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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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Bike Friendly Fort Worth Velocache_001

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 24, 2010 - 10 Comments
Categories: Bicycles

We are pleased to announce that Bike Friendly Fort Worth Velocache_001 is up and running!
“Bike Friendly Fort Worth Velocache_001 is now in play.
The Rules:
1. Get out of the car, and get onto a bike.
2 .The cache is on public property.
3. You will not have to dig, break, or climb anything,
4. The cache is very [...]

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Bike Friendly Fort Worth presents Velo-Caching!

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 23, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Bicycles

Bike Friendly Fort Worth has combined two things we really love – bikes and treasure hunting – into something we like to call Velo-Caching. We have caches of gifts from local bike friendly businesses that have been cleverly hidden throughout the city, and we want you to find them.
You will not need GPS devices, shovels, [...]

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Doggie Diggs Opens in South Main Village

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 22, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Urban Development

In the ongoing revitalization of the Near Southside’s South Main Village neighborhood, another new business has arrived:  Doggie Diggs, a new dog daycare facility located at 221 E. Broadway.
Doggie Diggs heads into a part of the Landers Machine Shop complex located just off South Main, near the Sawyer Apartments and Miller Lofts.  The main Landers [...]

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Yofé Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Cafe Now Open

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 1, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

We finally had the chance to check out Yofé Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Cafe, freshly opened in the ground floor of one of the buildings of the West 7th mixed-use development.
One of the complaints about the Cultural District’s mixed-use developments is that their ground-floor tenants are almost all national chains or Dallas-based outfits.  There’s a [...]

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Yofé, others now open at West 7th, more coming soon

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 11, 2010 - 7 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

Ground-floor tenants have been opening up left and right in the West 7th development out in the Cultural District area.  We noticed that Yofé Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Cafe has now opened in the ground floor of the Movie Tavern building, and next door to it will soon be Sweet Sammies and Pure Bliss.  Over [...]

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Mamma Mia Opens on Magnolia

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 9, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: Transit & Infrastructure, Urban Development

We noticed this morning that Mamma Mia Italian Grill & Pizza, in the former Palermo’s space on Magnolia (between College and Washington) in the Near Southside, now has a banner up proclaiming their opening.  We checked the sign in the window, and Mamma Mia’s hours of operation are listed as 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM, [...]

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Cat City Grill Posts Menu

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 5, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Urban Development

Via Eat This Fort Worth, it looks like Cat City Grill (the new eatery opening soon at 1208 West Magnolia in the Near Southside) has posted its menu on its web site.  Go there and check it out.  For the uninitiated, Cat City Grill is a new spot on Magnolia between 5th & Henderson that [...]

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New Gallus Bike Spotted

Written by Kevin Buchanan on November 14, 2009 - 7 Comments
Categories: Bicycles

Couldn’t help but spot this pinkish beauty from Gallus in the hall at Spiral Diner. Jeremy tells us it’s a new city bike, and it’s not quite finished just yet – there’s still fenders, lights, etc. to come. It’s already looking good, though. Keep your eyes peeled for it around the Near [...]

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Gallus Cycles – New Local Custom Bike Builder

Written by Kevin Buchanan on October 15, 2009 - 8 Comments
Categories: Transit & Infrastructure

With Fort Worth’s embryonic bike culture starting to grow (especially in the Near Southside, where we now see more people riding the streets in jeans, t-shirts, jackets, and caps than in spandex and streamlined helmets), another piece of the puzzle has recently opened up: a new custom bike-building shop.
Give a big “hello” to Gallus [...]

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