From the ruins

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By Chris Vaughn, Star-Telegram Staff Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas - The tornadoes that killed five people as they swooped through Tarrant County on March 28, 2000, got the best of the city only for a while.

Now, it is difficult to tell there was ever a storm.

The Bank One building, once the starkest reminder of the early-evening twisters, is now The Tower, with upscale condos and room for businesses on the bottom floors.

The devastated Calvary Cathedral has relocated to the north side, its spot near the Trinity River taken over by a gleaming new headquarters for Pier 1.

The iconic Montgomery Ward building on Seventh Street, so pathetic-looking not long ago, is under renovation for the first time in decades.

And perhaps the clearest sign that the recovery is ending is in the Linwood neighborhood, west of downtown. Site of the worst residential damage, Linwood put up new street signs last year.

They show a twister next to the word "Linwood."

Take that.

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For pictures and live video of the 2000 Ft Worth tornado

http://www.nbc5i.com/tornadoes2000/index.html