lots of dallas fort worth aka dfw on the way as i get around to it.

let's start with a couple suburbs.

 

 

carrollton, texas (pop 122,700; 36.5 square miles)

named after carrollton, illinois -- it’s a north dallas forty kinda ‘burb  :laugh:

 

       

 

the historic downtown's mural

 

babe, I got you babe….we got a tip & raced over here right off the plane, maaaan.

 

right. off. thee. freakin. plane.

 

 

god’s fried chicken -- and you shoulda seen them greens & biscuits, but you blinked & they was gawn!

 

http://www.babeschicken.com/Babes-Chicken-Dinner-House-Carrollton.html

 

ps – after the gut busting southern cooking,

u can check out the eye-popping massive tequila selection here:

 

http://www.theagaveazul.com/

 

it was in this out of place new loft apt building on the square,

i didnt get a good pic, eh, but i found this:

 

 

walking it off via a stroll around the town square

 

 

fixing stuff up…in 100 degree heat!  so what’s your town’s excuse?!!  :wink:

 

sharp deco movie theater

 

places like this fall to ruin with the 4 seasons of weather like in the midwest,but they hang on in texas.

 

 

a new turnpike goes up above the old train station, but note the even bigger news!

 

• in December 2010 three Dart stations will open in Carrollton: Downtown Carrollton Station (pictured), Trinity Mills Station and the North Carrollton/Frankford Station.

 

 

 

supercute old diner on the square

 

clever idea alert -- they made their towering old silo into a rock climbing wall place!  :clap:

 

http://stoneworksrockgym.com/

 

 

 

   

 

A new highway, turnpike, perhaps dart rail?

i dk, but it reminds me of a flintstones brontosaurus burger

 

 

:laugh:

 

*** so there it is – dfw (or should I say df-dubya? halliburton is a major employer) suburban carrollton, texas. 

umm, umm, they got good chicken y mas tequila….both of which you’ll need!  :laugh: ***

 

 

Sadly, I've been there...

Hell, if I ever went there, I think I would need the whole bottle.....

 

Great Pics, though!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've done work there... not fun.

I lived in Dallas for 5.5 years...my Aunt/Uncle live in Carrolton.  While I enjoyed DFW, I obviously moved back to Cleveland b/c I like Cleveland better.

 

However, for all that DFW isn't, I bet we would all like to live in a city where the economy is strong and rail lines were expanding.  DART is currently building an extension from downtown Dallas to Carrolton, another to DFW airport, and another southeast to the southeast suburbs...not to mention they recently (3-4 years ago) completed an extension of the red line to the northern suburbs.  And developments that we crave here in NE Ohio (like FEB or Stark's vision for the WHD) have been popping up the last 10 years all over the city along said rail lines.  Specifically since 2001, mixed use developemnts around the AAC (Mavs/Stars arena), Mockingbird, Park Lane, Forest Lane, LBJ/Central, and Downtown Plano stations off the red line all been planned and built.

 

This is what happens when cities/regions have money and strong leaders - things get done.

I lived in Dallas for 5.5 years...my Aunt/Uncle live in Carrolton. While I enjoyed DFW, I obviously moved back to Cleveland b/c I like Cleveland better.

 

However, for all that DFW isn't, I bet we would all like to live in a city where the economy is strong and rail lines were expanding. DART is currently building an extension from downtown Dallas to Carrolton, another to DFW airport, and another southeast to the southeast suburbs...not to mention they recently (3-4 years ago) completed an extension of the red line to the northern suburbs.   And developments that we crave here in NE Ohio (like FEB or Stark's vision for the WHD) have been popping up the last 10 years all over the city along said rail lines. Specifically since 2001, mixed use developemnts around the AAC (Mavs/Stars arena), Mockingbird, Park Lane, Forest Lane, LBJ/Central, and Downtown Plano stations off the red line all been planned and built.

 

This is what happens when cities/regions have money and strong leaders - things get done.

 

hang on, we're gonna get to some of that stuff!

 

you are right in that the dfw region is a model of inter-county and inter-city collaboration to get things done, particularly as far as new rail transit and new tod development. it's not just money that brings that about, it's just as much creative collaboration and willful effort.

 

otoh, i think the texas state-wide toll turnpike construction program is just ridiculous, but i guess it'll pay for itself eventually. it certainly is making for a massive amount of construction work jobs across texas (as is the dart expansion in dfw).