Don’t forget – tonight is First Friday on the Green, Fort Worth South’s live music series in the Near Southside. Performing tonight will be Tim Locke from Calhoun, Chatterton, and Jordan Mycoskie and the Fire Breathing Fish. Come to Magnolia Green Park (on Lipscomb between Magnolia and Rosedale) in the Near Southside at 6:00 for free music. Bring your family, friends, pets, blankets, and chairs – Chadra Mezza & Grill will have food and drinks to buy (no outside containers or coolers, please). Attendees are encouraged to bring a canned food item for the Tarrant Area Food Bank.
Jun 5, 2009 1
West 7th Aims for Small Business
By: Kevin Buchanan
Via the Business Press, this article about the West 7th development trying to attract smaller businesses into its One West 7th office building at 7th & Foch:
Repositioning and focusing on smaller- to mid-sized companies, Cypress Equities will carve up the large floor plates to create ‘spec suite’ space on the second floor of its 106,000-square-foot office building dubbed One West Seventh at the corner of West Seventh and Foch streets. The suites, ranging in size from 1,000 square feet to 3,000 square feet, each will boast a kitchen and a conference room as well as office space and a reception area.
Nanci Johnson-Plump, a partner at Peloton Real Estate Partners, which is handling leasing for the office tower, said her firm made a similar conversion at Dallas’ Dominion Plaza office building and it was a success.
Jun 4, 2009 Comments Off
Ellerbe Fine Foods Soft Opening June 9th
By: Kevin Buchanan
Just heard from Fort Worth South that Ellerbe Fine Foods will have a soft opening next week, on June 9th. While they get the kinks worked out in the first week, a share of the proceeds will go to charities including the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association, and Shriners Hospitals for Children. The full opening is tentatively scheduled for the week of June 15th.
Hope everybody out there will take the time to stop by Ellerbe next week and try out the newest offering on the Near Southside. Ellerbe Fine Foods is located at the corner of Magnolia & 7th Avenue.
Jun 3, 2009 4
First Friday on the Green – This Friday at 6:00 PM
By: Kevin Buchanan
It’s time for another First Friday on the Green! Fort Worth South’s live music series in the Near Southside has now bumped up to three musical acts – this time around, there’ll be Tim Locke from Calhoun, Chatterton, and Jordan Mycoskie and the Fire Breathing Fish.
Come to Magnolia Green Park in the Near Southside at 6:00 for this free live music event. Bring your family, friends, pets, blankets, and chairs – Chadra Mezza & Grill will have food and drinks to buy (no outside containers or coolers, please). Admission is free, though you can bring a canned food item to benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank.
Hope to see you at First Friday on the Green this Friday! Magnolia Green Park is located on Lipscomb between Magnolia & Rosedale.
Jun 2, 2009 1
Fire at West 7th?
By: Kevin Buchanan
Reader Mark L. sends this note about something he spotted at the West 7th development:
I passed by the West 7th development this weekend, and fire trucks were outside the NE building at the corner of 7th and Norwood. The portion facing Norwood had burn marks out some of the windows. Got any scoop?
We haven’t had the chance to get over and take photos of any potential fire at the development – anybody else out there seen or heard anything?
Jun 2, 2009 Comments Off
SoSeven Update
By: Kevin Buchanan
The SoSeven development’s new Parkside lofts & shops phase has really come a long way, and it looks to be nearly complete. The lofts, which had at one point been intended as for-sale condos, are instead being offered as rental apartments.
We have not yet heard of rents at the Parkside buildings, but we’re keeping our ears open. Retail tenant work should be underway soon, most notably the new outpost of Tim Love’s burger joint, Love Shack.
Here’s a few more recent photos of the progress at SoSeven’s loft phase:
Jun 1, 2009 9
A Walk Through Another Joe Frank Home
By: Kevin Buchanan
We recently got the chance to go through another one of Joe Frank‘s new infill homes in Fairmount, and found yet another beautiful example of historic style and modern design. Built on Lipscomb, this house is similar to the house on College we looked at before, but there are quite a few changes as well, especially on the interior.
Above is a view of the front porch, and the brickwork on the columns.
Inside, there are some similarities – stained & scored concrete floors downstairs, hardwoods upstairs, etc. Some of the design was changed, though, and in this upstairs bedroom we see a good example – the shelf ringing the room, taking advantage of the space around the ceiling.
One other difference in this house that’s not so visible is the presence of an attic fan to help in ventilation and climate control.
Space over the staircase that would otherwise have been nothing is reclaimed for storage in various rooms. Here, in the master bedroom, this large storage space could accommodate a variety of needs.
Another view of the master bedroom, including its ceiling detail.
In another bedroom, another example of reclaimed space for storage.
In this kitchen, the cabinets are full-height to the ceiling, a difference compared to the house on College.
The living room, with a good view of the stained & scored concrete floor.
The reverse angle in the living room shows the cased opening into the dining room & kitchen, complete with built-ins on each side.
Out back, the house has a similar two-story garage as the College house, but it’s subtly altered as well. It’s six feed wider, for one, to accommodate a work bench.
The upstairs space is larger, and wired for an audio-visual system as in the other house.
The kitchenette space in the garage unit.
Also different here is the full bath with shower, rather than the half-bath of the College house.
Once again, a big thanks to Joe Frank for allowing us into his new home, and a big thanks also to its new owners for letting us take a walkthrough. That’s right – it’s already sold. Joe is, of course, always working on new creations. You can visit his web site, fortworthbungalow.com, for more information. He’s also available at joe@fortworthbungalow.com or 817-296-7600.
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