Wasn't the original restaurant in the current Lucille's location? The Arlington location pictured in the story is relatively new and really nice. I don't know how the Hurst location ever survived the Airport Freeway construction.

Yes on the Lucille's location.

It's time to replace the  bricks with a red concrete faux brick surface.  Clearly the FW street maintenance department can't handle the current workload either by lack of attention or budget.  They can make the concrete surface "brick-like bumply" to satisfy those that like the noise and traffic calming effects of the real bricks...

I drive CB all the time and have lived a few blocks from CB since 1983.  I love the charm of the bricks, but we need to consider function and tax dollar expenditures strongly.  When I re-did siding on my home, I used Hardie Board instead of real wood.  Best decision ever!

OMG, the gauntlet of traffic lights southbound on University from I-30 to the Jack In The Box area is terribly timed!  Traffic routinely backs up on the I-30 westbound exit for University, and traffic backs up on University in front of the Botanic Gardens.  Is the "construction" done"  What about traffic light management?  Anyone know?

It's a real deterrent to go from my place to the UPV area (just like I avoid City View and S. Hulen at all costs). 

I'm no expert, but it would take a lot of money to make them safe, no matter what the intended use.  Then whatever they are turned into would have to make money...

I wouldn't be in favor of tax money use for the project.  Wasn't that market/bazaar/whatever rehab on N. Main a tax money-pit?

That will provide some nice glare into our eyes.

No need for trendy restaurants -- Fort Worth already has excellent falafel, at Pak-a-Pocket at Bryant Irvin and Bellaire. (Their gyros, shawarma and baklava are even more amazing.) It's tucked away in a strip mall behind a car wash, barely visible from the road, which just emphasizes how great the food and service are to have stayed in business for 30 years.

I have eaten there many times, and my daughter was a regular there from AHHS for lunch.  My only beef is that they use thin pocket pitas for gyros like I can buy in the grocery store instead of those nice thick ones like Terra or that tiny Greek place on 7th uses.

I can't find the diagram anymore, but I seem to remember that an earlier design included taking over the gingerman lot too and putting gingerman in one of the new buildings.

The lot that the cellar was on will be a parking lot.  All those buildings will be torn down soon.

I have never been, but was it like the old Blossoms on the Boulevard at Camp Bowie and Merrick?  It had home cookin' restaurant with a bar/small venue in the basement.

While trees in the location are pretty for a while, when they get bigger they are a problem for garbage and delivery trucks.  And their roots can damage the sidewalks

Sometime last year, the city cleared our alley and put down gravel to prevent plant growth. It's been nice to A) not maintain it ourselves like we were and B ) have a clear space that discourages lurkers between houses.  It was a good use of tax money.

In our North Hi Mount house, some of the neighbors behind us dumped gravel for their McMansions' rear facing garage.  That gravel makes it hard to mow...

I was of the understanding that owners need to get abutting neighbors' agreement before paving a part of the alley.  Maybe gravel is a loophole or maybe they didn't care.

I've got no problem with the unfinished concrete. Some unfinished concrete can look really nice, like the Kimbell.

 

That's the concrete finish they should have picked...

I think that there are other unpainted concrete finishes that don't look blotchy.  I'm not a fan of paint either due to maintenance costs.

Well, it does look better at night in B&W when you can't see the exterior finish as well...

I suppose the demand has not "skyrocketed", but I don't have facts.  These vehicles are always popular, and I think GM is consolidating their production here.  But, again, I'm just supposing.

It will be on UNT's campus

Hmmm, more neighborhood land grabbing to come?

I just got back from Fresh Market.  It's definitely a small Central Market, along with their prices.  It's no Sprouts or Trader Joes.  And, I love Central Market BTW.

I was hoping for some new twist.  Its closer to me.

Bananas were $.69 a pound! (Honduras, not "organic")  That's 20 cents more than Central. Lots of other fresh things were basically the same as Central.

The only item that looked kinda like a deal were the panninis.

I didn't look at dry goods or packaged foods.  Just fresh and frozen.

Though, it will probably do well with the Park Hill/Mistletoe/TCU student crowd.

 In response to Austin55's picture, that's hard to picture at that location.  It looks like a barn...

(for some reason my "quote" did not quote the post)

Is this just a what-if exercise?  I don't understand...

If you have several shops to look at, the climate control is nice.

Even when it was up and running, there wasn't much water flowing. Rather than run and slide to the bottom like the promo videos showed, you ran and slid, stopped after awhile, ran and slide again, rinse, repeat. More than one person said it was pretty tiring.

If I recall, the promos I saw made it look like a good opportunity to bonk heads on the way down...

How would pedestrians navigate a circle?

And, I actually don't think that the lights are too long considering the size of the intersection.  I use it every day.

Does anyone know what's going on there?  They've dug way below grade.

That strip of hulen doesn't need any more reason to have traffic turning left...

I can't recall, or find it with the topic search, is the program self-sustaining, or tax funded, or both?