Historic Images of Dallas
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I'm digitizing and posting my personal collection of photos and Kodachrome slides here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfwcre8ti ... 8842087452
Enjoy!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfwcre8ti ... 8842087452
Enjoy!
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Great collection!!!
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I found some great little historical pics and accompanying information regarding downtown Dallas on this site... Amazing, some of the architecture we used to have.
https://flashbackdallas.com/category/neighborhoods/downtown/
https://flashbackdallas.com/category/neighborhoods/downtown/
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muncien wrote:I found some great little historical pics and accompanying information regarding downtown Dallas on this site... Amazing, some of the architecture we used to have.
https://flashbackdallas.com/category/neighborhoods/downtown/
Flashback Dallas is such a treasure. Thanks for sharing!
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Here's a composite image of Theater Row that I worked on showing which towers replaced the theaters between Akard and Ervay.
Amazing how we sacrificed the street level for vertical bragging rights.
Amazing how we sacrificed the street level for vertical bragging rights.
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dude, sweet
too bad we cannot have both
too bad we cannot have both
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lakewoodhobo wrote:Here's a composite image of Theater Row that I worked on showing which towers replaced the theaters between Akard and Ervay.
Amazing how we sacrificed the street level for vertical bragging rights.
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Nice work. Crazy how the scale changed so drastically on everything.
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That's Elm....when did it become one way?
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Tnexster wrote:That's Elm....when did it become one way?
Here's my original photo, probably from 1945. The streets became one-way after streetcars were removed in the 1960s.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfwcre8tive/15339492725/
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Stunning recreation of Dallas' Union Station in the 1950's. Gold plated No-Prize to whoever can say where this is located.
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The trains at Northpark.
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Nope, but I will have to check that out.
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Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco?
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texasstar wrote:
Stunning recreation of Dallas' Union Station in the 1950's. Gold plated No-Prize to whoever can say where this is located.
Old red courthouse
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Exelone31 bags the no-prize. This is the exhibit in Frisco.
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texasstar wrote:Exelone31 bags the no-prize. This is the exhibit in Frisco.
Woohoo! I've wanted to check that place out, is it pretty cool?
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exelone31 wrote:texasstar wrote:Exelone31 bags the no-prize. This is the exhibit in Frisco.
Woohoo! I've wanted to check that place out, is it pretty cool?
You definitely should. It is awesome!
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I'm finding lots of goodies in the archives of The Thanks-Giving Foundation (albums of photos/slides of downtown Dallas in the 1960s-1980s). Digitizing everything will be a big undertaking.
Chapel of Thanksgiving looking from Elm Street, circa 1981.
Chapel of Thanksgiving looking from Elm Street, circa 1981.
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Wouldn't that be looking from Elm street?
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^ Looking from right about https://goo.gl/maps/ef4gJPvX2F32 on Elm Street.
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dfwcre8tive wrote:I'm finding lots of goodies in the archives of The Thanks-Giving Foundation (albums of photos/slides of downtown Dallas in the 1960s-1980s). Digitizing everything will be a big undertaking.
Chapel of Thanksgiving looking from Main Street, circa 1981.
It's a great photo of the chapel, but I'm a little more interested in the foreground showing construction of 1700 Pacific and that underground cavern that never became a transit tunnel.
Would love to see more.
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R1070 wrote:Wouldn't that be looking from Elm street?
Yes; that's Elm.
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This building has been known as the Dorsey Building and Aaron Brothers Furs Building at 1000 Commerce. It was demolished in 1979, the same year that the Baker Hotel closed.
Today it's the most valuable McDonald's in Dallas and possibly Texas, sitting on land that's worth almost $1MM more than the building itself.
Today it's the most valuable McDonald's in Dallas and possibly Texas, sitting on land that's worth almost $1MM more than the building itself.
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https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2 ... as-photos/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofdal ... 5642515689
Lost Dallas Author Uncovers Treasure Trove of Vintage 1970s and 1980s Dallas Photos
BY PETER SIMEK PUBLISHED IN FRONTBURNER APRIL 11, 2019 10:05 AM
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To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
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Exterior and interior pics of the Music Hall at Fair Park before the heavy renovation/addition in the 70s. Pretty much all of the 1920s decor was ripped out during the renovation. What's there now is a 70s style theater in a 1920s building.
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Also, the 1920's venue was more auditorium rather than a true Theater. You can tell because the sound is just so terrible and it had none of the amenities expected in 1970's musical theater compatible venue. It's really a hard thing to do to maintain history with this building and still make it useful without heavy modification. Dallas Summer Musicals makes it work despite the building having less than satisfactory acoustics. I wish they could restore more of the 1920's architecture and rid us of the 1970's god awful mods but they would ultimately have to be replaced with our current architecture period mods. The previous venue didn't have a large enough lobby for example so any removal of the 1970's work would require a similar replacement with modern materials which I am not against happening to keep the venue fresh.
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cowboyeagle05 wrote:Also, the 1920's venue was more auditorium rather than a true Theater. You can tell because the sound is just so terrible and it had none of the amenities expected in 1970's musical theater compatible venue. It's really a hard thing to do to maintain history with this building and still make it useful without heavy modification. Dallas Summer Musicals makes it work despite the building having less than satisfactory acoustics. I wish they could restore more of the 1920's architecture and rid us of the 1970's god awful mods but they would ultimately have to be replaced with our current architecture period mods. The previous venue didn't have a large enough lobby for example so any removal of the 1970's work would require a similar replacement with modern materials which I am not against happening to keep the venue fresh.
That’s true. I wonder if they will ever decide to replace this venue or do another major renovation. It’s kind of embarrassing for a city as big as Dallas, to not have a high quality musical theater. Bass Hall in Fort Worth is a much better venue in comparison to the Music Hall.
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That's the Arts District.
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cowboyeagle05 wrote:That's the Arts District.
True, I forgot about the Winspear. Much intimate venue.
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Dallas City Photographer Prints from the Mid-20th Century
https://cityofdallaspreservation.wordpr ... h-century/
https://cityofdallaspreservation.wordpr ... h-century/
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lakewoodhobo wrote:Dallas City Photographer Prints from the Mid-20th Century
https://cityofdallaspreservation.wordpr ... h-century/
This is awesome, thank you for sharing!
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Cool!!! Thank you guys!