The deco elevator doors at 1600 Pacific. The building is empty and currently being rezoned, but there is still an available entrance which will get you down into the pedestrian tunnels.
The purple accent wall is even more odd looking in person.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Retro Elevator
The deco elevator doors at 1600 Pacific. The building is empty and currently being rezoned, but there is still an available entrance which will get you down into the pedestrian tunnels.
The purple accent wall is even more odd looking in person.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Gothic Beauty
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| 1501 Main Street (viewed from Akard) |
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Pedestrians Keep Off
A well worn reminder for pedestrians who might want to actually stand on the McKinney Trolley tracks while waiting to cross the street.
Dallas Park Space
Yes, Dallas has parks within it's downtown region.
Of course, outside of the new Klyde Warren Park, which spans Woodall Rodgers Freeway, most of them seem to look like these little, uninviting, patches of green like the one pictured above.
Of course, outside of the new Klyde Warren Park, which spans Woodall Rodgers Freeway, most of them seem to look like these little, uninviting, patches of green like the one pictured above.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge
The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is one of three bridges designed by Santiago Calatrava for the Dallas area. It spans the Trinity River and connects the Woodall Rogers Freeway with Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas. Currently it is the only one of the three built.
If you're a fan of Calatrava's work, then you'll love the bridge. If you really don't care one way or the other about architects, then you'll just wonder why this bridge, in this design, in the place in Dallas, and why it is seemingly going nowhere.
I know, the whole idea behind this blog was to show Dallas from a pedestrian's point of view, since there are so many things you may miss if you're driving. Still, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is one of the new icons of Dallas and deserves a little feature.
The best views of the bridge are from the West end of town. You hardly see it once you're in downtown given how most of the buildings hide it from sight.
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| Driving over the bridge towards Downtown Dallas |
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| Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a mass of cables reaching 400 feet into the sky! |
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| The view from the West side. The power lines spoil some of the view. |
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Fire Hydrant
Just a close up of the top of a fire hydrant. I just happened to like how the paint was peeling off of this particular one.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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