Dallas 2k10 - night Victory aerials old houses and more

[LSyd]

i've gotta say the Main Street Garden Park has changed downtown for the better, it's no longer a ghost town at night

soundtrack
l8__bc0HxwY

1
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/122135262/original.jpg
2
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/122135265/original.jpg
3
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/122135266/original.jpg
4
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622653/original.jpg
5
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622656/original.jpg
6
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622623/original.jpg
7
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621544/original.jpg
8
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621540/original.jpg
9
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621546/original.jpg
10
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621549/original.jpg
11
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621551/original.jpg
12
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621552/original.jpg
13
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621554/original.jpg
14
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621558/original.jpg
15
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621560/original.jpg
16
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621562/original.jpg
17
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622273/original.jpg
18
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622274/original.jpg
19
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622276/original.jpg
20
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622277/original.jpg
21
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622278/original.jpg
22
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622279/original.jpg
23
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622280/original.jpg
24
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622281/original.jpg
25
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622282/original.jpg
26
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622283/original.jpg
27
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622284/original.jpg
28
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622285/original.jpg
29
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622287/original.jpg
30
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622288/original.jpg
31
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622301/original.jpg
32
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622303/original.jpg
33
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622304/original.jpg
34
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622305/original.jpg
35
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622306/original.jpg
36
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622308/original.jpg
37
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622309/original.jpg
38
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622310/original.jpg
39
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622311/original.jpg
40
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622312/original.jpg
41
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622313/original.jpg
42
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622314/original.jpg
43
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622549/original.jpg
44
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622550/original.jpg
45
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622551/original.jpg
46
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622552/original.jpg
47
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622553/original.jpg
48
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622555/original.jpg
49
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622556/original.jpg
50
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622557/original.jpg
51
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622558/original.jpg
52
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126621537/original.jpg
53
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622559/original.jpg
54
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622560/original.jpg
55
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622650/original.jpg
56
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622600/original.jpg
57
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622602/original.jpg
58
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622604/original.jpg
59
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622605/original.jpg
60
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622606/original.jpg
61
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622611/original.jpg
62
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622612/original.jpg
63
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622613/original.jpg
64
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622622/original.jpg
65
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622627/original.jpg
66
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622632/original.jpg
67
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622633/original.jpg
68
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622635/original.jpg
69
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622636/original.jpg
70
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622640/original.jpg
71
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622647/original.jpg
72
http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622648/original.jpg

-

[Quixote]

Some nice new buildings there. If Dallas capped a few of those freeways and really developed its streetcar network, there would be LOADS of potential to develop an expansive, contiguous, and hyper-dense urban environment.

[Onward]

Loving those aerials. Man I Miss Dallas. Great town. Haven’t been back since I left. Nice to see a lot of those residential towers now finished. :tup:

[photoLith]

Awesome pictures, its been forever since I lived in Dallas, it looks really nice now.

[BG918]

I really like Dallas, especially the newer infill areas of Uptown. It's a huge city with a lot of money and you can tell by the buildings, cars, fashion, etc.

[Kingofthehill]

While I enjoyed all of the new towers and cool old houses, I couldn't help but wonder what is the deal with all those freeways in/around Downtown? It was as if they were suffocating it! That's just sad! At any rate, great thread! :cheers:

[ColDayMan]

That's Dallas!

[TXLove]

Sweet thread! Those first skyline shots above the clouds are nice! Dallas is really growing on me the more I see it and visit it! :yes:

[TonyAnderson]

Better step your game up Houston.

[JoninATX]

Great pixs of Dallas:)...

[FREKI]

Great stuff :)

[Nightsky]

The pics with skyscrapers popping up through the clouds look very exciting!
The street shots were also interesting.

[dfwcr8tive]

While I enjoyed all of the new towers and cool old houses, I couldn't help but wonder what is the deal with all those freeways in/around Downtown? It was as if they were suffocating it! That's just sad! At any rate, great thread! :cheers:

The CBD has been strangled by freeways for the past 30 years, but there are things in the works to reconnect the districts. Woodall Rodgers Freeway is currently being decked by a park (http://www.woodallrodgerspark.org/), and there are talks of additional deck parks over parts of IH 30.

[stepper77]

The density in some of the shots is impressive and those first few were beautiful. Thanks!

[Sekkle]

awesome work! Those aerial shots are amazing.

[diskojoe]

nice work. wish i could have hit up the big d before you moved.

[plinko]

much much much to like...

I didn't see a single cowboy hat though? ;)

[dktshb]

^ Nope but I saw a woman in shorts and cowboy boots... :yuck:

Another solid thread! Dallas is looking really nice there.

