renamerusk

Austin, why would you think they wouldn't continue to use David Schwarz?

If the Monnigs' (Gateway) Block is at play, then DSA has nothing in its current portfolio of a Vertical Mixed Use of the magnitude that this location would justify that I could find after a google of DSA.

I posted earlier in a thread how Austin, TX promotes density within DTA.  It seems unlikely given what DSA is more adapt at that it would be commissioned to design a VMU project in DTA assuming that blocks in DTAustin and DTFort Worth are about the same size. Perhaps, DSA will have its first opportunity to design a VMU in DTFW and may be able to pull it off as SSq would most likely want continuity.

In short what I am saying is that the ATX guideline be used as a formula for DTFW.

Austin Texas: https://austintexas....mu_overview.pdf

Jt, I agree with you. The problem PI may be having is that it does not consider itself as an integral part of the FW puzzle per se.  Instead, the "island" moniker may be have a mind clouding affect as though it were an island in middle of an ocean.  Could PI be perceiving itself as a "Westover Hills?" which would be bizarre perception if there is any validity to it, but stranger ideas have been common from the offices of the PI hierarchy.

I really perceive PI as an commercial/residential enclave on the cusp of traditional DTFW.  The City of FW and FWTA should be establishing transit easements for the purpose of connecting to Near West Fort Worth and to the North Side. North Commerce Street is an ideal corridor to be designated for a transit easement.

The manner for which FW & FWTA have been silenced/asleep-at-the-wheel in regard to all things PI takes one breathe away!

Yes, it had been missing a "straw to mix the drink".

Glad it passed

 

Look nice an a lot better than what is there now 

I am a great admirer of mid-century/sixties architecture. My home is 63yo and because we have kept it up, we repeatedly get complimented for how nice it looks both interior and exterior.

I think that the removal of these houses present an opportunity for people who may be looking for a house to have a house from this project moved to a lot.  I think with the prices and shortage of houses, this could make sense for some buyers.

I would definitely recommend an inquiry be made.

Read it and came away not understanding how the City has thumbed its nose at us.  Just what did it do?

POP Tower has maintained its gleam quite well.  As a visual landmark upon the horizon, it does that quite well too.  I suppose that we shall all have to wait until a future Chamber and amenities are built.  There has yet to be made a argument that the purchase was anything less than prudent. 

Mr. Russell asks us to seemingly have faith that land would be found for a new City Hall; that selecting a design would be universally accepted; the new building would be free from poor construction flaws (think here of TRV bridges); and that the finish product would meet the goal of  everyone's Community Living Room.  Did Mr. Russell take any of these things under consideration.

I am disappointed that the Fort Worth Post Office will not be the City Hall, but I quickly got onboard with the POP buy of an excellent prime real estate property seemingly at a fair price.

It is time to reintroduce the idea of a KC style streetcar to the public of Fort Worth.  I remember how much support the first streetcar had with the public but the CC voted it down citing the fear of future cost to maintain it.  I believe that the vote against the street car was decided by an influential group within DTFW.

I still believe that the FW public is favorable to the idea; and I hope that your reading of the New CC is given credence to.

I sorry to say that I actually hadn't given TB-E much of my attention. TB-E is yet another gem in our City. 

Its hard to imagine a hotel with bar being so near to BB; so much so,  that I think the listing agent may have used his canned executive summary to make.

I think we can anticipate that BB will soon be gobbling up TB-E for its campus expansion.  I admire BB so this is not a knock on it.

IMO, FW City Council should ask for the resignation of the FWTA top administrators and then go out a recruit administrators from KC who are willing to relocate and run FWTA.

 

If CF-A ,as you think,  attempts to serve nearby residents, then where are the CF-A east of I35W for those nearby residents?

 

The Google plotting of CF-A demonstrates a different story.  CF-A is executing a play on the hordes of tourist and not the demographics of this neighborhood.  It is fine to understand business decisions, but it is another thing when it is being characterized as an attempt to serve this neighborhood.

 

https://www.google.c...5056816406],11]

The question is why do you care so much?

 

I have some appointments this afternoon that I must attend. But since you have directed your question at me, oh yeah I will have your answer for you later.

After searching in vain to find an appropriate thread, it became necessary to start a new topic. A topic which may be or not be a uncomfortable discussion.

YA, to your fair question.

You may be aware that I am an atheist and a socialist who can deal with organized religion and capitalism as a economic science.  That being now stipulated, I don't care about CF-A and have for personal reasons chosen not to patronize it.  Lets just say that a company can be both prosperous and bad at the same time.  RJ Reynolds of tobacco comes immediately to mind.

