Jeriat

Seco is out: https://fortworthrep...oper-pulls-out/

 

The Train re-route to make this happen:

So the red is the new track alignment?  Which sections would be abandoned?  (Not clear to me from looking at the map.)  Would it be branch that runs between the proposed and I-35?

 

Everything north of the western section of the new alignment. There would be no need for it anymore. 

This was from this past March, from the Sports Business Journal:
 

Dickies Arena brings more sports events to ‘Where the West Begins’

 

 

For more than a century Fort Worth’s slogan has been “Where the West Begins.” It would seem that when it comes to hosting sporting events, they are just getting started.

Fort Worth Report,

Panther Island study gives advocates high hopes for better public transit
A rebranded bus route is the precursor to a possible light rail-like transit option for future Panther Island, but many unknowns remain

Any kind of better public transit talk in this town just feels like a tease at this point. 

 

"Why is Fort Worth limiting the heights of buildings on the future Panther Island?"

By Harrison Mantas Updated April 02, 2024 2:15 PM

https://www.star-tel...l#storylink=cpy

 

I get this...

 

 

The plan is to create a step-down in heights between the skyscrapers in downtown and the single family neighborhoods in the north side, according to the report.

But I'm starting to get more concerned over this:

 

 

 

The consultants also recommended loosening some of the zoning rules to allow for more one- and two- story developments instead of the current rules, which set a five-story minimum for most of the island.

I feel like that would invite people to slip the rules even more to build basic ass fast food spots that you can see pretty much anywhere. 

Why is this city so obsessed with height restrictions in the core. Let this city grow out to its full potential. This is not suburbia. Im so sick of our small skyline. Its embarrassing. Almost a million people live in this city and the skyline doesnt reflect that. If you just let panther Island grow Fort Worth skyline would look amazing from North Fort Worth. You can barely see a skyline from North Fort Worth in present day Fort Worth.

Look, I've been beating the drum of building-Up-instead-of-OUT in this forum for years, but having a better skyline isn't more important than having a cohesive, walkable urban core.

Houston's Uptown (Galleria area) has a better skyline than ours, but there are parts of it that looks like this from the ground:





Just some perspective. 

 

 

Although I like the idea of a Walgreens I just don't think it will work in that location.  I work a lot in commercial real estate and commercial insurance and it is missing 2 key elements.  Visibility and Parking.  No one will know it's there unless you live in Artisan Circle.   Also, despite the residential and retail in the area there is very little foot traffic, like you mentioned, during the weekdays.  If it was facing University or W7th I think that would make it much more viable.

 

Honestly, this one was a bit harder than Downtown...

I'm only up to 4. 

No new info, but an article from The Real Deal a few months ago:

Larkspur, Keystone plotting 35-acre mixed-use project in Fort Worth
Will include retail, restaurants, entertainment and residences

https://therealdeal....-in-fort-worth/

I'm not gonna make any speculations. I was just trying to see what 35 acres looks like.

...this is the closest I got:

The Dash is going away in September.

https://fortworthrep...forming-routes/

Can't say I'm surprised... and honestly, can't say I'm disappointed, either. 
 

 

 

 

 

FINALLY!

Been asking for a Daiso closer to home for years.

Is it substantively different from any of the US dollar store chains?

 

 

Hoping they keep up with the store better than this.  The other thing I noticed the handful of times I've gone in Dollar Tree is (at least the one's I've been in) there's always a line 8 people deep and it moves super slow and no self-checkouts.  I've often wondered if it has something to do with their POS system running slow or perhaps people not having payment ready in-hand, but I've been in an Aldi's before with a line 15 people deep and it took about 4-5 minutes for the cashier to clear the entire line.

 

 

Trust me, I've never seen a Daiso look anything like that.

They're in more "economically viable" locations... even Grapevine Mills has one. 

 

 

LOL

 

This is one of those places you go in without a list of items in-mind and buy a bunch of stuff that a ) you didn't know even exists and b ) you don't necessarily need but want to have it just because it's interesting.

 

Some examples:

https://maps.app.goo...RAvVMkGjuwGcKA9

 

I'm into Japanese culture (I won't even eat ramen without chopsticks, now) so I'm going in there every time with a purpose. 

 

New a Japanese 'dollar store' discount retail chain to replace the old Tuesday Morning at 3501 Bernie Anderson Ave Fort Worth, TX 76116

 

https://daisous.com/

Daiso is a retail chain, known for its vast array of unique and affordable products across various categories such as Japanese inspired household goods

 

UDC Case:

https://aca-prod.acc...ShowInspection=

 

 

FINALLY!

Been asking for a Daiso closer to home for years. 

Probably no surprise, but this seems to be cancelled as the property has been listed for sale: https://www.loopnet....th-TX/31224410/

That space probably shouldn't be a highrise, anyway. 

Did any one tell them new skyscrapers downtown could block the view of downtown skyscrapers?

...Sorry, I'm still on this.

Are there REALLY people who are complaining about the skyline view being blocked? 

Because if there are, that's new to me. Never once have I heard of anyone complaining about a skyline view being blocked... mainly because that's a COMMON THING in every major city, that's not in Asia or South America. 

There are neighborhoods and parts of the city that won't get a view of even one skyscraper. I live within the 820 loop and can't see it from my apartment. And mine is facing a direction where it would be. 

 

Another Star-T article, "Skyscrapers on Panther Island? Fort Worth considers changes to its zoning rules": https://www.star-tel...l#storylink=cpy

 

(with a misspelling in the first sentence...) 

 

So there's people out there worried that Panther Island could actually become a second downtown and possibly block the view of nearby skyscrapers?

 

 

. . . who are these people? 

BREAKING NEWS: "Some Fort Worthians are afraid of Panther Island... becoming what it was designed to be."