Polytechnic Heights, known as Poly by locals, is a neighborhood of
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
,
Texas
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, located on the southeast side of the city. In 2016, the neighborhood had roughly 20,000 citizens.
Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University is a private Methodist university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Its mascot is ...
is located in Polytechnic Heights. Rosedale Street serves as the neighborhood's main roadway.
History
Initially developed in the 1850s, the area experienced a golden age in the 1930s as a place for faculty housing for
Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University is a private Methodist university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Its mascot is ...
. Up until the 1960s, the area was
middle class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with modernity, capitalism and political debate. C ...
and
white
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. The area became more ethnically diverse because of the
Civil Rights Movement, as many middle class
African American
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s 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'.
) During the 1990s the neighborhood experienced an influx of Hispanic residents and a substantial decrease in crime.
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See also
* List of Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas
References
External links
Neighborhood Housing in PolyHomepage of the Poly High Class of 1967
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Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas