tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77331191628561567692024-02-21T05:00:52.051-06:00Metroplexing96.3 KSCS' Hawkeye Shares Odd History and Overlook Stories from Dallas - Fort WorthMark Louis http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172787888303580894noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733119162856156769.post-88533881276764827752022-11-29T04:04:00.002-06:002022-11-29T04:04:59.353-06:00The Japanese Version of Globe Life Field<p> If you travel to Sapporo, Japan, you might be surprised to find a familiar looking replica of a North Texas landmark. The new home of the Japanese professional baseball team, the Nippon Ham Fighters (the team is nicknamed the Fighters and owned by the Nippon Ham Company) is modeled after the Texas Rangers' Globe Life Field.</p><p> The owners of the Fighters were so impressed with the Rangers facility, they consulted the American League team to model their new ES CON Field after the Arlington facility. They are even building a surrounding "Baseball Village" complete with hotels and restaurants. </p><p> HKS, the Dallas based architecture firm that built Globe Life Field is also designing the new stadium. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghobEKC-dJY_I0xuoRpNsOdw1PSRdJvzjbEbc7HgZTPU4fXrZQsKoTSuUi59eBufAzrqE1du0XrQB7ZYJWN52kO1EHW2bGSuX27CwP1ji8yvs5ALfidVwZ5LgoQYD1AZjuUe6fqJcNX9BtcVjRfsY-QQcW6OjqHz1b-E65Ka8Wo_mLKPi1RcHUKA/s1356/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.51.24%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1356" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghobEKC-dJY_I0xuoRpNsOdw1PSRdJvzjbEbc7HgZTPU4fXrZQsKoTSuUi59eBufAzrqE1du0XrQB7ZYJWN52kO1EHW2bGSuX27CwP1ji8yvs5ALfidVwZ5LgoQYD1AZjuUe6fqJcNX9BtcVjRfsY-QQcW6OjqHz1b-E65Ka8Wo_mLKPi1RcHUKA/w532-h302/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.51.24%20AM.png" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5LoXNPZdqjTr6HNmKSW210FJYROw3jAPuyylpwu5iZELlyP51iKz4nOE9Yf-PfqLEjHJp-0b-ARfgEVomxYdlXYOlKtW8XGDHQOcsinLMFRNJ7maFHyh9areIoBF14KohCvx6cApPCpf4nNQntbyMjW3r5l0UgeVb0n8BID6pdtnagB4fum4fg/s1738/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.39.51%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1738" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5LoXNPZdqjTr6HNmKSW210FJYROw3jAPuyylpwu5iZELlyP51iKz4nOE9Yf-PfqLEjHJp-0b-ARfgEVomxYdlXYOlKtW8XGDHQOcsinLMFRNJ7maFHyh9areIoBF14KohCvx6cApPCpf4nNQntbyMjW3r5l0UgeVb0n8BID6pdtnagB4fum4fg/w579-h266/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.39.51%20AM.png" width="579" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ES CON Field in Hokkaido, Japan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p> Some differences:</p><p>- ES CON Field's roof is more notable. While Globe Life Field's retractable roof looks more like the cover of a outdoor grill, ES CON Field has a dramatic pitched roof that looks more like a church. The roof which mimics the roofs of homes in the Hokkaido region of Japan, can hold up to 14 feet of snow. Sapporo is one of the snowiest parts of the world and hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZwPHQtwDhEwusqiCZkFB1z34LcDJG6V_ZcnJIiZZNcXDMI0MFaHg3wAwCttCS51Z3s4eutrcLs8v8SzGblm_FF9IydWfBxdnNxkw_2sDZ5Epkno9Sfi0Q5Ka0Lex04biGYmgMZXDSkQv4x6bv8tL5uri_FK1t5bwQoB__IZAU7oZfBqWI4g11g/s1200/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.41.13%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZwPHQtwDhEwusqiCZkFB1z34LcDJG6V_ZcnJIiZZNcXDMI0MFaHg3wAwCttCS51Z3s4eutrcLs8v8SzGblm_FF9IydWfBxdnNxkw_2sDZ5Epkno9Sfi0Q5Ka0Lex04biGYmgMZXDSkQv4x6bv8tL5uri_FK1t5bwQoB__IZAU7oZfBqWI4g11g/w505-h224/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.41.13%20AM.png" width="505" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>- The facility is being built to host mainly outdoor baseball games, with the roof covering the field on cold days. The field is situated differently, so most fans won't notice the roof behind them on days the stadium is open. Unlike Globe Life Field, the turf at ES CON Field will be natural grass.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMA7rHZcYFrUVdc14DyMqiqY3psR4PKKRQPhBMjujme2gHHsUwr7gTK0Hiayc0xDrt2vnGlsnYkZuP56UlSfYBaLsBgi9AnUbw2V9oujm9SN04x2FmV7TpzrC_Jbk1chlGpX2BlsJ-WRks_0I091HGO3Xl6qhUvzAuoL37LR1hJW4YsxVpjiuUA/s1202/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.55.54%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1202" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMA7rHZcYFrUVdc14DyMqiqY3psR4PKKRQPhBMjujme2gHHsUwr7gTK0Hiayc0xDrt2vnGlsnYkZuP56UlSfYBaLsBgi9AnUbw2V9oujm9SN04x2FmV7TpzrC_Jbk1chlGpX2BlsJ-WRks_0I091HGO3Xl6qhUvzAuoL37LR1hJW4YsxVpjiuUA/w442-h279/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%203.55.54%20AM.png" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Compares the views from home plate. ES CON Field (atop) is situated so the roof is mainly out of view. That is not the case in Globe Life Field (below)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDR9jiJ0aRTDO6CK5vQAWYZWVzB7YSJ8rlzxr-cWXjznk1cgFR-Ozi7ukBkc83Z_gFk6wsA-i50R-Lm8vochUmcmfUXXLw7gJ8DvLXsN5DVQ83WEAcThGnduI9MjKgJ91Mza2D9a95Wrp_4P02yKJLDb25eSxLG2CJ-dccmZiqbC5pez5XRT8iPg/s1756/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%204.01.09%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1756" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDR9jiJ0aRTDO6CK5vQAWYZWVzB7YSJ8rlzxr-cWXjznk1cgFR-Ozi7ukBkc83Z_gFk6wsA-i50R-Lm8vochUmcmfUXXLw7gJ8DvLXsN5DVQ83WEAcThGnduI9MjKgJ91Mza2D9a95Wrp_4P02yKJLDb25eSxLG2CJ-dccmZiqbC5pez5XRT8iPg/w431-h290/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-29%20at%204.01.09%20AM.png" width="431" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mark Louis http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172787888303580894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733119162856156769.post-58685845511628826452021-01-03T12:17:00.002-06:002021-01-04T07:51:13.283-06:00Discover Bonnie and Clyde's Forgotten Escape Route - On Bike<p> Back in their day, when Bonnie and Clyde needed to get out of Dallas fast, they would take old Singleton Avenue from West Dallas into the nearby countryside. </p><p> The construction of Loop 12 made one of older sections of Singleton obsolete. It sat lost in the woods for many year until the city of Irving decided to make it part of the Campion Trail. Much to their credit, the trails designers decided to leave three old bridges that were once part of the old road. One bridge, an old metal bridge replaced later by a concrete bridge, was memorialized in a poem by Bonnie Parker.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b></b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"From Irving to West Dallas Viaduct,</b></i></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Is known the great divide</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Where the women are kin, and the men are men</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>and they won't stool on Bonnie and Clyde"</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAgO2JbMkpd9rtrsLXu5Ujet39udPsprk6DDdwbvl93nKE4n2zaE1votSDQAPndmfXwuTEDasicqvFRxmMsJd9n_ygox4VFgv42c6Hf1fiODHruy_YGZRc3G1ZUQoPuGmcpMrjcu50A/s4032/IMG_0111.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAgO2JbMkpd9rtrsLXu5Ujet39udPsprk6DDdwbvl93nKE4n2zaE1votSDQAPndmfXwuTEDasicqvFRxmMsJd9n_ygox4VFgv42c6Hf1fiODHruy_YGZRc3G1ZUQoPuGmcpMrjcu50A/w480-h640/IMG_0111.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><i>The Campion Trail connects you to the three lost bridges of old Singleton Road, once used as a escape route for Bonnie and Clyde</i><br /><b style="font-style: italic;"><br /></b><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGJj8OjRIl-O5LCNy_TQyhZnFGddF_ja2CIO51Gd-_jPzUywQOCutAWYe6wWPrgEzcB_KcoMioXdlbb0kIKEfuW0aa-ohYD5LC1-XHAUT4n9IXZyVSIxro-adc_N-Pdf3-mTo3hr0MA/s4032/IMG_0109.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGJj8OjRIl-O5LCNy_TQyhZnFGddF_ja2CIO51Gd-_jPzUywQOCutAWYe6wWPrgEzcB_KcoMioXdlbb0kIKEfuW0aa-ohYD5LC1-XHAUT4n9IXZyVSIxro-adc_N-Pdf3-mTo3hr0MA/w480-h640/IMG_0109.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This plaque marks the site of the old Iron Bridge that Bonnie and Clyde used to drive over</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65Lr7VS15yCVRm1hJnr5EpSO8FPCi-eaY4vNFb7GWZVTOqgmgSuxURh1x7lMgvGaqFXZL7VYGUvWPN3aA8OWHbN_VKP0JTho6vGO7VdP05UFC3RCAvQ-d2rwdFFYm0_cbXVC1laA-Yw/s4032/IMG_0112.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65Lr7VS15yCVRm1hJnr5EpSO8FPCi-eaY4vNFb7GWZVTOqgmgSuxURh1x7lMgvGaqFXZL7VYGUvWPN3aA8OWHbN_VKP0JTho6vGO7VdP05UFC3RCAvQ-d2rwdFFYm0_cbXVC1laA-Yw/w480-h640/IMG_0112.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of three old bridges on the Campion Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>To find the section of the trail that connects to old Singleton Ave: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Irving+Golf+Club/@32.7991381,-96.9195352,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x864e9cabb6128187:0xbb0ee464449985ce!8m2!3d32.7991336!4d-96.9173412" target="_blank">Directions and Map</a></p><p>Take the Shady Grove Exit off Loop 12 in Irving. Go east and park in the Irving Golf Course Parking Lot. The trail can be seen between the parking lot and the softball fields. Take the trip south about half a mile to find the three old bridges.