Montgomery Plaza Construction
#601
Posted 06 September 2010 - 09:35 PM
Go AGS!!!
#602
Posted 05 November 2010 - 08:37 AM
Bad timing on the University Co-op store. The way they are playing this year, their merchandise will be about as popular as the Cowboys.
#603
Posted 18 December 2010 - 03:18 PM
#604
Posted 04 March 2011 - 03:05 PM
#605
Posted 04 March 2011 - 03:10 PM
Chik-fil-a frame is going up fast. Appears to have standard drive thru, get readay for the traffic.....
well, it is a little out of the way of the soccer mom zone, unlike the AHHS location.
#606
Posted 05 March 2011 - 10:24 AM
#607
Posted 07 March 2011 - 12:29 PM
Correction the drive thru is different all to one side, a loop on the Target side. They put up patio seating towards the MW side, a bit more ped friendly that I expected. I am guessing it will be full with downtown workers looking for cheap lunch.
Sweet, a patio in the middle of a parking lot ;-)
Do you really think that downtowners will drive to C-f-a just for lunch? Is it really that good?
#608
Posted 15 March 2011 - 09:56 AM
That place will be packed every lunch hour. The CFA on North Central in Dallas is always packed with downtown folks and it is 3 miles from downtown (btw--it is one of the highest grossing locations of CFA in the country). Most CFA locations are fast, reasonably priced and for the most part good food.
Correction the drive thru is different all to one side, a loop on the Target side. They put up patio seating towards the MW side, a bit more ped friendly that I expected. I am guessing it will be full with downtown workers looking for cheap lunch.
Sweet, a patio in the middle of a parking lot ;-)
Do you really think that downtowners will drive to C-f-a just for lunch? Is it really that good?
The location is great as it gets the worker crowd and the stay at home moms with kids from the hoods off Camp Bowie/Montecello/Rivercrest areas.
#609
Posted 16 March 2011 - 09:56 AM
#610
Posted 16 March 2011 - 10:51 AM
http://www.fwbusines...hick-fil-A.html
Looka like a lot of people want free meals!
#611
Posted 16 March 2011 - 01:23 PM
#612
Posted 18 March 2011 - 07:29 PM
Better Business Bureau: A place to find or post valid complaints for auto delerships and maintenance facilities. (New Features) If you have a valid gripe about auto dealerships, this is the place to voice it.
#613
Posted 16 April 2011 - 11:55 AM
#614
Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:04 PM
http://www.fwweekly....3504&Itemid=482
#615
Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:51 PM
Just a matter of private property.
I have notice people parking in that vacant lot across from Chuey's. It looks like they must have made a deal with the owner because that lot used to be roped off with negative signage. I think Chesapeake owns that lot. (I know this because once I figured there was not enough parking, I had the bright idea to buy that lot and build a garage.) I still think a garage and parking could be compatible with natural gas drilling once all the drilling is done. Don't think there is enough space for the fracking water though. (I don't have a clue about any of this... Somebody stop me.)
#616
Posted 17 January 2012 - 06:28 PM
Brian, I don't know enough about how much land a gas well needs to answer your question about whether there is enough room across from Chuy's for a well and a parking garage.
#617
Posted 12 June 2012 - 10:37 AM
#618
Posted 12 June 2012 - 11:13 AM
...but seriously, that will be handy for the things we need now and then from that type of store.
#619
Posted 12 June 2012 - 11:37 AM
#621
Posted 13 June 2012 - 07:55 AM
#622
Posted 28 April 2013 - 05:41 AM
Walking to Target and Michaels yesterday, I brought my camera. The sky got really pretty an was glad I had it. This photo, to me, looks like an artists renditions of what a complex might look like. Almost fairytale like. But shot a single camera shot.
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#623
Posted 28 May 2013 - 07:31 PM
Noticed Wine Styles is now closed.
#624
Posted 05 June 2013 - 01:32 PM
not sure i like the modern cabana structure on top of our 85 year montgomery plaza. frankly i can't believe the HOA allowed it.
#625
Posted 05 June 2013 - 01:43 PM
Meh, no one notices it unless you look for it and I'll bet it makes for a pretty sweet rooftop deck.
#626
Posted 05 June 2013 - 01:46 PM
Besides, it's a better aspect of the project than owning a condo overlooking a strip-mall parking lot.
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#627
Posted 22 January 2014 - 12:55 AM
#629
Posted 14 March 2022 - 03:53 PM
https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2022013874
#630
Posted 08 July 2022 - 05:41 PM
I can't find the thread, but we discussed this zoning change a bit already. There is now a site plan in the zoning docket. How exciting is this!
https://www.fortwort...mmission-agenda
#631
Posted 08 July 2022 - 06:44 PM
Interesting.
So I guess the Marshall's and Ross stores stay, the Michaels's and Dollar Tree become a 7 story residential building. And then the Office Depot, Petsmart, and Five Below become a 5 story building.
It's very interesting though personally I wouldn't want to live in a big box shopping center. Unless long term they are going to tear down and replace all of it.
#632
Posted 08 July 2022 - 10:18 PM
I know my MW posts have nothing to do with this, but if it does, we have a lot more power on this forum than we think... ( )
Interesting.
So I guess the Marshall's and Ross stores stay, the Michaels's and Dollar Tree become a 7 story residential building. And then the Office Depot, Petsmart, and Five Below become a 5 story building.It's very interesting though personally I wouldn't want to live in a big box shopping center. Unless long term they are going to tear down and replace all of it.
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#634
Posted 09 July 2022 - 09:45 AM
Interesting.
So I guess the Marshall's and Ross stores stay, the Michaels's and Dollar Tree become a 7 story residential building. And then the Office Depot, Petsmart, and Five Below become a 5 story building.
