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Architecture & Design

Snap Judgment: Fort Worth’s JFK Memorial vs. Dallas’ John Fitzgerald Kennedy Monument

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Fort Worth image, via Fort Worth CVB; Dallas image by Flickr user gorik

The Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau just tweeted out that picture on the left, which is the city’s spanking new John F. Kennedy Memorial in General Worth Square in downtown Fort Worth. It officially opens tomorrow, but is getting a press preview today.

Let’s compare it to downtown Dallas’ JFK monument, designed by Philip Johnson, built in 1970. Who does the assassinated president’s memory prouder?

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