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.metroplexing.com/2015/02/the-gravesite-of-bonnie-and-clyde.html" target="_blank">Discover Bonnie and Clyde's Gravesites in this Post</a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Campion Trail</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This is just a small portion of a much larger 22 mile trail that will one day be part of a system that will connect Dallas to Fort Worth. Currently the trail ends to the west, connecting to Grand Prarie's Lone Star Trail. To the north, the Campion Trail connects to Coppell's trail system and eventually to Dallas' trails</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXI2DiXIsuALXslq0lhdtRM22Xft2CVF_lY22LLvxCeMOawD3_pja3DYAd12LoaSUxISDjPbUdIJGtp54s1SD-Y6Wf4Hf4sqygynB5ZOk0QqvSUV8blHZZZoX8-IdxQ8oProBN08WBw/s4032/IMG_0129.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXI2DiXIsuALXslq0lhdtRM22Xft2CVF_lY22LLvxCeMOawD3_pja3DYAd12LoaSUxISDjPbUdIJGtp54s1SD-Y6Wf4Hf4sqygynB5ZOk0QqvSUV8blHZZZoX8-IdxQ8oProBN08WBw/w480-h640/IMG_0129.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portion of the Campion trail that connects Irving to Grand Prarie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKwJHmsgzsHLMrSftxTq-PqAB1YCJ4oF-YVrQcclVaxfxvzxDUtXSniTByBLbdKmW13II6smDlFgsAFVCVBsCpYnES9XLwVUBw2A4MIkvCqNiMhjYv9kO_mxj7677bO4bgwfU7dnxTQ/s4032/IMG_0126.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKwJHmsgzsHLMrSftxTq-PqAB1YCJ4oF-YVrQcclVaxfxvzxDUtXSniTByBLbdKmW13II6smDlFgsAFVCVBsCpYnES9XLwVUBw2A4MIkvCqNiMhjYv9kO_mxj7677bO4bgwfU7dnxTQ/w480-h640/IMG_0126.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><p></p>Mark Louis http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172787888303580894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733119162856156769.post-8593285849257694912020-12-25T14:56:00.016-06:002020-12-31T09:35:41.696-06:00The 150 Year Old Cemetery in the Motel Parking Lot (and other gravesites of note)<p> It east Fort Worth, on I-30 and Beach Street, sits a 150 year old cemetery on a bluff overlooking downtown. At one time this final resting place had a majestic vista. The cemetery was once part of the Ayers family 320 acre farm. Over the years, the family farm was sold off. Part of the cemetery still remains, unfortunately it is in the parking lot of a Motel 6. </p><p> Because on the hedges that surround the cemetery, it's very possible that a motel guest may be unaware that the final resting place of a Fort Worth pioneer is feet away from where they laid their heads down the previous night. </p><p> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Motel+6+Fort+Worth,+TX+-+Downtown+East,+2425+Scott+Ave,+Fort+Worth,+TX+76103/@32.7502862,-97.296909,15.7z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x864e70eea4390d71:0xde63763a2f7a2d!2m2!1d-97.2921381!2d32.7481332?hl=en-US" target="_blank">Directions to the cemetery</a> </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKEG2LI6KqFZipFG9RUhfLWLmMBwZ9XmnWnyDOyFIr9UPPum2TcxapBTqaIiluqTqqgLmuDthKmN9Fx6a8XT3KBYtA9n-12FTYQHJFX2aqMz1Rd9YHnILHS1Pw5hTfHwxmsRhQdltJw/s4032/IMG_0052.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKEG2LI6KqFZipFG9RUhfLWLmMBwZ9XmnWnyDOyFIr9UPPum2TcxapBTqaIiluqTqqgLmuDthKmN9Fx6a8XT3KBYtA9n-12FTYQHJFX2aqMz1Rd9YHnILHS1Pw5hTfHwxmsRhQdltJw/w455-h342/IMG_0052.HEIC" width="455" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The cemetery in the parking lot, hidden behind shrubs</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJHHojdJHSeDx6-462bH6RKfz1ma1WMrl7xYVlv9ZGVMnexSZhMo5-TNAJm8vO-9rFFqv6heQOfDE6x8IdmW7WPmhBhuaW89AgGEQqb1vRtubsx8OpzC-2NoiexgAEp_9sjCeTk8L5g/w438-h329/IMG_0053.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="438" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of three gates in the small cemetery <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCtWMb_zGAZlQL9D420GIHMntyuUO36xE-Lk7ZDt1_vaRgx3iZ0Z1xjy2-f0JJcxbPP4p5LOfYl0drMzCE3nlNyC7DxskQdVXY-INogTaqHP8mrNGq0ZUD3MlCrq7QMb-NQlqsjM-oA/s4032/IMG_0054.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCtWMb_zGAZlQL9D420GIHMntyuUO36xE-Lk7ZDt1_vaRgx3iZ0Z1xjy2-f0JJcxbPP4p5LOfYl0drMzCE3nlNyC7DxskQdVXY-INogTaqHP8mrNGq0ZUD3MlCrq7QMb-NQlqsjM-oA/w440-h375/IMG_0054.HEIC" width="440" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the cemetery, the grass was high an unkept on the day I visited</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgAqcppiT-IVYv7wAGh76FfNCdcvEhVOyCmvpiK1RmJ7a3U7VJpDM762ocGYDGXPpHmfv3q9hoZBrCgbXl52ufHrTen326X5b-s0lhldw8RNvoqBWVo7Ko8DQ07HPrlSYiK6lldn1cw/s4032/IMG_0063.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgAqcppiT-IVYv7wAGh76FfNCdcvEhVOyCmvpiK1RmJ7a3U7VJpDM762ocGYDGXPpHmfv3q9hoZBrCgbXl52ufHrTen326X5b-s0lhldw8RNvoqBWVo7Ko8DQ07HPrlSYiK6lldn1cw/w363-h484/IMG_0063.HEIC" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A historical marker inside the cemetery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdoo22CNRmRT2pTvf22f5p_ChlckgnK0oWO5zZvk53K9dtoT3wzS20y3pRdW-Yg2dvbXjlTC-lGTGRg-OqLWek7C3SV6k70soJumcx-9l1uP5vkHElR8lA4KDIIGLDfLGRVKeFVVQ2w/s4032/IMG_0065.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdoo22CNRmRT2pTvf22f5p_ChlckgnK0oWO5zZvk53K9dtoT3wzS20y3pRdW-Yg2dvbXjlTC-lGTGRg-OqLWek7C3SV6k70soJumcx-9l1uP5vkHElR8lA4KDIIGLDfLGRVKeFVVQ2w/w273-h364/IMG_0065.HEIC" width="273" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwxo_Vq1fynkA2-JCvUSodR0YwDRwtiM4bYvMNpQMMuqh8btyrxyjACCUtYDHm6rKtO4gzt1Mt0DPbYHf_3ArGzKh6bZyATKsV8aCDJHipcOvlUT50_Ct_OqMjGeqlKRBlnYAZC9a0w/s4032/IMG_0059.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwxo_Vq1fynkA2-JCvUSodR0YwDRwtiM4bYvMNpQMMuqh8btyrxyjACCUtYDHm6rKtO4gzt1Mt0DPbYHf_3ArGzKh6bZyATKsV8aCDJHipcOvlUT50_Ct_OqMjGeqlKRBlnYAZC9a0w/s320/IMG_0059.HEIC" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Is That Your Front Lawn or a Cemetery?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On of the most unusual gravesites in the metroplex is the Warren Angus Ferris in Dallas' Forest Hills neighborhood. Many people drive by the cemetery everyday without realizing there are gravesites in the middle of this enclave of homes. At first glance, it looks like a large corner lot, perhaps the front yard for the house right behind the cemetery.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> It actually is the finally resting place of over 100 souls dating back to 1847 on a patch of land set aside on the Ferris family farm in what is now an east Dallas . Over the years, the neighborhood was built on the old farm. By the 1970s vandals had destroyed the remaining tombstones. The Forest Hills Neighborhood Association has taken it up themselves to restore and maintain the cemetery, where it is used by the neighborhood as a place of quiet reflection. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uzhJ5-m4bCTbtu5dd_RtjId8XfnL_6p8yKFeQEfW-LXmASJ4d49jo0odH-m6PmSpFTsO4mm628nydEsBMHXUhiNXBcBUCXlQAJb7PCucea3BkmWzdkC2qKOCUFrVXBWjuewvOq98KA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uzhJ5-m4bCTbtu5dd_RtjId8XfnL_6p8yKFeQEfW-LXmASJ4d49jo0odH-m6PmSpFTsO4mm628nydEsBMHXUhiNXBcBUCXlQAJb7PCucea3BkmWzdkC2qKOCUFrVXBWjuewvOq98KA/w300-h400/IMG_0096.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only tombstone remaining, a replacement marker for a veteran of the War of 1812.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGdJcK_EC4MsqQbRVOpe8kq_c-PP-uv6_SRFup7Vuo67AJWfxi-IXGG3NiLmNzOyguGeglgGb0oTtfG9ZUFF75HzYMf_h6MCsP3go1HTrYV-zB0K9WdgBP_ciHoDBvrQ2XUWcafU6fg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGdJcK_EC4MsqQbRVOpe8kq_c-PP-uv6_SRFup7Vuo67AJWfxi-IXGG3NiLmNzOyguGeglgGb0oTtfG9ZUFF75HzYMf_h6MCsP3go1HTrYV-zB0K9WdgBP_ciHoDBvrQ2XUWcafU6fg/w640-h480/IMG_0099.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Cemetery today is used as a place of quiet reflection by the neighborhood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2Lo7OcMLWWoNT4sYSfLbiL5DoKg5ocCfVkqZHoyr4EEn71e06Z-BOKeL9WEHtEkl2C8EcuMXzQXQYpDZAbCsXOsvrLAmO4kGfjC78-T3fixjW83TavsBpJGQKo1GbWvqDYWNWJf6fg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2Lo7OcMLWWoNT4sYSfLbiL5DoKg5ocCfVkqZHoyr4EEn71e06Z-BOKeL9WEHtEkl2C8EcuMXzQXQYpDZAbCsXOsvrLAmO4kGfjC78-T3fixjW83TavsBpJGQKo1GbWvqDYWNWJf6fg/w480-h640/IMG_0094.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A historic marker on the site</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GQQ-rlmmIJyjX0Ip2J-CwReYyKvC0228cpa59wb3MtqRmWv8MOQXkytnlgTsLsxbQLbgiN_BvFGuXhi7Pk23XKVFBx6pYqSTU2PozSKYcywKOJsz8gW3HO74NvJyGjhjkuYQ3UMtPw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GQQ-rlmmIJyjX0Ip2J-CwReYyKvC0228cpa59wb3MtqRmWv8MOQXkytnlgTsLsxbQLbgiN_BvFGuXhi7Pk23XKVFBx6pYqSTU2PozSKYcywKOJsz8gW3HO74NvJyGjhjkuYQ3UMtPw/w480-h640/IMG_0104.