West 7th Grand Opening
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 [...]
Read more »West 7th Spring Bash Tonight
Just a reminder that the Spring Bash at the West 7th development is tonight from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. There will be a ribbon cutting for the development, a performance by the band Reckless Kelly, a beer garden, and more. It will be held on Crockett between the two loft/retail buildings. The event benefits [...]
Read more »So7 Sidewalk Improvements Continue
The So7 development continues to do major sidewalk improvements. The development is adding new sidewalks and widening existing ones throughout its property, to create a much more fully integrated pedestrian experience. One of the most important for pedestrian quality and safety are the new full sidewalk crossings at the rail line running between the Stayton [...]
Read more »The Stayton – Progress
The Stayton, in the So7 development, continues its rise from its underground parking pit on its way to its eventual 11-story height. The three-tower retirement condo complex is making steady progress upwards – at this rate, it won’t be that long before we start to see it poke its way up above ground.
Read more »Terra Mediterranean Grill Open This Week
The newest eatery in the West 7th development is opening this week. Terra Mediterranean Grill, the newest offering from the Chanaa family, has been chatting up their opening this week on their Twitter feed, and the Star-Telegram’s great Eats Beat man himself, Bud Kennedy, also mentioned the opening:
Now, the next major opening in the West [...]
West 7th Spring Bash – Thursday, March 4
Cypress Equities has passed along an invite for Fort Worthology readers to attend the upcoming “West 7th Spring Bash,” celebrating the official opening of their West 7th development in the Cultural District. The West 7th Spring Bash benefits Cook Children’s by donating a percentage of sales from concessions and participating retailers and restaurants.
The West 7th [...]
Dallas Wins, Fort Worth Loses on TIGER Streetcar Funds
The US Department of Transportation has announced the winners of the TIGER recovery fund grants this morning. The complete list of winners can be view here (PDF link).
Both Fort Worth and Dallas had applied for TIGER funds to help with the construction of their respective modern streetcar systems. Dallas has won $23 million [...]
A Look at Bike Fort Worth
Bike Fort Worth, the ambitious new bicycle transportation plan, will be voted for adoption tomorrow at the City Council meeting. Bike Fort Worth aims to create a Fort Worth that is massively more bike-friendly than at present, and thereby increase the number of bicycle users in the city.
Bike Fort Worth’s primary goals are:
Increasing bicycling in [...]
Read more »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 »Bike Friendly Fort Worth Ride to City Hall
As we’ve noted before, this Tuesday the City Council will vote whether to adopt the ambitious Bike Fort Worth plan for creating a real on-and-off-street bicycle transportation network throughout the city of Fort Worth.
Of late, bike efforts in Dallas have been aided by the actions of a group of bike & urbanism advocates from Oak [...]
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