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57boxman · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:23 am Post subject:

Architect I.M. Pei's approach to the new Dallas City Hall mirrored those of other projects; he surveyed the surrounding area and worked to make the building fit. In the case of Dallas, he spent days meeting with residents of the city and was impressed by their civic pride. He also found that the skyscrapers of the downtown business district dominated the skyline, and sought to create a building which could face the tall buildings and represent the importance of the public sector. He spoke of creating "a public-private dialogue with the commercial high-rises".[69]

Working with his associate Theodore Musho, Pei developed a design centered on a building with a top much wider than the bottom; the facade leans at an angle of 34 degrees. A plaza stretches out before the building, and a series of support columns holds it up. It was influenced by Le Corbusier's High Court building in Chandigarh, India; Pei sought to use the significant overhang to unify building and plaza. The project cost much more than initially expected, and took 11 years. Revenue was secured in part by including a subterranean parking garage. The interior of the city hall is large and spacious; windows in the ceiling above the eighth floor fill the main space with light.
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David Graves · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:16 pm Post subject:

Forest Lane was featured in this Car Craft Magazine article in 1971 as each month they highlighted a different city for their cruising locations. In DFW, Forest was the top spot, just as Van Nuys Blvd was in Southern Calif. Having lived here all my life, I burned many gallons of gas driving up and down Forest Lane in my younger days. Now, each year there is a Forest Lane Cruise Reunion that celebrates that fun time that many of us took in that has grown to a great car show of it's own where at least for one evening 'Cruising on Forest Lane' returns.

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57boxman · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject:

Art Arfons' "Super Cyclops" jet-powered dragster

Gene Thomas host of a Dallas TV news and variety show

Drag Strip: Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Texas

Event: IHRA Texas Open Drag Championships, exhibition run

Accident Date: October 16, 1971

Car: "Super Cyclops" jet dragster

Biographical: Art Arfons built a second seat on the "Super Cyclops" jet-powered dragster, just opposite his seat on the other side of the engine. He did this so he could take other people for rides at over 280 MPH. The passenger on the fatal ride was the host of a Dallas TV news and variety show who went by the name, Gene Thomas. He was riding with Arfons to do a feature for his morning variety show. Arfons hoped to make a try at setting a 300 MPH mark in the 17,500 horsepower F185 jet engined car that weekend. His plan was to set that mark and then retire from jet car racing. The fatal ride was simply to be a warm-up. He reached a speed of 283 MPH and was almost through the final lights. He started to slow down, pulled the parachute, and immediately the left rear tire blew. It swerved and veered through a guard rail, striking and killing two IHRA emergency crewmen who were standing in the vicinity. After going through the guard rail, it rolled over into a ditch and landed right side up. Arfons' newsman passenger died at the scene. The deceased newsman was survived by his wife, son, and daughter. That was Arfons last ride in a jet car. Alred's wife brought suit against Goodyear Tire, Arfons, and the owner of Dallas Speedway. The IHRA employees killed were Robert John Kelsey, 20, from Tyler, Texas, and Sean Pense, 17, from Farmers Branch, Texas.

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57boxman · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:30 pm Post subject:

Best Chicken Fired Steak in Dallas!
4503 West Lovers Lane • Dallas, TX 75209
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57boxman · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:33 pm Post subject:

Fort Worth in 1975
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David Graves · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:32 pm Post subject:

The Cabana Hotel, built in 1962, once 'the' place to stay in Dallas located across from Victory Plaza in downtown was once owned by Doris Day, Rachel Welch was a waitress there, the Beatles stayed there when they came to Dallas in 1964, but times changed and it became obsolete and Dallas County purchased it and turned it into a jail, today it sits there unused as a former Detention Center, I think the last time is was used was to house Hurricane Katrina evacuees
Pictures from back in the day to current day

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57boxman · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:42 pm Post subject:

The Merc" Mercantile Tower, Dallas

is a 31-story, 523 ft skyscraper at 1700 Main Street in the Main Street district of downtown Dallas, Texas.

Local radio host Mike Rhyner from Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket opens the Hardline show with a time check "according to the Tower of the Friendly Mercan-teel."

The Dallas Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) was headquartered in the building from its founding in 1960 until it moved to Kansas City at the end of the 1962 season.
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57boxman · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:57 pm Post subject:

Hyland Park Soda Shop
Then and Now
1924 - 2012 Knox Street, Dallas, Texas Hyland Park Neighborhood.

The Construction on the right of the 1924 photo is the makings of the Soda Shop today.

3229 Knox St
Dallas, TX 75205
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57boxman · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:30 pm Post subject:

Commerce and Akard, Dallas, Texas The Adolphus Hotel on the left.

Then and Now
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57boxman · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject:

Preston Road at Lovers Lane now 2012 and then in the 1940s.

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57boxman · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:28 pm Post subject:

Honest Joe's Pawn Shop

Then

The original owner of the building at 2524 Elm St., Rubin Goldstein, came to Dallas from New York in 1931. His two older brothers, Dave and Isaac already owned businesses in Deep Ellum, and like many Jewish merchants at the time, Goldstein set up his own pawn shop.

Goldstein came to be known as “Honest Joe” when a shop regular named Little Jimmy told a skeptical customer, “Don’t worry, lady. This is Honest Joe,” according to Alan B. Govenar and Jay F. Brakefield in their book,

Now

Urban Paws has taken up residence in the old Honest Joe's building. Rubin Goldstein's granddaughter, Laurel Levin, has transformed the Deep Ellum legacy into a luxurious pet hotel. (PHOTO COURTESY OF URBAN PAWS OWNER LAUREL LEVIN)

During the prohibition era, the top floor of Honest Joe’s was a speakeasy. It was raided in the 30s and sealed off by the police. In the 60s, Dallas raised Central Expressway and had to cut into the top floor of the building. Goldstein and Levin broke into the third floor to see the old place. When they walked in, they saw bottles for beer and wine, turned over tables, betting slips scattered on the floor and telephone numbers on a building post.

“It was like we stepped back into the 1930s.” said Levin. “Like they just raided it yesterday.”
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57boxman · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:28 pm Post subject:

An unassuming upstairs space at 1312 1/2 Commerce St., Dallas, Texas; Jack Ruby's Carousel was an after-dark draw in a world of dining, dancing, stage shows and name performers.

Jack Ruby stands with two of his dancers, who's name are on the marque. outside his nightclub, the Carousel Club.

This is the front exterior of the Carousel Club owned by Jack Ruby.

Now and Then Jack Ruby Lived here at 223 S. Ewing Ave., Dallas, TX, 75203 1963/2012
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57boxman · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:35 am Post subject:

With todays West Nile problems we can look back and see that in the 50s they sprayed us all with insect poison from airplanes. I guess we lived through it? I'm glad to see in the caption below the photo that at least they were concerned with not hurting the paint on all those future classic Chevys.

Dallas in the 50's gets sprayed with DDT.
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57boxman · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject:

Down Town Dallas in the 50's. You can see the Pegasus on the right.

A same shot of the same area of Dallas today. If you look real hard you can se the Pegasus just to the right off of center.

I thought the original shot may have been from Jefferson as the bridge rails are similar but are different. Could be Houston or Market as well but I think it is where 35E is today. What do you think?
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57boxman · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:01 pm Post subject:

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