Well, I gave it my best for good ole Dallas... obviously there's so much to cover, I couldn't do the city proper justice. Most of it is downtown, with a few VERY RANDOM neighborhood shots.
As a Houstonian, I can't help but to make some natural comparisons between the two. The cities have a lot in common, but Dallas is just "nice"... lots of well-planned upscale areas, much less of the street litter, beautiful landscaping on the freeways... the cosmetics of the city make it look a lot "nicer" than other cities in Texas. Well anyway, judge for yourself.
Not sure of the name of this development, but I think the area is Uptown (please correct me if I'm wrong)
And now... the only subway in the south-central United States!!
And now we're downtown
DartRail is a much larger train than the MetroRail in Houston... for some reason I thought the tracks would be more like "heavy rail" through the downtown area, but apparently it can run on both.
Aww... it's nice, but I want MY Waterwall
Dallas and Ft. Worth are very well-stocked with historic buildings
Finally some city grit... Elm street!!
Nice
Excuse me.... which way to the West End?? Oh, thank you!
ok, ok... some upright viewage
Ok time for some West End, and Victory
It's official... I have a terrible, DIRTY mind
Ahh, yes... the perfect Segway(s) into
Victoire!!!
I love how Victory has this random-boosterism feel to it.
I'll bet you were
I like it, but it looks too much like DLR, just like ours is going to look too much like a storage shed!!
It really looks awesome, but if you're gonna build this awesome district, why not go all the way (better pedestrian connection to Downtown and Uptown, more streetscapes)???
Let's band together to make 21st century Texas less autocentric!!
This last group is some very random (and mundane) wanderings around the city...
DartRail Station (see Houston, now how hard is that??)
The Dalleria
And of course... Dalleria traffic
Thanks, but no thanks... I think I'll finish up and disobey the orders
Y'all have fun... see ya in November!!
ONE las shot... about an hour south of town, I caught this billboard, which truly defines all of "backwoods Texas". I actually had to exit the freeway, and circle around to get this shot. Though I would like to know what version of the bible they're using...
Laterz