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div>Across the street from the cemetery at the corner of St Francis and San Leandro sits Sanger Elementary. </div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Cemetery Off Airport Freeway </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Near the Whataburger</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Next time you are on westbound State Highway 183 just past DFW Airport but before the Valley View Drive overpass, look for a cluster of fenced in cedar trees on the right. <script charset="UTF-8" src="https://nbcdfw.com/portableplayer/?CID=1:8:38938&videoID=866231875786&origin=nbcdfw.com&fullWidth=y" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> In the late 1800s, this land was home to the Tompkins family dairy. A small plot of land was set aside for a family cemetery with Isaac Tompkins being buried there in the 1897. Over 100 year later, the dairy is long gone but the family plot is still there, just feet from the freeway. The Tompkins family still has plots available for future family members.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/txcu-tompkins-cemetery-6p-013117_dallas-fort-worth/38938/" target="_blank"> Follow this link to a story from NBC 5 on the unusual family cemetery. </a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">The Gravesites of Bonnie and Clyde</div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.metroplexing.com/2015/02/the-gravesite-of-bonnie-and-clyde.html" target="_blank">Locations of these gravesite can be found in this previous post</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The final resting places of the notorious Bonnie and Clyde are both in Dallas. 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Authorities struggled to find a cemetery that would accept the corpse before Rose Hill volunteered. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The funeral was so sparsely attended that reporters had to fill in as pall bearers. 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From 1972 to 1982, Texas Stadium previous home of the Dallas Cowboys was also home to a three screen drive in movie theatre. The screens had the capability to fold over in high winds and on weekends to provide a game day pavilion. </div>
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The Uptown Building of Central that didn't quite fall all the way 2-16-2020, leaving the "Leaning Tower of Dallas<br />
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A Downtown Dallas office building owned by the First Baptist Church was brought down on Saturday June 29, 2019</div>
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Westchester Plaza, a 12 Story Apartment Complex in Fort Worth come down Sunday Morning, March 18 at 8 am. The Apartments were on the corner of 8th Avenue and Pennsylvania in the Medical District across the street from the Thistle Hill Mansion. The building was constructed in 1951.<br />
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Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys for almost 40 years, met it's fate on April 11, 2010. Located in the apex of Highways 114, Northwest Highway and 183, the stadium parking lots were once used on non game days as drive in Movie theaters.<br />
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Mark Louis http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172787888303580894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733119162856156769.post-6823120962959013092019-12-26T07:06:00.000-06:002020-01-14T20:05:19.637-06:00Giant Iguanas, Record Setting Boots and Six Dancing Frogs - The Art of Bob 'Daddy-O' Wade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bob "Daddy-O" Wade said it all started for him with one gigantic iguana. If you go by the entrance of the Fort Worth Zoo, you'll see the current resting place of the Iguana. But it more infamously sat atop the Lone Star Cafe in New York City during the 70s and 80s. (aka The Unofficial Texas Embassy)<div style="color: #302919; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Before its New Your City days, the Iguana lived near Niagara Falls. The lizard was created for display one summer in the 70s for Art Park, a music and art venue near Niagara Falls. After the summer, Wade had to find a new home for the Iguana. Through friends, he contacted the Lone Star Cafe who purchased the Iguana for their roof.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> Some New York neighbors felt the Iguana was an eyesore, an oversized code busting advertisement. A court battle designated the Iguana as art, but nonetheless, the owners of the Lone Star Cafe lowers the sculpture below the roofs parapet, so it wouldn't be seen from the street, thus quelling neighborhood dissent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> In 1983, Mayor Ed Koch led an effort to have the Iguana redisplayed (after tiring of wrongly directed complaints that he banned the lizard) The rededication of the Iguana was attended by Ed Koch and Texas Governor Mark White, (who just happened to be in New York City on state business that week).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> When the Lone Star Cafe closed in 1989, the iguana went though series of hands, including an east coast horse ranch and a pier in Tribeca. It was finally purchased by patrons in Fort Worth, where it sat in a barn for 11 years. Eventually it found a home atop the Fort Worth Zoo, where it was delivered by helicopter. (check out the trailer for an upcoming documentary on the Iguana)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> The notoriety of the giant Iguana begat the World's Largest Cowboy Boots, perhaps San Antonio's most iconic site, following the Alamo and the Riverwalk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The boots were created in 1979 for the Washington Project for the Arts. The large scale work of public art was constructed and displayed just a few blocks from the White House for over a year on 12th and Avenue G. After the exhibit was over, the Rouse Corporation offered to buy the boots to place outside North Star Mall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The transportation of the giant boots was an adventure in itself. The boots got stuck in an overpass before leaving the Washington DC. The trucks transporting the oversized footwear had to take back roads all the way to Texas to avoid police, using CB radios to alert the drivers to possible trouble.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: medium;"> In the early days at the mall, KTSA radio became the talk of the town when they built a broadcast booth atop the boot. For a short time, a homeless man had made a home inside the boot. Today the World’s Largest Pair of Boots has become one of San Antonio’s most recognizable sites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> The Iguana begat the Boots, the Boots begat the Frogs. The six frogs were originally located in Dallas on lower Greenville Ave atop a club called Tango were Bob Wade's next iconic commission. The club was opened by Shannon Wynne, the son of Angus Wynne, the developer of Six Flags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> The club was originally to be named Six Frogs over Tango. Like the Iguana, Dallas neighbors complained about the frogs. Eventually, the frogs were removed and took a circular tour of Texas. For a while they rested above a gas station south of Dallas called Carl's Corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> Today, 3 are in Nashville atop a Chuy's restaurant and 3 are back on Greenville Ave atop the Taco Cabana which sits at the same address as Tango</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> I recently heard a sports talk show host lament about record low television ratings for baseball’s All Star game, throwing out the possibility of perhaps retiring the mid summer classic </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> May I suggest the opposite. Baseball is killing it right now. </span>Consider that the Kansas City Royals, a small market team just went on the market for over $1 Billion dollars. Why so much? I believe that no other sport has positioned itself as well as baseball for the digital age. When in comes to creating content and revenue from digital content, baseball is king.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Probably the biggest revenue generator is television. Not so much the national broadcasts of FOX, FS1, TBS and ESPN but the regional networks. According to Forbes, baseball ranks #1 in primetime cable broadcasts in every major league market except Miami. In all primetime broadcasts, 12 teams broadcasts beat everything on network TV in their market, and another 8 are in the top 3. In 2018, ratings increased by 2%. And advertisers covet live sports, where time shifting rarely happens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> MLB continues to blaze new paths for showcasing their sport. Facebook has been showing games for 2 years and on July 18, 2019, 2 million people watched the very first MLB Game of the Week on You Tube. To compare, a recent Wednesday night ESPN broadcast of the Mets - Yankees game drew 756,000 viewers. Ask your college aged kid if he watches more Cable TV, Netflix or YouTube. You may be surprised by their answer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> And the MLB Network is in over 69,000,000 homes and was the most successful cable network launch of all times. It’s also now available on SlingTV for those who are cutting their cable cords. