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Trinity Bluff – Lincoln Park, Villa de Leon Photos

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 27, 2010 - 8 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

The latest phases of the Trinity Bluff development in Uptown – the super-lux Villa de Leon condos, and Lincoln’s new rental developments Lincoln Park Townhomes and Lincoln Park Apartments – are pretty well finished, so here’s some fairly recent photos showing off their completed look & arrangement.
Of the three, we think we like the apartment [...]

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Lincoln Park at Trinity Bluff Update

Written by Kevin Buchanan on July 14, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Lincoln’s newest apartment development on the Samuels Avenue section of the Trinity Bluff development has made a lot of progress lately, and we also now have a name for the development: “Lincoln Park.”
It looks like Lincoln counts both the large apartment building and the townhomes across the street as “Lincoln Park,” so information about [...]

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Lincoln Trinity Bluff Apartments

Written by Kevin Buchanan on May 25, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Across the street from their new townhome development, Lincoln Properties is also building this large new apartment structure. As with the townhomes, rents haven’t been released yet, but the new development will have several hundred units with a parking garage buffering the residences from the train tracks to the east.
Spotted recently are the beginnings [...]

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Lincoln Trinity Bluff Townhomes Progress

Written by Kevin Buchanan on May 22, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Lincoln’s new townhomes along Samuels on the Trinity Bluffs have progressed a great deal – finishing touches are starting to appear on the units facing Samuels, and framing is well underway on the units looking out over the river.
These townhomes will be rental, at least initially. There’s no word yet on rents, but we [...]

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Villa de Leon Progress

Written by Kevin Buchanan on May 21, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Villa de Leon at Trinity Bluff has made more facade progress and it’s starting to become more visible as scaffolding disappears. Villa de Leon is a luxury condo development featuring 23 units starting at $750,000.

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Designing Heritage Park – Inside the Halprin Archives, Part One – Alternate Sites and Designs

Written by Kevin Buchanan on April 24, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation

Recently, we noted the city’s planned public meetings on the restoration of Heritage Park. The city is working with Laurie Olin, noted landscape architect who worked with Heritage Park’s original designer, Lawrence Halprin, to come up with an effective and respectful restoration plan for the long-neglected and intimate park on the Trinity Bluff just [...]

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Streetcar News Updates – $2 million in funds approved

Written by Kevin Buchanan on April 20, 2009 - 3 Comments
Categories: Transit & Infrastructure

While we’ve got streetcars on our minds, here’s some good news about the Fort Worth Streetcar project: the North Central Texas Council of Governments has approved using $1.6 million for a grant to the City of Fort Worth to fund a design consultant and study on the project. The city and The T [...]

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Fort Worth Streetcar Now Part of Regional Mobility 2030 Plan, Eligible for Federal Dollars

Written by Kevin Buchanan on April 13, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Transit & Infrastructure

Gordon Dickson at the Star-Telegram has the story – the Fort Worth Streetcar is now an official part of the FW/D region’s Mobility 2030 plan, and thus is now eligible for federal transit funding:
Fort Worth’s proposed streetcar system and a commuter rail line to Mansfield are now officially part of the region’s plans and eligible [...]

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Trinity Bluff Update

Written by Kevin Buchanan on April 7, 2009 - 2 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Things have been steadily progressing at the Trinity Bluff development on the three big projects currently underway – Villa de Leon, Lincoln’s new apartment development, and Lincoln’s new rental townhome development. Above, a shot of Villa de Leon, showing off the stucco work and tile roof.

Across the street, Lincoln’s new apartment development has reached [...]

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New Trinity Bluff Lincoln Apartments Headed Up

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 21, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Originally posted on Flickr by TowerGuy
The newest infill apartment project by Lincoln Properties, along Samuels Avenue on the Trinity Bluff, is making steady progress. As seen in the photo above, both the parking garage at the rear of the property (to the right, against the railroad tracks) and the apartments themselves are well underway. [...]

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