Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

willyk wrote:Looking great, and just think, they could have gone to Legacy West like everyone else. DTD really hit jackpot when we kept them here.

lakewoodhobo wrote:I walked through the AT&T lobby today for the first time in maybe years and realized that the Golden Boy was gone.

I don't remember any mention of removing him or moving it to another location. Any info on this?

Game of Thrones Dethrones Golden Boy

In early 2019, the seat of 1,000 swords has replaced a glimmering Golden Boy that has stood in the lobby since 2009. It was noted by an AT&T spokesperson, “As part of the ongoing process to bring the AT&T Discovery District to life, Golden Boy is stepping off his platform for a few months while we remodel the lobby of Whitacre Tower,” “He’ll return to our campus in the second half of 2019.” It is said that he was taken out to make room for the Game of Thrones “Iron Throne” – go figure!

tamtagon wrote:^hahahaha I was going to say The Sundance Square of Dallas!!! It'll be nice if "Discovery" District turns into a memorable place people seek out, like Rockefeller Center, or Sundance Square. Since ATT's Spirit of Communication is naked, does anyone think the righteous folks of Dallas will pitch a fit and call it pornography?

tamtagon wrote:^hahahaha I was going to say The Sundance Square of Dallas!!! It'll be nice if "Discovery" District turns into a memorable place people seek out, like Rockefeller Center, or Sundance Square. Since ATT's Spirit of Communication is naked, does anyone think the righteous folks of Dallas will pitch a fit and call it pornography?

cowboyeagle05 wrote:Actually, I think the statues at Fair Park have been made more modest than their originals. Mind you also one of the supposed reasons for removing those two and the Woolfus at Fair Park was calls by religious folk to take down such scandalous artwork.

jetnd87 wrote:https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/07/18/atts-downtown-dallas-district-will-draw-thousands-entertainment-eats-digital-displays

Much of the time, the giant display wall will be used to showcase digital art. For special events, it can do everything from showing classic moves to hosting Dallas Cowboys watch parties.

The holdings now consist of approximately 14,000 books and 8,500 manuscripts and span five centuries of exploration and discovery, politics, conflict, science, intellectual thought, and the arts. Its strengths include the colonial settlements in North America by European nations, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, the Presidency, the Supreme Court, and the development of the United States west of the Mississippi River in the 19th century.

willyk wrote:Is there anything nearby that it is a good candidate for a residential conversion?

willyk wrote:Is there anything nearby that it is a good candidate for a residential conversion?

tamtagon wrote:I don't know about residential conversion, but the Dallas Public Library should be a pet project of ATT - upgraded and expanded into the public institution setting the standard for excellence.

Discovery District's One hundred million+ dollar budget is a worthwhile investment for ATT benefiting the stock holders and the city; the corporate initiative to build a physical space downtown that attracts and helps retain talent has compelling opportunity to include the Dallas Public Library in the infrastructure upgrades as well as an obligation to the municipality.

I'd like ATT to endow the downtown library so it becomes the innovative information and literary art sharing institution evolving the concept and format of a public library efficient and mindful to match the new ways people have available to read and discover literary arts and conduct research. The downtown library should expand as a museum facility to restore, maintain and display historic books and documents -- the city's copy of the Declaration of Independence being a cornerstone, of course.

Including the library building in ATT urban campus concept would be a corporate investment as much (or more) as a philanthropic endeavor, but that company should not be the only local business contributing to the creation of a public institution handling the municipal obligation of a library --- Texas Instruments played a vital role in the "information era" and has an obligation to make sure the library can function as a public history museum.

It's not just North Texas businesses that have an obligation and wherewithal to help set up the public library for the new millennium, North Texas individuals share the philanthropic obligation to give ---- starting with the Crow Family. I realize Harland Crow recently had built a wing onto his Highland Park estate to house this collection, but this is a collection of pieces that belong to the public....

https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/visit/e ... llery-crow

The holdings now consist of approximately 14,000 books and 8,500 manuscripts and span five centuries of exploration and discovery, politics, conflict, science, intellectual thought, and the arts. Its strengths include the colonial settlements in North America by European nations, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, the Presidency, the Supreme Court, and the development of the United States west of the Mississippi River in the 19th century.

Just like the DMA expanded with an art restoration work-group, so should the library.

Tnexster wrote:That's a nice little building, any story on this one? That alley would make a nice little patio/green space.

Tnexster wrote:That's a nice little building, any story on this one? That alley would make a nice little patio/green space.

The Dallas Cowboys announced Thursday that they will open a new Cowboys Fit in the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas.

The 20,000-square-foot fitness center will open in the winter and will be developed in partnership with global fitness developer Mark Mastrov. This will be the third development of the franchise.

The first thing I asked when I walked into AT&T's downtown Dallas headquarters this week was "Where's Golden Boy?"

The giant gilded statue — usually hard to miss — is gone.

For almost a decade, the 24-foot-tall figure called the Spirit of Communications has been the first thing you'd see when entering AT&T's Commerce Street building.

eburress wrote:^^ What is wrong with this city that this BS is allowed to happen??