Historic Electric Building Getting Much-Deserved TLC
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 [...]
New Near Southside Police Station
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 [...]
Read more »Fairmount Home Tour Coming May 8 & 9
The Fairmount neighborhood in the Near Southside is gearing up for its annual home tour, coming up on Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9.
The Fairmount Tour of Homes highlights the beautiful homes that we have in our historic neighborhood. Each year, six to ten homes are selected for the tour and hundreds and hundreds [...]
Massad House Moved
The Massad House, a large home-turned-office-space that had lived on W. 7th Street for years, has been relocated to its new home on Montgomery Street near the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. The home was moved this past Saturday, transported in one piece. These photos of [...]
Read more »Museum Place Update – Massad House to be Moved
Things have been slow in the world of Museum Place in the Cultural District, but we are finally about to see some progress on the next phase of the large mixed-use development. One of the obstacles to construction of that next phase has been the Massad House, a large Victorian home (now office space) that [...]
Read more »Cowtown Diner Opening on the 11th
According to an ad in this issue of the Sundance Square Insider (PDF link), Cowtown Diner will be opening in the former La Madeleine space at 305 Main on the 11th. (Insert rant about the over-reliance on the “Cowtown” thing here.) Cowtown Diner will feature a gourmet deli/take out market serving salads, sandwiches, prepared entrees [...]
Read more »714 Main Restoration Progress
During the holidays, XTO Energy’s restoration of 714 Main made great progress, and the nearly-finished facade is exposed along Main Street. The re-created lower levels of the building feature tall arched windows, warrior heads atop the arches, logos for the building’s original owner (Farmers & Mechanics Bank), and a re-creation of the original grand entrance [...]
Read more »714 Main Restoration Progress
XTO Energy’s restoration of 714 Main continues at a steady pace. As we previously noted, the building’s original main entrance has been recreated in the center of the Main Street facade, and now the warrior heads atop the window arches are uncovered as well. A closer look reveals more new, interesting detail.
XTO’s started [...]
Read more »Zio Carlo Brew Pub Progress
News of a project we had once thought had been abandoned – the former Gunn’s Cleaners building at College & Magnolia in the Near Southside is indeed still being converted to an Italian brew pub named Zio Carlo. Extensive work has been going on at the building, which dates to 1916 and has been [...]
Read more »Photo Tour: Quorum Architects
Recently, we had the opportunity to visit the home of Quorum Architects. Quorum is located in the Near Southside, at Vickery & Hemphill. From the outside, the Quorum building (which also houses Concussion and Matador, with Quorum leasing space out to those companies) is a very modest sort of building that comes across [...]
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