Over a decade ago, Fort Worth singer Leon Bridges recorded his debut album “Coming Home” at Niles City Sound in the Near Southside — a project that boosted him to his first of six Grammy nominations in 2016.
His career skyrocketed from there, making him a household name and one of Fort Worth’s hometown heroes, city officials say. Now, Fort Worth is honoring Bridges with permanent street signs near the recording studio that started it all.
Fort Worth council members unanimously passed a resolution Sept. 30 to place street sign toppers in honor of Bridges along a block of South Calhoun Street bordered by East Vickery Boulevard and East Broadway Avenue…