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 [...]
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 »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 [...]
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 »Critical Mass Ride Tonight
Just heard from our friend Conscientious Projector that the Fort Worth Critical Mass First Monday ride is tonight, 6:30 PM, starting at the Intermodal Transportation Center at 9th & Jones. It’s a way to get a large-ish group of cyclists on the streets of urban Fort Worth and encourage the growth of Fort Worth’s [...]
Read more »714 Main Progress
XTO’s restoration of 714 Main, the former Transport Life Building in Downtown, is getting closer to completion. As seen above, much of the glass of the new replica 1920s base has been installed, and as we reported previously the new warrior heads have been added atop the arches.
Now, XTO has added another important part [...]
New Downtown Bus Stops
The new bus stops in Downtown Fort Worth have been going up for a little while now and they’re almost complete – this one was just missing its schedule & route info. They look to us to be a nice improvement over the unfortunate ’70s-vintage stops that used to be at these sites – [...]
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