Posts from ‘March, 2007’

Just a reminder - yours truly will be at the Fort Worth South Arts Goggle tonight, exhibiting my Fort Worth photos at the office of Urban Realty Resources. It’s very easy to find - at the corner of Magnolia & College, on the second floor above the police station. The entrance to URR’s [...]

This sketch shows the proposed redesign of Hemphill in Fort Worth South. The proposal would narrow the street, reduce the number of traffic lanes to two, replace the other two traffic lanes with on-street parking, and provide for wider sidewalks with trees. Let’s hope this proposal goes forward - this would to a [...]

Rendering of the Tarrant County Medical Society building to be built at Hemphill & Pennsylvania. This $5.5 million three-story structure will be completed by June 2008, and is a modern, very environmentally friendly design. Looks to be more quality infill for Fort Worth South. We’ll keep you updated on its progress, of [...]

Le Bijou, the luxury townhome development on the east side of downtown, is nearing completion. The development, featuring 14 townhomes that are three stories plus rooftop deck, is really starting to come together and looks to be a fantastic addition to the downtown streetscape. Designed by local architect Ken Schaumburg, Le Bijou’s townhomes [...]

We previously reported on the conversion of the old gym at St. Mary’s Church in Fort Worth South to lofts, but all we had originally was a blurry rendering from a PDF. We now have gotten a couple of much higher quality images of Fort Worth architect Ames Fender’s design for the project - [...]

There are changes afoot here at Fort Worthology! To celebrate the success of the site thus far, we’re hard at work on a revamp of the layout and design. We’ve been incorporating the comments and suggestions we’ve received from the viewers, and we think you’ll all be pleased with what we’ve got in [...]

That’s right - we are starting to get details on the often-rumored redevelopment of the massive Texas & Pacific Warehouse on Lancaster. The warehouse, the third building of the complex that also features the U. S. Post Office and the Texas & Pacific Terminal/Lofts, has been abandoned for many years and is ripe for [...]

Special Announcement: Fort Worthology & Urban Realty Resources Join Forces for 2007 Arts Goggle!
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Another announcement in Fort Worth South, these new townhomes will be built at Adams & Oleander Walk, right across the Oleander Walk from the Texana Townhomes. They will be called Oleander Place. Not much info on them yet, but we’ll update you as we learn more. For now, click the rendering to [...]

A new project has been announced for Fort Worth South. Currently known as Southside Associates Mixed-Use, this full-block development will be at the western end of the Oleander Walk. It will feature ground-level arcade retail with lofts above. Not much info yet, but we’ll bring you more as we learn of it. [...]

That’s right - yours truly has been on a photography trip to the newly reopened Water Gardens, and I’d like to share the images with you. Click the link below for my photoset “The Return of the Water Gardens” at Flickr:
The Return of the Water Gardens

Further details have been leaking out about the condos currently being developed in the upper floors of the historic Montgomery Ward building. Previously, Fort Worthology reported that the building’s condos will be available in thre unique color/finish schemes, called Morning, Noon, and Night. As we have now learned, not only are the units [...]

I’ve mentioned Bernie Scheffler, owner of Panther City Bicycles, and his District 9 City Council bid on the site before, but today was the first chance I had to really look over his platform. Bernie’s platform, and particularly his push for much stronger historic preservation, a more pedestrian-friendly Fort Worth, promoting locally-owned independent business, [...]

Here’s a bit of a surprise - some not-widely-seen renderings of the retail/loft portion of So7, the urban development on 7th Street across from Montgomery Plaza:

These renderings are notably different from the renderings previously published, and it’s not known how this design fits into the So7 timeline - are these old? New? I’m [...]

That’s right - Cypress Equities has unveiled their upcoming project that will replace Acme Brick’s closing facility at 7th Street & Currie. The project, which is now officially called “West 7th,” will feature residential & retail in a large complex of mixed-use buildings. The rendering also appears to show a good-sized amount of [...]