JasnoDTX Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Surprised no one started a thread like this sooner. Didn't check though. I have another thread for the nature photos but this one should have been made as well..I'm not sure if/why aren't embedded videos allowed but we can still post vid links. I have tones. Might do one for Houston too on a different board if it hasn't been done. Who doesnt like media about our prized Texas cities? Feel free to add yours. Kicking it off right! This one is great. Just came across. Recent flooding in the North Texas has caused this nice site! Imagine if it could stay like this or just a little lower without the trees in the middle:) If they would just build a dam maybe it could? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Recent flooding does make the Trinity River attractive and less like "They built a huge bridge over a dried up creek" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Oldies but goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dcdude Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 That is a great pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 ^Thanks. I got this off DesertPunk on SSC. Hopefully that Galleria cluster in the far left background will grow. The 1st phase of Scott Beck's "Midtown" development has supposedly been approved and the first tower is supposed to go up by the end of this year. *fingers crossed* http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2015/05/22/exclusivescott-beck-gets-city-go-ahead-for-4b.html Darn I should put this on the other thread instead.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigFootsSocks Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Those lights tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 A Dallas cityscape view that would make big brother Houston proud. Check this out around 6:05: :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lh65vVeg1I&feature=youtu.be&t=364 More Dallas photos/vids should be taken at this angle though it is difficult. I live near the very last tower at the end (Abrams Centre) Yes still within city limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Dallas in a PS4 video game....with our beautiful Mountains! Mountains are the one thing I've always loved about our city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDvdUbY9nfE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Via Joshua Dodd on SSC Amazing color photos of Dallas from 1956 and on. Very cool!https://joshburdick.smugmug.com/Architecture/Historical-Dallas/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Great photos of the new LBJ Express http://dfwfreeways.com/i635/roadside-lbj-express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Forbes rated Houston number 1 as the fastest growing city 2015. Austin number 2 and Dallas number 3, but that might include DFW. You guys are tied at the hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great photos of the new LBJ Express http://dfwfreeways.com/i635/roadside-lbj-express Very nice I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Forbes rated Houston number 1 as the fastest growing city 2015. Austin number 2 and Dallas number 3, but that might include DFW. You guys are tied at the hip. Houston should overtake Chicago as number 3 city in U.S. by 2020. Chicagoans on the net talk trash about H-Town and I defend it. They are scared of falling to number 4. I'd like to see Dallas retake number 2 spot in Texas. SA's larger area benefits them but when you compare counties (not metros) Dallas Country has almost 700k more people than Bexar county 2,518,638 Vs 1,855,866. One could argue it has a bigger city feel to. /and Dallas number 3, but that might include DFW. You guys are tied at the hip./ Of course it does. The list is about metros. Sugarland and Baytown is included in yours. Seriously we should be proud that Texas has the top 3 spots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a huge statement. The rest of the country is hatin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Dallasite Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Forbes rated Houston number 1 as the fastest growing city 2015. Austin number 2 and Dallas number 3, but that might include DFW. You guys are tied at the hip. That is an old article from January of this year based on older data from 2014 and earlier. A lot has happened since that data was collected, like a major oil plunge and all that goes with it, so datapoints collected for the article have lost relevance when looking at what is happening today. Dallas at number 3 in the article is Dallas and its metro only; it does not include Ft. Worth/Arlington. The graphic in the article states Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro (not DFW MSA): http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeg45eegeg/3-dallas-texas-2/ Dallas has been leaving Ft. Worth in the dust for some time now. Ft. Worth has a heavier dependence on energy, and is not as diversified as Dallas, and with the oil downturn Ft. Worth has been suffering. In the article Houston is listed as Houston-The Woodlands-Sugarland MSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 ^You are correct sir. I failed to see that to. Yes its Dallas/Plano/Irving....No Funkytown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Great photos of the new LBJ Express http://dfwfreeways.com/i635/roadside-lbj-express I always thought that Dtown built their highways like Houston with only concrete. Is the asphalt thing a newish development, is it simply an overlay (like on Beltway 8 for a portion or Tomball Tollway), or am I just wrong on all accounts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 I always thought that Dtown built their highways like Houston with only concrete. Is the asphalt thing a newish development, is it simply an overlay (like on Beltway 8 for a portion or Tomball Tollway), or am I just wrong on all accounts? I don't know much about road construction but that whole underground highway is brand spankin new. So the black asphalt isnt covering up something old. Its all new. The videos kinda explain more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9075 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 A new portion of the 635 main lanes is also covered in asphalt. However, this portion is west of I-35E, and asphalt may have been used to achieve a smooth transition with the adjacent existing portion of 635, which was covered in asphalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I don't know much about road construction but that whole underground highway is brand spankin new. So the black asphalt isnt covering up something old. Its all new. The videos kinda explain more about it.Sorry, I don't mean an overlay over an established road; I know the double decker is new, but I figured most Texas roads are built using concrete. I'm curious if the poured a concrete slab and then put down an asphalt overlay like they've done in portions of the toll road here in Houston, mainly as a test piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 TEXPRESS VID IS UP! JD does good work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrMtn1GFB9g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 That one with the green lit outlines is extremely tacky yet endearing, though the Reunion Tower looks like a microphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 The lighting can change to any color or none at all. Even do a light show. Andy Warhol said he loved it. A few Dallas rappers have referred to the Reunion as a giant microphone. I never saw it like that. Pretty cool! It does) Supposed to be a dandelion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Dallas has rappers other than Vanilla Ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yep. I heard some rap song with the Dallas microphone lyric. Its sounded decent actually but I dont who it was. I dont really follow recent rap.Right now Vanilla is rapping about burglarizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Via Celt67 on SSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/48783655@N04/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arndthwrld82 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I'm not terribly familiar with Dallas developments. What is being built next to the bridge? Is this a new road project or just a widening of the bridge or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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