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#101 Dylan

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Posted 22 April 2021 - 01:49 AM

Since Grapevine Main Plaza is finally open, I finally filmed my tour of downtown Grapevine two Sundays ago. I'd been wanting to do so for a long time.

 

Unfortunately, my employer is exhausting me by having me work six days a week, so I haven't started editing my video tour yet.

 

Perhaps I will go back and record footage from the observation tower when it opens.

 

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In regards to the plaza- it's nice, but it could use some umbrellas / shade for people to escape from the hot sun.


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Posted 23 April 2021 - 12:00 PM

with conversation of development around the Iron Horse and Smithfiled stations...

 

https://www.star-tel...e250792789.html



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Posted 23 April 2021 - 12:47 PM

Keyworth Brewing adjacent to Smithfield is mentioned in the article.  It's a really interesting project.  It's a three story building and the elevation of the site makes the second story level with Davis Blvd.  I believe it's going to be mixed use with office and the brewery space.  I can't remember if the bottom floor is parking or office use.  They have been massively delayed due to the pandemic and the shortage of construction materials.  They posted recently on Facebook that they steel framing is complete and they're done pouring concrete.  The building sits about 100 yards from the Cottonbelt Trail and less than a quarter mile from Smithfield Station (and about a 10 minute walk from my house).



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Posted 23 April 2021 - 09:35 PM

with conversation of development around the Iron Horse and Smithfiled stations...

 

https://www.star-tel...e250792789.html

 

Paywall...


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#105 JBB

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Posted 23 April 2021 - 09:49 PM

Go to incognito mode in Chrome, Google search Texrail, go to the news tab, click on the article. That should get you around the paywall. Probably works in other browsers too.

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Posted 24 April 2021 - 01:01 PM

Go to incognito mode in Chrome, Google search Texrail, go to the news tab, click on the article. That should get you around the paywall. Probably works in other browsers too.

Thanks


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#107 BlueMound

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Posted 25 April 2021 - 03:56 PM

Grapevine Main Station (the development around the Texrail station) is having a grand opening Saturday. The observation tower will be open to the public for the first time.

https://fwtx.com/new...d-opening-date/

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Very clever of Grapevine
The inside of the Grapevine Main Station is a Food Hall.
Great tourist destination.
Train + Hotel + Food Hall
Great idea.

#108 Austin55

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Posted 21 May 2021 - 09:19 PM

Took my first trip to the new station, incredible. Grapevine really hit a home run. The structure is beautiful and imposing (in a good way) and the interior is spectacularly done. I would like to take a staycation to the Vin for sure. 

Also, TEXRail seems to be picking up ridership again. Took the ~5:45 out and saw a decent amount of commuters and came back on the ~8:50 and there was a decent number of folks coming and going. It was far from busy, but I'd say at least 6-10 people per car. This was my first time on transit since March 2020, so it's a tiny sample size but nice to see.



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Posted 07 August 2021 - 07:09 AM

Dallas Morning News' architecture critic and UTA architecture professor Mark Lamster has a thoughtful, nuanced review of Grapevine Main

In Grapevine, a building so weird you have to see it


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Posted 01 August 2022 - 02:34 PM

I passed through the Iron Horse station area this morning and noticed that a ton of progress has been made on the apartments along Iron Horse Blvd. from 820 up to the northeast end of the station.  There are a half dozen or so building in various stages of completion from first floor framing up to a few that look mostly dried in.  



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Posted 13 September 2022 - 10:37 AM

I was curious how the Iron Horse TOD was looking and stopped by with the drone on Saturday. 

 

These townhomes are all to the North of the station a bit, North of Browning St. You can see the tracks on the left. 

 

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Turning around towards the SE some, there's a big development on the SE side of Browning and Iron Horse, called "Cavali at Iron Horse". This is 328 units and opened last year. 

 

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Turning more towards the station, you can see the station itself and the new multifamily construction immediately in front of the station. I can't tell if any of this will have ground floor retail or not, but at least one of the buildings has a concrete framed first floor. You can also see a large dirt plot at the bottom right that will be more future development (I think this is "The Fountains" site)

 

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A closer look at the project adjacent the station. Not great urban design, but at least it's some density nearby a train station. One thing I find ironic is that the apartment project on the right is actually much closer to the station, but would require a walk of nearly a mile from the building closest to the station itself. 

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Posted 13 September 2022 - 10:54 AM

It's amazing how fast all of that has gone in.  Like you said, not the best urban design, but it's something.

 

The apartments across the tracks pre-date what became TEX Rail by quite awhile.  Everything west of the main drive is more than 20 years old.  East side is closing in on 10 years.  It would be nice to find a way to connect the development more directly to the station - bridge, tunnel, hoverboard?



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Posted 13 September 2022 - 12:33 PM

Love that last shot Austin55, with the skyline in the background!  This opens up a ton of possibilities being right on the TexRail, both work and play.  If I lived here, I would grab my bike on a Saturday and take the train somewhere to go biking.  I've seen several companies in Denver put thought into site selection based on light rail proximity, and it becomes a big selling point to prospective employees (that's back when employees actually came to the office).



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Posted 13 September 2022 - 12:41 PM

Funny that you are posting this.  I got back from a trip on Sunday and passed by here on the Texrail heading home and I was commenting to my partner how many new units have been added here since I last used Texrail.  I was completely surprised.  Not sure how much these will add to ridership but only time will tell. 