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> But where baseball is really on the forefront is the digital world. Consider that in 2010 when Steve Jobs introduced the very first iPad, he invited Major League Baseball to be part of the presentation to show how the new device could live stream games. The invitation to participate in the historic conference was made to BAM, MLB’s digital arm, aka Baseball Advanced Media. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> In 2000, White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf convinced then Commissioner Bud Selig and the other owners to pool their digital rights. Many compare this to Pete Rozelle’s efforts in the 1960s to get NFL owners to pool their TV rights. Reinsdorf said few realized how historic this was, “A lot of [MLB] clubs thought, Okay, we’ll go along. We don’t think this will amount to much."</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Each owner agreed to invest $1,000,000 million a year for 4 years in the digital start up. By the second year, they were making profit. By 2010, BAM was generating $620 million a year. As bandwidths increased, baseball was ready with the AtBat app, MLB.TV and <a href="http://mlb.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">MLB.com</span></a>. Every game, highlight and stat is available on your phone, your smart TV, your tablet and your XBox. Baseball has 162 games with dozens of highlights and videos per game. No other sport creates as much content for the digital age as baseball. Football may draw huge national ratings, but they play one game a week. In an era were everything is available on your phone 24 / 7, no other sport creates as much opportunity for digital revenue as baseball. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> We sometimes forget how streaming games, movies and Game of Thrones on your phone is a relatively new phenomena. And you can thank baseball for that. As bandwidths increased, it was BAM that created the technology to live stream games. Technology that was later licensed to ESPN and HBO for their apps. Baseball’s streaming technology became so valuable that MLB owners and BAM spun off a separate company BAMTech which they later sold a 75% share to Disney for $2.6 Billion dollars. Yes, 2.6 Billion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> MLB has become so adept at making digital revenue that in 2015, they made the unprecedented move to purchase the NHL’s digital and cable rights for $100 Million a year for 6 years. The NHL Network is now run by the MLB Network and broadcasts out of their Secaucus, New Jersey studios. Forbes calls BAM the “"the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i>“I think (BAM) it’s not only one of the great stories in American sports business, but one of the great stories in American business.” Bud Selig former Commissioner of Major League Baseball</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> How much revenue is baseball generating from their digital platforms? Baseball doesn’t seem to offer those numbers anymore. Is the players union even aware of the exact amount of money BAM makes for the owners? Did they see any of the revenue from the $2.6 Billion BAMTech sale? If one league can buy the digital and cable rights of another sport for $100 million a year, does that suggest that MLB has morphed from baseball’s governing body to a sports content provider? </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Which takes us back to the All Star game. When articles are written and sports talk hosts comment on the falling ratings of the mid summer classic, they are thinking old school. The All Star game and its other events generate so much revenue for Major League Baseball, that the prize for this year's Home Run Derby increased from $250,000 to a cool $1 Million, almost double the $555,000 winner Pete Alonso will make for playing a full season with the Mets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Or consider that since 2013, only one team has been up for sale, the Miami Marlins, arguably the lowest revenue team in baseball. They sold for $1.3 Billion. </span></div>
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I recently set out to visit the grave sites of notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. Both are buried in Dallas. Despite their wish to be buried together, the Parker family denied their request.<br />
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Bonnie Parker was originally buried in Fishtrap Cemetery off Singleton Road in Dallas but in 1945 her body was moved to the new Crown Hill Cemetery.<br />
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Clyde Barrow was buried next to his brother in west Dallas' Western Heights Cemetery off Fort Worth Avenue. The cemetery has a fence and a locked gate, which causes a lot of visitors to think that that cemetery is off limits.<br />
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Not far from the Barrow gravesite is a old gas station that was once home to the Barrow family. Located on 1221 Singleton, the building is vacant and for sale.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The city of Dallas built two dramatic pedestrian bridges (The Margaret McDermott Bridge) over the Trinity River. What's more amazing; the bridges can't get certified because of cost cutting measures or that no one realizes that the bridges never opened?</span><br />
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Update: In late 2017, after being closed for 17 years, The Statler Hotel finished it's renovation and was reopened. Only on thing was missing, The Wishing Star. <br />
Unbelievably, the Star was found in the back yard of a former Statler Hotel employer who was allowed to take home the sculpture when the hotel closed in 2001. The gentleman who had taken home the piece generously donated the piece back to the new owners and refused any payment for it. He requested that the artwork be restored and displayed back at the hotel once the renovation was done. He also asked that his donation remain anonymous.<br />
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Today The Wishing Star has been restored and is on display once again in the reopened Statler Hotel<br />
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Sometime during the numerous failed renovations and ownership changes, the scuplture was removed from it's perch on the second floor garden. The trail quickly got murky as recent owners say that the artwork was gone when they purchased the building. The whereabouts of 'The Wishing Star' are unclear to this day. </div>
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In the Spring of 2011, the Statler was purchased and slated for renovation and reopening. The once grand building will regain it's glory as a mid century masterpiece. It's front yard is the newly created Main Street Garden. All that will be missing from this restoration will be the return of it's once majestic symbol. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Read More about the history of <a href="http://nostalgicglass.org/background.php?pn=18">The Statler Hotel</a>.</span></div>
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In Fort Worth, at the intersection of 7th and University, there is a piece of public art that never ceases to amaze me. It sits in front of the new Post Office. Four silver post, each bent towards downtown.<br />
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I remember when these four posts were straight. 18 years ago, they supported a billboard. But when the F2 tornado of 2000 swept thru the westside and headed toward downtown, it tore the billboard off and forever twisted the four posts.<br />
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During the clean up, nobody bothered to remove the posts. As a then resident of the westside, we grew fond of Mother Nature's art piece. When a new post office was proposed for the intersection, it was decided that posts should remain on the plaza front the station.<br />
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Today, the four post sit as a reminder of of the awesome power of nature. For myself, that makes it definitely the most intriguing piece of public art in the metroplex.<br />
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I recently came across this photo of a cigarette lighter from the Mickey Mantle Bowling Center. My curiosity got the best of me, and I spent the better part of the morning finding out what I could about Mickey Mantle's long gone business venture.<br />
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The bowling center opened in the mid 1950s, in a development at the corner of Harry Hines and Mockingbird Lane called Exchange Park. In the 1950s, Exchange Park was a very modern and glamorous mixed used development that housed the headquarters of Braniff Airlines along with numerous commercial interests, including Mantle's Bowling Center. Exchange Park still exists today, but mainly as offices for UT Southwester Medical Center and Chase Bank.</div>
