Fort Worth Photos of the Day

[KJHburg]

Downtown Fort Worth looks great.  Clean and busy on a warm sunny Sunday afternoon. Downtown and Sundance Square.  Today.  This downtown seems more alive than downtown Dallas.  Lots of new residential in older buildings.  Great retail and restaurants.  

[The ATX]

Very nice!

[KJHburg]

The Stockyards north of downtown today.   2 new hotels are being built in the district including an extension of  Stockyards with Mule Alley which among other tenants includes a Shake Shack (that is funny to me a NYC based burger chain in the heart of Stockyards district)  plus new 200 room Hotel Drover.  https://mulealleyfortworth.com/      https://hoteldrover.com/

This area was packed with tourists today and with this expansion getting even bigger.

 

 

[rancenc]

Great collection of pictures.  I was actually in nearby Arlington TX two weeks ago on business but unfortunately did not have time to explore the area.  Was able to see the skyline of Fort Worth from my hotel room though.

[The ATX]

Nice photos.  Forth Worth and San Antonio get some criticism from skyscraper nerds for their lack of  new skyscrapers.  But the downtown street activity in both cities is far better than some cities with much larger skylines.

[KJHburg]

If I was doing the power rankings of the downtowns of Texas the best would be not in any particular order Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio.    Both the larger cities of Houston and Dallas are way behind in street level and residential mixed uses in their downtowns.   Uptown Dallas outside of downtown is pretty active at the street level and high rises but not so much downtown Dallas. 

 

[The ATX]

1 minute ago, KJHburg said:

If I was doing the power rankings of the downtowns of Texas the best would be not in any particular order Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio.    Both the larger cities of Houston and Dallas are way behind in street level and residential mixed uses in their downtowns.   Uptown Dallas outside of downtown is pretty active at the street level and high rises but not so much downtown Dallas. 

 

I agree.  The Dallas and Houston downtowns are products of the 80s.  Awesome skyscrapers but built on plazas away from the street or designed with minimal street connectivity.

The Williams Tower in Houston is one of my top five favorite skyscrapers ever, but it was and somewhat still is a lone sentinel.

[rancenc]

Things to do in Fort Worth!

 

[KJHburg]

Multiple photos of downtown Fort Worth where the Aggies where they were having a Texas Aggies parade for their game later that day.  The stockyards is great and saw the cattle drive for the first time.    Don't tell Dallas but I like downtown Fort Worth better.    New high end boutique Marriott hotel at the Stockyards now the Drover.  It is really nice. 

[rancenc]

Photo renderings of new complex proposed for Fort Worth!

https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/crescent-kicks-off-250m-fort-worth-mixed-use/

[rancenc]

Major development breaks ground in Fort Worth!
https://rebusinessonline.com/creation-j-p-morgan-begin-construction-on-532535-sf-industrial-project-in-fort-worth/

[KJHburg]

Fort Worth today downtown rolling into downtown, along the Trinity River.    Check out those Express Toll rates ouch!  I went north on I-35W and it was moving pretty good.  Check out that new Carvana tower in north Fort Worth!