Reply With QuoteNovember 3, 1951
Could of been a trigger happy owner who felt if he would knockdown the old building a developer would show up on his doorstep ready to build and give him lots of money. I am just guessing thoughOriginally Posted by jsoto3
November 3, 1951
[QUOTE=DFWCRE8TIVE]1950s-60s Dallas from this site
1959?
WOW. Check out that building to the far right, behind the Book *Suppository* and to the right of the Texas Bank sign. What is that building??? It's beautiful... so sad that it's gone. Looks like it could be where Founders Plaza or El Centro annex sits.
"In my world, everyone's a pony and we all eat butterflies and poop rainbows." - Katie, Horton Hears a Who.
^ Do you mean the Santa Fe building, which is still standing and now used for federal government offices?
http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/santafe.htm
I don't think that is the Santa Fe unless they've done some MAJOR modifications.
Last edited by DTDdreamer; 19 March 2008 at 09:16 PM.
"In my world, everyone's a pony and we all eat butterflies and poop rainbows." - Katie, Horton Hears a Who.
^ yeah, that's it. Unfortunately you can't see the sides of the building anymore because it's covered by the federal building.
I agree that the building in the pic is the Santa Fe building but I'm not sure that the current fed building is what we see in the pic. I drove by after work and yes, the street level view is similar to the picture but after about 10 floors up there are no similarities.
Last edited by DTDdreamer; 20 March 2008 at 10:14 AM.
"In my world, everyone's a pony and we all eat butterflies and poop rainbows." - Katie, Horton Hears a Who.
I don't understand what you are missing. The top of the Santa Fe building still looks exactly as it did when that historic photo was taken.
Found this photo of my grandfather from 1940
OMG I must be blind... or from my drive by perspective I couldn't see the top. Thanks for setting me straight. I'll work on sharpening my observation skills.
"In my world, everyone's a pony and we all eat butterflies and poop rainbows." - Katie, Horton Hears a Who.
Jsoto, this is one of the biggest teardowns that piss me off in Dallas. There was a tower proposal for this site in the '80's, but this wasn't demoed until '94. I was looking back at old demoed towers and this one stuck out the most, since it seemed to me the only reason the owner was doing this was to get back at the property. He seemed to have a real grudge every time he was quoted in the DMN archives.
The Cotton Exchange wasn't necessarily the most attractive building IMO, but should have been saved none the less. You know if it stood today it would be on the list of adaptive reuse projects.
"In my world, everyone's a pony and we all eat butterflies and poop rainbows." - Katie, Horton Hears a Who.
Check out this early 70's concept drawing of what an architect proposed for our building. WTF was he thinking?
Thank God my Dad was too cheap to listen! I guess the only good that might have come out of it is it might have protected some of the historic windows.
"In my world, everyone's a pony and we all eat butterflies and poop rainbows." - Katie, Horton Hears a Who.
Here is a little better copy of one already posted a couple of times.
From www.shorpy.com/node/2653?size=_original
^ wow, the clarity on that photo (and the large version on the link provided) is pretty amazing. That's a lot of neon! Thanks for posting!
"Good Will Personal Loans".... That cracks me up. The good will of a guy with a lead pipe is about the only thing you have to worry about.
So, when did people stop going downtown. From this picture, it looks pretty alive.November 3, 1951
People lived closer to downtown then...but then suburbs started growing...
Now, I foresee downtown looking like this again in a few years...these gas prices are basically here to stay, so people will make the move to be closer to the city center to save gas costs...
Pretty alive... it looks like a madhouse.
Thanks, maconahey.
There were great. It was a totally different world than the one we know.
I'm really digging that bridge over Commerce street at the Adolphus.
You struck oil!
Tighten the female dog!
Nice, very nice.
But, I know you were trying to see if we were paying attention by slipping in this picture of downtown Ft. Worth.
(PA2000-3/1580)
Last edited by TexasStar; 04 August 2008 at 03:19 PM.
Ahh the Dallas of my childhood. This one kind of makes me swell with pride and nostalgia:
Last edited by Lakewooder; 04 August 2008 at 06:26 PM.
This is instantly recognizable to generations of Dallasites -- do y'all know what it is?
Is it Beatles related?
I recognized it instantly as well. Without giving too much away, it looks like some kind of commerce activity. That pic was taken well before I experienced it, but it looks just the same as I (vaguely) remember it!
Looks like Texas-OU.
Not sure if these are posted here, but this link has some COLOR photos of Dallas (and other cities) from 1953 and other mid century dates:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=142692
Scroll down about halfway for Dallas.
What is that building next to republic center II in post 79? It first shows up in like the 4th photoand has since been torn down but looks pretty cool.
You must be referring to the Medical Arts Building.
There are some very interesting old Dallas photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dallasurbanhistory/pool/
woah woah woah...what happened here?:
The observer did a story on him as well. the old photo he is putting up are from his grandfather he and I am hopefully going to get togther soon. His name is Justin Cozart
Scott Dorn
Hitting the streets with the cam
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70886669@N00/
http://homepage.mac.com/sdorn/dallas_shots
http://www.myspace.com/177586541
This is what happened when pacman jones got to town
woah woah woah...what happened here?:
Elm Street 1938
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dallasurbanhistory/
Last edited by dfwcre8tive; 12 March 2009 at 10:06 PM.
No. That's Pacific looking west. Your Flickr description is 100% wrong and backwards. The contemporary view would be looking west down Pacific on the back side of Thanksgiving Tower.
Pacific was named after the railroad that ran down the street.
Many of your others are wrong too. Please research and correct them.
You're probably right. Those aren't my photos and I didn't write any of the captions for them... I just posted the link to someone's Flickr group. You should email them to have the incorrect captions changed.
White Rock Lake 1955
Kalita Humphreys Theater 1960; More HERE
Republic Building
They should bring back this style of unobtrusive traffic light... and the streetcars tracks
Interesting to see how the old Central Expressway terminated downtown
Last edited by dfwcre8tive; 17 July 2009 at 11:51 AM.
Stemmons industrial area (pre-Stemmons Freeway)
Harry Hines entering downtown
Parkland Hospital and Harry Hines
1954
Harry Hines
1939
1945 Neiman Marcus
1952 Ike's visit.
1963
Fair Park 1951
This shows why the sculptures on the South side of the Esplanade are rougher than those on the North side ... the building behind it burned down in the 1950s resulting in them having smoke damage and no longer be protected from the elements.
Last edited by dfwcre8tive; 17 July 2009 at 11:32 AM.
WHOA.. what a treasure chest of photos...
Most are before my time but sometimes I feel we were better off in the past!
You can see some of the smaller wooden Fair Park buildings which were still around when I was a small kid -- roller rink next to the Cotton Bowl, for instance. Also there were quite a few of them on the midway.
Seeing those color pictures of the opening of the Republic Tower (the rocket building) is awesome (a word I try not to use). But I can't help regretting that the Medical Arts Building (seen in many of the photos next to Republic) was torn down. That would have been THE perfect building for conversion to residential.
Once it's gone, it's gone folks.
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