It's very interesting though personally I wouldn't want to live in a big box shopping center. Unless long term they are going to tear down and replace all of it.
I hear what you're saying and yes I agree but I think it is a better adaptive mixed use of the property. Younger people I don't think would mind it that much. The only thing I think needs to be done is to create some a connection to Left Bank past the railroad tracks so that these new residents can have easier access to Tom Thumb. They could just make a street with a rail crossing near the open space area of the project.
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#635
Posted 09 July 2022 - 12:48 PM
Yay, putting residential in here is a great idea. The immediate area is a bit over-retailed IMO and this will even things out a bit. Next up: replace the surface lots in front of Target with a two-story parking structure, freeing up yet more of the adjacent parking ocean for real development.
I hear what you're saying and yes I agree but I think it is a better adaptive mixed use of the property. Younger people I don't think would mind it that much. The only thing I think needs to be done is to create some a connection to Left Bank past the railroad tracks so that these new residents can have easier access to Tom Thumb. They could just make a street with a rail crossing near the open space area of the project.
Or a pedestrian-only at-grade or elevated (bridge) crossing!
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#639
Posted 10 July 2022 - 08:10 AM
Over the railroad tracks or river? I think both would be nice.
I think rriojas71 and I are both proposing a connection in the vicinity of this green arrow:
Pretty much like that but I think using Nebraska Street a little more south of the arrow would be the better way to go.
#640
Posted 10 July 2022 - 12:35 PM
Over the railroad tracks or river? I think both would be nice.
I think rriojas71 and I are both proposing a connection in the vicinity of this green arrow:
Pretty much like that but I think using Nebraska Street a little more south of the arrow would be the better way to go.
Agreed, it would further plug in to the trinity trail system. Don't see it happening though, it would need to be a ped bridge with elevators which would cost money to maintain and get ruined by the homeless. Elevated DART stations like Walnut Hill have public elevators which are all glass and sometimes people pee in them and they stink and get hot in the sun.
An alternative would be to build a bike trail along the west side of the railroad tracks, and then at the West 7th crossing maybe there's some kind of uncommon railroad grade crossing signal configuration that would allow the sidewalk there to be widened and get rid of the hazard that is is the moving counterweights of the caution arms.
#641
Posted 10 July 2022 - 12:48 PM
If a bridge over the FWWR tracks was constructed connecting the two ends of 5th Street it would not only provide the connection for local residents to shopping amenities but would also create an alternative connection for other local traffic that doesn't require getting onto and off of 7th Street, which can be a hassle at certain times of the day. If another bridge was built over the river connecting this to the eastern bank end of 5th Street it would create a completely new commuting route for those residents to jobs and other amenities downtown; followed all the way to the east side of downtown it would connect into Spur 280 and the freeway system. At the eastern end of the route there would be the opportunity to connect into University Drive and Bailey Streets, again without having to access 7th Street.
There seems to be plenty of unobstructed ramp approach for this bridge on each side of the tracks. The parking lot on the west side already has roads in place that could be easily expanded to accommodate the new roadway. There should be no cost for land acquisition to the city as the connection would provide plenty of needed transportation infrastructure appropriate to the sort of development that is anticipated. The bridge and other accessory improvements might be paid for through a new Public Improvement District for the development parcels on both sides of the tracks that would benefit from the connection. Eliminating the street parking on the eastern side of the connector would provide enough width for the new traffic.
Looking ahead, another potential for this route would be a future route for modern streetcar transportation between the Near Westside and Downtown of the new bridges were designed to support that option. It has been mentioned on this forum before; streetcars could travel down Foch and Currie on one-way routes so the streets could remain unobstructed, and then turn west onto Lancaster to access the Cultural District, possibly turning south down Gendy to a turnaround in front of Dickies Arena. For this sort of local connector only two traffic lanes would be needed, leaving room for future transit, an urban bicycle route on one side and pedestrian traffic on the other. Until streetcars come to Fort Worth a local bus route could use the transit lanes, freeing up 7th Street for larger faster, express routes.
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#643
Posted 11 July 2022 - 04:37 PM
Love idea of connecting over (or under) RR tracks around there.
The more connections the better.
Just saw the first page of this thread an was reminded of the blue bricks (or were those tiles?) on the Montgomery Ward building. I assume those were mid-century additions. (re-pasted John's photo below). I really like those - just in case any architects on here want to use in a building anytime soon.
#644
Posted 11 July 2022 - 05:12 PM
By any chance did the Dick's Sporting Goods at Northeast Mall used to be a Montgomery Wards?
Because there is a wall of bricks just like that in the corridor that lets you exit the north side of the mall before the JC Penney. They caught my eye this weekend when I was there and just noticed this again.
#646
Posted 11 July 2022 - 07:37 PM
Urbndwlr, here is an overall view of the building prior to the transformation into Montgomery Plaza. The base of the building at that time was predominantly blue glazed brick, but there were a few areas of blue mosaic tile on that base, as well. You are correct in that it was a Mid-Century remodeling of the building that corresponded to the low rise addition on the west wing of the building. The Mid-Century base covered up the ground floor arches that are currently exposed on the building. The latest remodeling clad the concrete base with a gray tile. Here's a link to the Montgomery Ward page on the main website.
Steave, I was going to answer your question about Northeast Mall, but JBB beat me to it while I was trying to find my picture of Montgomery Ward from the early 2000s.
#647
Posted 11 July 2022 - 08:30 PM
#649
Posted 11 July 2022 - 09:48 PM
#650
Posted 11 July 2022 - 10:06 PM
That font was used as their logo in the '50s and '60s. Since the blue brick renovation was done in 1963, that fits within the time frame that the logo was used. The neon roof signs were installed at the same time, and I believe they are a modified version of the same font.
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