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The Mickey Mantle Bowling Center became part of a New York Yankees contract dispute in 1959. The Yankees wanted Mantle to take a significant payout, despite hitting 42 Home Runs the previous year. Mantle said he would not take a cut, but deserved a raise. He publicly stated he would be more than happy to stay in Dallas and run his bowling alley rather than accept the pay cut. </div>
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The Bowling Center lasted only a few years as did his chain of restaurants that Mantle tried to run in the late 60s. Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin' original location at 3561 Marvin D Love Freeway is long gone, but there still exists numerous pieces of memorabilia from his failed restaurant venture. Mantle also lent his name to a development at <a href="http://www.cedarcreeklake.com/lake-life--baseball-legend-mickey-mantle-helped-put-cedar-creek-lake-on-map-his-role-should-be-memoralized/141">Cedar Creek Lake</a>. <span style="font-family: "calibri";">Willowwood and Arbolado developments still exist today, but few remember Mickey Mantle's involvement. </span><br />
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But another trail is nearing completion, one meant to interconnect the most popular trails in Dallas. But because of its somewhat secluded path along the old Union Pacific Railroad Line, few people realize it's nearing completion.</div>
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Once the new East Dallas Veloway is finished, it will connect the Katy Trail, White Rock Lake Loop, the Santa Fe Trail, White Rock Creek Tail, and the Cottonwood Trail. There are also plans to someday build a bridge over Central Expressway to connect the Veloway to the Northhaven Trail. </div>
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I happened to come across the Veloway a few weeks ago when I took a run from the White Rock Dart Station on my way to the new Mockingbird Bridge. From the Dart Station, I went wast on the Flag Pole Hill Trail which parallels Northwest Highway. Normally the trail turns south toward toward the Ridgewood Trail / Katy Trail. But I noticed a brand new section going north.<br />
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Because this section passes under Northwest Highway, thousands of motorist pass by this trail everyday not knowing it's there. I decided to comeback the next day and do a little exploring. There were already quite a few people enjoying the new path.<br />
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Going north the Veloway passed under Abrams and over Skillman. The bridge over Skillman was recently placed and needs a few final touches. I also noticed the beginning of a lighting system which will make the trail much safer in the evenings.<br />
The Veloway continued toward Park Lane, about a quarter mile from the Top Golf facility. A new bridge over Park Lane is being built. Going north from there, the trail is still being leveled and graded. <br />
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As of now, it is possible to start at the American Airlines Center, travel by bike or foot north to Mockingbird Station, Turn east onto the Ridgewood Trail to the While Rock Dart Station on Northwest Highway. From there you can connect to the White Rock Creek Trail and travel north to 635. Or travel back south to White Rock Lake to the Santa Fe Trail and Fair Park.<br />
When the East Dallas Veloway is totally complete, one wide lighted path the will connected all these trails.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just south of Skillman, you can see one of many bases for the new lighting system</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridge over Skillman. If you travel north on Skillman just past Northwest Highway, you can see the bridge near The Home Depot</td></tr>
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Just north of downtown on I-35 is one of DFW's most iconic structures, the Informart. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dallas' Infomart, built as a tribute to London's Crystal Palace</td></tr>
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The high tech stop on the information highway is designed to recall a structure built in London in 1851 for the Great Exhibition , one of the earliest World Fair type attractions.<br />
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The building, dubbed The Crystal Palace, was an engineering marvel for it's time. It housed 14,000 exhibitors and it's glass ceiling and walls made it possible for the building exist without interior lighting. The technology to create large panes that formed the glass walls and ceiling possible had only been in existence for a few years. Over 6 million people visited the Exhibition and the Palace during its 5 1/2 month run, equivalent to one out of every thee people who lived in England at the time.<br />
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In 1854, the building was moved to the Sydenham Hillneighborhood in South London. The neighborhood was later renamed Crystal Palace for its famous landmark. The football (soccer) club Crystal Palace F.C. was formed in 1905 and played in a stadium near the Glass Building.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Logo of Crystal Palace F.C. soccer club features the building the suburb was named after </td></tr>
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By the 1930's the building was in a serious state of decline. Many of the glass panels had been broken and had been replaced with wooden panels. In 1936, the Crystal Palace with's wooden floor, panels and furniture caught on fire. It took 400 firemen to extinguish the blaze. The flames inside the glass walls could be seen for miles. The building was a total loss. It was never rebuilt.<br />
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In 1985, Trammel Crow built the Infomart in Dallas modeled after the Crystal Palace. Built on the site of the Dallas Independent School District's Cobb Stadium, the Infomart was originally part of Dallas' World Trade Center. Today, it stands in tribute to a revolutionary structure, London's Crystal Palace<br />
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I took an informal poll yesterday and asked people what was the first thing that came to mind when I mention "Harry Hines"<br />
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Seediness, notorious, industrial were a few of the otherwise unpleasant descriptions I received about the infamous Dallas boulevard. Fair? Perhaps.<br />
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Did you know that Harry Hines Boulevard ends in uptown just a block from Klyde Warren Deck Park? Did you ever stop and wonder who was Harry Hines? Obviously, someone thought he did something noteworthy enough to name a thoroughfare after him, albeit a notorious one.<br />
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I have to admit, I never really thought much about it until I stumbled across this small park near downtown. I use the term stumble, because when I went back with my iPone, I wandered around for 20 minutes trying to find it again.<br />
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The park is at the corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Ashland, is less than a half acres and has a small monument in the middle. Thousand of cars pass by everyday in this midtown maze of streets but few realize the answer to "Who Was Harry Hines?" sits under a large shade tree.<br />
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The memorial gives us not only insight into who he was, but the high esteem he was given by city leaders. It is also a cautionary tale, be careful where you place your name. The plaque reads:<br />
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"Harry Hines, in whose honor Harry Hines Boulevard was named, served six years as Chairman of the Texas Highway Commission 1935 -1945<br />
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His foresight envisioned the need for a new route north and northwest out of Dallas and carried to culmination what can appropriately be considered Dallas' first step toward a divided expressway system, which will prove a lasting tribute to his vision for our city and state.<br />
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This memorial placed by friends who held him in high esteem and affection<br />
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<b>Update: After years of delay, the Trailhead officially opened on April 22, 2017. You are free to explore again. </b><br />
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One might wonder how this waterfall could lay undiscovered for so many years, right in the middle of Fort Worth.<br />
