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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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Fort Worth presents radically improved bicycle plan, aims to triple bicycle travel by 2015

Written by Kevin Buchanan on April 22, 2009 - 20 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Transit & Infrastructure

Last night at the Central Library in Downtown Fort Worth, the city showcased a draft of a radically altered and improved bicycle transportation plan called “Bike Fort Worth.” Aiming to replace the rather lacking 1999 bike route plan with a more robust and elaborate system, the city has been working for a year and [...]

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Weekend Happenings

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 27, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Just to wrap up on some of the goings-on in central Fort Worth this weekend:
Friday, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM – Near Southside
Arts Goggle
The biggest Arts Goggle yet, featuring 54 venues and over 120 artists. A free arts & music festival, Arts Goggle takes place all over the Near Southside – Magnolia Village, South [...]

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Streetcar Public Meeting Report

Written by Kevin Buchanan on November 21, 2008 - 8 Comments
Categories: General

On the subject of the Cultural District modern streetcar public meeting, DC writes:
Anything interesting from last night?
So I thought I’d give my impressions from the two meetings I attended – the one at the Guinn School in the Near Southside, and the one at the UNT Health Science Center in the Cultural District.
Both meetings followed [...]

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