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Stayton Progress

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 15, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The Stayton, the three-tower retirement condo project that’s in the So7 development, has been steadily rising from its pit for a while now, and parts of the framework are nearly above ground now.  Eventually, this will all be three 11-story towers, located just north of the Lancaster Avenue bridge.
For a detailed look at the project, [...]

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Historic Electric Building Getting Much-Deserved TLC

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 8, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

These photos come to us from Atlas Properties, the new local owner/manager of the Historic Electric Building in Downtown next to Burnett Park.  The historic 1931 skyscraper has been apartments for quite a while, but under its previous out-of-state owner the building had fallen into rather poor condition.
Since acquiring the building, Atlas has launched into an ongoing [...]

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Chunduri Building Mixed-Use Underway

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 8, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Yet another example of a small mixed-use structure is now under construction in the Near Southside.  This development, at Grainger & Cannon (just a couple of blocks from West Leuda Park), will feature a ground-floor office for Dr. Chunduri’s neurology clinic, and two apartments on the second floor.  It was designed by Gary Wood Architects.
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West 7th Grand Opening

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 5, 2010 - 4 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

At last night’s West 7th Spring Bash, Mayor Moncrief and representatives of developer Cypress Equities were on hand to officially cut the ribbon on the big new mixed-use development.  Prior to the ribbon cutting, Mayor Moncrief spoke about the development, reiterating several of the points from his State of the City address – that Fort [...]

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New Mixed-Use Infill near West Leuda Park

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 3, 2010 - 13 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The Near Southside wave of small mixed-use infill developments continues.  This example is going up on St. Louis just south of Pennsylvania, right down the street from the nearly-complete new West Leuda Park (as well as the Leuda-May Apartments and Hattie May Inn, as well as just around the corner from the Rahr Brewery).
This building [...]

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Magnolia Avenue Tree Lighting Nearly Ready

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 2, 2010 - 15 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Transit & Infrastructure

Next time you’re walking along Magnolia Avenue in the Near Southside, take an up-close look at the trees lining the street.  The long-in-the-works LED lighting of the Magnolia street trees is very nearly ready to go.
Fort Worth South, Inc. came up with the idea, and has been working with the city to make it a [...]

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New Near Southside Police Station

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 1, 2010 - 6 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

The redevelopment of the building on Hemphill just off the corner of Magnolia & Hemphill that will be home to the Near Southside’s new police station is well underway.  The police station, currently in the ground floor of the building at College & Magnolia that houses Mamma Mia, The Salon Upstairs, Urban Green Build, and [...]

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New Office Building on Hemphill

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 26, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Yes, truly, this is a new doctor’s office building being built on Hemphill just south of Magnolia in the Near Southside.  The building will feature a brick facade with arched windows on the second floor.  We believe the architect on this one is Ray Boothe.
At the moment, we don’t have a rendering available of the [...]

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Mayor Moncrief’s State of the City Address: Car-Centric Planning a Mistake

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 25, 2010 - 14 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Bicycles, Transit & Infrastructure

Edit:  Added the full transcript of the Mayor’s discussion related to this topic.
Mayor Moncrief has given his State of the City address, and one of the items he discussed was the city’s transportation and planning.  The mayor stated in no uncertain terms that Fort Worth is facing severe transportation challenges, that they stem from too [...]

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Aggarwal Building Update

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 25, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The Aggarwal Building, a new mixed-use development on Lipscomb just north of Rosedale (across the street from the Bajaj Building), is pretty well complete at this point.  The building was designed by TMA Architects, and is four loft apartments upstairs with a medical office downstairs – another example of the small infill mixed-use buildings being [...]

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