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‘Time to start changing it up.’ Berry Street businesses eager for TCU development​

Kate Marijolovic

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West Berry Street business owners and managers are excited by the possibilities of TCU’s planned development, and hope the changes will transform the corridor into a vibrant destination.

TCU plans to develop seven blocks along West Berry Street between University Drive and McCart Avenue.

New uses for the TCU-owned swath of land have been considered for years. A 2016 development plan for what is now the Berry/University Urban Village designates the character of all seven blocks as “institutional mixed use,” a category for university-related buildings.

Plans for the first part of the project, a 5.2 acre mixed-use development, were revealed in city filings.

Read more at https://www.yahoo.com/news/time-start-changing-berry-street-110000842.html
 
The TCU Football Jerk

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King's gone in 3 years? That blows. And I'm not a fan of those high rise building right up next to the sidewalk. I don't like the canyon aspect of things. This isn't redevelopment, its character destruction.
 
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When I was a student (late 70s), basically everything you needed was on the strip or Berry St. -- Two live music venues, bars, two record stores, a department store, Pier 1, drug stores, restaurants, a head shop, a grocery store (two when I first got here), a laundromat, Dunkin Donuts, Pizza Hut on stilts, various shops, and you could walk to all of it. The street didn't look great as there were no trees or greenery, but it was all there.
 
The TCU Football Jerk

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Froggy Style said:
There's only so many neighborhoods you can demolish...at some point you have to build up.
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People were asking how TCU would grow its footprint 20 years ago. They showed how. By buying more and more neighborhoods up. They still have a long way to grow out. And if they're going to get to 20k students like I've heard, they're going to go out even further. There will end up being some building fairly farther out from the main campus than we've ever seen before. They could leave some of the character of Berry. Concrete canyons suck.
 
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Froggy Style

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The TCU Football Jerk said:
People were asking how TCU would grow its footprint 20 years ago. They showed how. By buying more and more neighborhoods up. They still have a long way to grow out. And if they're going to get to 20k students like I've heard, they're going to go out even further. There will end up being some building fairly farther out from the main campus than we've ever seen before. They could leave some of the character of Berry. Concrete canyons suck.
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To each their own, but IMO, starting to bump up against Tanglewood, Colonial, Park Hill, and Wimberly with TCU buildings would be worse for the character of the city and the locals with money that support TCU. Large dorm buildings are just college life like living on Worth Hills. Really doesn't impact the feel of Berry Street that only has modest charm to begin with and has a full blown 5 story TCU hotel already, that is actually pretty impressive. This seems more like an add on to an existing 5 story dorm.
 
The TCU Football Jerk

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Froggy Style said:
To each their own, but IMO, starting to bump up against Tanglewood, Colonial, Park Hill, and Wimberly with TCU buildings would be worse for the character of the city and the locals with money that support TCU. Large dorm buildings are just college life like living on Worth Hills. Really doesn't impact the feel of Berry Street that only has modest charm to begin with and has a full blown 5 story TCU hotel already, that is actually pretty impressive. This seems more like an add on to an existing 5 story dorm.
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What are you talking about? They're already building and butting up to Berry St. They're talking about doing more. And I said nothing about charm. I said character. 2 different things. And 5 story+ buildings lining Berry (which will be what happens if we get to 20k students and appears to be the plan) is hideous. The only reason they don't do it to the strip where the Pub sits is because there's been pressure on the school to keep it the way it is. TCU owning a bunch of monolithic buildings lining Berry with all the restaurants relegated to closing or moving into said boxes sucks.
 
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The TCU Football Jerk said:
What are you talking about? They're already building and butting up to Berry St. They're talking about doing more. And I said nothing about charm. I said character. 2 different things. And 5 story+ buildings lining Berry (which will be what happens if we get to 20k students and appears to be the plan) is hideous. The only reason they don't do it to the strip where the Pub sits is because there's been pressure on the school to keep it the way it is. TCU owning a bunch of monolithic buildings lining Berry with all the restaurants relegated to closing or moving into said boxes sucks.
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The plans for Berry Street closes/“relegates” no restaurants. Weird complaint. TCU is developing the sea of parking lots on the north side of the street, and much of the development is mixed use—meaning much more retail and restaurants than currently exist.
 
Froggy Style

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The TCU Football Jerk said:
What are you talking about? They're already building and butting up to Berry St. They're talking about doing more. And I said nothing about charm. I said character. 2 different things. And 5 story+ buildings lining Berry (which will be what happens if we get to 20k students and appears to be the plan) is hideous. The only reason they don't do it to the strip where the Pub sits is because there's been pressure on the school to keep it the way it is. TCU owning a bunch of monolithic buildings lining Berry with all the restaurants relegated to closing or moving into said boxes sucks.
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Very big difference between building more on Berry Street where the school already exists versus building closer to some of the nicest areas of town. Who cares if there are additional dorms and shopping on a commercial Berry Street.
 

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