FWST: Design of TCU’s Med School reflects main campus style, respects Near Southside architecture

[TopFrog]

Design of TCU’s Med School reflects main campus style, respects Near Southside architecture

BY JAMES RUSSELL
SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM

TCU is bringing its signature style and ambitions to become a medical education powerhouse to the Medical District.

Construction is underway for a traditional four-story, yellow-brick and red-roof home of the TCU Anne Marion Burnett School of Medicine, scheduled to open in 2024.

The medical school was founded with the University of North Texas Health Science Center and housed on their campus. They dissolved the partnership earlier this year. According to TCU, the plan was to eventually have a campus in the Medical District even before the dissolution.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article265493146.html#storylink=cpy

 

[PurplFrawg]

I'll just drop this here. Older Frogs will appreciate it!

 

[ShadowFrog]

I'll just drop this here. Older Frogs will appreciate it!

I can hear the rust on that rotisserie clock from here and I’ve got the sound turned off.

 

[Hemingway]

Lots of parking spots available!

 

[Big Frog II]

Being in the hospital district is the smart thing to do.

 

[PurplFrawg]

Lots of parking spots available!

 

[TxFrog1999]

My grandfather loved taking me on that subway anytime we were in downtown.

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

That operated up into the early 2000s if I recall. I used that many times for free parking when having to do things on the north end of downtown in the late 90s.

 

[4 Oaks Frog]

That operated up into the early 2000s if I recall. I used that many times for free parking when having to do things on the north end of downtown in the late 90s.

Jury Duty…

 

[4 Oaks Frog]

I loved going downtown when I was a kid visiting my Sis in Fort Worth. It was like going to Six Flags…almost. Lenard’s downtown had everything. The subway was a treat!
You just had to get out before the sun went down…

 

[ShadowFrog]

Future freshman medical students housing options….

 

[Rabidfrog]

I loved going downtown when I was a kid visiting my Sis in Fort Worth. It was like going to Six Flags…almost. Lenard’s downtown had everything. The subway was a treat!
You just had to get out before the sun went down…

Yeah after the sun went down was plenty of action for “older kids.”

 

[PurplFrawg]

It should have looked like this:

 

[allclearforfrogs]

It should have looked like this:
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I was in the last class to use that building.

 

[Putt4Purple]

This never gets old!!! Love Fort Worth, TCU, and Jimmy Stewart. Go Frogs!

 

[froginaustin]

I was in the last class to use that building.

Quite a few classes used that bldg after mine did.