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Photos from the Fort Worth South Banquet

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 24, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Bicycles, Transit & Infrastructure, Urban Development

Last night, at the beautiful Masonic Temple, Fort Worth South, Inc. held its latest annual banquet celebrating the ongoing continued success of the Near Southside’s revitalization.  Fort Worth South president Paul Paine gave a stirring presentation on the accomplishments in the Near Southside thus far, and several upcoming projects and developments.
In the photos above, you [...]

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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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Visuals of New South Main and Poly/TWU Streetscapes

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 21, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Transit & Infrastructure

Following up on yesterday’s post about the grants awarded to the South Main and Poly/TWU streetscape projects, we now have some before & after images to share, thanks to our friends at local planning & development firm TownSite.
Each pair of images shows a streetscape before & after the project.  For South Main, we’re looking towards Downtown, [...]

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South Main, Poly/TWU Slated for Streetscape Improvements

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 20, 2010 - 4 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Transit & Infrastructure

We have just heard some fantastic news for fans of more pedestrian-friendly, calm and attractive urban streetscapes:  the North Central Texas Council of Governments has slated funding for two notable streetscape improvement projects in urban Fort Worth.
First, the South Main urban village, located in the Near Southside just outside Downtown, looks to be getting $3,000,000 [...]

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New Construction on South Main

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 9, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

It’s not much, but this small infill development on South Main near Terrell is the first new construction on South Main in a long time, and a sign of progress on the long-beleaguered street in the Near Southside.  There has been a series of restorations and adaptive reuses along South Main for some time now (including [...]

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Weekend Art Happenings

Written by Kevin Buchanan on December 4, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Here’s a couple of notable weekend art events, one at the Modern, the other at the Landers Machine Shop Gallery:
First, tonight is First Friday at the Modern, featuring live music and cocktails from 5:00 to 8:00. Tonight’s event features Mike Price and Sumter Bruton, and the special cocktail is “Jingle My Bell.” Dinner [...]

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Joe Frank Launching Mixed-Use Development On South Main, To Feature New Gallery Art Cafe, Farmer's Market

Written by Kevin Buchanan on October 26, 2009 - 4 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Urban Development

We’ve been hoping that we could write about this development, and now that the Business Press has mentioned it, we’ll drop some words on it as well.
Joe Frank, who has not only built several new bungalows in the Fairmount neighborhood but who also built the J. D. Moore mixed-use infill building at Henderson & Oleander, [...]

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Miller Lofts Opening Party Tonight

Written by Kevin Buchanan on October 16, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Preservation, Urban Development

The grand opening party for Eddie Vanston’s newest development, the Miller Lofts at 311 Bryan in the Near Southside’s South Main Village, is tonight from 7:00 to 10:00! Beer and music will be on hand, the latter in the form of the awesome local band The Theater Fire. Make sure to stop by [...]

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Opening Party for Miller Lofts – Friday the 16th

Written by Kevin Buchanan on October 7, 2009 - 6 Comments
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design, Preservation, Urban Development

Just heard from our friend Eddie Vanston that there will be a big opening party for his new Miller Lofts at 311 Bryan Ave. this month, on Friday the 16th. Beer, snacks, and plenty of good times will undoubtedly result. Word is that local awesome band The Theater Fire will be performing, so [...]

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Unsophisticated, but Enthusiastic – Scenes from Fall Arts Goggle 2009

Written by Kevin Buchanan on October 5, 2009 - 8 Comments
Categories: General

The title, of course, comes from the now semi-infamous coverage of Arts Goggle by the Star-Telegram’s faux-hip Weekly Wannabe, DFW.com, where Gaile Robinson had this to say about the premiere Near Southside art event:
That’s how the merchants are billing it, and “indie” is an apt description. Whatever the works might lack in sophistication, the event [...]

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