Posts under ‘Near Southside’

Over the weekend, I took my photographic equipment to the Near Southside and spent some time wandering around taking HDR photos of things. For the uninitiated, HDR photography involves taking multiple photos of a subject at different exposures, then blending the exposures together on a computer to create an image with a much higher [...]

Got word of a plan moving through the city planners at the moment to vacate (ie, close) Alston between Broadway and Peter Smith on the Near Southside. I’m guessing this is related to the new apartment development that’s been quietly announced by Fort Worth South, Inc. and which is being developed by Seneca Investments [...]

So much for the St. Joseph’s Garden mixed-use project. As Sandra Baker writes in the Star-Telegram:
The vacant St. Joseph Hospital on the near south side, where Tarrant County’s first hospital was founded by nuns in 1885, is headed for the wrecking ball and will be replaced by a county healthcare facility, its new owners [...]

The Oleander Place Townhomes at Adams & Oleander are making good progress on Phase One. The stucco rear facade is up, and the brick & stone facades facing Adams and Oleander are now going up. Inside, I’m told that finish-out is proceeding nicely, and that kitchen cabinets and such are going in. [...]

Wait, what? New development on Rosedale? And it’s right up against the street? And the parking’s in the back? Hosannah! There’s hope yet. It would appear that Fort Worth South’s new Near Southside Development Standards and zoning are already having a positive effect.
I was a bit concerned when I [...]

Phase One of South Village Lofts on Bryan has completed. South Village Lofts is a green loft townhouse development that is going for LEED certification. The adjacent loft is presumably where the second phase will be constructed.

Developer Eddie Vanston is moving right along with his restoration and redevelopment of the former Sawyer Grocery Store buildings on South Main into ground-floor retail with apartments on the second floor. As seen above, the older building on the corner is nearing completion.

The slightly newer building next door is right behind it. The [...]

Wow.
The reason for the visit to Moxie was research. If you don’t know Amy and I personally then you probably haven’t heard that Amy is in the beginning stages of her next business venture. That venture being a real Art House Cinema in Fort Worth (of course I’ll be helping her out but just like [...]

I took these photos of Thistle Hill at twilight yesterday evening, and thought I’d share with you all. Click the photo for a bigger view.

The restoration and redevelopment of the Sawyer Grocery buildings on South Main has really brightened up that part of town, and work has been steadily progressing. As you can see, the exteriors are getting to be fairly complete, while significant progress inside can be seen through the windows compared to the progress I saw [...]

The long-planned Lofts Of St. Mary’s development, which will transform the ’50s-vintage metal church gymnasium in Fairmount into a modern living space, has been floating around for a long time now - I first reported on it back on December 21, 2006. Back in September, I reported that the project might be headed in [...]

Continuing the series on the homes of the most recent Fairmount home tour, today’s entry takes a look the beautiful Reeves home. Built in 1920, it is a Craftsman bungalow which is in remarkable, mostly unrestored condition. As shown above, the exterior features a large front porch, twin symmetrical gables and matching twin [...]

I’ve just heard some information that a developer is in the planning stages of a new urban apartment development to be located at College & Peter Smith in the Near Southside. Details are thin at the moment, but the development will be three or four stories in height surrounding a hidden central parking structure, [...]

As Fort Worth’s urbanization moves ahead and older central-city neighborhoods come back to life, developers are constructing infill housing all over the place. Depending on the neighborhood, this takes several forms - rowhouses, for example, are springing up in Magnolia Village (loosely defined as the area north of Magnolia up to Rosedale, centered around [...]

The new Near Southside branding is now underway. Fort Worth South, Inc. received an anonymous donation from a member that has allowed them to begin installing the Near Southside neighborhood signs shown above at 50 intersections throughout the district. This is the first step in a new branding campaign that will also include [...]

Phase 1 of the South Village Lofts, the new LEED Certified green townhome development on Bryan Avenue just off South Main in the Near Southside, looks to be finishing up at this point. The two units, which are priced from the $250,000s, are approximately 1,984 square feet. They feature LEED certification (not sure [...]

During the past weekend’s Fairmount home tour, I had the opportunity to walk through several historic homes in the neighborhood. Over the coming week, I’ll be talking a bit about those homes. Today, though, I’d like to talk about one of the two “bonus” homes on the tour - a brand-new home that [...]

The new Oleander Place townhomes across from the Texana townhomes at Adams & Oleander are making good progress - windows are now going in to the nearly fully-framed townhomes. The first four units, which face Oleander, are really moving along nicely. Click the photos for a bigger view.
Units at Oleander Place start in the $260,000s [...]

Today’s Urban Home Tour entry takes us to one of Fort Worth’s most unique urban residences - the Victory Arts Center in the Near Southside.
Built in 1909 as Our Lady Of Victory Academy, the building was designed by legendary local architectural firm Sanguinet & Staats. Marshall Sanguinet and Carl Staats were remarkably talented architects, [...]

The new Oleander Place townhomes across from the Texana townhomes at Adams & Oleander are already framed up to the third floor. The first four units, which face Oleander, are really moving along nicely. Click the photos for a bigger view.

Units at Oleander Place start in the $260,000s and range from 1,700 to [...]

The South Village Lofts, a new green infill development on Bryan just off South Main near the old fire station, look to be coming along pretty well at this point. Not a lot of information on them just yet - I’m still looking. They are going for LEED certification, although I don’t know [...]

At the sixteenth annual Congress of the New Urbanism, held in Austin last week, Fort Worth South, Inc. was up for the Driehaus Award for Form-Based Codes. The new Near Southside Development Standards and Guidelines were recently approved by the city, and guide development in that district into following high standards of true urban [...]

With the completion of Oleander Walk in the Near Southside, the redesign of tiny Oleander Street (the next street north from Magnolia) into a beautiful tree-lined pathway that favors pedestrians and bicycles, new developments are moving in to the area now called Magnolia Village. One of Fort Worth South’s goals for the area was [...]

Arts Goggle in the Near Southside just gets better every time. This time around, yours truly was situated in both Panther City Bicycles on Magnolia and the Texana Townhomes at Adams & Oleander. I’d intended to bike back and forth between the two all night, but it was so crazy busy at the [...]

Just a reminder - Arts Goggle is TONIGHT from 5:00 to 10:00 PM in the Near Southside! I’ll be exhibiting my photography at Panther City Bicycles, 1306 West Magnolia Avenue. Stop by and chat, and look at/buy (if you’re so inclined) some photos!
UPDATE: Turns out, my photos are going to be in [...]