SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 180
	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
	recognize Ryan Place Addition of Fort Worth on the grand occasion
	of the neighborhood's centennial celebration; and
	WHEREAS, The plans for Ryan Place began with the
	imagination of prominent Fort Worth landowner John C. Ryan, who
	envisioned a tract of land comprising 100 acres between College
	Avenue and Eighth Avenue as an area that could become one of the
	finest residential districts to be found anywhere in the South;
	and
	WHEREAS, An excellent example of far-sighted planning,
	Ryan Place became a vast neighborhood of well-kept, lovely homes,
	which eventually were shaded by massive, mature trees that are
	now a century old; and
	WHEREAS, On the original tract, a beautiful 100-foot-wide
	boulevard was laid out and paved, and large, ornate piers of
	Carthage marble were erected at the Eighth Avenue and College
	Avenue entryways; the boulevard became the center of the
	Elizabeth Boulevard Historic District, which was established in
	1979 and was the first registered residential historic district
	in Fort Worth; and
	WHEREAS, Ryan Place residents established the first
	organized neighborhood association in Fort Worth in 1974 and have
	remained actively engaged in the betterment of their
	neighborhood since that time; the area was named Neighborhood of
	the Year by the City of Fort Worth in 2008, and in 2010, it was
	selected as Best Neighborhood by the Fort Worth, Texas magazine;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
	Legislature, hereby commend the residents of Ryan Place Addition
	on preserving the beauty and many amenities of their unique
	neighborhood and extend to them best wishes on the occasion of
	their centennial celebration; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
	the Ryan Place Homeowners Association and the residents of Ryan
	Place as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
	Davis
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on February 7, 2011.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate