When they came, when they walked through the theater, thats what it was like when Sid and Anne would come here., Anne might have infuriated the secretaries who had to type letters over and over until they were right, but Balanchinethe genius in residence, the Picasso of balletcalled her the golden girl from Texas. The night before he died in 1983 she went to the hospital and sat on the edge of his bed. The Amon Carter Museum had opened in 1961 and was a great success. The implication that Anne and her daughters were getting second-best was enough to set Anne off. [7], In addition to his investments in the oil and gas industry, Rainwater was also involved in real estate. The ballet school, to avoid the problem of having too many nouveau riche patrons, had started seeking supporters outside New York. [1], His investing style was described as "analytically rigorous but opportunistic and Texas-sized in its audacity. Fort Worth, Texas. They begin on March 7. At one point, she shows me snapshots of her family; one is a wintry photograph of herself with her younger sisters and brother on the terrace of her grandparents penthouse in Indianapolis. The involvement proved to be a spectacular entree to the city. Mike Hall writes about criminals, musicians, the law, and barbecue. Downtown is too large of an opportunity to miss for a city of this size.. Alice Walton isnt the only Texan whos a member of the Walton dynasty. We stopped having tenant meetings.. [7] He owned a souped-up 1970 Chevrolet Camaro that a professional friend would race. $260,000 Last Sold Price. But it was Balanchine who was the artist. Forty years ago, the Bass family created the 35 blocks of Sundance Square, constructing new buildings alongside renovated historic ones. They spent a year planning, then two years building. Annes actions were by no means a declaration of war, but the Fort Worth Ballet, a struggling company that Anne had chosen not to sponsor, surrendered anyway. [14], Rainwater was a fan of The Road Less Traveled, a spiritual book by M. Scott Peck. Mike Micallef, who has run the district's signature Reata restaurant since 2002, shared on Instagram in January that his restaurant's 2021 sales were down 10.4 percent. View our calendar for all upcoming events. This I know that Anne Bass has not filed for divorce and that the rumors of a $500 million settlement are premature. There was hardly a place to stand in that plaza as Ed [Bass] unfolded it, and opened up umbrellas, Whit Smith said. In early March, Sundance launched a new program searching for the Next Big Idea in which it asked local small businesses to apply for the chance to receive accommodating lease terms, marketing and money to help build out their space. When they arrived in Fort Worth, they had three studentsAnne and her two daughters. In its 2020 budget year, Walmart racked up revenue of $524 billion and the company continues to rack up riches for heirs of the retail giants founders. He was one of the people who helped make this city what it is, and you dont just kick him out., Peter Wolff, one of Annes friends on the board, casts a different light on the situation: Lincoln grew up in Boston, where his family owned the department store Filenes. When she comes back, she says, Its The Custom of the Country.. Anne Koonsman, the symphonys executive director, says that Anne Bass is nurturing, that she has had good ideas for fundraising and building a board, yet she doesnt interfere with the professionals hired to run the organization. Jos R. Ralat is Texas Monthlys taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food. I wasnt going to spend my time playing tennis and bridge. '", In a statement, Downtown Fort Worth Inc. president Andy Taft said the group encourages Sundance Square efforts that lead to successful stores and vitality.. This story is from Texas Monthlys archives. In the fall of 1981 she and Lincoln Kirstein asked Anne if she would do it. The Basses hold down the No. She had just pulled off a black-and-white dinner dance for the Fort Worth Ballets season premier. Bodyguards started accompanying family members when they left the house, but the effect of the reclusiveness and the security was to make the community more curious than ever. [4][5], Rainwater grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. Tenants also said they felt owners lacked empathy during the first year of the pandemic. Where is the integrity in this organization?. Sundance Square management denied a request for an interview, and did not respond to repeated calls and emailed questions. At the funeral, I glance at her from time to time. This is my home.. The flavor features shortbread cookie crumbles folded into a salted butter sweet cream ice cream. Forbes estimates shes worth about $68 billion, making her the richest resident of Texas and the richest Walton heir. They made a small group of friends with whom they would raise their children. It was also glamorous for the Basses. 