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The waterfall was actually part of Carswell Air Force Base until 1998. When the Base closed, the facility was divided between the new Naval Reserve Base and the city of Westworth Village. Most of the land that went to Westworth Village has been used for housing and shopping (such as new Walmart and Lowe's on Alta Mere). About one tenth of the public parcel, coincidentally the part with the waterfall. was left in its natural state. <br />
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Even after the land became public, few people knew of the falls, mainly due to the fact that access to it was very difficult. Basically, you had to trespass on private land, or walk thru Farmer's Branch Creek to find it. One person who did find it was George Shannon, former president of the Tarrant Regional Water District. Shannon was aware of the waterfall for years and wanted to open access to the public. The Water District spent over $250,000 extending the Trinity Trail to the waterfall. Before that the TRWD spent almost ten years on an erosion control project to preserve the falls.<br />
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<b>TO FIND THE WATERFALL:</b><br />
The easiest way to access the waterfall is from Pumphrey Drive off 183 (Pumphrey Drive is more commonly know as the road to the Carswell Front Gate). Turn on to Pumphrey off White Settlement Road or Alta Mere and head toward the Carswell Front Gate. The trailhead parking lot is on the right.<br />
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At the far edge of the lot, you will see a new footbridge and the beginning of the trail. It is about a ten minute walk to the waterfall. You'll actually approach the waterfall from the top, so you pass it before you actually see it.<br />
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The Ballroom has sat mostly empty over the past 10 years, except for the occasional <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=quinceanera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">quinceanera</a>s and weddings. Recently the property was bought by businessman Jay LaFrance, who wants to reopen the Longhorn as a music venue in the Summer of 2017. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Western Artist Stylle Read has been tasked to bring the giant longhorn and the murals up to date. </td></tr>
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Behind this fence at the Longhorn Ballroom is a long forgotten 'Walk of Fame'. A number of performers have been memorialized with stars and a footprint / handprint in cement. Unfortunately time has not been kind to the display.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the back of the property behind this white fence, stands the Longhorn's long forgotten Texas Walk of Fame</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of all these stars that indicate a footprint, only two metal stars are still barely readable</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rusty Wier Star on the Longhorn's Walk of Fame, one of only two that is barely readable</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Johnny Paycheck Star is one of two where the name came be read. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An up close look at some of the deteriorating stars on the Walk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the back of the Longhorn property, sits the top frame of the original sign</td></tr>
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<b>Update</b>: The former Cabana Hotel (then the Bill Decker Detention Center) was recently sold to the Centurion Group with plans to restore the hotel to it's former glory.<br />
The Centurion Group is most know for it's redevelopment of the Statler Hotel. <br />
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Every day from my studio, I can see the beautiful Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (aka The Big Bent Pole) but I also see the Bill Decker Detention Center.<br />
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Most people probably don't know that this jail was once a luxury hotel where the Beatles stayed on the one trip to Dallas. Back in the 60s this was a rather upscale join known as the Cabana Motor Hotel. Doris Day was a one time owner. Raquel Welch once worked their as a cocktail waitress<br />
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Enjoy a blast from the bast, The Cabana Motor Hotel, in more glamorous days.<br />
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Above, the Obelisk and final resting place of William McDonald, a prominent African American banker, civic and political leader in Fort Worth for the first part of the 20th Century. </div>
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Legend has it, that upon his passing, he wanted his monument to be seen from the front steps of Fort Worth's Ku Klux Klan headquarters. A lasting memory for lifelong advisories. </div>
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We know a few things are true. First of all, it was reported in a Fort Worth paper at the time of his passing, that McDonald had already chosen his gravesite before his death. </div>
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Secondly, the old Ku Klux Klan hall still sits on 1013 N. Main Street between downtown and the Stockyards. It has been decades since it was used for a Klan hall. Most remember it as headquarters for the Ellis Pecan Company. Today it's sits abandoned. </div>
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If you stand on the front steps of the old hall, and look to the west, you can see the hill on which the Old Trinity Cemetery sits. A number of trees have filled in the horizon since McDonald's death in 1950, but it is apparent that at one time, you could see the obelisk as your exited the hall. </div>
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UPDATE: On October 6th, 2017, the Dallas Morning News announced it was moving it's headquarters to the former Dallas Library which had been vacant since 1982. The building is part of the Statler Hotel redevelopment project across from the Main Street Gardens.<br />
I thought this would be an appropriate time to remember the 'Hands of God' statue that once graced the Library. The brackets of the statue are still visible on the building. But what happened to the sculpture? Our story from 2011.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What happened to this man's statue that once adorned the outside of the Dallas Public Library? </td></tr>
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Downtown Dallas recently received a bit of excellent news. The 1950's era Statler Hotel, which sits vacant across from the new Main Street Garden, was recently purchased for renovation. The building, which was on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Most Endangered List, will now be renovated, adding another completed piece to the Downtown puzzle.<br />
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Part of the sale included the neighboring abandoned building, the mid century modern structure which was once the site of the Dallas Public Library. The library, designed by noted Dallas architect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dahl">George Dahl</a> was left vacant after the library moved to its current site across from City Hall in 1982.<br />
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When the original library was built in 1956 on the corner of Commerce and Harwood, noted artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Fredericks">Marshall Fredericks</a> was commissioned to supply a sculpture to capture the essence of the new facility. His idea, a boy supported by the hands of God, holding a book and reaching upwards.<br />
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However, the library board was taken aback when the original drawings of the artwork featured a boy in all his pureness. (In other words, naked) The board requested changes, and the boy was redone, shirtless but with pants. (some may say that this was creepy in a new and different way).<br />
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Frederick's massive aluminum sculpture (seen above) adorned the library's outer wall until it closed in 1983. When the facility was moved, the library's director declined to take the Hands to the new library, still embarrassed over the city ordered modifications, feeling that it was a poor compromise of Fredericks original vision.<br />
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The building was sold and the new owners took possession of the artwork. Sadly, the owner defualted on the mortgage and passed ownership of the building and sculpture back to the bank. Then in late 1993, the bank failed. The sculpture and the old library then passed to the FDIC.<br />
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If you walk by the building today, which is located on the southeast side of Main Street Gardens, you can see the giant brackets that once held the Hands of God. A ghostly outline appears where the statue once hung. What happened to the sculpture?<br />
