Posted April 4, 201411 yr Marshall, TX population ~23,000 Hotel Marshall (1929) - renovation recently started Theater for sale: As with several cities in Texas, most of the land within the public square in Marshall has been converted to a parking lot surrounding the Courthouse. You can see my rental car in the distance, and not a single other... _____________________ Longview, TX population ~80,000. ____________________ Tyler, TX ~population 97,000 Plaza Tower (1980… not sure who designed it, but it sure looks like something SOM came up with) People's Petroleum Building (1932) ________________ ________________ Whatever, here is the Texas State Capitol to finish:
April 4, 201411 yr Marshall looks like a modern ghost town. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 5, 201411 yr Ink, nice photos, thanks for sharing. Marshall, Longview, and Tyler are all in East Texas east od Dallas. It is among the slowest growing parts of the Lone Star state and also among the most traditional and Southern in culture. Did you happen to take these photos on a Sunday? (when churches are full and downtowns are deserted) For history-architectural buffs, I'd recommend smaller towns like Honey Grove, the old river-port town of Jefferson, and tiny Ladonia. They have barely changed from the late 19th century. Too bad you didn't let me know you were this close to DFW, I'd have invited and taken you out to a decent place to eat and given you a tour of local historic architecture. (including our 1889 home on the edge of downtown Fort Worth) We plan to visit eastern Indiana and specific Ohio locations in May so I'd like to pick your brains about some of these places in the near future. BTW, the Texas State Capitol building was designed by Elijah Myers who designed the ill-fated Seneca County Courthouse in Tiffin as well as the Michigan State Capitol building. I eagerly await seeing the replacement Courthouse building design in Seneca County which undoubtedly will far surpass the Myers design. (Not!)
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