What I have a problem or seem to care about in regards to CF-A is in the way that it pertains to this discussion and the new franchise near the FWSY. A comment was made, seriously or not, that CF-A was serving the nearby residents.  And while I am sure that the nearby residents can benefit from CF-A, I believe that the primary purpose of the CF-A FWSY is to capitalize upon the tourism much more than to serve the nearby residents. 

When this comment was made, it made me curious about the veracity of the comment. I did a Google search for CF-A in Fort Worth.  I also ran a search for McDonalds, Whataburger, Jack in the Box and Taco Bell.  The search revealed that by any definition, Fort Worth east of I35W and encircled by Loop 820 is a Food Desert. 

While McD, WB,JnB and TB offered restaurants within the Fort Worth Food Desert,  CF-A does not.

I think McD,JnB, WB and TB are attempting to address this situation by providing employment and food for the area.  However,  it is a false assumption that CF-A is intending to serve the nearby residents when it can be demonstrated that CF-A does not serve poor Whites and POC neighborhoods, at least in Fort Worth.

The reason why I care is that I do not believe that CF-A should be given credit for something that it does not do.

Furthermore, I care because the City is attempting to address the issue of Food Desert in FW and those companies that are in the area are doing their part to address the issue. CF-A is absent.

Of course, CF-A did not create the FWFD and I am not blaming CF-A;  but CF-A is also not actively attempting to improve the conditions within the FWFD.  And back to my premise that a company can be good prosperously and bad policy wise, CF-A for this and other reasons fits this scenario.

Yes YA  I care and those are two of the reasons why I do care so much.

Now should you care to add your thoughts, I'm ready to listen.

Salt Lake City to Fort Worth

Fort Worth Business Press - https://fortworthbus...near-southside/

Say what you will!

I bet a dog park would be popular for a section of the green space.

With the Deco and future residential projects coming to Jones Street, the BOkB with parking is ideally suited for a Sprout or Aldi Grocery.  The four upper levels could be boutique office spaces and the street and second level dedicated to a grocery store. 

If FW desires to have 5,000 people living in DTFW, here is where an incentive should be presented to a grocer to take up the street level of BOkB.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

I actually feel that due to the competitive nature of business, there sometimes feel as though there are forces within DTFW working against the success of CP and other projects.  One of the reason I believe that FWTA actions lend me to think that it is an enabler.

CP would be a bonafide success as a mixed used project if a transit center was incorporated in the project.  The fact that the tunnel exists is reason enough to reopen it for the purpose of creating the channel for which a street car/ fixed rail network could come into DTFW. The genius of the tunnel is that it could easily have connectivity by a bridge spanning the west fork. Rail could be laid across Pirates' Island to FWSY.  Actually, the top priority for me in regard to PI is a transit easement for the link between DTFW and FWSY.

 Why FWTA does not champion the idea is something that it ought to have to answer. Geez, the amount of sabotaging going on within FW is head spinning!

Out smarting Them is bit hyperbolic.

The real reason that I had a stand alone generator installed was due to the spring and summer storms that rolled through in 2018-19 causing hours and sometimes days of power outages.  It is our backup to provide power for medical equipment and to eliminate the need to go to a hotel or into hospital. I, like perhaps many of you, never imagined the sheer negligence of Texas' ERCOT and PUC administrators that would be so graphically and deadly exposed by a four day winter storm. To our pleasant surprise, the generator is four seasonal.

Rolling blackouts are manned service blackouts. As for the length of our blackouts, rumors are that if your home is in an overlay that includes a hospital(s) your blackouts will be shortened and among the last grid to be affected.

Natural Gas.  My home is 63y/o. and is supplied with both natural gas and electricity. 

Natural gas was the obvious choice.  The stand alone generator is rated to provide power for the entire house (appliances, electronics, medical equipment, heating/AC).  Yes an automatic service disconnect switch goes on 3-5 seconds after power is lost and disconnects the generator the moment power is restored by Oncor.  The generator is 22kw unit. suitable for a home of 2500 sf.

Good question.  As a teen, I would sometimes go to Vickery Recreation Center to participate in the activities offered there.  I would not be able to tell you if there was or wasn't AC, but I do remember the windows were open and provided both lighting and provided cross ventilation and it was comfortable.  At the Will Rogers Barns where there was a weekend flea market, it too had window for cross ventilation and I believe individual stall merchants also brought a fan too keep themselves cool.  I believe I am correct, but not absolutely certain.

I would posture that it is better to be sheltered from the sun and rain.  Farmer markets are typically an outdoor or protected by a shed.  While in Weatherford this weekend, the farmer market was open air beneath a shed and fans and cross ventilation kept it very comfortable.