)

Transportation|

| Airports|

* DFW Int'l (near the city limits)
* Alliance
* Meacham Int'l
* Spinks

| Closed|

* Greater SW Int'l

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Amtrak|

* Heartland Flyer
* Texas Eagle

Commuter rail|

* TEXRail
* Fort Worth Central
* Mercantile Center
* North Side
* T&P
* Trinity Railway Express
* Bell
* CentrePort/DFW Airport
* Fort Worth Central
* Trinity Lakes
* T&P

Bus|

* Trinity Metro (The T)

Education|

| Primary
and secondary|

| Fort Worth ISD|

* Arlington Heights
* Carter-Riverside
* Diamond Hill-Jarvis
* Dunbar
* Eastern Hills
* North Side
* Paschal
* Polytechnic
* South Hills
* Southwest
* Trimble Tech
* Wyatt

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Other public|

* Aledo ISD
* Arlington ISD
* Azle ISD
* Birdville ISD
* Burleson ISD
* Castleberry ISD
* Crowley ISD
* North Crowley
* Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD
* Boswell
* Chisholm Trail
* Eagle Mountain
* Watson
* Everman ISD
* H-E-B ISD
* Keller ISD
* Central
* Fossil Ridge
* Timber Creek
* Kennedale ISD
* Lake Worth ISD
* Northwest ISD
* Eaton
* Northwest
* White Settlement ISD
* Brewer

Closed|

* Masonic Home ISD

Tertiary|

* Tarrant County College
* Texas Christian University
* Texas Wesleyan University
* University of North Texas Health Science Center

| Closed|

* College of Saints John Fisher & Thomas More

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Libraries|

* Fort Worth Public Library

Media|

* Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Attractions|

* American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum
* Amon Carter Museum of American Art
* Botanical Research Institute of Texas
* Fort Worth Botanic Garden
* Fort Worth Design District
* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
* Fort Worth Water Gardens
* Fort Worth Zoo
* Kimbell Art Museum
* Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum
* Log Cabin Village
* Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
* National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
* National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
* Sundance Square
* Sid Richardson Museum
* Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame
* Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame

Society|

* People

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