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Downtown Walking Map DOWNTOWN WALKING MAP To Stocky To121/ DFW To Airport ards I-35W 25 32 Elm District Ha ★ Trinity Trails Bluff r ding N Crump orth 30 ails Tr Ma Belknap rinity in Elm T ★ eatherford 34 W P Calhoun 1st. ecan 1 Gr 24 ov e 2nd. Housto Ma J in d. 23 ones 3r n Commer To To To I-35W I-30 287 4th. 20 ce Taylor B 21 280 Burnett Fl or 22 17 5th. ence 9 4 33 He 13 6th. 3 8 nderso 7 1st. Lamar 2 7th. n B B 2nd. 15 8th. 19 TEX 16 3rd. 4th. B B 9th. B Main 5th. 5th. B 14 B B Calhoun 11 7th. Th B To Cultural District & West 7th 10 18 J r ones ockmort 12th. 12 10th. L on T B M a a o m y n l 6 o a r 14th. J r o r 27 e e n Comme F Texas n H M 15th. l i o 31 e C n a r n g h e c 28 d s e n o rc e r n c r r e 16th. e Houston 5 s y o 13th. n To I-30 From I-30, To Cultural District Lancaster B Lancaster exit Lancaster 29 26 (westbound) to Commerce DECEMBER 19, 2018 to Downtown From I-30, ★ rth exit Cherry / Lancaster Wo (eastbound) or rt Summit (westbound) 30 To Fo to Downtown To Near Southside I-35W Copyright © Visit 1 Major Ripley Allen Arnold Statue 10 Federal Building 19 Hilton Fort Worth 27 Omni Fort Worth Hotel 398 N. Taylor St. TrinityRiverVision.org 10th & Taylor 800.688.9889 815 Main St. 817.870.2100 1300 Houston St. 817.535.6664 2 The Ashton Hotel 11 Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Fort Worth 20 Worthington Renaissance Hotel 28 Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel 610 Main St. 817.332.0100 1001 Commerce St. 817.332.5300 200 Main St. 817.870.1000 1701 Commerce St. 817.335.7000 3 Chase Bank 12 Fort Worth Convention Center 21 Sid Richardson Museum 29 Holiday Inn Express and Suites - Downtown Fort Worth 420 Throckmorton 817.884.4105 1201 Houston St. 817.392.6338 309 Main St. 817.332.6554 1111 W. Lancaster 817.698.9595 4 Bass Performance Hall 13 Fort Worth Central Library 22 Sundance Square Plaza 30 Panther Island Pavilion on the Trinity River 525 Commerce St. 817.212.4325 500 W. 3rd St. 817.871.7323 420 Main St. 817.255.5700 395 Purcey St. 817.698.0700 5 Water Gardens 14 General Worth Square / JFK Tribute 23 Tarrant County College - Trinity River East Campus 31 Texas A&M University School of Law 1502 Commerce St. 817.392.5700 900 Main St. 817.870.1692 300 Trinity Campus Circle 817.515.8223 1515 Commerce St. 817.212.4000 6 City Hall 15 Greyhound (ITC Building) / TRE 24 Tarrant County Courthouse 32 Coyote Drive-In Movie 1000 Throckmorton 817.392.2255 9th & Jones 817.429.3089 100 W. Weatherford St. 817.884.1111 223 NE 4th St. 817.717.7767 7 Courtyard by Marriott - Blackstone 16 Intermodal Transportation Center 25 TownePlace Suites by Marriott Fort Worth Downtown 33 Aloft Fort Worth Downtown 601 Main St. 817.885.8700 9th & Jones 817.215.8600 805 E. Belknap 817.332.6300 334 W. 3rd St. 817.885.7999 8 Embassy Suites Hotel 17 Maddox-Muse Center 26 T&P Station 600 Commerce St. 817.332.6900 330 E. 4th St. 817.212.4300 221 W. Lancaster 817.215.8600 9 Etta’s Place 18 Fairfield Inn & Suites Fort Worth Downtown 200 W. 3rd St. 817.255.5760 1010 Houston St. 817.529.9200 B Trinity Metro Bus Stop Attraction MAIN STREET VISITOR CENTER 817.215.8600 508 Main Street RideTrinityMetro.org Hotel Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Molly the Trolley Fort Worth Bike Sharing 817.698.3300 TEX TEXRail Heritage Trails FORTWORTH.COM RideTrinityMetro.org DOWNTOWN SERVICES AUTO RENTAL DRUG STORES John S. Rubin, D.D.S.P.A., Montgomery