Apr 24, 2008
by Kevin Buchanan
As some of you may know, I run West And Clear’s sister site, Fort Worthology. Fort Worthology is about urban development and urban living in Fort Worth, and promoting New Urbanism in the city. As part of a new feature here, I’m going to give you a rundown of what’s been happening on Fort Worthology since last Thursday.
I wrote an update on the construction of the Caceria Building, Wagner Oil’s new seven-story office/retail building downtown at 5th & Commerce.
Fort Worthology Contributor (and my significant other) Stephanie saw work being done on the Texas & Pacific Warehouse, as crews pumped water out of its basement.
My storm photos made an appearance there as well.
I promoted Modern ‘Til Midnight. Look for photos and a report soon!
A report on the progress being made on the new Southwest Bank on 7th Street.
I took to task those who say urban development in Fort Worth is pointless, because we’ll never be like New York, a statement which completely misses the point and fails to understand what “urban” means. I suggest that future development in Fort Worth won’t be anything like NYC - rather, more like Portland, Oregon.
Plans are revealed for the historic Shelton Building downtown.
The new Flatiron-style building at Museum Place heads skyward.
Ever imagine what it looks like from the cockpit of a passenger jet landing and taking off from DFW? The Airliner blog has the videos, Captain.
No guarantees this is exactly legal or even moral, but this here blog has links to bootleg recordings of Jimi Hendrix at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas on Feb 16, 1968 and the Will Rogers Auditorium here in Fort Worth on Feb 17, 1968. Tom Huckabee talked at length about Hendrix at Will Rogers in our comments a few months back. I wonder if there was ‘l’amore’ in the bushes that night?