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In 1993, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation offered the Hands back to the city for a mere $20,000. The city declined the offer, stating that it didn't have the funds to move and maintain the sculpture after the purchase.<br />
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Meanwhile, the sculptur, Marshall Fredericks, in his 80's and with his health failing, fearing that the building would be be torn down and the Hands lost forever, asked his namesake museum to purchase the piece. Today, Youth in the Hands of God can be found at the <a href="http://www.svsu.edu/mfsm/">Marshall Fredericks Museum</a> in Saginaw, Michigan along with a variety of other Fredericks pieces. The Hands, seen below, sits safely outside the main gallery.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sculpture in it's new home in Saginaw , Michigan</td></tr>
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Mark Louis http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172787888303580894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733119162856156769.post-40274175179993469232016-07-31T10:19:00.000-05:002016-11-27T20:36:43.031-06:00Ruins of the Metroplex: Signs of our Past<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love when I find an old building that still sports a remnant of it's past, in the form of signage. Especially the classic white letters painted on a black background over brick or metal. </div>
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Here is a collection of signs of our past, some left by their new owners, others just left to the ravages of time. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Located at Northwest highway in Dallas near Plano Road. This sign spans the entrance of the old parking lot. Penny Whistle Park was an indoor amusement park that featured rides for very young children </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I spotted this on an renovated building next to Gilley's in Dallas' Cedars neighborhood. The Chase Bag Company is long gone but it's sign was left by the current owners. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Cedars neighborhood just south of downtown. This renovated property kept the Piggly Wiggly and Hotel Sign for their project. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atlas Metal Works in West Dallas at the corner of Sylvan and Singleton. This building is still in use, but the natural decay of their signage often leads motorists to think it's an abandoned property .</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This rooftop bar on Denton not only overlooks the Courthouse Square, it also overlooks the old Evers Hardware sign on the building next door</td></tr>
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Mark Louis http://www.blogger.com/profile/04172787888303580894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733119162856156769.post-89895362206782499092015-10-21T21:06:00.000-05:002017-12-03T11:05:25.670-06:00Update: The Katy Trail Extension<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>NOTE: The original post has been update numerous time. As of today, the bridges over Mockingbird, Abrams and Skillman have been finished and the trail is completed. </b><br />
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<b>Find out how this completed trail is being connected to the new <a href="http://www.metroplexing.com/2017/12/the-east-dallas-veloway-coming-sooner.html">East Dallas Veloway</a></b><br />
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Dallas has one of the most extensive bike and jogging trail systems in the U.S. One of the most exciting developments in recent years have been plans to extend the popular Katy Trail to White Rock Lake.<br />
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The plan is to build a bridge over Mockingbird Lane and then have the trail mostly follow the Dart line from Mockingbird Station to White Rock Station on the north side of the lake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Rendering of the Katy trail Bridge over Mockingbird Ave.</td></tr>
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There has only been a small bit of work done at Mockingbird Lane. It will be the last piece of the trails extention to be completed. Most people, including myself, would probably be surprised how much work has already been done.<br />
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I noticed a few days ago that a portion of the trail that follows Northwest Highway towards the White Rock Dart Station had already been finished and striped.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This final portion of the Katy Trail Extension runs parallel to Northwest Highway. It follows the path of an old alley which some homes still use to access their garages. I wonder how this is going to work.</td></tr>
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I decided to walk the new portion of the trail and follow to where it disappeared from view of Northwest Highway motorist. I discovered that a significant portion of the extension is already finished.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The Katy extension headed north toward Northwest Highway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Standing in the same spot, looking south</td></tr>
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What's interesting is that the trail will follow the Dart Green line from Mockingbird Station until it reaches the as of now undeveloped Union Pacific Trail. A tall ramp will be built to bring the trail down to the rail line. It appears that for now the trail will go north to Northwest Highway, then east to the Dart Station. From there, you take another trail south to the lake. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Pylons being built for a ramp that will lower the trail to the Union Pacific Trail, which is owned by DART</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sadly, I'm not the only person to discover this portion of the Katy Trail Extension. A tagger has already ruined a portion of the trial. </td></tr>
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Unlike the original portion of the Katy Trail, this section of the Extension is very secluded. Even though the trail bisects two neighborhoods, it's set considerably lower and gives you a feeling of being out in the country. </div>
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We are still a few years away from the Extension being completed. The bridge over Mockingbird will be the final piece. In the meantime, joggers and cyclist will still have a considerable amount of trails to discover.<br />
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<b>UPDATE: July 2014</b><br />
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More sections have been completed, but you'd really have to search to find them. The bridge that connects the trail from the Dart Line to the Union Pacific Trail toward Northwest Highway has been completed, although it is not open yet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">An unfinished path of the Katy Trail Extension just north of Mockingbird at Fisher Ave and Ridgewood Park. This is a view facing east. The trail parallels the Dart line and will turn north toward Northwest Highway via the old Union Pacific Rail Line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Facing west at Fisher Avenue, the trail travels behind the Ridgewood Rec Center. A trailhead parking lot is being used as a construction site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Headed west, the trail near the Dart Line headed toward Mockingbird Station</td></tr>
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<b> </b>The Bridges over Abrams and Skillman are finally being installed after sitting near Flagpole Hill and Northwest Highway for the past two years.<br />
The bridge over Skillman now spans that roadway, but as of this post, it is not ready to be crossed. The trail on the west side of the bridge has yet to be finished. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Alamo Plaza Hotel Court Sign</span></b></div>
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This sign sat in front of North Oak Cliff's Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts since the 1940's. At one time, the chain motel on Fort Worth Ave was a delightful stop before entering downtown Dallas. When it closed in 2007, it was hardly a gem</div>
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<b> </b>In December of 2010, the motel met the wrecking ball to make room for a new development called Sylvan Thirty, which would feature loft apartments, retail and a grocery store. The developer promised that the iconic sign which was left standing would be part of the development.</div>
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Sadly, the sign was removed in April of 2013 from the site even thought the developer promised Preservation Dallas, the city staff and the Dallas Morning News that the sign would remain.</div>
