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Fort Worth Flashback: Main Street underpass provided north-south thoroughfare

Work on the Main Street underpass began early in the Depression. Its progress is shown in this May 1931 photo.

The Main Street underpass created an east-west route for railroad cars overhead and a way for automobiles to travel beneath the rail lines from north to south.

Construction was also ongoing in that same period on the neighboring Texas & Pacific Passenger Terminal and the Texas & Pacific Warehouse. In 1933, work began on the beaux-arts/classical revival post office building on Lancaster Avenue, whose location next to the rail station provided easy access to mail trains and gave the city a bustling corridor.

The Fort Worth Library has approximately 10,000 items pertaining to the history of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. These items include city and county government documents, newspapers, directories, cemetery association records, maps as well as popular and scholarly books written by local authors or about local subjects. To learn more, call 817-871-7740 or email the Genealogy, History and Archives Section.

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Pre-Council Work Session: May 21 2013 8:30AM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Called Special City Council Meeting: May 21 2013 9:50AM; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
City Council Meeting: May 21 2013 10:00AM; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
2018 Visioning Workshop: May 21 2013 1:00PM; Pre-Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 1000 Throckmorton Street
City Plan Commission Meeting: May 22 2013 1:30PM; Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Fort Worth Advisory Commission on Ending Homelessness: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.
Parks & Community Services Advisory Board: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.
Special Called Meeting Community Development Council: May 22 2013 6:15PM; Pre-Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 1000 Throckmorton Street
Meeting of the Coordinating Board of the Fort Worth After School Program: May 23 2013 11:30AM; Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County Conference Room, 1320 S. University, Suite 600
Forest Park Pool Re-Opening: May 25 2013 10:00AM; 2212 Forests Park Blvd.
Marine Park Aquatic Center Opening: May 25 2013 12:00PM; 303 N.W. 20th Street

Pre-Council Work Session: May 21 2013 8:30AM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Called Special City Council Meeting: May 21 2013 9:50AM; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

City Council Meeting: May 21 2013 10:00AM; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

2018 Visioning Workshop: May 21 2013 1:00PM; Pre-Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 1000 Throckmorton Street

City Plan Commission Meeting: May 22 2013 1:30PM; Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Fort Worth Advisory Commission on Ending Homelessness: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Pre-Council Chamber, City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Parks & Community Services Advisory Board: May 22 2013 4:00PM; Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.

Special Called Meeting Community Development Council: May 22 2013 6:15PM; Pre-Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, 1000 Throckmorton Street

Meeting of the Coordinating Board of the Fort Worth After School Program: May 23 2013 11:30AM; Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County Conference Room, 1320 S. University, Suite 600

Forest Park Pool Re-Opening: May 25 2013 10:00AM; 2212 Forests Park Blvd.

Marine Park Aquatic Center Opening: May 25 2013 12:00PM; 303 N.W. 20th Street