[SLO]

Fantastic work, one of the best Dallas threads Ive seen.
You gotta come to FtWorth for cowboy hats....

[LSyd]

thanks y'all.

-

[OfCourse]

These are excellent! Thanks!

Dallas definitely looks a lot different now than when I last visited.

[Centropolis]

Interesting. Planning a trip to OK, the Metroplex and the greater Hill Country down old I-44 and 35 when things cool down, not going down there when its averaging 95-97 for days on end up here. :hell: (shouldn't be a mean face, just a confused, heat stroked face).

[Mikle]

Great pics, thanks for posting!

[Shasta]

Dallas is looking pretty good. Nice pics!

[Ex-Ithacan]

Love the aerial shots L, some of your best. Gotta say I'm not a huge Dallas fan (well, at least not Jerry Jones & the Cowboys :yuck: ), it is an impressive looking city. Wonderful people shots too (I know you like taking those).

Too many good shots to single out, but this one did bring back some sad memories:

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622560/original.jpg

Thanks L.

[Highrise_Mike]

This is one awesome thread! I'll have to agree about those first ariel shots with the clouds, it's amazing! Great work.

[Texan]

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622301/original.jpg

My home!!!

Great pictures!!!

[LSyd]

^i'm jealous. there's a lot of nice eye candy in that hood, and not just cars and buildings ;)

thanks for the replies everyone.

the cloudy aerials are the consolation prize from the bad weather, and then mechanical problems that made me miss two flights valentine's day weekend. (i also got nice aerials of Columbia seen here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=181110) i also missed a buddy's wedding, and caught a stomach flu from an office picnic i wouldn't have gone to if i hadn't missed the first flight.

-

[DLLB]

Wonderful thread!

[KevinFromTexas]

Man, this is a pretty sweet thread. Those aerials are impressive.

[Metro Matt]

Better step your game up Houston.

:rolleyes:

Not sure what you are implying, but ok, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt...



Nice pics of Big D!

[Texan]

^i'm jealous. there's a lot of nice eye candy in that hood, and not just cars and buildings ;)

I do love the area very much. I'll be moving into a townhome in State-Thomas in a few months, so I will miss my view!!

http://i36.tinypic.com/rvfxir.jpg

[LSyd]

^whoa, i'm jealous

thanks for the replies everybody

-

[skys the limit]

Truly exceptionally well done .... and befitting the largest metro in the State of Texas and in all of the South, and the 4th largest in the nation with Dallas just behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.

This clearly represents the 21st century city-state axes of the greatest nation on Earth ... with its four largest metros represented by New York City in the East, Los Angeles in the West, Chicago in the North, and Dallas in the South.

The pictures show the great density that has developed around the Downtown Dallas core where explosive growth of highrises has linked Uptown, Victory Park, Oak Lawn, West Village/Cityplace, the West End, the Medical District/World Trade Center, and Downtown into one large urban fabric.

With the Woodall Rogers Freeway urban deck park, the new 42 story Museum Tower, the new massive Omni Hotel project, and along with the 400 foot tall Calatrava Bridge all under construction the cityscape will get another major boost within the next few months as these additions fill the skyline.

You WILL need to come back and shoot some updated photos!

Thanks for an excellent photographic montage of in-town Urban Dallas!

[skys the limit]

Here is a shot of the Calatrava Bridge under construction from about six weeks ago. The shot is taken from the western side of Dallas looking at Downtown from Arlington. You can see the first arch standing erect in the air; the completed bridge will be composed of three arches interwoven with a sculptural metal wiring effect.

I want to see your beautiful photography of this bridge, so please come back and update your photos in the next few months!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4736913599_6a056f9c14_b.jpg

[TexasPlaya]

Better step your game up Houston.

Dallas is all flash and no substance, we ain't worried in Houston :cool:

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622301/original.jpg

My home!!!

Great pictures!!!

Wow that building in the middle looks exactly like the Museum Tower in Houston.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/HAI/Images/Buildings/1/TheMuseumTower-Jan08-002a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Architecture/1/4484/Museum-District/HAI.php&usg=__CpdclWD5HmbmRBUvtflB8SxUgXI=&h=400&w=300&sz=111&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=F3XluRvebzOHIM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmuseum%2Btower%2Bhouston%2Btx%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D924%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=317&ei=vOBgTJLyBYGC8gaGo5SVCQ&oei=vOBgTJLyBYGC8gaGo5SVCQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0&tx=85&ty=49

[skys the limit]

Truly exceptionally well done .... and befitting the largest metro in the State of Texas and in all of the South, and the 4th largest in the nation with Dallas just behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.

