JasnoDTX Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) 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? Edited May 25, 2015 by JasnoDTX 7 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" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Oldies but goodies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdude Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 That is a great pic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) ^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.) Edited June 9, 2015 by JasnoDTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) Edited September 14, 2015 by JasnoDTX 3 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited September 15, 2015 by JasnoDTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited September 16, 2015 by JasnoDTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Via Joshua Dodd on SSC Amazing color photos of Dallas from 1956 and on. Very cool!https://joshburdick.smugmug.com/Architecture/Historical-Dallas/ Edited September 18, 2015 by JasnoDTX 2 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 2 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited September 24, 2015 by JasnoDTX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Dallasite Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited September 25, 2015 by Native Dallasite 1 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. 1 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? 2 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 6 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/ 3 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...
Rowdy 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?http://www.fastcoexist.com/3051339/in-car-addicted-dallas-a-new-bridge-is-actually-good-for-bikers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Are they ever going to do something with the Trinity River. Houston's grand opening of the new Buffalo Bayou Park is Saturday. They did a amazing job. 4,000 trees planted, built two lakes, thousands of plants. New LED lights and 3 bridges. Clean up the bayou and added Texas native plants. It is very cool. Thousands will there Saturday with music and fireworks. Come on down the weather will be great! https://www.flickr.com/photos/48783655@N04/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 But all I see is more concrete and a disgusting river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 No leadership on the city council. From what I've heard the Mayor is fed up with it and wants something done. No one in control seems to have any real direction on the matter.. The area has a lot of potential. I think something will happen in the next 5 years. Personally I wish they just put a damn on the southside and let the river fill up to a point where its pretty and usable to people like the lake in front of Austin. The damn can open up during heavy rains to prevent flooding. Just my idea but Im not civil engineer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 It does look nice filled with water (like back in May) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 I did see a article on the Dallas Morning News "Houston Has A Park" It said too many members have control of the Trinity River and cannot agree what to do. Is that the Toll Road they are building? I'll try to find the video. No leadership on the city council. From what I've heard the Mayor is fed up with it and wants something done. No one in control seems to have any real direction on the matter.. The area has a lot of potential. I think something will happen in the next 5 years. Personally I wish they just put a damn on the southside and let the river fill up to a point where its pretty and usable to people like the lake in front of Austin. The damn can open up during heavy rains to prevent flooding. Just my idea but Im not civil engineer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 It does look nice filled with water (like back in May) I know... If it could have stayed that way. I was trying to imagine it without the trees sticking out. Could look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 For those of you who havent seen it: Fantastic color video of classic, bustling, 1939 downtown Dallas. Very interesting and impressive.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9J91V_ETE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 http://archinect.com/firms/project/54172102/Houston-tower/125435577Mr. Keating is in Houston for this huge proposal.In the center of DTH Hustle Town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 87 floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Wait Native that's in Houston... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Thank you Mr Onion.. For bringing me that info so I dont have to go looking for it.You are the best friend ever! Did you know about the original Houston Tower? Found it on Wiki. Houston Tower General informationStatus Never builtLocation Houston, TexasCost USD 1.5 billionHeight Roof 6,864 ft (2,092 m)Technical details Floor count 500 Pretty insane uh? You could probably see it from Mars. On the building youre talking about: I hope they build it. Really like that design too! Edited October 10, 2015 by JasnoDTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Wait what? How long ago was that proposed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Not sure I think early 80's Heres more on it.http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153431 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Tower If you think that's big check this one out in Tokyo!!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Seed_4000 Edited October 10, 2015 by JasnoDTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Urbanizzer posted it a few days ago. The Chronicle has an article that Mr. Keating in in HTown for a big proposal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Thank you Mr Onion.. For bringing me that info so I dont have to go looking for it.You are the best friend ever! Did you know about the original Houston Tower? Found it on Wiki. Houston Tower General informationStatus Never builtLocation Houston, TexasCost USD 1.5 billionHeight Roof 6,864 ft (2,092 m)Technical details Floor count 500 Pretty insane uh? You could probably see it from Mars. On the building youre talking about: I hope they build it. Really like that design too! Again and again someone has nativehoustonian and never use it. Don't call me Onion I thought we were friends. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 Well I thought it was better than calling you kitty which some people do on here. Okay I'll call you Native. In other news James Franco, JJ Abrams and Stephen King have been tying up traffic downtown:http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2015/10/james-franco-is-in-dallas-to-save-jfk-make-traffic-terrible/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) This guy.....lol Edited October 14, 2015 by JasnoDTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 This guy.....lol A really great shot. Too bad that D-Bag has to get in the way . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Some behind the scenes footage of "11/22/63" filming! Interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dKXUUf7wKg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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