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<b>STATUS: Returned</b></div>
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After the sign was removed there was considerable uproar. The developer put up a <a href="http://www.iheartsylvanthirty.com/alamosign/" target="_blank">website</a> asking for suggestions with what to do with the the sign.</div>
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<i><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">"We’d like for you to submit ideas for the sign’s future. </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">We’re open to using it somewhere on our property, repurposing it, moving it somewhere else in West Dallas, donating it…nothing is off the table and all submitted ideas will be considered"</span></i></div>
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<i> </i><b>UPDATE </b> On recent vist to the Sylvan Thirty development, it was discover that the developer did indeed use the sign in an imaginative public art project. different parts of the sign were refurbished and repurposed to add character to the common space.</div>
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Sadly, I am surprised how quickly Fort Worth has forgotten this West Side landmark. The family owned theatre was closed and demolished in 2002. The family owned theater was known for running first run movies a few weeks after their premier at a discounted price. The ticket taker, projectionist and the concession stand operator were all of the same family, often the same person. </div>
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I always found it funny how I would often arrive at 6:55 for the 7:00 showing, only to find the movie had already started, so the family could get home early. (There was also a clock in the lobby that would indicate it was only 6:55)</div>
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The theatre closed after a family tragedy in 2001 and never reopened. The property was bought by the FPA Foundation, who tore down the theatre despite local protests. The Foundation saved the marquee and promised that it would be used in any future development.</div>
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The status of the FPA Foundation is unknown, so the location of the ownership of the sign is also in question. The 7th Street / University intersection has gone through massive redevelopment. A tall building with Eddie V's Restaurant sits at the location of the old theatre. The marquee has yet to be used in any of the new projects in the area and there seems to be little call to bring it back. </div>
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Recently, D Magazine's Peter Simek wrote an <a href="http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2015/09/29/now-is-the-time-for-dallas-to-pounce-on-a-rangers-relocation-to-downtown/">intriguing piece</a> about the City of Dallas getting behind a future Rangers Ballpark proposal. <br />
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The article suggested proposed sites for such a ballpark, including Fair Park and Downtown. Do we really want the Ranger's in Fair Park? Is that going to bring the Wrigleyville atmosphere that we all crave? Mention Fair Park to most people and few think about spending their summer nights there.<br />
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Another site mentioned is the old Reunion Arena plot. I went to many games and concerts at the old arena. I recall a facility tucked away in a far corner of downtown with a total lack of any urban atmosphere. Would that really change with another sports facility?<br />
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Of course any site chosen in Dallas County would be perceived as a slight to fans in other parts of DFW. Especially fans in Tarrant County, who have hosted the Rangers since they moved here in 1972.<br />
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But what if there was a site in Dallas, that was just 15 minutes from Globe Life Park? What if there was a site that was near Downtown Dallas in a long forgotten neighborhood? A neighborhood that had recently been rediscovered with new restaurants, apartments and bars.<br />
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What if there was a site that had access from I-30, I-35, Woodall Rogers, Loop 12 and was just a few miles from Central, the Tollway, I-45, not to mention Mockingbird and Inwood?<br />
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Say hello to West Dallas. Better yet, say hello to the corner of Sylvan and Singleton, just a few blocks from the end of Woodall Rogers and the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. There is perhaps no other site in DFW that has better access. For fans driving from Fort Worth, it's just 15 minutes further west from Globe Life Park on I-30. And unlike Downtown Dallas and Fair Park, Tarrant Country drivers won't have to navigate through the choke hold that is the I-30 canyon.<br />
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You can reach it from I-35 via the Sylvan exit or the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge exit. Loop 12 is just 5 miles away on Singleton Avenue. The Dallas North Tollway ends just two miles from the proposed stadium site. Central Expressway and I-45 both empty into Woodall Rogers which enters West Dallas via the bridge.<br />
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There is even a rail line on the south end of the propose site that could be used for a future commuter rail line. <br />
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The area has a number of new gathering spots at Trinity Groves with more planned and Singleton Avenue has recently been widened and is ripe for future development.<br />
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The ballpark could even be built with the downtown skyline and the iconic Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge as a dramatic signature outfield backdrop.<br />
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One downside, the site is currently an iron works foundry and might be a possible brown site. But other stadiums, specifically San Antonio's Alamodome, have been built on similar sites after a cleanup.<br />
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Another potential downside is that it does not have access to the Dart Lines, but a street car line not unlike the new Oak Cliff line might be a possible solution. <br />
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But with it's central location, it's access and potential for mass transit, and the number of bars and restaurants proposed for the area, this could be Dallas' best shot at landing a ballpark that becomes a true urban destination.<br />
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<i>Mark "Hawkeye" Louis is the longtime host of 'Hawkeye in the Morning' on NEW Country 96.3 KSCS. He is an avid baseball fan, an outfielder for the amateur Fort Worth Coyotes and a former member of the TCU Baseball Broadcast Crew. </i><br />
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The year was 1965. Tennis' premier international event, the Davis Cup was scheduled to hold the semifinals in Dallas. Usually an event of this magnitude would be help at a first class arena or a top notch country club. In fact, several local country clubs did offer to host the event<br />
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Their clubhouse facilities could not be used by Arthur Ashe, the first African-American to be named to the Davis Cup team. The organizers of the event did not see this as a viable request.<br />
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Stepping up to save the day, the city of Dallas. The city had just opened up a 20 court facility in East Dallas at <a href="http://www.samuellgrandtennis.com/pages/index.cfm?siteid=13033">Samuell -Grand Park</a>. The city offered to resurface Courts One and Two into one center court and build temporary stands to accommodate the crowds. On July 31, 1965, a city park in East Dallas, hosted one of the world's premier sporting events.<br />
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<a href="http://www.samuellgrandtennis.com/pages/index.cfm?siteid=13033">Samuell - Grand Park</a> Today: When I first moved to East Dallas in 2008, I was excited to find the twenty court facility so close to my home. I stopped by multiple times only to find the pro shop locked and twenty well preserved unaccessable vacant courts. I called the number posted on the door several times but never received a reply.<br />
A few months later, I started to see signs of life, including a new sign advertised a website. I searched the web to find that the city has allowed the Midcourt Tennis Academy to run the facility.<br />
The city passed a bond package and a new club house was built and the courts were resurfaced. It's once again the most popular and modern tennis facility in Dallas. If you visit the Samuell Grand Tennis Center, ask for Court 1. Arthur Ashe once played there.<br />
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