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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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First Friday & Arts Goggle

Written by Kevin Buchanan on October 2, 2009 - 8 Comments
Categories: General

Don’t forget, this weekend brings two major Near Southside events. First up, it’s First Friday on the Green tonight, featuring The Burning Hotels, The Campaign, and Jimmy from Caroline’s Spine. Music starts at 7:00 at Magnolia Green Park, on Lipscomb between Magnolia and Rosedale. Admission is free, but donations of paper plates, [...]

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Palermo's No More? Mamma Mia Opening On Magnolia?

Written by Kevin Buchanan on September 15, 2009 - 12 Comments
Categories: Preservation, Urban Development

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We’ve heard a rumor that a long-time Magnolia Avenue eatery, the Italian restaurant Palermo’s just west of College, is closing up shop. This would explain the erratic hours we’ve noticed for the past several weeks. What’s more, we’re also hearing that a replacement is already lined up. Mamma Mia, which [...]

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Apartment Building At Magnolia & Adams

Written by Kevin Buchanan on September 10, 2009 - 6 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

Dunn Haven Apartments, 1228 Adams – photo from Fairmount Southside Historic District
We’ve gotten several questions and comments about the old apartment building at Magnolia & Adams:
Any idea what is going on with the 6-plex apts. on the corner of Magnolia and S. Adams across the street from Junsuree? I lived there 2 years ago and [...]

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1900 5th Avenue Finally Comes Down

Written by Kevin Buchanan on September 9, 2009 - 22 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation

The long-running feud between the Fairmount neighborhood and a negligent property owner finally came to a head yesterday, as the city moved in and demolished the two structures at 1900 5th Avenue in the heart of the historic district.
The two homes have been deteriorating for many years as their owner sat on them, never so [...]

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Tower 55 Public Meeting Report

Written by Kevin Buchanan on August 4, 2009 - 16 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Transit & Infrastructure, Urban Development

At the Intermodal Transportation Center yesterday evening, the North Central Texas Council of Governments presented alternatives for relieving rail traffic at Tower 55, the congested at-grade railroad crossing located under the I-30/I-35 interchange near Downtown Fort Worth and the Near Southside. We attended and will provide a summary of the proposals.

Tower 55 has been [...]

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Lili's Owner Vance Martin To Open Cat City Grill On Magnolia

Written by Kevin Buchanan on July 9, 2009 - 9 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

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DFW.com is reporting that Vance Martin, of the foodie favorite Lili’s Bistro on Magnolia between Spiral Diner and Panther City Bicycles, will be opening a new restaurant, Cat City Grill, in the former Catholic Charities building at 5th Avenue & Magnolia currently being revamped by developer Fran McCarthy.
The menu will continue to evolve [...]

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No Wonder We Have Slumlords

Written by Kevin Buchanan on June 29, 2009 - 4 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

A brief aside…
It was brought to our attention over the weekend that one of the reasons a neighborhood, say Fairmount in this case, that’s being reborn has such a hard time dislodging long-time slumlords is because the appraised value of their property is ridiculously low. We’re not talking about the home/duplex/whatever on the property [...]

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Excellent Near Southside Story in new Weekly by Dan McGraw

Written by Kevin Buchanan on June 11, 2009 - 13 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Transit & Infrastructure, Urban Development

Our friend Dan McGraw in the Fort Worth Weekly has written a lengthy, very well-done article about the Near Southside, focusing on people like The Carillion Group’s Eddie Vanston. Vanston is interviewed, along with architects Robert W. Kelly, Fort Worth South’s Paul Paine, developer/musician Tom Reynolds, and yours truly.
Some quotes from the story (which [...]

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Ellerbe Fine Foods Has Soft Opening

Written by Kevin Buchanan on June 10, 2009 - 2 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

As we reported earlier, Ellerbe Fine Foods has had their soft opening this week as they work out the kinks in their systems. We stopped by and gave it a try.
First, the renovation of the old gas station is outstanding. The building is light and open, like a loft, and features concrete floors, [...]

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