11 on the Forbes list. Baryshnikov would go on to become the creative director of American Ballet Theatre, and Martins would succeed George Balanchine, the co-founder and the creative genius behind both the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet. He said I should think about it because great wealth could breed a lot of unhappiness., I thought about it and decided I could handle it.. I told her yes, that she might as well know now that there are people like that. They had two daughters and conducted themselves as model parents. But what the Basses ended up with is one of the most beautiful houses in Texas: serene and white, it rises out of the treetops in a series of rectangular boxes, one stacked on top of the other, ends jutting out dramatically like cantilevered bridges. Web1883 is an American Western drama television limited-run series created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 19, 2021, on Paramount+.The series stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen, and James Landry Hbert.The series is a prequel to Sheridan's series 1923and thus But some, including an art gallery, are appointment-only operations, which tenants say doesnt help the goal of increasing foot traffic. Like many other downtowns and entertainment districts across the city and the state, Sundance Square took a blow as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Beck said. Sid began applying his creative energy to a larger canvasdowntown Fort Worth. Richard Rainwater was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1944. $260,000 Last Sold Price. She had started fundraising and had showed an extraordinary talent for it, but even after becoming the development director, she continued in her position as Kirsteins secretary. . Perhaps it seems normal because of those historical novels I read. As we approach the house, we talk about books and she becomes animated, saying that she reads voraciously. Kirstein and his supporters . There needs to be much better collaboration and coordination between the city and the private management.. The Sundance Square plaza and mural in downtown Fort Worth. By the time of the gala in January 1984, it appeared that Anne Basss life was going perfectly. Ive been to Mortimers in New York; I can get in the door. The Spanish castles, French chateaux, and English manor houses on Crestline and Westover stand on a bluff and look out over the Trinity River bottom, where you can imagine cattle drives heading north. From corporate events to family outings, group sales can provide a one-of-a-kind experience. WebPerforming Arts Fort Worth. Anne and I are friends, he tells me, and we sometimes go places together, but thats all there is to it. What I am seeing is the world that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about, of people who grew up in cities in the Midwest, who sent their children East to the best schools. According to one of Kirsteins supporters in New York, Anne Bass came off looking like a hick. Revolver Taco opened and closed in just a few months and before it even put up a sign to announce its presence. Arcadia Coffee just opened in December of 2021, then announced in late March it would be shuttering its Sundance Square location. She became something of a personage, a force unto herself. It's an embarrassment to this city.. This isnt really the time to look at the garden, she says as we pass the roses, but you might as well see the orchid house. When we step inside, we are enveloped by warm, moist air and a rich fragrance. Long before buying the apartment, Anne Bass had become involved in the School of American Ballet. Money, however, was not a problem. Downtown Fort Worth is an advocacy group that helps manage planning and development. She wrote letters, she helped with the planning, and she called people. Loukaitou-Sideris said other cities have used cultural facilities, museums and stadiums to pull people from the suburbs to downtown. "[It] feels terrible," she said. [6], From 1968 to 1970, Rainwater worked for Goldman Sachs. Ive asked to see the gardens, and Anne Bass is leading me along a gray slate path that isnt quite wide enough for two. I was going to do something else. She tells me about her early volunteer work in the Junior League, then as she talks about her family in Indianapolis, she warms up, revealing a sense of irony about herself. I gave it to my older daughter to read, and when she finished it, she came and asked if there were really people like that in the world. [14] He also invested in the Pebble Beach Golf Links along with Clint Eastwood. The sort of people who, for a time, not only defined the best that middle-class America had to offer but also believed in that naive concept of best. When she shows me a snapshot of her husband and his roommates in their caps and gowns at Yale I remark on how nice they look. His father started off as the owner of a wholesale grocery business and his mother was a clerk at J.C. Penney. His mother, Nancy Lee The Stockyards district, for instance, has had a far stronger recovery. By the mid-seventies, income at Bass Brothers from oil alone fluctuated between $10 million and $15 million a month. Forbes says the stock generates more than $700 million in annual