Not from a DC9, but from the ISS we get an interesting NASA image of Texas at night.
View from Thanksgiving Tower last evening. Not bad for a little city on the prairie.
The 1938 Richardson High School Eagles
Featuring a couple of relatives and my grandfather, Slayter Wyatt Gant. (Back row, fourth from the left)
The 1938 team lost to the Buckner Orphan Home in the division championship.
Another Find from the Archives.
Not sure where this ‘Gizmo Center’ was going to be located.
With another celebration of Texas Independence coming up. I’ve been reading through a copy of Texas History Movies. The book is a collection of comic strips telling the history of Texas from Columbus to the Civil War. The first comic was published in 1920 by the Dallas Morning News and from what I understand the collection was used through the 1960’s as a classroom aid in teaching Texas History. Magnolia Petroleum Company (Exxon-Mobil) compiled the the collection of strips and gave them away to schools. Fun book, there is a more politically correct version available that was put out within the last 5 years or so.
A short preview for our sale listing of 5130 Radbrook Place, a Mediterranean style Preston Hollow estate on .967 acres.
5130 Radbrook Place from Round House Partners on Vimeo.
Got a chance to visit the Dallas Museum of Art last week to see them rewinding time in Dallas back to the early 1950’s. The exhibit features a series of watercolors showcasing the city as well as several local history lessons. Artist, George Grosz, was commissioned to complete a series of works by Leon Harris, of the then A. Harris department store, for the store’s anniversary. (I learned some more Dallas department store pedigree, via mergers and buyouts; A. Harris -> Sanger-Harris -> Foley’s -> Macy’s.)
A great overview of Grosz’s life and works leading up to his first visit to Dallas greets you as you enter the exhibit. Dallas was in the early stages of going supernova, as the exhibit and art highlights. Cattle, cotton and oil were the driving forces of the Dallas economy with banking quickly becoming the dominate industry. Several iconic Dallas buildings were noted in the historical presentations with digital slides from various years, the friendly Mercantile, Theater Row on Elm, Adolphus Hotel and Old Red were among them.
It is inspiring to see Dallas as the subject matter for Grosz’s impressive and unique watercolor skills. Thanks DMA for showcasing these meaningful works and terrific display of Dallas’s past.
Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas: The exhibit is open until August 19th at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Garden Ridge Road is now open in Flower Mound. This is very exciting for us as Garden Ridge now splits our property in two. The project gives Flower Mound residents a much needed North/South thoroughfare. The extension provides another access point to Highway 121 via Lakeside Parkway which Garden Ridge now feeds into.
The town has a news item on their site about the opening here.
I noticed earlier today that Google Maps has updated their satellite imagery to reflect views from earlier this summer. The update shows the past construction progress of Garden Ridge Road extending South to Spinks Road.
Even though the celebration has been going on all year and last year depending if you count the construction start of White Rock Lake in 1910. The lake was built because the city was growing so fast and suffering from a major drought and Bachman Lake just couldn’t handle the demand anymore. September 1, 1911 seems to be the generally accepted date of when the dam was finally completed.
Did you know in 1944 White Rock Lake Park was home to a World War II POW camp? “During their incarceration at White Rock, they worked nights at Fair Park repairing army equipment. At war’s end, they were repatriated to their “fatherland.” Apparently, they were reasonably well treated. At least one former POW wrote a letter to the Dallas Morning News after the war, asking someone to sponsor him so that he and his family could move to Dallas.”