This clearly represents the 21st century city-state axes of the greatest nation on Earth ... with its four largest metros represented by New York City in the East, Los Angeles in the West, Chicago in the North, and Dallas in the South.

The pictures show the great density that has developed around the Downtown Dallas core where explosive growth of highrises has linked Uptown, Victory Park, Oak Lawn, West Village/Cityplace, the West End, the Medical District/World Trade Center, and Downtown into one large urban fabric.

With the Woodall Rogers Freeway urban deck park,the new 42 story Museum Tower, the new massive Omni Hotel project, and along with the 400 foot tall Calatrava Bridge all under construction the cityscape will get another major boost within the next few months as these additions fill the skyline.

You WILL need to come back and shoot some updated photos!

Thanks for an excellent photographic montage of in-town Urban Dallas!

[Cirrus]

Those cloud aerials are awesome.

[dollaztx]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4736913599_6a056f9c14_b.jpg

Good to note that this shot was taken from downtown Fort Worth. You can see the Arlington water tower and get a good a good perception of the actual size of the arch.

[skys the limit]

Truly exceptionally well done .... and befitting the largest metro in the State of Texas and in all of the South, and the 4th largest in the nation with Dallas just behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.

This clearly represents the 21st century city-state axes of the greatest nation on Earth ... with its four largest metros represented by New York City in the East, Los Angeles in the West, Chicago in the North, and Dallas in the South.

The pictures show the great density that has developed around the Downtown Dallas core where explosive growth of highrises has linked Uptown, Victory Park, Oak Lawn, West Village/Cityplace, the West End, the Medical District/World Trade Center, and Downtown into one large urban fabric.

With the Woodall Rogers Freeway urban deck park,the new 42 story Museum Tower, the new massive Omni Hotel project, and along with the 400 foot tall Calatrava Bridge all under construction the cityscape will get another major boost within the next few months as these additions fill the skyline.

You WILL need to come back and shoot some updated photos!

Thanks for an excellent photographic montage of close in Urban Dallas!

[grindin]

Great pictures. I was in Dallas back in February and I was pretty impressed from what I saw of the city. I currently live in Atlanta and I am considering a move to the Metroplex in the future, and these pictures do show a side to Dallas that a lot of people don't realize is there.

[Texan]

You+Dallas creates some great videos that I think some of you may enjoy!

Uptown: http://www.youplusdallas.com/stories/uptown

Downtown: http://www.youplusdallas.com/stories/downtownvictory

Highland Park: http://www.youplusdallas.com/stories/highland-park

and a cool video of the city under snow: http://www.youplusdallas.com/stories/dallas-under-snow

[TexasStar]

Spectacular pics!

[LSyd]

thanks y'all.

skys the limit, i look forward to getting back. i'm waiting for some steel to rise on the museum tower...

-

[Modifyourself]

Truly exceptionally well done .... and befitting the largest metro in the State of Texas and in all of the South, and the 4th largest in the nation with Dallas just behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.

This clearly represents the 21st century city-state axes of the greatest nation on Earth ... with its four largest metros represented by New York City in the East, Los Angeles in the West, Chicago in the North, and Dallas in the South.

The pictures show the great density that has developed around the Downtown Dallas core where explosive growth of highrises has linked Uptown, Victory Park, Oak Lawn, West Village/Cityplace, the West End, the Medical District/World Trade Center, and Downtown into one large urban fabric.

With the Woodall Rogers Freeway urban deck park,the new 42 story Museum Tower, the new massive Omni Hotel project, and along with the 400 foot tall Calatrava Bridge all under construction the cityscape will get another major boost within the next few months as these additions fill the skyline.

You WILL need to come back and shoot some updated photos!

Thanks for an excellent photographic montage of close in Urban Dallas!

I would love to think that your optimistic view of the area is correct..The truth is that the area is more like a big sprawling parking lot. It does not even begin to compare with NYC or Chicago. I suppose you could compare it to LA (allot of sprawl and freeways) but LA has a little more character in my opinion. Even Downtown Dallas (which cannot compare to DT Fort Worth in terms of activity) is fairly spread out.
Im not saying that DFW is without its charms. Denton is a really vibrant college town with a fantastic art and music scene. Fort Worth has some great museums, parks and trails along the Trinity river, and a pretty active downtown.

Overall the area is more suited for those who enjoy driving everywhere they go and seeing nothing but shopping malls, strip malls (and clubs), and restaurant chains as far as the eye can see. I am from here so I certainly hope for good things to happen here. I do have to be honest though and admit that we have allot of shortcomings.

All that being said..Ya its totally better than Houston!

[JManc]

great pics Lsyd. I really like Dallas and actually prefer it over Houston.