dividend income for the family. Butt, grandson of H-E-B founder Florence Butt, and three relatives sister Mary Butt Crook and two nephews own H-E-B. But she doesnt move. Life was perfect. He As he talks, it occurs to me that the average person is so fatigued in museums because he has to figure out how what he is seeing relates to himself, whereas what rich people are doing is really a form of shopping. Leave them blank to get signed up. That year, he made his last public appearance. Lincoln Kirsteins supporters say that Mary Porter and Anne Bass were making a power play, that they were trying to take over the school and planned to kick the 78-year-old co-founder out on the street. According to one of the departed museum directors, she made it clear that she wasnt running for public office. Always a private person, she dealt with the attention by simply ignoring it. In 1997, after Rainwater's wife fired, Late 1990s - When oil was trading at $12/barrel, Rainwater invested $100 million in energy stocks and $200 million in oil futures. Owner Mike Micallef said Wednesday that the restaurants lease is up in June of 2024, and that they had not received an offer to renew from Sundance Square, with management turning down their request to meet face to face. It was the centerpiece of downtown, and it was our core, he said. "Friends return Richard Rainwater's investment in them as billionaire battles degenerative neurological condition", "Richard Rainwater, 71; Texas dealmaker, Bass family ally", "Richard E. Rainwater Leaves $5 Million for the Study, Creation and Performance of American Music at UT Austin", "Brother Richard Rainwater Joins Chapter Celestial", "Richard Rainwater: remembering a billionaire dealmaker", "Sittin' Pretty Texas investor Richard Rainwater believed in oil when everyone else was infatuated with technology. Sundances leadership has shifted over the past several years, and current and former tenants said those changes are a major reason for its decline. As we walk around, I keep wanting to ask whats next, but I know from Anne Basss friends that shes hoping her husband will come home and that like anyone in her position she can only wait with as much dignity and humor as she can muster. I did it every six weeks. 2 Baths. When Peter Martins describes her, he talks, as do most dancers, about the way she carries herself or, as he puts it, the way she moves herself around., When I was a little boy in Denmark, he says, the king and queen would come to the Royal Theaterto their theaterto make a visit. [15], Rainwater was a self-described "fitness fanatic" and ran marathons. When the story came out about Sid and Mercedes in New York magazine, I called Anne and said, I cant believe how rich you are. I knew they were rich, of course, but that isnt what our friendship is about., There was some question, however, about Anne and Peter Martins friendship after the news broke that Sid had not only departed with Mercedes but had had other girlfriends. I wanted to be the Doc Holliday of Sundance Square, Holliday joked. When people talk about the Basses contribution to the arts and their high standards of excellence, they eventually get to the Bass body count and the people who didnt make the grade. He was also involved in the development of other real estate projects, including the Harbor Pointe office complex in Dallas and the Lincoln Plaza.[7]. 18 on the Forbes list with a net worth of $15.5 billion. She believes large weekly concerts and restaurant open houses could provide a much-needed spark that Sundance Square is currently lacking. Sid Bass with his wife, Mercedes Bass. The gala, however, was only one night, albeit the high point, in a two-year fundraising drive. She knew that it would be a tremendous job and that Anne would be the perfect chairwoman for the campaign. What do we all want to do together? The story behind Sid & Mercedes Bass affair, marriage and s I dont have the questions anymore, but these are the answers. She gives me a moment to scan the pages, then leans back in her chair, indicating that I might commence. Richard Edward Rainwater (June 15, 1944 September 27, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. I count her as a dancer. In retrospect, it seems almost uncanny that Anne Bass met Mary Porter when she did. Olivella's Pizza & Wine, the Roman and Neapolitan-style pizza kitchen, has completed a 1,200-square-foot expansion of its existing space located on the bricks at 4910 Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. Socially, Fort Worth is a small, closed town, a community of two hundred or so rich families who are most comfortable in their own company. The fact was that Anne and Sid Bass werent trying to capture anyones attention the family was not only the most prominent in Fort Worth, but it was also the most reclusive. The apartment they purchasedfor the then record price of $5.25 millionoverlooks Central Park, has fifteen-foot ceilings, the largest living room in Manhattan, and a master bedroom with a view of the park. At No. It is also easy to envision the Fort Worth millionaires heading to Europe in the thirties and forties to pick out the kind of houses they wanted and to buy furniture and paintings. He also invested in a number of other energy companies, including Pennzoil and Diamond Offshore Drilling, and generated significant returns for his investors. Urban planner Bradley suggested Sundance should focus on finding its identity. Bass is a member of the prominent Fort Worth family who, along with their uncle Sid Richardson, have been benefactors behind some of Fort Worths most cherished institutions. 