Two Interesting Downtown Design Review Board Items
We were perusing the agenda for today’s meeting of the city’s Downtown Design Review Board, and a couple of items under “New Cases” caught our eye. Here they are, as written on the agenda:
DG09-053
401 West Lancaster Avenue; Texas & Pacific Warehouse
Owner / Applicant: Cleopatra Investments, Ltd./Gromatzky, Dupree & Associates
Requests a Certificate of Appropriateness [...]
T&P Warehouse Project Going In Front Of Landmarks Commission
The long, long, long-awaited redevelopment of the Texas & Pacific Warehouse on Lancaster is going before the Historic & Cultural Landmarks Commission this month, seeking approval for changes to be made to the historic Art Deco structure. The list is as follows:
343 residential spaces on floors 2-8 with additional residential space on the roof [...]
Read more »Weekend Happenings: Michelangelo At The Kimbell
Not intended to be comprehensive, this is just a list of some stuff we’ve noticed for this weekend.
Undoubtedly, the big news is the public unveiling of the biggest news to come out of the Kimbell in some time: Michelangelo’s The Torment of Saint Anthony, the legendary artist’s earliest known painting and widely believed to [...]
City Of Fort Worth Issues Streetcar Design Request
Major news on the streetcar front. The City of Fort Worth has formally issued a Request for Qualifications, or RFQ, about the streetcar project. This means that the city is actively seeking a firm to do the finalized engineering & design work on the modern streetcar system, from track design and layout to [...]
Read more »More South Downtown History – The Old Post Office And Fort Worth City Hall
In the comments to yesterday’s post about the destruction of Hell’s Half Acre, reader Doug wrote the following:
You forgot to mention the impact of that massive sink-hole of a structure known as City Hall.
Having only begun coming to Foat Wuth in the mid 90’s (and moving here to live in 2000) I’ve never known anything [...]
Fort Worth's Greatest Preservation Loss
We’re often asked what we think the biggest loss, in terms of architecture & historic preservation, has been in Fort Worth’s history. The answer depends – are you talking about a single building, or something bigger?
If it’s a single building, there are many worthy candidates: the demolition of the beautiful Medical Arts Building [...]
Molly The Trolley Succeeds, Program Extended
Molly the Trolley, the new circulator project in Downtown, has succeeded beyond initial expectations. When the project first launched, we’re told that ridership of 50 per day was to be considered a success – instead, Molly’s been attracting 300+ riders per day, and monthly ridership is now over 10,000.
Thanks to the success of the [...]
Scenes from the "Avenue of Light" Ceremony
Lancaster Avenue “Avenue of Light” Ceremony from Kevin Buchanan on Vimeo.
The official lighting ceremony for the “Avenue of Light” sculptures by Cliff Garten Studio on Lancaster Avenue in Downtown was finally held last night. We shot some video (with a humble Flip Mino HD) and took some photos of the festivities. Lancaster was [...]
Quiet Pool
Took this one day whilst wandering through the Water Gardens. Thought you, The Readers, might enjoy it.
Read more »Eddie Vanston hosting Happy Hour tonight at T&P Tavern & Grill
If you’re looking for something to do tonight, why not come by the awesome T&P Tavern & Grill for a Happy Hour event with The Carillion Group’s Eddie Vanston. Stop by from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Chat with one of Fort Worth’s most prolific urban developers and check out the excellent T&P [...]
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