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Assistant City Manager Dana Burghdoff
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Fort Worth To Build a New Downtown Library and Create a Separate Community Arts Incubator
by Sandra Engelland | Jun 3, 2026
Architectural and design factors led city leaders to determine that a previously purchased building at 512 W. 4th Street wouldn't be the best choice for a modern public library, so the city plans to repurpose that building as a community arts incubator. A search for the site of an all-new downtown library is underway.
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