Plaza Dental AVIS CVS Downtown (Closes at 10 p.m.) 2600 W. 7th Street, Suite 184 • 817.332.5192 801 W. Weatherford Street • 817.335.3211 515 Houston Street • 817.820.0488 Marie A. Holliday, D.M.D. Budget Walgreens 115 W. 2nd Street, Suite 200 • 817.877.1872 1001 Henderson Street • 817.336.6601 921 Henderson Street • 817.885.8563 NAILS, MASSAGE THERAPY & SPA Enterprise (ITC Station) FLORIST Mokara Spa (Omni Fort Worth Hotel) 1001 Jones Street, Suite 139 • 817.885.8219 Flowers to Go 1300 Houston Street • 817.350.4123 Hertz 120 W. 3rd Street • 817.339.2555 Parfumerie Marie Antoinette and Spa 917 Taylor Street • 817.332.5205 GAS STATIONS & CONVENIENCE STORES 101 W. 2nd Street • 817.332.2888 7-Eleven (Gas Available) CLEANERS OFFICE SERVICES 7th Street Cleaners 1401 W. 7th Street & Summit Avenue Central Station Post Office 701 Barden Street, Suite 105 • 817.335.5777 817.348.0317 819 Taylor Street • 817.332.6844 Upper West Cleaners Downtown Food Store FedEx Office Print & Ship 201 Commerce Street • 817.882.0975 1301 Calhoun Street • 817.885.7950 901 Houston Street • 817.348.8899 Sixth Street Sundry The UPS Store COFFEE SHOPS Black Rooster Cafe 200 W. 6th Street • 817.332.1677 209 W. 2nd Street • 817.870.1604 910 Houston Street • 817.882.8108 Sundance Square Valero Fuel Station USPS Mail – Drop Box 9th Street & Commerce Street Buon Giorno Coffee 320 E. 1st Street • 817.390.8763 915 Florence Street • 817.698.9888 Texaco (Gas Available) Western Union (ITC Station/Greyhound Bus Station) 1001 Jones Street • 817.332.4163 Casablanca Coffee House 1200 Henderson Street • 817.885.8592 215 W. 8th Street • 817.862.7149 GROCERY STORES TRANSPORTATION Corner Bakery Café Natural Grocers Fort Worth Bike Sharing 615 Main Street • 817.870.4991 2501 W 7th Street #115 • 817.334.0801 817.348.0084 • FortWorthBikeSharing.org Go Yellow Checker Shuttle (Serving DFW Airport) Funky Town Donuts Super Target (Montgomery Plaza) 817.267.5150 132 E. 4th Street • 817.862.7337 301 Carrol Street & W. 7th Street 817.302.0290 Super Shuttle (Serving DFW Airport) Sons of Liberty Coffee 817.329.2000 • 800.258.3826 250 W. Lancaster Ave #120 • 817.330.6865 Tom Thumb 2400 W. 7th Street • 817.302.1400 Yellow Cab Starbucks in Hilton Fort Worth Hotel 817.534.5555 815 Main Street • 817.870.2100 LOCKSMITH Molly The Trolley Bob’s Lock & Safe Starbucks in Omni Fort Worth Hotel RideTrinityMetro.org 1300 Houston Street • 817.535.6664 4912 Camp Bowie Boulevard • 817.737.2560 Starbucks in Sundance Square MEDICAL/DENTAL Uber and Lyft are also available 141 W. 3rd Street • 817.882.9480 Concentra Urgent Care Take Molly The Trolley, a complimentary Vaquero Coffee Co. 2500 W. Freeway, Suite 100 (I-30) shuttle, to Sundance Square for more 817.882.8700 or FAX 817.882.8707 109 Houston Street • 682.730.1335 exciting restaurants, shopping and Diane Raulston, D.D.S. entertainment options. 815 Houston Street • 817.877.3131 facebook.com/ twitter.com/ EXPLORE FORT WORTH VisitFortWorth VisitFortWorth TMS & ALLIANCE STOCKYARDS DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RIVER DISTRICT PANTHER ISLAND WEST 7TH SUNDANCE SQUARE & DOWNTOWN CULTURAL DISTRICT NEAR SOUTHSIDE CAMP BOWIE WESTBEND CLEARFORK TCU & ZOO WATERSIDE *Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy at the time of printing. For downtown shopping and dining visit FORTWORTH.COM Visit FortWorth.com for the most up-to-date listing..
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