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Posted 13 September 2022 - 07:26 PM

Love that last shot Austin55, with the skyline in the background! 

If you look top right in the first one, you can see the Dallas skyline. 

 

I found a site plan of the project that is under construction now, 

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Posted 15 September 2022 - 06:49 PM

Do these newer apartment complexes have more parking than those from the 2000s and before?

 

For example, the ones pictures above have multiple rows of spaces per building. The same is true for the apartments being built around Alliance, where they are basically a ring around a full sized parking lot with several rows.

 

In constrast, apartments from 20 years ago are just one street with pull-in parking spaces and buildings, and seem to have comparably more green space.



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Posted 16 September 2022 - 08:44 AM

Just pure speculation on my part, but apartments built 20 or more years ago were typically 2-3 stories whereas 4 story complexes are much more common now.  Perhaps that contributes to the need for more parking.  It's still way too much parking, but that's a fight for another day.

 

I lived in 3 apartments before I owned a house and only one had any significant amount of green space.  It was brand new when I lived there in 2001 and it had nice grassy areas with sidewalks between the buildings.  Unfortunately it was poorly maintained and had no shade whatsoever  outside of early and late in the day.  The other 2 were built in the mid-80s and one only had a lawn around the office and mailroom and the other only had a really nice green space on one end surrounding a creek.  As nice as it was, it was poorly connected to most of the complex and underutilized.  Apartments by their nature don't place a lot of priority on nice green space.  I'm not sure that's something that's changed recently.



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Posted 26 September 2022 - 03:34 PM

Looks like on of those apartments from above suffered a small fire yesterday, possible lightning strike. Doesn't look too bad. 

 

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Posted 23 June 2023 - 02:39 PM

Found a zoning case in the NRH council agenda this week for possible TOD just to the northeast of Smithfield station:

 

https://nrhtx.legist...B5-12FF1DE12F6D



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Posted 23 June 2023 - 10:30 PM

Found a zoning case in the NRH council agenda this week for possible TOD just to the northeast of Smithfield station:

 

https://nrhtx.legist...B5-12FF1DE12F6D

It was just a matter of time...


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Posted 24 June 2023 - 12:39 PM

All surface parking? Best to include heat island effect, usable open space, and runoff/flooding concerns when addressing this plan. This does not seem a very "urban" or even "modern/sustainable" design.



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Posted 25 June 2023 - 12:16 AM

All surface parking? Best to include heat island effect, usable open space, and runoff/flooding concerns when addressing this plan. This does not seem a very "urban" or even "modern/sustainable" design.

Well... North Richland Hills is a suburb, so it's not surprising to see this.


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Posted 25 June 2023 - 06:11 AM

Found a zoning case in the NRH council agenda this week for possible TOD just to the northeast of Smithfield station:

 

https://nrhtx.legist...B5-12FF1DE12F6D

 

This is great. On the map below the TEXRail station is at A, this proposed development is at C, and there's still a giant empty lot at B in between. So, if they build out this gentle density at C and it goes well for them, they can double down and build some even denser TOD at B in a few years (assuming B's owner isn't a goober about it).

 

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Posted 29 August 2023 - 02:32 PM

There was another TOD project on the agenda for the NRH city council last night.  Directly across Smithfield Rd. to the west of the station.  280 apartments in a 4 story building, 15 townhomes, 3 story garage.  The layout is pretty meh.  The garage fronts the tracks and the trail with a firelane in between, but hey, it's not a surface lot.  It looks like it passed, but a large portion of the meeting was taken up with the proposal.  I'll try to watch it tonight when I have time.


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Posted 30 August 2023 - 07:23 PM

There was another TOD project on the agenda for the NRH city council last night.  Directly across Smithfield Rd. to the west of the station.  280 apartments in a 4 story building, 15 townhomes, 3 story garage.  The layout is pretty meh.  The garage fronts the tracks and the trail with a firelane in between, but hey, it's not a surface lot.  It looks like it passed, but a large portion of the meeting was taken up with the proposal.  I'll try to watch it tonight when I have time.

 

I felt like that area has a potential to be NRH's "Downtown"... even though you could probably say that about City Point... idk.


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Posted 04 December 2023 - 08:55 PM

The Goodwill on Berry St is closing. A great site adjacent to the planned Berry Station.

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Posted 04 December 2023 - 09:16 PM

That will be a great site, right next to the future TEXRail Station.  The building is a former Post Office.  According to Historic Aerials, it was built between 1956 and 1963.  It was probably built after 1960, since I can remember when it opened. 

 

The previous Post Office building was on the southwest corner of Willing and Berry, and it is now a church.  After the USPS left Berry Street, they opened a new branch on 8th Ave., just north of Fiesta.



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Posted 05 December 2023 - 08:22 AM

I hope the future station will get city leaders to take note of surrounding area’s pedestrian friendliness. Once you leave the TCU bubble it’s very clear all the way down Berry towards Hemphill it’s inhospitable. Throw in the school rush from the high school or a train, it’s not a friendly place to drive either.

Regarding the post office. Does it have any historic designation?

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Posted 05 December 2023 - 08:51 AM

The two older post offices off of Berry Street do not have any historic designations.  The one in Downtown is on the National Register of Historic Places, a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and City of Fort Worth Demolition Delay.


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