Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Dirty Pool
See my dog upset the pair of mallards who have been hanging around the dirty swimming pool. Soon it will be warm enough to swim, and we'll have to get it all tidied up. Right now, though, when the trees are dropping their flowers into the water, it's something of a challenge to keep clean. I'm trying to discourage the ducks from nesting here, because my dog would love to gobble up some ducklings.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The triangular building and ziggurat belong to the Latin Arts and Cultural Center east of downtown. The large white building in the far distance is Baylor Hospital. The weird humpy thing in the foreground is a crash barrier between the lane I was in and the exit ramp that just split off to the right.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Adam Hats building which contains lofts. At Canton and Good-Latimer Expressway, East of downtown at the edge of Deep Ellum.
For years I lived in lofts elsewhere in Dallas but lamented the abandoned state of this building. I would often go see touring acts performing at Deep Ellum Live across the street, and thought this would be a prime building for re-purposing into lofts. Someone read my mind, at last, and converted this structure.
This photo was taken from the on-ramp from I-30 onto I-45. People who live in these spaces right by the roadway sometimes have their windows broken by ne'er-do-wells who happen by, bent on mayhem. Still, it's a beautiful building.
Labels: Adam Hats
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Bryan Place Tower, as seen from a vehicle on I-45 (Texas Highway 75)(northbound Central Expressway)
Update: When I posted this photo earlier, I listed this highway as I-35, but Abraham Lincoln was so kind as to correct me. You should check out his excellent blog! My bad. It's funny that all these many years Central Expressway has been called 75 and I never made the leap to realize 75 was a state highway, not an Interstate. Silly me. I stand corrected. Thanks, Abraham!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Scraping the bottom of the barrel...
My camera has been out of town with husband the past two weekends, and I'm running out of fresh images in my files. I'm going to have to go on a photo jag very very soon. This is a view up Main Street downtown, looking to the East with the late afternoon sun at my back. I didn't notice it at the time, but I like how the shadow of my buggy is in the foreground on the road.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Yet another grand old building of the Belle Epoch downtown. This is the Wilson building, and it has been converted to lofts and condominiums. I'd love to live in this building, but I would miss my outdoor gardening space and I would hate to have to walk for several blocks for a pee-spot for my dog. Still, I can dream about living in such a marvelous bit of architecture.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
I'm not sure who this statue downtown is in Dealey Plaza across from Old Red - John Neely Bryan? I'll bet Myron knows.
FROM MYRON, the go-to guy:
Nope, Myron didn't know. But Google tells all. It's George Bannerman Dealey, the namesake of Dealy Plaza. A bit more at Dealy Plaza History. With a photo from the other side of ol' George. It is written by one of Dealy's descendants with what I perceive to be a definite left wing view. In 1882 at the age of 23 Dealy, an employee of The Galveston Daily News, was sent to North Texas by Alfred H. Belo to determine the best site for a satellite edition of The Galveston Daily News. He recommended Dallas and was appointed general manager to start up The Dallas Morning News. Ain't Google wonderful?
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
I've posted this site before, but it was a well-lit, midday picture.
This is an old art-deco theater on Davis Street near Westmoreland which was a big church called Soul's Harbor for about 30 years. Most of the deco has been rubbed out of the facade, but it was a very grand thing, in its day. Now it's a Mexican Church. Anyway, I caught it right about sunset recently.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Window washers on a downtown skyscraper from last Monday.
Amazing. This building was designed by brilliant architect I.M. Pei.
Labels: I.M. Pei, skyscraper, window washer
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Friday, March 09, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Magnolia Building downtown with Mobil Flying Horse
I've shown the Mobil Pegasus before, shot at night and shot from other angles, but I was sitting on Elm Street Monday at rush hour, waiting for the light to turn green, and I looked up through the sun roof of my chariot and saw it from an angle I'd never noticed before. Nifty!
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Elm Main and Commerce portal to/from Downtown.
Here I was driving, facing east. Commerce is a one-way street which runs from West to East, Main is two-way, and Elm is one-way and runs East to West, the opposite direction we were heading in the photo. On the other side of this bridge is Dealey Plaza, where JFK was shot. Before the 1930s, the actual area where we are in this photo, along with the bridge itself, was the course of the Trinity River. The river was moved over about a mile as part of the massive public works projects that took place during the Depression and gave a great many unemployed Americans an occupation. The green containers are on a train that is passing over the bridge.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Take a Penny
Lots of shops and restaurants have a little penny bin at the register so people can drop off extra pennies and leave them for others who may be short a few pennies when it's time to settle up. I thought this little penny cup looked especially jolly made of pink ruled paper and hand-lettered "Thank You." This was at Luby's on East Mockingbird Lane Sweet!
Monday, March 05, 2007
Doodle Bug
OK, I'm scraping the bottom of my photographic barrel, here.
I'm working full-time during the week and in school on weekends from 8am through 6:30 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, so I need to get out and do a few photography sessions. For now, this will have to suffice. I doodle while I'm in class, which relaxes me and helps me to focus. This is the lunatic scribbling of an over-worked, stressed-out Dallas woman. Woo hoo!
Labels: Doodle
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Photo from Ebby.com
This historic Dallas residence is for sale. I've always wondered about it, as it sits on the east side of 35 overlooking the Trinity River basin and downtown beyond. If I had half a mil to buy this and another half million for restoration, I'd be on this like white on rice. It could be a dream house, even if it is a little odd. Love it.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
This horse was eating candy, then spooked at the sound of my shutter. I sent the photo to the lovely lady pictured here, as she is the owner of the horse. I asked "what's brown & black & chicken all over?"
This horse is so retarded it's actually cute. And it's huge, too.
Labels: horse
Friday, March 02, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
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