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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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Chunduri Building Mixed-Use Underway

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 8, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Yet another example of a small mixed-use structure is now under construction in the Near Southside.  This development, at Grainger & Cannon (just a couple of blocks from West Leuda Park), will feature a ground-floor office for Dr. Chunduri’s neurology clinic, and two apartments on the second floor.  It was designed by Gary Wood Architects.
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New Mixed-Use Infill near West Leuda Park

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 3, 2010 - 13 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The Near Southside wave of small mixed-use infill developments continues.  This example is going up on St. Louis just south of Pennsylvania, right down the street from the nearly-complete new West Leuda Park (as well as the Leuda-May Apartments and Hattie May Inn, as well as just around the corner from the Rahr Brewery).
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Magnolia Avenue Tree Lighting Nearly Ready

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 2, 2010 - 15 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Transit & Infrastructure

Next time you’re walking along Magnolia Avenue in the Near Southside, take an up-close look at the trees lining the street.  The long-in-the-works LED lighting of the Magnolia street trees is very nearly ready to go.
Fort Worth South, Inc. came up with the idea, and has been working with the city to make it a [...]

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New Near Southside Police Station

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 1, 2010 - 6 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

The redevelopment of the building on Hemphill just off the corner of Magnolia & Hemphill that will be home to the Near Southside’s new police station is well underway.  The police station, currently in the ground floor of the building at College & Magnolia that houses Mamma Mia, The Salon Upstairs, Urban Green Build, and [...]

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New Office Building on Hemphill

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 26, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Yes, truly, this is a new doctor’s office building being built on Hemphill just south of Magnolia in the Near Southside.  The building will feature a brick facade with arched windows on the second floor.  We believe the architect on this one is Ray Boothe.
At the moment, we don’t have a rendering available of the [...]

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Bike Friendly Fort Worth Velocache_001 Found!

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 25, 2010 - 4 Comments
Categories: Bicycles

We’ve heard via Twitter that reader KMuncie has found the Bike Friendly Fort Worth Velocache_001!  Congrats!  Tell us what you found – we’re curious what was in it.

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Bike Friendly Fort Worth Velocache_001 – Photo Clue 2

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 25, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Bicycles

We have received Clue #2 from our friends at Bike Friendly Fort Worth.
Below, you’ll find Clue #2 as to the location of Bike Friendly Fort Worth’s Velocache_001.  If you can recognize this spot after figuring out Clue #1 posted yesterday, we think you’ll be closer to uncovering the cache.

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Aggarwal Building Update

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 25, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The Aggarwal Building, a new mixed-use development on Lipscomb just north of Rosedale (across the street from the Bajaj Building), is pretty well complete at this point.  The building was designed by TMA Architects, and is four loft apartments upstairs with a medical office downstairs – another example of the small infill mixed-use buildings being [...]

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Bajaj Building Update

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 25, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

One of the Near Southside’s ongoing series of mixed-use infill developments, the Bajaj Building, continues to progress at its site on Lipscomb just north of Rosedale.  The development will feature a ground floor medical office and loft apartments upstairs, and was designed by the Near Southside’s own TMA Architects, who have been specializing in these [...]

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