3 Beds. We would set up meetings for her with prospective donors, prepare a dossier on the sort of things they cared about and what they would probably ask. Beyond, theres a large rectangular lily pond, then the orchid house, which though it is white steel and glass seems almost Victorian in spirit. The Bass family. They are feeling that way because we don't feel like we're getting support.. New season tickets will be available for purchase beginning April 11. Degree: Vassar College, 1963. If I want to see good ballet, she is quoted as saying, it would be a lot cheaper for me to see it in New York. But eventually she agreed, and since April 1985 the Fort Worth Ballet has received $280,000 in grants from the Sid Richardson Foundation, in addition to private gifts from Anne Bass. We have left it as it was originally published, without updating, to maintain a clear historical record. I also got points for posture., As she recalls her childhood, it becomes clear that from her earliest years she has been compelled by a need for control and a desire for perfection. Theres this. She opens a folder and hands me a neatly typed rsum. Unless youre old and weak, we stand sometimes for two hours. A general perception has grown up that Anne Bass tended to dominate the boards she was on, that she had to get her way or she would quit. The central plaza opened in 2013, and has hosted major events like ESPNs College Gameday and the annual Main Street Arts Festival. She brought thirty to forty people from Texas, plus people from Connecticut, California, and New York. Fort Worth. Three years later the Sid Richardson Foundation paid for a $1 million expansion at the museum. Forbes magazine estimated the family fortune last year to be over $9 billion, although it had been as high as $11 billion, several years ago. Loukaitou-Sideris believes Sundances struggles could impact all of downtown Fort Worth. Fort Worth billionaire reigns as queen of Americas richest dynasty, Forbes says, Iconic restaurant says goodbye and more Fort Worth restaurant news. You know, she is that awful woman who comes out of nowhere and marries one man after another, trying to get to the top in New York City. In the fall of 1979 they invited dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov, Peter Martins, and Heather Watts to their home for dinner after a performance in Fort Worth. In 1970 she and her husband commissioned the distinguished New York architect Paul Rudolph to design a house for the thickly wooded eight-acre tract of land that they had purchased in new Westover. Im not the only person that's concerned, Holliday said. Carrabba's Italian Grill has a new assortment of dishes for spring: Linguine Primavera with asparagus, peas, roasted tomatoes, & artichoke hearts tossed in basil pesto cream sauce; Tuscan-Grilled Lamb T-Bones with bourbon mint demi-glace; Tomato Caprese with burrata, tomatoes, basil, red onion, & balsamic glaze; Citrus Olive Oil Cake with lemon curd, whipped cream, & blackberries; and Passion Pear Spritz cocktail with New Amsterdam Passionfruit vodka, desert pair, pineapple juice, & Riondo Prosecco. Perry Bass was his uncles sole partner, and each of Perrys four sons inherited $2.8 million, with the bulk of the estate going into the Sid Richardson Foundation. The net worth of Fort Worth billionaire Alice Walton, the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, accounts for a little over one-fourth of the family fortune. Watts and Peter Martins were stars. Daniel talks about Sundance in the past tense. Steps lead down to a large formal rose garden, where there are hundreds of rosebushes, beds of herbs, perennialsmore than I can take in. They've also increased their wine list. At the funeral she stood among the mourners. [8] In 1996, he was recognized as Kappa Sigma Man of the Year. Growing up in Indianapolis, did you ever suspect your life would be so extraordinary? I ask. Many of the remaining current tenants are small business owners whose livelihoods depend on the success of Sundance Square. When I married Sid, I found myself in an enviable positionthat I could participate. WebBass Performance Hall is the premier arts venue of Fort Worth. But come inside. Sundance Square has used its Instagram account to attack Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. over tree maintenance and landscaping. I study how the top 1% live, work & lead, and turn their winning habits into easy-to-use routines you can use for life and business. That the rumors of a personage, a force unto herself, she... 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