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Spring Arts Goggle Sign-Up Form Online

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 12, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Our friends at Fort Worth South, Inc. have got the sign-up form for the Spring Arts Goggle up and running.  If you’re interested in being an artist or a venue, head on over and sign up.  The Spring 2010 Arts Goggle will be held Saturday, May 15, from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the [...]

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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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West 7th Spring Bash Tonight

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 4, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

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 [...]

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Photos from the Fort Worth South Banquet

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 24, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Bicycles, Transit & Infrastructure, Urban Development

Last night, at the beautiful Masonic Temple, Fort Worth South, Inc. held its latest annual banquet celebrating the ongoing continued success of the Near Southside’s revitalization.  Fort Worth South president Paul Paine gave a stirring presentation on the accomplishments in the Near Southside thus far, and several upcoming projects and developments.
In the photos above, you [...]

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Fairmount Home Tour Coming May 8 & 9

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 19, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Preservation

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 [...]

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West 7th Spring Bash – Thursday, March 4

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 18, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

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.
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Free Movie at Urban Green Build this Thursday

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 16, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design

After a delay due to snow, Urban Green Build’s free urbanism & sustainability movie series is back on, at 7:00 PM this Thursday.  Up for viewing is PBS’s Blueprint America:  Road to the Future.
Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country’s aging and changing infrastructure, [...]

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Urban Green Build film postponed due to weather

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 11, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Note:  tonight’s scheduled showing of “Blueprint America:  The Road to the Future” has been postponed due to Fort Worth’s wintery weather.  It will now be happening next Thursday, the 18th, at 7:00 PM.

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Reminder: Free Movie at Urban Green Build Tomorrow

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 10, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design

Just a quick reminder – our friends at Urban Green Build (2nd floor across from The Salon Upstairs at College & Magnolia in the Near Southside) are having another free urbanism/sustainability movie showing tomorrow night at 7:00 PM.  Fort Worthology is providing the movie:  the PBS special “Blueprint America:  The Road to the Future,” examining [...]

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Bike Friendly Fort Worth Ride to City Hall

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 4, 2010 - 13 Comments
Categories: Bicycles, Transit & Infrastructure

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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